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Call for Short Term Scientific Missions

SHORT TERM SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS

CALL FOR GRANT

Two grants of up to EUR 4000 per grant can be awarded within the 3rd Grant Period.

Activities must be performed and the report submitted by September, the 24th 2023.

The deadline for sending an application is August, the 10th 2023. The application must be submitted via e-cost platform (https://e-services.cost.eu/activity/grants).

A STSM consists of visiting a host institution in a different country then the applicant’s to implement a project with an international team and gaining new knowledge or access to equipment or techniques unavailable in the home institution. The grant provides a contribution for travelling, accommodation and subsistence expenses, project implementation, and report delivery to the COST Action.

WHO CAN APPLY

The Applicant is an Action participant with a primary affiliation to an institution located in a COST Full Member country and has to be affiliated to at least one of the working groups.

The activities should support:

• Building and transfer of knowledge through collaboration
• Mentoring that can generate capacity building and new skills
• Harmonization and standardization of methods and procedures
• Compiling research benefitting the action’s aims and objectives
• Collaboration across disciplines and different sectors, with possible impact on career development
• Open-access joint publications and new projects as outcomes

APPLICATION

The application shall be submitted in e-COST (https://e-services.cost.eu/user/login) and include the following information:

• Main goals of the STSM
• Working Plan: Description of the work to be carried out
• Expected outputs: results and their contribution to the Action’s objectives
• Confirmation of the host institution in receiving the applicant

SELECTION CRITERIA

• STSM’s contribution to the overall objectives of the Action.
• Clearly expressed and realistic benefits to the Action and its deliverables
• In the case of equivalent applications, the COST Excellence and Inclusiveness Policy will be implemented

Information and assistance: Riina Rammo (riina.rammo@ut.ee)

Full call available here.