The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) solicits proposals for supporting the organisation of activities that promote the scientific exchange and dissemination in environmental and resource economics. Workshops, conferences, schools, training courses, and any kind of activities targeting this goal and to be carried out in year 2013 can be proposed. Proposals aimed at researchers and/or students and/or policy makers, as well as proposals aimed at improving the communication between these groups, will be considered.

Application is restricted to 2013 EAERE members in good standing at the deadline of this call. EAERE members that intend to submit proposals are kindly requested to send their applications by February 15th, 2013 according to the rules announced in this call.

The indicative total budget for all the activities funded (or co-funded) under this call is approximately € 50,000. The call is primarily aimed at activities with a requested budget between € 5,000 and € 20,000, but all proposals with a maximum request of € 50,000 will be carefully evaluated.

Regulations
Application is restricted to 2013 EAERE members in good standing at the deadline of this call. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. The proposed activity must be conducted in English. Only proposals to be implemented in year 2013 will be evaluated.

Evaluation procedure
The evaluation of proposals will be carried out by the EAERE Council.
Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
(a) scientific quality;
(b) capacity to promote an effective scientific exchange and dissemination in environmental and resource economics;
(c) capacity to offer advantage to a wider number of EAERE members from different countries, or capacity to attract new members from different fields or regions;
(d) capacity in organising the proposed activity, both from a scientific and administrative viewpoint;
(e) well-defined time plan and adequate proposed budget.

Notifications will be circulated by 10 March 2013.

How to apply
Applications consist of:
(1) a description of the proposed activity, including its timeliness and relevance (max 3,000 characters including spaces);
(2) a description of target audience and expected number of participants (max 1,500 characters including spaces);
(3) a presentation of the applicant including the applicant’s relevant experience for the organization of the proposed activity, both from a scientific and administrative viewpoint (max 3,000 characters including spaces);
(4) an activity time plan;
(5) an activity budget.

Applicants are also requested to assess the extent to which the proposed activities could potentially be replicated in the future on a regular basis, should funding for this become available either through EAERE or other sources.

Any other information the applicant judges as relevant can be added to the application.

Applications should be sent by e-mail to the EAERE Secretariat at the address below by 15 February 2013. Any material that cannot be sent electronically should reach the EAERE Secretariat by mail or fax by 15 February 2013.

Expressions of interest should be sent to:
European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, 8 - I-30124 Venice, Italy
Phone: +39.041.2700437, Fax: +39.041.2700412
e-mail: eaere@eaere.org

European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore 8, I-30124 Venice, Italy
Tel.: +39.041.2700438 - Fax: +39.041.2700412
e-mail: eaere@eaere.org
URL: http://www.eaere.org
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