Candidates

The NCCR SPIN Internal Mobility Grant is aimed at doctoral students and postdocs who are members of the NCCR SPIN and wish to spend up to 3 months in a different institution of the NCCR SPIN network. The minimum stay is 1 week. 

Award

If your home institution is in the same canton as your host institution (e.g. IBM Zurich and ETHZ):

• 500 CHF/month paid directly to the awardee for a stay up to 3 months.

If your home institution is in a different canton than your host institution (e.g. EPFL and ETHZ):

• 1000 CHF/month paid directly to the awardee for a stay of up to 3 months

Note: Accommodation, visa and other fees, etc. are to be paid by the awardee.

Application procedure

Application deadline: March 31st, 2023

Applications are to be submitted to Maria.longobardi@unibas.ch

Required documents:

• CV (curriculum vitae)

• Motivation letter including research goals

• Budget proposal

• Letter of acceptance from the home NCCR SPIN institution supervisor

• Letter from the host NCCR SPIN supervisor

All documents should be in English.

Selection

Selection is made on a competitive basis and on a rolling bases. The selected candidates are asked to confirm their venue within 2 weeks. Otherwise, the award may be attributed to another candidate.

Selected candidates are asked to start their stay in the host team at the NCCR SPIN within 6 months.

Payment of the award money is subject to the ongoing activity of the research project.

The funding will be prorated according to the length of the stay.

Travel costs of the awardee for typically one round trip to the home institution will be covered by NCCR SPIN (up to 2’000 CHF).

Accommodation, visa and other fees, etc. are to be paid by the awardee. 

The award is granted only to selected applicants who have completed enrolment at their home university.

Contact

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at info@nccr-spin.ch or Maria Longobardi (Maria.longobardi@unibas.ch)