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Trust Sponsorship towards Attending the International Rangeland Congress June 20250

Closing date for applications: 2 December 2024

Two awards up to a maximum of R12 500.00

Background

The Trust of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa was created to support the Society and the broader discipline of Grassland Science. This discipline is seen as encompassing the understanding of natural systems used by wildlife and livestock, planted pastures and the people whose livelihoods depend on these systems in order to promote best practice for sustaining these systems into the future.

Towards furthering this aim, the Trust sees the fostering of international knowledge sharing, communication and networking among professionals and students in these disciplines as a foundational activity. The Trust hopes to stimulate these through providing co-funding towards costs of attending the International Rangeland Congress to members of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa.

Sponsorship offered

Trust offers sponsorship up to R12 500 per applicant towards registration fees, accommodation and travel to two existing full or student members of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa to attend the International Rangeland Congress in Adelaide, Australia in June 2025.

Criteria for selection

  • The individual must be practicing in the field of grassland science as defined broadly above.
  • They must be a full or student member of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa.
  • They must have submitted an abstract for a paper or a poster to present at the congress.
  • The subject matter of the papers and posters must be within the grassland discipline as broadly defined above. The abstract will be evaluated for merit by the selection committee.
  • Financial need will, inter alia, be used by the selection committee in reaching a decision.
  • Successful applicants will attend the Congress for its entire duration.
  • The funded individuals will be requested to write a short article on the congress for Grassroots, the GSSA’s popular publication. This can cover any aspect of the congress (from fun to facts) that the individual felt made an impact on them.

Application process

Applications must be received by the administrator of the GSSA (info@grassland.org.za) marked “Trust IRC Sponsorship” by the 2nd December 2024.

The Application must include the following:

  • Full name and position of applicant
  • Name of employer, company or university or short description if self-employed
  • Copy of submitted abstract(s) including title and authors of applicant’s presentation(s), indicating if it is a platform or poster presentation.
  • Detailed budget of costs for attending congress (travel, accommodation, registration and other costs) and a breakdown of co-funding, indicating if it has been awarded or still pending a decision.
  • A short motivation (no more than 500 words) of why this applicant deserves to be funded to attend the International Rangeland Congress.

 Final matters

The decision of the selection committee is final.
Trust will inform the successful applicants within three weeks of the closing date.
Trust reserves the right to make no allocation.