The selection of participants by the scientific committee for any of the events will be based on the scientific merits of submitted abstracts and CV´s of the applicants. The evaluation of the submitted abstracts will be responsibility of the scientific committee. The scientific committee follow the InVENTS governing committee directives concerning the application of the fundamental principles (inherited from the EU gold standards for the evaluation of proposals) to the evaluation and selection of participants, namely: Transparency – all eligible applications will be treated using a well defined processes of evaluation and selection based upon the merits of submitted abstracts; Fair treatment – all the applications will be treated alike, irrespective of the identity, gender or eligibility of the applicants; Impartiality – all the submitted applications will be treated impartially of the respective scientific merits of the abstracts and submitted to an independent review by the scientific committee; and Efficiency and Speed – The management structure will ensure a private, rapid and efficient process of evaluation, without compromising the quality of the evaluation process. The researchers will be selected to present orally or in posters the respective selected works. In each of the events, poster and oral competitions will be conducted in order to select and award the best presentations.

Financial support will be given to selected participants according to the Marie Curie Action Guidelines. The InVENTS is primarily directed at early stage researchers. However, more experienced researchers can also benefit from this action. In the context of InVENTS, 3 groups of researchers are eligible for funding:

Group 1	Early Stage Researchers;
Group 2	Experienced Researchers with up to 10 years of experience;
Group 3	Experienced Researchers with more than 10 years of experience, who are nationals of Member States or Associated States and active outside these states at the time of the event (for contact-building effect).

“Early-stage researchers are defined as researchers in the first 4 years (fulltime equivalent) of their research activity, including the period of research training. The reference period to qualify for an early stage training activity: - is counted from the diploma giving access to doctoral studies (the degree must entitle the holder to embark on doctoral studies, without having to acquire any further qualifications) in the country in which the diploma was obtained, - covers the first 4 years of experience in research or the period until a doctoral degree is obtained, whichever is shorter. Persons who have obtained a doctorate are ineligible for the early stage actions, independently of the time taken to acquire it”.

“Experienced researchers are defined as i) researchers having at least 4 years of research experience (full-time equivalent) since gaining a university diploma giving them access to doctoral studies (the degree must entitle the holder to embark on doctoral studies, without having to acquire any further qualifications), in the country in which the degree/diploma was obtained or ii) researchers already in possession of a doctoral degree, independently of the time taken to acquire it.”. Researchers with more than 10 years of research experience (full-time equivalent), counting from the time the degree/diploma was obtained giving access to embark on a doctorate in the country where it was awarded, will not be eligible for support, except in the case of researchers who are nationals of Member States, or Associated States active outside these states at the time of an event: these researchers shall be eligible, so that they may establish or strengthen links with the European research community (contact building effect for the transfer of knowledge)."

In the following flow chart, the conditions are described under which a researcher can benefit from funding in an InVENTS conference or practical training course.

Participants willing to apply for funding should submit an abstract for scientific evaluation. The merits of submitted abstracts will be used to select participants taking simultaneously into account the level of research experience, transnational mobility and nationality of the participants.

According to the Marie Curie Actions guidelines, funded participants will be eligible for funding of the following expenses:

Living Allowance: This refers to the contribution covering the subsistence expenses of the researchers attending the event(s). The contribution is intended to cover the accommodation and subsistence expenses of each eligible event participant. In InVENTS this support will be paid directly to the hotel. Selected participants will entitled to free accommodation (shared double room), as well as breakfast and lunch.
Travel Allowance: This refers to a contribution to cover partially or fully the costs of travelling between the researchers’ origin location and the location of the event(s).
Conference Fess: The registration fees of eligible participants will be paid by the InVENTS organization.