For the year 2023, the GDR-MSI launches a financial support action to promote research activities in imaging by mass spectrometry.

This action is addressed to all categories of French-speaking personnel (Belgian, Swiss, Canadian, …) members of the GDR-MSI. All students, PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, young researchers, technicians or engineers are eligible. Applications from confirmed researchers may also be accepted but will not be given priority.

The different support actions are declined in the form of :

• Poster prize awarded at the annual GDR-MSI days
• Thesis prize awarded at the annual GDR-MSI conference
• Participation in congresses, seminars, conferences
• Participation in national training courses (type “thematic school”) related to imaging
• Participation in mission expenses in the framework of exchanges between laboratories
• Participation in research animation expenses (internationally renowned guest speaker with webinar from the host laboratory)
• Participation in the costs of popularization of research

Requests for prizes or grants should be addressed specifically to: msi.soutien [at] services.cnrs.fr, mentioning “REQUEST FOR SUPPORT” in the subject line.

To do this, you must complete the .doc form to be downloaded and attach the documents to be provided according to your request for support (only one request per form). The whole form must be sent in one single file in pdf format to the address msi.soutien.

The applications will be examined by the members of the board, for the first ones before March 15, 2023. A second campaign will be expected before September 15, 2023. However, we will examine, as we go along, the requests concerning the congresses and the trainings, at least 1 month before the event.

For all applications, please refer to the table below for eligibility requirements, documents to be provided and deadlines.

⚠ Warning : the applicants must not undertake any administrative steps (mission order, reservation of transport and accommodation, registration, etc.) before the acceptance from the GDR–MSI support committee. The modalities of payment from the grants will be communicated to you very quickly.