2025 Call for Young Researchers & Innovator Conference (YRIC) Grants

2025 Call for Young Researchers & Innovator Conference (YRIC) Grants

We are pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Call for YRIC Grants. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis, with three key cut-off dates for evaluation. Please note that up to 30% of the annual YRICG budget may be allocated in the first round. A formal decision regarding the approval or rejection of the grant application must be communicated prior to the applicant’s attendance at the event where the scientific contribution (oral or poster presentation) will take place.

Call deadlines

  • January 27th, March 24th and June 15th, 2025: Cut-off dates for applications.

  • Two weeks after each cut-off dates: Applicants will be notified of the evaluation outcomes.
  • October 5th, 2025: final date for completing YRICG activities.

How to apply

Follow these steps to submit your application:

  1. Review the Guidelines: Carefully read the TENET YRICG Guidelines before applying.
  2. Prepare the required documents:
    • Complete the TENET YRIC Grant Application Form and save it as a PDF document.
    • Copy of the abstract of the accepted oral/poster presentation.
    • Acceptance mail or invitation letter from the conference organizer committee, confirming the oral/poster presentation.
    • Copy of the information sheet of the conference.
    • Letter of Support from the applicant’s supervisor (in case of PhD students and post-docs).
    • Updated CV in e-COST profile
  3. Submit your application:
    • Log in to your e-COST profile (or create one if you don’t have an account).
    • Complete the electronic application form available here.

After the YRICG

  • Get the Certificate of attendance to the conference and a copy of the program of the conference.
  • Prepare Your Report: Use the TENET YRICG Report Template to draft your report.
  • Submit the Report: Upload the completed report to e-COST no later than 30 days after the activity’s conclusion, 15 days from the end date of the Grant Period, or, within a shorter timeframe if requested by the Grant Holder or Grant Awarding Coordinator to meet reporting deadlines.
  • Capture the Moment: Take photos during the conference to share on TENET’s social media. Personal posts on your own social media are also encouraged—please refer to the Guidelines for details.

Call documents

Downloadable files to assist your application are available below.

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

Name
Home Institution
Title
Dates
Manuel Gomez-Florit
Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands – IdISBa, Spain
Hyaluronic acid hydrogels for minimally invasive and controlled delivery of extracellular vesicles in tendon injuries
09/04/2025
13/04/2025
Danae Zamboulis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Cellular response to in vivo overload of the Achilles tendon in young and old rats
15/06/2025
20/06/2025
Clemens Gögele
Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
Enhanced cell proliferation and cytoskeletal reorganization depending on cyclic stretch program of lapine Achilles tenocytes and human mesenchymal stem cells
16/06/2025
19/06/2025
Manuel Gomez-Florit
Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands – IdISBa, Spain
Platelet-derived extracellular vesicles loaded onto hyaluronic acid hydrogels for tendon regeneration
19/05/2025
23/05/2025
Nicole Dvorak
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
From Force to Function: Modelling Frozen Shoulder with Mechanical Stimulation
19/05/2025
23/05/2025
Nodoka Iwasaki
Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom
Age-Related Alterations in 3D Microvasculature of Equine Tendons: Insights from Immunolabelling and Micro-Computed Tomography
16/06/2025
19/06/2025
Jack Llewellyn
Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom
Senescent cell-associated dysregulation in the ageing tendon: bridging species, fields, and approaches
16/06/2025
19/06/2025
Silvia Chiera
Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands – IdISBa, Spain
Human tendon dECM: challenges for in vitro modelling
19/05/2025
23/05/2025
Kristiyan Stiliyanov Atanasov
Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands – IdISBa, Spain
Hyaluronic acid hydrogels for minimally invasive and controlled delivery of extracellular vesicles in tendon injuries
16/06/2025
19/06/2025

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