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COST Action CA15203 (2016-2021): MitoEAGLE
Evolution-Age-Gender-Lifestyle-Environment: mitochondrial fitness mapping

Short-Term Scientific Missions MitoEAGLE

MitoPedia topics: EAGLE 

Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) applications

Aims of a STSM

1. Support individual mobility.

2. Specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of MITOEAGLE.

3. Strengthen the MITOEAGLE network.

4. Foster collaborations by allowing researchers participating in the COST Action MITOEAGLE to visit an institution/organisation in

• another participating COST Country;
• an approved Near Neighbour Country institution - NNC institutions are not yet approved in MITOEAGLE;
• an approved International Partner Country institution - IPC institutions are not yet approved in MITOEAGLE.

5. Learn new techniques.

6. Gain access to specific data, methods and instruments not available in the home institutions / organisations.

1^st Call for STSM Applications for Missions occuring between 2016 November 1^st and 2017 March 25^th

• Total budget for the 1^st Call: 3,000.- EUR
• Up to two STSM (2 x 1,500.- EUR)

» Download pdf: 1st Call for STSM Applications.pdf

» Fact sheet on Short Term Scientific Missions: » MITOEAGLE STSM fact sheet.pdf

STSM Coordinator

Coordinator

Magdalena Labieniec-Watala, PhD, DSc - [email protected]

Co-Coordinator

Susanne Klaus, Prof. Dr. - [email protected]

COST criteria for evaluation of STSM applications

Researchers eligible for a STSM

• PhD students and Early Career Investigators (up to 8 years after the date of obtaining the PhD/doctorate, full-time equivalent) have priority.
• Senior scientists.
• We particularly encourage the application of researchers from “inclusiveness target countries” (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey).
• Gender balance will be monitored.

STSM duration

• Five to 90 days.
• Early Career Investigators: up to 180 days.
• STSMs need to be carried out in their entirety within a single Grant Period

Grant Period	Deadline of application	Time span of STSM	Deadline for sending final report
1	2016-11-01	2016-11-01 to 2017-03-25	2017-04-25
2		2017-05-01 to 2018-03-25	2018-04-25
3		2018-05-01 to 2019-03-25	2019-04-25
4		2019-05-01 to 2020-03-25	2020-04-25
5		2020-05-01 to 2020-08-01	2020-09-01

Funding regulations

• STSM in which practical science is getting carried out.
• STSM which directly lead to tangible outcomes (e.g. writing papers/grants).
• Funding rule in section 7 of the COST Vademecum.
• The financial support on offer is a contribution to the overall expenses incurred during the STSM and may not necessarily cover all of the associated outgoings.

• In general, the following funding conditions must be respected - These can be revised/reduced by the Management Committee for every Call:

• up to a maximum of EUR 2 500 in total can be afforded to each successful STSM applicant
• up to a maximum of EUR 160 per day can be afforded for accommodation and meal expenses
• for ECIs, a maximum amount of EUR 3500 can be afforded to the Grantee for STSMs with a duration of between 91 and 180 days – For ECIs partaking STSMs with a duration of between 5 and 90 days, the limit of EUR 2 500 must be respected;
• STSM activities must occur in their entirety within the dates specified in this call.

• Financial support is limited to cover travel, accommodation and meal expenses and is paid in the form of a Grant.

• The money will be returned AFTER the Grantee has completed her/his visit and submitted a report (a written report on the activities carried out during the STSM within 30 days of the end of the research visit)

Note: STSM Grantees must make their own arrangements for all provisions related to personal security, health, social security and pension matters.