GREAT ESF SUPPORT

ESF GRANTS: G3: Exchange Visits: Call Jun 2013


This call is now CLOSED: these pages are left for information purposes only

These are to support exchange visits from 15 days to four months.

The eligibility criteria are the following:
  • To undertake work applicable to the GREAT programme
    • To apply for a stay in a European country other than the country of origin
    • To return to the institute of origin upon termination, so that the applicant's institution may also benefit from the broadened knowledge of the scientist
  • The exchange visit must have completed by the end of Jun 2014
Priority will be given to applications where the institutions involved are in countries that financially support the programme.

Those supported through this call will be expected to acknowledge ESF support in publications resulting from the grantee's work in relation with the grant.

This call for Exchange Grants will close Tuesday 25th June 2013 (at 18.00 GMT) - with all supported exchanges to have completed within one year from this date.

Please submit the application through the ESF Grant page

Full details of the application materials required and the how to submit the application are available on the GREAT ESF Grants pages.

The single document for upload with your application should contain:
  • A short description of the proposed project work (about 1000 words) and the aim of the visit, noting the fit of the research to the GREAT programme objectives (see the programme proposal on the front page of this website)
  • A curriculum vitae of, at most, two A4 pages
  • A letter of recommendation from someone familiar with the applicant's work. (Note: This is only required in the case that the applicant is a PhD student.)
  • A letter of acceptance from the host at the receiving institute
  • Note that the list of five publications is NOT required, please ignore the item list 3) on the ESF submission page.
In addition please note that the document that you upload should also note the expected outcomes of the visit, mentioning leads into any future work which might arise as a result of this visit. For a longer term visit, the visiting 'fellow' might for instance become involved in the scientific development of a future GREAT workshop or training school. If this is likely to be the case, please state in the application.

All proposals will be evaluated by the GREAT Steering Committee, with results being provided to the applicants by end Jul 2013.

Special Note for Spanish Applicants:

Update: 16 May 2013 - Spanish funding situation now resolved. See ESF news item
Thus, there are no longer restrictions on applications from Spanish applicants.

[As of March 2013 - the Spanish funding agencies have not fulfilled their financial commitments to the European Science Foundation. See the news item of 14 March 2013.

The impact on the GREAT-ESF programme is that currently it will not be possible to fund any activities, such as workshops or schools, in Spain after 1 July 2013 with ESF funds. In addition it will not be able to possible to fund exchange visit costs for applicants based at Spanish institutions.

At this stage though, we would still encourage applications to this 8th GREAT call from those wishing to organise workshops in Spain, and Spanish based exchange visit applicants. These will be evaluated against the normal scientific criteria. Assuming that the Spain-ESF funding situation is resolved, it will then be possible to fund GREAT ESF any approved 'Spanish' workshops and exchanges.]