Grants for research projects in Ecology (AEET-AIL-SEEE-SIBECOL-SPECO) 2022

Continuing with our aim of supporting early career ecologists by providing them funding opportunities, we are pleased to inform the launching of the first combined call of research projects for early career researchers (ECR) in 2022 from the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL), the Spanish Society of Terrestrial Ecology (AEET) and the Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL). The Spanish Society of Ethology and Evolutionary Ecology (SEEEE) and the Portuguese Society of Ecology (SPECO) will join this combined call in the upcoming calls.
This multiple call is open for research projects in any topic and ecosystem within Ecology (theoretical, terrestrial, freshwater or marine), but please see the specific call of each society below. Any member (Regular or Student) of SIBECOL, AEET, AIL, SPECO or SEEEE can apply to all calls. In case of applying to more than one call simultaneously, please note that only one project can get awarded. This call wants to support both ECRs starting their careers and advanced ECRs by increasing funding possibilities.
This call wants to be equal and accessible to all and also SIBECOL, AEET, AIL, SPECO and SEEEE are signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) so the evaluation of the projects will be done under such criteria. To do so, the calls for projects are organized in the following calls:
 
Research projects SIBECOL:
Proposals can be led by one or two researchers and must be related to experimental or theoretical Ecology of aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems. Proposals that integrate the study of more than one ecosystem (terrestrial, freshwater, marine) or that have a theoretical or methodological orientation, which transcend the delimitations between types of ecosystems will be positively valued, although such multidisciplinarity is not imperative. Proposals must be written in English.
●      Starting early career researchers project grant (Starting ECR): Early-term post-doctoral researchers (PhD defence < 3 years ago). One fellowship of € 3,000 €.
●      Advanced early career researchers project grant (Advanced ECR): Mid-term post-doctoral researchers (3 < PhD defence < 8 years). One fellowship of € 4,000 €.
Research projects AEET:
Research projects led by a single researcher in any topic and ecosystem within Ecology (theoretical, terrestrial, freshwater or marine). Proposals can be written in English or Spanish. Three different options exist:
●      Taking the lead (Tomando la iniciativa): Pre-doctoral researchers who have not yet defended the PhD thesis. Two fellowships of € 2,000 € each.
●      Gaining independence (Ganando independencia): Early-term post-doctoral researchers (PhD defence < 3 yrs ago). Three fellowships of € 2,500 € each.
●      Consolidating the research (Consolidando la investigación): Mid-term post-doctoral researchers (3 < PhD defence < 6 yrs). One fellowship of € 3,000 €.
Research projects AIL:
Only young members of any society of SIBECOL before the publication of this call can apply. These can be students or postdocs who defended their PhD thesis up to 6 years before the publication of this call. The projects submitted should be designed to include a large number of participants but they should also be feasible with a low number of participants
●      Original research on any aspect of the ecology of inland waters and involve as many young members from different institutions as possible.
●      The project should be completed within two years after the team constitution; publication of scientific outputs is not included within this time frame.
●      This 4th call for projects has an available budget of 4,500 euros (VAT included) for the implementation of the selected project, which can be supplemented by funds provided by the participants.
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All the necessary information and documents to apply for any of the three calls can be found in the following links:

SIBECOL projects: http://www.sibecol.org/es/proyectos.html
AEET projects: http://www.aeet.org/es/convocatorias/proyectosinvestigacion.html
AIL projects: https://www.limnetica.com/es/proyecto-jóvenes-ail

The call will be open from April 1st until June 30th 2022 (23:59 H. UTC+1). To be considered, the project proposals must follow the regulations of the respective call and be presented using the application form format. Please, check the regulation and the evaluation criteria of each call carefully. To submit your proposals, send an email with all the required information to the Secretary of the respective Society:
SIBECOL projects: secretariat@sibecol.org
AEET projects: info@aeet.org
AIL projects: secretaria@limnologia.net
The Secretary of SIBECOL, AEET or AIL will confirm the successful application with a read receipt. In case of doubts with any of the project calls, do not hesitate to contact the respective Secretary. 
We encourage all researchers in Ecology to spread this multiple call across their networks to achieve the maximum participation of ECR.
Thank you in advance for your participation and we wish you a lot of success.
On behalf of the Committee Boards of SIBECOL, AEET and AIL.