STSMs are dedicated to more specific needs regarding e.g., a technical issue where members need to meet to resolve a particular issue.
STSMs are treated as continuous proposals by the Action Management Committee (MC) based on scientific, gender and early career criteria. The goal is to favour YRI and women, notably coming from ITC.
Call for 2025 applications are now OPEN. More information about the 2025 call can be found here.
The 2025 STSM deadline to apply is March 10. 2025. The STSM should be done between April 15 and October 1 2025 (the mission period).
Conference Grants for 2025
MecaNano will be launching conference grants for members currently working in an ITC country (Integrated Target Country – see map on the MecaNano homepage) or is considered to be a YRI (Young Researcher & Innovator – less than 40 years old) to attend conferences that are related to MecaNano Topics. This year (2025), the focus will be on the following 4 conferences:
- ESMC, Lyon, 7-11 July 2025 (4-1 – Experimental Micromechanics and Nanomechanics)
- COMPLAS, Barcelona, 2-5 Sept 2025 (Nanoscale Origins of Plasticity in Modern Nanostructured Materials: a COST MecaNano Minisymposia)
- Euromat, Grenada, 14-18 Sept 2025 (D3 Mechanics Characterization and Modelling)
- IRMES 2025 – Research and Development of Mechanical Elements and Systems, Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, 19 – 21 June 2025
If you identify as ITC or YRI and your abstract is submitted/accepted to any of these conferences (oral for ITC members or poster/oral presentation for YRI) you should apply for a conference grant! Note that abstract approval is mandatory to be refunded. Information on how to apply and the eligibility rules can be found at the MecaNano webpage: CG-call 25