{"id":7019,"date":"2026-05-18T09:43:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/?p=7019"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:55:00","slug":"vmg-call-in-wg4-on-establishing-a-mentorship-programme-for-genoa-young-researchers-and-innovators-yris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/vmg-call-in-wg4-on-establishing-a-mentorship-programme-for-genoa-young-researchers-and-innovators-yris\/","title":{"rendered":"VMG CALL IN WG4 on establishing a mentorship programme for GENOA Young Researchers and Innovators &#8211; YRIs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>COST Action GENOA (CA23121) invites applications for\u00a0<strong>a Virtual Mobility Grant (VMG)<\/strong> under Working Group 4 to<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0support activities necessary to <strong>design and implement the mentorship framework<\/strong>, including mapping mentorship needs, developing guidelines and matching procedures, and facilitating initial interactions between mentors and mentees within the GENOA YRI network. The initiative aims to strengthen professional development opportunities for YRIs and promote long-term collaboration within the Action. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The virtual mobility can take place\u00a0<strong>between 25 June and 15 September 2026<\/strong>, with funding of\u00a0<strong>up to \u20ac1,500 per grant<\/strong>. Applications are open to eligible COST Action participants from COST Full\/Cooperating Member Countries and Near Neighbour Countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application deadline: 7 June 2026 (23:59 CEST)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Results: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ten working days upon receipt of the applications<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications must be sent only via the e\u2011COST platform<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested applicants are encouraged to contact YRI leaders, <b>Roberta Gargiulo (<\/b><a href=\"mailto:r.gargiulo@kew.org\"><b>r.gargiulo@kew.org<\/b><\/a><b>), Emina \u0160unje (<\/b><a href=\"mailto:sunje.emina@gmail.com\"><b>sunje.emina@gmail.com<\/b><\/a><b>),<\/b> <b>Filipa Borges (<\/b><a href=\"mailto:filipa.fsb@gmail.com\"><b>filipa.fsb@gmail.com<\/b><\/a><b>)<\/b> prior to submission. For full call details and eligibility criteria, please consult the official call text below.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-3d button-xlarge button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/VGM-WG4-Mentorship-programme.pdf\"><i class=\"fa-paperclip fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Download VMG call<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-vm-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7019"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7025,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7019\/revisions\/7025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genoageneticdiversity.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}