Call for STSMs open until 10th November
Dear COST members,
Please consider that the deadline for New STSM call is getting closer!
Following the decisions of the MC meeting in Skopje, Sept. 4, 2013, the STSM evaluating committee opens the new extra call for the short-term scientific mission which to be realised during the period of November 20, 2013 - May 31, 2014.
These Missions (Exchange Visits) 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 new tools and/or methods. They are particularly intended for young scientists but well established researchers are also invited for this call.
The STSM applicants should normally be engaged in a programme of research as a postgraduate student or postdoctoral fellow or be employed in an institution of a COST Country having accepted the Memurandum of the Action. This institution should actively participate in the COST Action.
The interested researchers are invited to send their applications for short-term scientific missions not later than November 10, 2013.
Please note that this call relates both to the existing applications received in August 2013, who are encouraged to resubmit their proposals, as well as to the new upcoming ones.
Applications must adhere to the COST rules for STSMs, described in the Vademecum, Part B:
http://www.cost.eu/participate/networking
Finally, the applicants must use the on-line registration tool to register their request for an STSM, which you can find at:
The following information has to be encoded with the registration:
1. the Action number: IS1007;
2. the title of the planned STSM;
3. the start and end date;
4. the applicant's details, including key academic details and workplan;
5. the applicant’s bank details;
6. the host institution’s ; 7. financial data (amount for travel and subsistence).
In addition, the following criteria set by MC Committee of COST Action IS1007 are used to assess applications:
• Relevance to Action objectives
• Clarity and quality of proposed visit and work plan
• Anticipated outputs and outcomes in respect to the Action objectives
• Applicant’s CV
• Realistic budget plan
Please, send your applications or questions to the STSM co-ordinator Ljiljana Rogac Mijatovic and to the COST IS1007 Chair Dr. Katriina Soini.
Best wishes,
STSM Coordinator
Ljiljana Rogac Mijatovic
