the 4th international flamingo symposium
FLAMINGOS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD
SYMPOSIUM ATTENDANCE BURSARY GUIDELINES
Please read these guidelines carefully. They contain important information relating to your application for funding and not following these guidelines may jeopardize your application.
,Please email your completed application form to fsgifs@gmail.com by 1 August 2025.
When completing your application, please carefully note the following:
1. Who can apply?
Applications only accepted from symposium participants who have been accepted to
present their work. This includes oral and poster presentations, or delivering a workshop.
2. What we fund
- Travel (rail or air).
- Registration fee;
- Shared-room accommodation with breakfast for up to 6 nights, or 7 if there is no other reasonable travel option.
If funding for any of these costs is available from other sources please note that in the application form. The lower the costs per person, the more people we will be able to support.
If travel funds are granted the bursary recipient will need to work with the FSG to finalize the itinerary.
3. Submitting your application
Use the application form provided and submit this as a Word document (not PDF).
Complete the fields requested, save the document as: IFS bursary application - insert your surname/family name here ; (e.g. IFS bursary
application – Garcia) and send by email to fsgifs@gmail.com Applications are only accepted via email, and you should receive acknowledgement that your application has been received. All correspondence will be undertaken by email.
4. IFS Ethical Policy
The IUCN SSC FSG requires that all who engage in its activities, who publish papers in Flamingo or who benefit from its financial support also uphold professional standards. In particular:
a. Scientific integrity Results should be reported honestly and openly, and data which does not support a
hypothesis should not be suppressed or ignored.
b. Due acknowledgement
All who contribute and all sources or references should be adequately acknowledged. It is recognized that material derived from citizen science surveys, long term institutional studies or similar may make individual acknowledgement impractical, but the organization or group responsible should be acknowledged. Permission should be obtained to use data gathered by others where it has not already been made available for public access by the authors or compilers.
c. Legal compliance
All applicants for bursaries are required to act within the standards and procedures laid down by legislation in the country where the work is conducted. They must ensure they have the necessary licenses and permits for the activities described in the paper
or grant application.
d. Conflicts of interest
Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise, that might be perceived as
influencing an applicant’s objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or indirectly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript or which is the subject matter of an application for funding. All bursaries are awarded on condition that the recipients comply with these guidelines, and applicants should confirm that they have read and understood them.
5. Consideration of your application
Applications will be evaluated by members of the IFS Scientific Committee and/or external reviewers. Applicants will be contacted by 15 August to inform them of the outcome of their application.
6. Being offered a bursary
Bursaries are offered subject to a presentation/other role being accepted.
7. Acceptance and payment of a bursary award
On being awarded a bursary you will be asked to confirm acceptance of the award under the terms of these guidelines and any other conditions contained in the offer email by September 1.
Payment for travel, registration, accommodation and excursion (if desired) will be paid directly by the IFS organizers, not to the bursary recipient.
8. Publication of presentation in Flamingo
Acceptance of a bursary entails acceptance of the condition that the presentation will be submitted in manuscript form for publication in the IUCN SSC FSG publication Flamingo by1 February 2026. This condition can be waivered in special circumstances, please contact us before submitting your bursary application if you desire a waiver. Failure to comply with this condition will render yourself, and any other person from your organization ineligible to apply for future funding from the IUCN SSC FSG
9. Unsuccessful application
If your application has been unsuccessful, then you will receive notification of this by email.
Due to the number of applications, we are unable to provide feedback as to why any application is unsuccessful. No correspondence will be entered into with regard to an unsuccessful application.
We look forward to receiving your application.
application
ATTENDANCE BURSARY APPLICATION FORM
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Please read the associated guidelines carefully and complete all fields:
- About you, including an outline (shortened) CV
- About the work you wish to present
- Declaration
Closing date for applications and references: 1 August 2025.
ABOUT YOU
Name:
Nationality / Citizenship:
Birthdate:
Email (one only):
Only one email address will be used for all communications in relation to this application
Telephone number (include country code):
Educational level (if student) / Occupation:
Organization affiliation and address:
Home address (for non-organization applicants):
Outline CV : please provide a summary (max. one page) detailing education, employment, experience with flamingos and relevant publications.
Presentation type:
Oral / Workshop / Poster / Other* (circle/highlight one/or delete others)
* Detail ‘other’
Presentation Title:
Status of your abstract application:
Submitted / To be submitted / Accepted (circle/highlight one or delete others)
Personal statement (300 – 500 words) specify details of how you/your work will benefit from this opportunity and any expected outcomes of your conference attendance
ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL AND FUNDING
Which items is funding requested for? Circle/highlight items requested or delete others
- Travel (rail or air).
- Registration fee;
- Shared room accommodations
Anticipated city and country of departure for symposium:
Anticipated date of arrival to symposium:
Anticipated date of departure from Venice:
Declaration
I have read, understood and agree to abide by the ethical policy (see guidelines):
I have read, understood and accept the publication conditions of accepting an award from the FSG (see guidelines).
Name: Yes / No
Send your completed application, as a Word document (not PDF) by email only to fsgifs@gmail.com . Do not post or fax.
All correspondence will be undertaken by email.
What happens next?
- Your application will be acknowledged by email.
- If you do not receive acknowledgement of your email inquire at fsgifs@gmail.com
- If your application is incomplete this will be highlighted in the acknowledgement email. After the closing date, those applications that are incomplete or fail to satisfy our submission criteria will be notified and their application will not be considered.
- Applications satisfying our submission criteria will be forwarded to the conference organizing committee for consideration.
Thank you for your interest in participating