
Dissemination Conference Grants
Application Period: 01/01/2025-01/09/2025
We offer exclusive grants to:
- support participation in international conferences
- sponsor collaborations to allow members to visit experts in the field for specialized training (also for online training) and to enable networking

The applicant must be a member of the HELIOS COST Action.
The applicant must be a member of the HELIOS COST Action.
The applicant must be a member of the HELIOS COST Action.
The applicant must be a member of the HELIOS COST Action.

Providing a contribution for travelling, accommodation and subsistence expenses, registration fee, printing of scientific poster and overall effort.
Up to EUR 2 500,00 per grant for face-to-face conferences
Up to EUR 500,00 per grant for online conferences
The amount granted is decided by the Action Core Group on the proposal of the evaluators and should reflect the duration and location of the Conference and the actual conference fee.

Application shall be submitted online in e-COST using dedicated forms available in grant application e-COST page.
In the grant application e-COST page, select “Apply for a grant” and at the “Dissemination Conference Grant” tab press continue to start a new application.
- Fill the following information in e-COST:
- Title of the presentation
- Conference title, date (within the active Grant Period and country
- Budget requested
- Attendance Type (face to face or online)
Upload the following documents in e-COST:
- DC Conference Grant application form (template available for download on e-COST)
- Copy of the abstract of the accepted oral presentation
- Acceptance (or invitation) letter from the conference organisers
DC Conference grantees must properly acknowledge their COST financial support in their presentation slides.
The application will be evaluated by the HELIOS grant awarding coordinator and reviewed by the HELIOS CORE Group. Priority will be given to applicants with most relevant topics within the scope of HELIOS and the field of hemoglobinopathies

After the conference grantees must submit the following documents within 30 days in e-COST for claiming the DC Grant:
• Report to the Action MC on the outcome of the presentation of the accepted contribution, in terms
of grantee’s visibility, including the establishment of new contacts for future collaborations (report form
available on e-COST)
• The certificate of attendance
• The programme of the conference or book of abstracts/proceedings indicating the oral presentation of
the grantee
• Copy of the given oral or poster presentation.
Grants are paid by the Grant Holder Institution after the completion of the activity and approval of all required report/documentation.
The number of Dissemination Conference grants that will be funded will depend on funding availability
For further questions and inquiries, please contact the helios Grant Awarding Coordinator:
Dr. Burak Durmaz at [email protected]