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Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM)Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) contribute to the scientific objectives of a COST Action and are aimed at strengthening the existing networks by allowing scientists to go to an institution or laboratory in another COST Country to foster collaboration, to learn a new technique or to take measurements using instruments and/or methods not available in their own institution/laboratory. They are particularly intended for young scientists. Information on the COST site: http://www.cost.esf.org/participate/guidelines New: Conference attendance grants for early stage researchers: click for more information
Aneliya Etropolska 29/07/2013 to 17/08/2013 Constantina Chireceanu 07/04/2013 to 20/04/2013 Assunta Bertaccini 6/12/2012 to 20/12/2012 Aneliya Etropolska 17/10/2012 to 24/11/2012 Zorica Đurić 12/11/2012 to 23/11/2012 Gulnara Balakishiyeva 30/10/2012 to 18/11/2012 Nicoletta Contaldo 14/10/2012 to 07/11/2012 Praphat Kawicha 20/08/2012 to 29/10/2012 Nikolay Genov 24/09/2012 to 21/10/2012 Bojan Duduk 26/09/2012 to 11/10/2012 Seçkin Eroğlu 09/09/2012 to 29/09/2012 Nicola Mori 13/07/2012 to 28/07/2012 Mona Gazel 02/07/2012 to 18/07/2012 Xavier Foissac 01/07/2012 to 06/07/2012 Vered Naor 20/06/2012 to 04/07/2012 Jelena Plavec 20/05/2012 to 02-06-2012 Martina Seruga Music 13/05/2012 to 26-05-2012 Christina Mortada 05/03/2012 to 30/03/2012 Gianluca Lucchetta 15/11/2011 to 30/11/2011 Zhelyu Avramov 26/09/2011 to 15/10/2011 Elena Gonella 10/07/2011 to 16/07/2011 Constantina Chireceanu 09/05/2011 to 27/05/2011 Ibolya Ember 15/05/2011 to 24/05/2011 Adem Bozkurt 04/04/2011 to 03/05/2011 Jelena Mitrovic 18/01/2011 to 18/03/2011 Michele Della Bartola 07/02/2011 to 25/02/2011 Mirko Moser 17/01/2011 to 04/02/2011 Carlo Graziano 29/11/2010 to 24/12/2010 Bojan Duduk 28/11/2010 to 07/12/2010 Algirdas Ivanauskas 08/11/2010 to 26/11/2010 Nicoletta Contaldo 03/09/2010 to 15/09/2010 Olga Makarova 06/04/2010 to 30/04/2010 Daniela Bulgari 03/03/2010 to 03/06/2010 Petra Nicolić 15/04/2010 to 31/06/2010 Artemis Rumbou 10/02/2010 to 19/03/2010 Duška Delić 16/03/2010 to 26/03/2010 Didem Canik 03/02/2010 to 26/02/2010 Luisa Filippin 29/11/2009 to 13/12/2009 Jelena Mitrovic 16/10/2009 to 15/11/2009
Procedures for applying
for STSMs within the
COST
program:
Applicants must apply using the COST STSM application website
http://www.cost.esf.org/stsm
and must then email copies of their application to the prospective host
of the STSM and also to myself as this Actions STSM chair at
matthew.dickinson@nottingham.ac.uk.
In addition, the applicants must
email copies of supporting documentation including their full cv, list
of publications, motivation letter, detailed workplan and letter of
support from the home institute to
matthew.dickinson@nottingham.ac.uk, and the prospective host must
send an email confirmation that they agree to host the applicant to
matthew.dickinson@nottingham.ac.uk.
Applicants can apply at
any time
during
the year. All the applications
will be assessed by
the ‘STSM subgroup’ to determine which ones will be supported. The
successful applicants will be informed within 1 month, and unsuccessful
applicants will be informed at the same time and
will then be given the opportunity to resubmit later. That way, we will be able to spread the number of
STSMs that we support throughout the duration of the programme and
hopefully make sure all the best ones will eventually get funded even if
they all get submitted at the same time. For administrative reasons, it
is requested that visits are completed and reports submitted by 30th
November in any particular year, so that payments can be made within
that budget year.
Please note that you must allow at least 2 months between the
application deadline and the time of your proposed visit, to allow 1
month for a decision to be made by the STSM Subgroup and a further month
that the COST centre at Brussels require once we have approved a
submission. Please also note when making your budget request that the
financial support is a contribution to the costs of the STSM and may not
necessarily cover all the costs in each case. The grant should normally
only cover travel and subsistence. The normal level of re-imbursement
that should be applied for is up to 300 Euros for travel, and 60 Euros
per day for subsistence with a cap on the total award of 1500 Euros.
Requests can be made for budgets
above this amount but you will need to provide an additional
justification in your application explaining why the additional money is
required and what it will be used for. We would also encourage
applicants to explore additional sources of funding to help supplement
their STSM costs.
The ‘STSM subgroup’ will consist of Bojan Duduk, Saskia Hogenhout,
Phyllis Weintraub and Wolfgang Jarausch (as representative executive
committee members for each of the 4 WGs), Assunta Bertaccini, Mogens
Nicolaisen and Matt Dickinson. As far as possible, we will try to
allocate awards evenly between the 4 WGs, but the number supported in
each round will depend a little bit on how much money each STSM has
asked for.
According to the COST contract and the Memorandum of Understanding, we
are obliged to fund at least one STSM per year per WG, and we also
stated that 'preference would be given to young scientists and
scientists from less developed regions to facilitate technology transfer
and share protocols and new techniques', so these will be our guiding
principles in deciding which ones to support.
Matt Dickinson
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