News 2026

We draw your attention on the following decisions from the JECS Trust Board:

• The deadline for submission of Mobility only projects of 31st August 2026 is cancelled
• The deadline for submission of Mobility and General Activity projects of 31st May is postponed to 30th June 2026
• Only students members of ECerS can apply for Mobility projects 

38 applications for Mobility projects were submitted to the JECS Trust by the deadline of 28th February 2026.

In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European students and post-docs to attend the Fall Meeting of the Korean Ceramic Society (COEX) in Seoul, Korea, from 30th September to 2nd October 2026.

REFFRACTEUR, a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Doctoral Network (DN-ID), has been selected for funding by the European Commission.

Today we celebrate the International Day of Ceramics
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In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend 2 events organized by ABCERAM, the Brazilian Ceramic Society in 2026:

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before mid-July 2026. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2026 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before Mid-August 2026.

39 applications were submitted to the JECS Trust by the deadline of 30 November 2025:

• 27 for Mobility
• 9 for General Activities
• 3 for ECerS

The Electroceramics XX conference will be held at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia from 12th to 15th October 2026 ! It will be organized by the University of Novi Sad (Faculty of Technology and Institute BioSense), the European Ceramic Society and the Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials.

The ECerS Refractory Network proudly presents its 2nd Webinar organized in connection with the International Women's Day (8th March) :

"Across Borders, Beyond Barriers: Women in the Ceramic Sector"

ECerS Refractory Network & Women@Refractories

Call for abstracts and registration open !