Within the COST action WECANet, an STSM applications call has been published. Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) are exchange visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, serving as a key tool to support WECANet (CA17105). They allow participating scientists to visit an institution or laboratory in another Participating WECANet COST Country. STSMs are aimed to promote research collaborations, to learn about new research techniques or to perform numerical modelling or experiments using instruments/tools and/or methodologies not available in or of interest for the home institution/laboratory of the Applicant. An STSM should specifically fit in the scientific objectives of the WECANet COST Action.
An STSM grant is a fixed financial contribution, taking into consideration the requested budget and the STSM outcome but not necessarily covering all expenses. An STSM grant is a contribution to the overall travel, accommodation and meal expenses of the Grantee. The calculation of the financial contribution for accommodation and meal expenses must respect the following criteria:
- The mission must have a minimum duration of 5 calendar days.
- The mission must have a maximum duration of 90 calendar days.
- STSMs need to be carried out in its entirety within a single Grant Period and always within the Action’s lifetime.
- Specific additional provisions have also been made possible to encourage the participation of Early Career Investigators (ECIs) (post-doctoral, with no more than 8 years of experience following the award of their PhD) in STSM.
- The mission must have a minimum duration of 91 calendar days.
- The mission must have a maximum duration of 180 calendar days.
- STSMs need to be carried out in its entirety within a single Grant Period and always within the Action’s lifetime.
The calculation of the financial contribution for accommodation and meal expenses must respect the following criteria:
- Typical allowance up to a maximum of EUR 160 per day can be afforded for accommodation and meal expenses (depending on host country)
- Maximum grant of EUR 2500 in total for a duration between 5 and 90 calendar days
Please see the documents below containing additional information about this call, including the documents needed to be filled in for an STSM application to be completed.
For any additional information, please contact Johannes Hüffmeier (RISE) or Irina Temiz (Uppsala University) in order to help in submitting a successful application!
Call1 2018 STSM WECANet
Host approval STSM report template WECANet
Letter of support home institution template WECANet
STSM WECANet Application Form
Written agreement template WECANet