{"id":2766,"date":"2025-10-20T16:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/?page_id=2766"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:53:58","slug":"participation-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/participation-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Participation Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"travelgrants-intro\" class=\"fusion-container-anchor\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:3vw;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:5vw;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(44,125,125,0.5) 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:105% !important;max-width:105% !important;margin-left: calc(-5% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-5% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.375%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.375%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.375%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.375%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Participation Grants<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:105% !important;max-width:105% !important;margin-left: calc(-5% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-5% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.125%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.125%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.125%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.125%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.375%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><i class=\"fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-calendar-alt far circle-no\" style=\"--awb-iconcolor:var(--awb-color5);--awb-iconcolor-hover:var(--awb-color5);--awb-font-size:32px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-right:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-left:0px;\"><\/i><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-six\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;\"><h6 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><strong>16 January 2026<\/strong><\/h6><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-margin-right:30px;--awb-margin-left:30px;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><p>Deadline for grant application submissions<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.125%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.125%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.125%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.125%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2.375%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2.375%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><i class=\"fb-icon-element-2 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-calendar-alt far circle-no\" style=\"--awb-iconcolor:var(--awb-color5);--awb-iconcolor-hover:var(--awb-color5);--awb-font-size:32px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-right:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-left:0px;\"><\/i><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-six\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;\"><h6 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><strong>25 March 2026<\/strong><\/h6><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-margin-right:30px;--awb-margin-left:30px;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><p>Notifications of grant application acceptance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WCEREA Member and Partner Associations and NOVA FORUM have secured participation grants to support individuals from economically disadvantaged countries and young scholars attending the Congress. These grants aim to alleviate financial barriers and facilitate the participation of deserving individuals in the Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Only paper presenters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are eligible for WCERE2026 participation grants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The grant amount is remitted through bank transfer to the grantee <\/span>after the end<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Congress. WCEREA Associations (Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics &#8211; AAERE; Association of Environmental and Resource Economists &#8211; AERE; African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists &#8211; AFAERE; European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists &#8211; EAERE; Latin American Association of Environmental and Resource Economists &#8211; LAERE) will provide a complimentary membership to each grantee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Grant allocation is conditional on visa obtainment and on confirmation of the travel and hotel booking to attend the Congress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The grants will be assigned according to the distance between the city of departure and the Congress venue, up to a maximum of EUR 500,00 in Europe and EUR 1.000,00 outside Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Priority Criteria<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW85109624 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW85109624 BCX0\">Participation grants will be assigned to the presenters of the best accepted papers according to the following priority criteria:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Priority 1:<\/strong> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">PhD students or researchers who completed their PhD in the previous 2 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Priority 2:<\/strong> Residents in low-income, lower-middle-income or upper-middle-income economies, in accordance <a href=\"https:\/\/datahelpdesk.worldbank.org\/knowledgebase\/articles\/906519\">with the definition provided by the World Bank<\/a>, who have no other source of funding for the conference.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority 3:<\/strong> <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Residents from high-income countries who have no other source of funding for the conference.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, a general criteria of gender equilibrium will be applied in the assignment process.<br \/>\nNo age restriction is imposed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Please note:<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) The<\/span><b> paper ID number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received by email once you have successfully submitted a paper is mandatory.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) An updated <\/span><b>CV <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has to be uploaded.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) <\/span><b>Students<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are kindly requested to upload a note from their department on letterhead, a copy of their Student ID Card valid for year 2025\/2026 or the URL of the webpage run within the official website of their department in which they are mentioned as students.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) <\/span><b>Researchers who completed their PhD in the previous 2 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are kindly requested to upload a document certifying they have obtained the PhD and on which date. A document on letterhead from the University is fine, if the certificate\/award is not available.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW106699939 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106699939 BCX0\">Incomplete applications will not be considered.<\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2689,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2766","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2766"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3158,"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2766\/revisions\/3158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcere2026.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}