ESA Academy Student Sponsorship

The ESA Education Office is pleased to sponsor of up to 3 tertiary education students to attend the Software Product Assurance Conference 2025 in the frame of the ESA Academy Conference Student Sponsorship programme. The sponsorship will cover the registration fees (directly paid by ESA Education Office) and provide a maximum reimbursement of EUR 350 towards travel and EUR 400 toward accommodation expenses (4 nights), which will be reimbursed via a single bank transfer after the event and will only be paid upon submission of receipts.

To be eligible for an ESA Academy Student Sponsorship, students must fulfil the following criteria at the time of application:

·       individually present an accepted contribution at the conference (oral presentation, poster, other).

·       be minimum 18 years old at the time of the conference;

·       be a citizen of an ESA Member State, Associate Member, or Canada;

·       be enrolled as a student (Bsc, Msc, or Ph.D.) in a tertiary education academic programme (not graduating before the Conference);

·       not benefit from an overlapping financial support to attend this conference, unless duly justified;

·       agree with the conditions of the ESA Academy’s Privacy Policy

Priority will be given to students who have less than 2 years of professional experience and have never taken part in an activity sponsored by the ESA Education Office.

ESA is committed to achieving diversity and creating an inclusive environment. To this end, applications from all eligible candidates irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs, age, disability, social origin or other characteristics are welcome.

Click HERE to fill-in the application form.

The deadline for applications is July 4. at 23:59 CEST.

The decision by the Selection Committee will be communicated by July 18.

The following details will be asked during the application process:

Student information

·       First name:

·       Last name:

·       Email:

·       Age (number only):

·       Gender (male/female/other) :

·       Nationality:

·       Current level of study (Bachelor, Master, PhD, other):

·       Field of study (Science, Engineering, Legal, Business, other:…):

·       University name:

·       University country:

·       Have you ever been sponsored by ESA? (Yes/No):

o   If you have, which activity/ies did you participate to?:

·       Do you have more than 2 years of professional experience? (Yes/No):

o   If you have more than 2 years’ experience, who was your last employer:

·       Short biography

·       References or links for additional professional information (such as Linkedin, Research Gate, publications, professional portfolio etc.)

Student contribution

·       What type of contribution are you presenting at the conference (oral presentation, poster, round table…):

·       What is the title of your contribution:

·       Role (Author, co-author, other:… ):

·       Will you be presenting your contribution individually (yes/no)

·       Contribution abstract

Student sponsorship request

·       Motivation to attend the conference (paragraph):

·       Justification for ESA Academy sponsorship request (paragraph):

·       Do you benefit from an overlapping financial support to attend this conference? (Yes/No):

o   If you do, please describe the other financial support:

·       Do you agree with the with ESA Academy's Privacy Policy (Yes/No):