Deadline: 31 December 2019
Open to: young scientists from Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates
Grant: The maximum amount for a mobility grant is 5’000 CHF
Description
The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) has commissioned the HES-SO as Leading House for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The mandate will last from 2017 to 2020 and its overall goal is to develop scientific collaborations between Switzerland and countries of the MENA region.
The following countries have been identified as priority countries for the first phase of the LHMENA: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.
This call allows funding of approximately 26 mobility grants, subject to the number of applications received as well as compliance with the criteria for evaluation and selection (see section 8 in this document for details).
Mobility represents a strategic element to develop new partnerships between countries. Through the exchange of students and researchers, higher education institutions can establish new partnerships, thus enlarging their international network. Mobility grants allows researchers and students to build personal contacts and relationships, which represent the foundation of fruitful and long-lasting collaborations between institutions. Moreover, when mobility grants target young scientists, they allow to include the next generation of scientists in the collaborations making them more sustainable.
The “young scientists’ mobility grant” will target:
– Developing individual capacities (human capital),
– Fostering scientific progress and innovation (scientific prospects),
– Establishing or enhancing networks between young researchers (networking).
Eligibility
In order to be considered eligible to apply, you must fulfill all of the following criteria:
- Mobility grants can be awarded to young scientists who hold a Bachelor or Master’s degree but no PhD yet, and with not more than 6 years of professional research experience.
- The call is open for activities in all scientific disciplines and fields of research. Activities may include field work and/or an internship in relation to the applicant’s research project.
- Host researchers must be permanently employed principal investigators at a university or research institute in their respective country
Grant
The maximum amount for a mobility grant is 5’000 CHF.
a) Budget for Swiss scientists going abroad
The Leading House will fund flights for Swiss candidates (actual cost up to CHF 1,000) and will provide a living allowance of a
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