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Today's Topics:

1. Final call (deadline extension): EAMT Sponsorship of
Activities (Students' edition) for 2023 (NEW deadline 21/10/2022)
(Carol Scarton)


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EAMT Sponsorship of Activities (Students' edition) for 2023
Deadline: 21/10/2022
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== Call for Proposals ==

The European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT) is an organisation
that serves the growing community of people interested in MT and
translation tools, including translators, users, developers, and
researchers of this increasingly viable technology.

As part of its commitment to promote research, development and awareness
about translation technologies, the EAMT is for the third consecutive year
launching a call for proposals to fund MT-related activities led by
students during 2023.

== Purpose of the Call ==

The EAMT is planning to support various MT activities such as shared tasks,
workshops, teaching and awareness initiatives, open-source initiatives,
dataset creation and small research and development projects by its current
student members.

The EAMT particularly welcomes proposals from students in all levels of
education, including undergraduates, postgraduates and PhD students.

This call will also give priority to projects that extend work done during
the Machine Translation Marathon 2022 (https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/events
/mt-marathon-2022), being held in Prague, Czech Republic from 5 to 10
September 2022.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Recent developments in MT research.
- MT evaluation methodology, metrics and results.
- Launch of MT-specific evaluation campaigns.
- New or prospective commercial users of MT technology.
- MT environments (workflow, support tools, etc.).
- Interaction between users and MT systems.
- MT combined with other technologies (translation memories, speech
translation, cross-language information retrieval, multilingual text
categorization, multilingual text summarization, etc.).
- MT for less-resourced languages: development, usage, etc.
- MT in the social internet: new uses, new modes of development.
- MT for crisis management.
- Training events on MT, particularly on recent developments.
- Events to disseminate MT, especially to the wider public (including
shared tasks).
- Creation of datasets for MT research.

All proposals will be screened by a review committee that consists of
EAMT Executive
Committee members and possibly a few appointed external experts if
necessary.

== Submission information ==

* Eligibility requirements *

In order to qualify for funding, the individual making the proposal must be
a confirmed student member of the EAMT at submission time (Membership
information: http://www.eamt.org/membership.php). Applicants will also need
formal approval from their supervisor.

It is important to emphasise that projects are expected to be student-led.
Therefore, although we welcome projects showing collaboration with industry
and other academic partners, the project is expected to directly benefit
the students own career and/or project.


* Selection criteria *

- The proposed activity should be of direct interest to the MT community at
large: researchers, developers, vendors, translators and/or users of MT
technologies.
- The proposal shall clearly describe the purpose of the project and
include measurable mid-project milestones for which a report should be
submitted (see below).
- Preference will be given to projects which by nature will involve and be
beneficial for several persons, as for instance conferences, seminars,
workshops, shared tasks and tutorials.
- Proposals with a significant, clearly identified impact on the MT
community (through the development, dissemination or use of project
results) are those most likely to be accepted.
- Proposals that bring together different aspects of MT will be especially
valued.
- The proposal should be clearly justified as being technically and/or
scientifically sound.
- The quality and efficiency of the implementation of the proposal will be
evaluated.
- The budget should be adequate for the proposed objectives and the actual
implementation of the activity.

== Budget ==

EAMT anticipates funding several proposals for various activities.

The total foreseen EAMT Budget for this call is around ?4,000 to cover all
granted projects. The maximum amount EAMT can grant for a single project
will be ?4,000. During the negotiation stage, budget adjustments may be
required by the EAMT executive committee. This means that the EAMT may only
offer to partially fund a project.

A project being granted financial support by EAMT according to this call
will receive 50% of the granted amount at the start of the project. The
proposer will receive the remaining 50% when the mid-project progress
report has been received by the EAMT Secretary and substantiates that the
mid-project milestones are met, and furthermore provided that the proposer
is still a current member of the EAMT.

== Contact for enquiries ==

Carolina Scarton
EAMT Secretary
e-mail: c.scarton@sheffield.ac.uk

== Submission procedure ==

* Overview *

Candidates should submit their proposals as a single PDF file, written in
English, that is composed of the elements described below.

- Proposal description: 2-page maximum
- Person/organisation experience: 1-page maximum
- Budget and project planning overview: 1-page maximum
- Supervisor's letter of approval: 1-page maximum

Proposals should be submitted no later than the deadline (see Important
Dates below) through EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eamt2023 (Submission type: Project
Proposals). Authors are encouraged to use the template available at
http://www.eamt.org/eamt2020-projects.zip. Templates for both LaTeX and
Microsoft Word are available.

* Detailed description of sections of the proposal *

1-) Proposal summary (two pages) in English
- Complete contact information of the candidate.
- A clear and detailed description of the proposed event or activity.
- A statement on why this event or activity would be helpful for the
community and the development of your studies (you should establish a clear
connection between this activity and your degree project).
- A statement justifying why EAMT should support this event or activity.

2-) Experience of the proposing person in the field (up to one page)
- It may include a list of experience and related skills of the
participants of the team (your team may be composed by your supervisors and
potential collaborators).

3-) Budget and project planning overview (up to one page)
- A breakdown of the costs estimated for the entire activity or event.
- Clear milestones and deliverables must be indicated.
- An identification of the support requested from EAMT and possible other
supporting funds.

4-) Supervisor's letter of approval (up to one page)
- A letter from your supervisor stating that they approve your project
submission and that they will act as fund manager if needed (please note
that EAMT needs to make payments into a research account set up at your
institution).

== Important Dates ==

- Circulation of the Call: August 1, 2022
- Submission deadline for proposals: * October 21, 2022, 23:59 CEST *
- Acceptance notifications and negotiations to start on: * December 16,
2022 *

In case of acceptance:
- Mid-project progress report due: June 30, 2023, 23:59 CEST
- Final report and deliverables due: January 31, 2024, 23:59 CET

== Additional provisions ==

- Only complete proposals will be reviewed.
- All information submitted with proposals will be regarded as confidential
and will only be used in the context of this project.
- Following the recommendations from the reviewers and EAMT executive
members, projects may be approved with amendments that will be discussed
during the negotiation stage.
- The funded projects may be required to report at the EAMT events (e.g.
Poster at the EAMT conference, a short progress report for the General
assembly, etc.). If you think you will not have funds for attending the EAMT
event you can add travel costs to your budget.
- The EAMT should be acknowledged in all materials related to the project,
activity or initiative.

== No obligation to award the proposal ==

The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the proposals pursuant to
this call for proposals. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation with
respect to candidates whose proposals have not been accepted. Nor shall it
be liable in the event of it deciding not to award the proposal.

--
*Carolina Scarton*
Lecturer in Natural Language Processing
Department of Computer Science
University of Sheffield
http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/C.Scarton/
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