LPS25 Copernicus Student Grants

The European Commission is pleased to offer grants to students enrolled in higher education institutes and programmes in the European Union who are interested in attending the Living Planet Symposium 2025, which will be held in Vienna, Austria, on 23–27 June.

ESA is coordinating these grants on behalf of the European Commission as a part of the EU–ESA Copernicus Programme cooperation.

Application process: If you are an MSc, PhD or Postdoc student enrolled at a higher education institute, such as a university or college etc., in an EU member state or a participating state to the EU Copernicus programme, you are eligible for a LPS25 student grant.

To apply for the grant, you must provide the following information:

  • Personal information and contact points
  • CV two pages in PDF
  • Copy of ID document
  • Proof of enrolment as a full-time MSc, PhD or Post-doc student in a high-education establishment in an EU member state.
  • Cover letter detailing your motivation to attend LPS25, mentioning what you hope to learn and why you consider yourself a good candidate to be sponsored.

Please reference your ability to promote LPS25 sessions and outcomes before and after the conference.

  • If you submitted an abstract or a poster to the LPS25 please provide the assigned abstract ID or title.

The deadline for application is March 23, 2025.

Eligibility to apply for the grant

In order to be eligible to apply for the LPS25 Copernicus student grant:

  • at the time of application, the applicant must be enrolled as a full-time MSc, PhD student or a Postdoc researcher in a university in one of the EU member states or Copernicus participating state (listed below)
  • the applicant must demonstrate that their research, studies, thesis or project work is directly relevant to one or more of the LPS25 topics,
  • applicants who have submitted an abstract to LPS25 and have been accepted, either for an oral or poster presentation, are particularly welcome to apply.

EU Member States

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.

Participating state to the EU Copernicus programme

  • Iceland, Norway, United Kingdom

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LPS25 Copernicus Student Grants

Welcome to the application portal of the LPS25 Copernicus Student Grants. If your application will be approved, you will benefit of a partial reimbursement of your expenses to a maximum of 700 Euro. Please find below the instructions to obtain the grants.

N.B
Completing this submission, does not replace the regular registration for the event that has to be done on the official website.

In case you cannot attend the event and want to dismiss your proposal, please contact us at lps@esa.int

Grant Application Process:

  • Step 1: Complete the application on this portal with your personal information and the bank details.
  • Step 2: Attend the confirmation email from the organiser that your application has been accepted. This email will contain further information on the day of the event. Be sure to register on the official LPS25 website when registrations open.
  • Step 3: At your arrival, please come to the registration desk to collect your gadget and present a valid travel document . Please note that this step is fundamental to confirm your arrival. If we cannot confirm your attendance, you will not benefit of the reimbursement. 
  • Step 4: During the Symposium, collect all the original receipts.
  • Step 5: After the workshop, please fill out the “Travel Expenses Report” (link below), scan all the collected receipts and send both (expenses report and scanned receipts) via email to lps@esa.int. Afterwards please send the original receipts via post mail to the following address:

ESA - ESRIN
ESA Conference Bureau
ATTN. Matteo Corona
Largo Galileo Galilei 1
00044 Frascati (Roma)
Italy

Please click here to download the Travel Expense Report

Please complete and submit this application within March 23, 2025.

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Please upload below all the documents in support of your candidature

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Please read the following carefully to understand how the ESA Conference Bureau treats personal data received within the scope of your registration. Click here to view the Privacy Notice and Consent Form. The ESA Conference Bureau is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy while all the while carrying out our obligations arising from the organisation of this meeting.
By submitting your personal data, you agree to have your personal data collected and further processed as described for the purposes detailed below, allowing the ESA Conference Bureau and organisations associated with this meeting to contact you as required for the organisation and administration of the Living Planet Symposium 2025.

For those cases where your consent was not already obtained by ESA (including by other modalities) and is required under the ESA Framework on Personal Data Protection, you agree with the collection and further processing of your personal data.

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You will be able to withdraw your consent depending on the modality used to collect your personal data, in particular by sending an email to ESA DPO at: DPO@ESA.int , or the Event Organisers on lps@esa.int.

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