Dear colleagues,

The GYPWORLD project is now offering 5 travel grants to students interested in attending the 1st Gypsum Ecosystem Research Conference (GERC-2018), to be held from the 3rd – 9th of June 2018 at Ankara University Faculty of Science, Ankara, Turkey.

Of the five travel grants, three will be awarded to students from low and middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups), the criteria for the selection of candidates will be a motivation letter and the contribution to be presented at the conference, which will be evaluated by the scientific committee of the conference.

Candidates should send their motivation letter and contribution to the GYPWORLD project manager: Emma Lythgoe: emma.lythgoe@csic.es

Further information about the GERC 2018 can be found at the official website of the conference: http://www.gerconference.org