CEST2025 Awards & Travel Grants

 

Prince Sultan Water Specialist Event Participation Grants

 

In collaboration with the Prince Sultan Biz Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, the Organizing Committee of the 19th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology is offering four “Prince Sultan Water Specialist Event Participation Grants” to support researchers with limited financial resources.

 

The grants will be awarded to promising early career scientists whose research is focused on innovative research in water-related topics.

 

They include free registration to CEST2025 and additional financial support for travel expenses up to 500€.

 

Scientists who wish to apply for a “Prince Sultan Water Specialist Event Participation Grant” must be the corresponding author and the first and presenting author of their contribution. They must also submit their manuscript (full paper) for review by 31 March 2025.

 

Along with the submission, the following information is required:

 

  1. A short CV
  2. A list of Publications
  3. The abstract of the presentation as the first author
  4. At least one letter of reference by the applicant’s supervisor (only for the Student Researcher Grant)

 

Travel Grants Eligibility

 

Student Researcher Grant

Travel support is provided for early career scientists and postgraduate students (Masters/PhD) - who have received their highest degree (MSc, or PhD) within the past seven years.

 

Distinguished Researcher Grant

Travel support is provided to assist established scientists from low, lower, and upper-middle-income countries, as determined by the World Bank's designation of Gross National Income per capita.

All applicants will be informed about the outcome of their application and a list of successful awardees will be published on the CEST2025 website.

 

CEST2025 Awards

 

Young researchers (PhD candidates and master’s degree students) who will participate in the conference will be awarded prizes for their presentations. Competition among the papers presented in CEST2025 will be organized and run through the days of the conference. Three oral presentations and three poster presentations will be awarded and receive distinctions of equal academic value. The winners will be announced in a special ceremony during the CEST2025 official dinner. Apart from the certificates stating the excellence of the research, a monetary prize will be given to the young researchers.

 

Eligible candidates must meet the following criteria:

  1. Be a full-time post-graduate student/PhD candidate at the time of the conference
  2. Not being supervised by a member of the CEST2025 Organizing Committee
  3. Participate in the conference with an oral or poster presentation
  4. Demonstrate in their paper the innovation of the research and its scientific contribution

 

Do contact the Conference Secretariat at cest@gnest.org in case any further clarification/assistance is required.