Low-income grants
The yrCSS wants to encourage early-career scientists coming from low-income countries to participate in events related to complexity science and to start new collaborations with other early-career scientists from other institutions.
Since 2025, thanks to the Complex Systems Society, we have offered an additional grant, both for funding participation in events – Scholarship for Events on Complex Systems (SECS)- and to start new collaborations – Bridge grant – specifically addressed to scientists coming from low-income countries.
The call opens on Monday 10th of March.
Deadline for applications: April 4th (AoE).
Timeline for next calls:
– CCS special call will open on May 5th and close before the early bird registration deadline of the conference;
– The autumn call will open in November.
Funding
SECS provides support in the form of reimbursement for young researchers attending scientific events related to complex systems. The Bridge grants provide partial support for short visits. We can reimburse up to 2000 euros.
The costs covered by the scholarship include registration fees, travel expenses like plane or train tickets, accommodation costs, or visa applications. Gala dinners or general meal expenses are not included, though.
The selected candidates will be required to send us a confirmation of attendance and proofs of all relevant payments within one month after the event. If they fail to do so, the awarded amount may be reallocated to a future call. The scholarships are paid after the event. If shown to be necessary, we may exceptionally pay some fees in advance. In this case, please get in touch with us at yr.cssociety@gmail.com.
Requirements
To be eligible, you only need to be a Master’s student, a PhD candidate, or an early-stage researcher (up to 4 years after PhD) working on complex systems. The applicant must be affiliated with an institution from a low-income country (specifically, a country that is not classified as a high-income economy by the World Bank).
How to apply
Your application must consist of:
- Your CV
- A cover letter of a maximum of one page where you explain your personal motivation and the importance of attending the proposed event. It should include:
- A brief description of the event and its connection with complex systems research.
- The requested amount, including a cost breakdown, with sources or explicit justification.
- A clear statement of why you need this specific grant to fund your trip (for instance, specify any other sources of funding that are available and have been explored, why potential funding for such events included in your PhD scholarship is not enough, …).
Please note that you may resubmit your application as many times as needed.
Selection criteria
Applications will be evaluated based on the candidates’ CVs and the quality of the proposed project. Priority will be given to applicants who have not been awarded a yrCSS grant in the past.
Important: This call will be open throughout the whole year, and we will review applications according to the deadlines of the regular SECS and BRIDGE calls. The CSS is responsible for selecting the winning candidates from among those reviewed by the yrCSS Advisory Board.