Candidates
NCCR SPIN Visiting Mobility Grants are aimed at doctoral students and postdocs who wish to improve their scientific profile by staying in a hosting team of the NCCR SPIN Network, while remaining employed at the home institution. The minimum stay is 3 weeks for a maximum of 3 months.
Award
If your host institution is in Switzerland:
1’000 CHF/month paid directly to the awardee for a stay up to 3 months.
If your home institution is outside of Switzerland:
1’600 CHF/month paid directly to the awardee for a stay of up to 3 months
If the applicant is accompanied by his immediate family, up to 200 CHF per additional family member may be awarded for the whole stay
Travel costs can be reimbursed up to 2’000 CHF
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
Letter of acceptance from the home institution supervisor
Letter from the host NCCR SPIN supervisor
All documents should be in English.
Selection
Selection is made on a competitive and on a rolling basis. The selected candidates are asked to confirm their travel 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 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)