Student grants

The following student grants (pre-postdoc level) are available. These grants entail waived conference registration and additional financial support of at least 250 €.

• four European Society of Arachnology student grants
• between 3 and 6 Czech Society of Arachnology student grants
• two student grants from anonymous donors
• one AraGes student grant

European Society of Arachnology student grants: Grants are awarded only to student members of the ESA. If you are currently not a member of the society you need to become one until the beginning of the conference and send proof to the organizers. The applications are selected by the scientific committee of the conference based on clear goals/hypothesis and convincing project design.

Czech Society of Arachnology student grants: for more information, please contact Milan Rezac (rezac@vurv.cz).

AraGes student grant: A grant is awarded only to a student member of the AraGes. If you are currently not a member of the society you need to become one until the beginning of the conference and send proof to the organizers. The applications are selected by the scientific committee of the conference based on clear goals/hypothesis and convincing project design in the field of biodiversity.

Please send your application to European Society of Arachnology and AraGes student grants to 34eca2024@gmail.com until the 15^th of May 2024. Application to the Czech Society of Arachnology student grant should be sent to rezac@vurv.cz until the 5^th of May 2024.

Please attach a single pdf file to your application, containing:

• Information on which grant you apply for
• your CV
• proof of student status
• a description of your work and the relevance of the conference to your work
• an abstract of the poster or talk that you intent to present

BAS Small Grants Scheme

For members of the British Arachnological Society, the Society offers grants to assist with travel and other expenses relating to attendance at a conferences.

Please enter the BAS webpage for more information.