2024 Call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Grants

2024 Call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Grants

We are pleased to announce the opening of the 1st Call for STSM Grants. The grant period will span from April 1st, 2024, to October 31st, 2024, inclusive.

Application deadlines

  • April 1st 2024 – May 30th 2024: Application for STSM Grants is open;
  • June 15th 2024: Notification to applicants;
  • October 1st 2024: deadline for the conclusion of STSM activities, including submission of STSM reports.

Interested applicants should sign in to e-COST profile (or sign up if they do not have a profile) and apply online here.

Downloadable support files:

Please follow this link for further details on the call:

After review by the Grant Awarding Board, the following Grant applications were funded:

Name
Affiliation
Host institution
Title
Dates
Vittoria Guerra Altheman
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands – IdISBa
3D bioprinting of tendon constructs using bioinks derived from tendon decellularized extracellular matrix
27/06/2024
11/07/2024
Bayram Suzer
Bursa Uludag University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Türkiye
University of Salerno
Tendon stem cells cultures to enhance in vitro investigations on tendon regenerative events.
15/07/2024
30/07/2024
Ekaterina Oleinik
TU Wien, Austria
Ghent University
Establishment of a protocol for the induction of inflammation on tendon-derived cells embedded in fibrin hydrogels
12/08/2024
11/10/2024
Kyriakos Spanoudes
Edex – Educational Excellence Corporation Limited, Cyprus
University of Zurich 
Knowledge transfer on a medium-size model for the testing of tendon biomaterials
18/08/2024
24/08/2024
Manuel Gomez-Florit
Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Spain
University of Porto – ICBAS
Proteomic analysis of macrophage-derived extracellular vesicles
02/09/2024
06/09/2024
Carlos Peniche
MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Institute for Biomechanics ETH-Zürich
miRNA profiling in mechanically stimulated tendon assambloids
08/09/2024
22/09/2024
Giacomo Cortella
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
University of Porto – ICBAS
Optimization of magnetic spheroid cultures for enhanced tendon regeneration and tissue engineering applications
16/09/2024
30/09/2024
Elisabetta Chiaradia
Universita Degli Studi Di Perugia
University of Liverpool
Proteomic analysis of secretome of tenocytes exposed to cytokines

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