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First Call for STSM Applications
CA COST Action CA15121
http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15121
Advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas (MarCons)
Call Number 1 for the Grant Period 1 (August 2016 – April 2017)
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) Applications
What is the purpose of an STSM?
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are exchange visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, strengthening existing networks and fostering collaboration between researchers. A STSM should specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of the COST Action, whilst at the same time allowing those partaking in the missions to learn new techniques, gain access to specific data, instruments and / or methods not available in their own institutions / organisations.
Who is eligible to partake in STSM?
A STSM applicant must be engaged in a research programme as a PhD Student or postdoctoral fellow or can be employed by, or affiliated to, an Institution or legal entity which has within its remit a clear association with performing scientific research.
Always satisfying the above requirement, whether a Researcher is eligible to receive a STSM grant depends on which country their primary affiliation is held. Once this has been established, eligibility can be determined by adhering to the stipulations in the following 2 categories:
1. Researchers holding their primary affiliation at an institution located in a Participating COST Country are eligible to perform a STSM in another Participating COST Country. A list of Participating COST Countries can be found on the respective COST Action Webpage at http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15121?parties
2. For Researchers holding their primary affiliation in a Near Neighbour Country (NNC), the consideration for being eligible to receive a STSM grant is linked to whether their institution has been formally approved onto the Action or not – The eligibility status of Researchers located in NNC is restricted to those affiliated to approved NNC institutions.
The complete list of NNC can be found at
http://www.cost.eu/about_cost/cost_countries/international_cooperation/nnc
A list of approved NNC Institutions can be found on the respective COST Action Webpage at http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15121?parties
STSM - from where to where?
The Home institution is the institution where the applicant holds their primary affiliation as registered on their e-COST profile/STSM application/C.V. and where they are currently performing their main strand of research. The table below (see category A) details the possible STSM scenarios available to the respective Researcher. The Host institution (category B) concerns the institution/organisation that will host the successful applicant.
The following table shows the STSM scenarios available to eligible applicants:
First Call for STSM applications for missions occurring between 1/11/2016 and 15/04/2017
All STSM activities must occur in their entirety within the dates specified above
Purpose of a Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM)
STSM facilitates Researchers from COST Countries participating in COST Action CA15121 to go to an institution or research centre in another participating COST Country to foster collaboration and to perform empirical research. Participation of “'Early-Career Investigators'” (ECI) in STSM is particularly encouraged. An applicant can be considered as being an “'Early-Career Investigator'” when the time that has elapsed between the award date of the applicants PhD and the date of the applicants first involvement in the COST Action CA15121 does not exceed 8 years. PhD students are also eligible to partake in STSMs.
Specific information concerning STSM
STSM can have a duration of between 5 days and 90 days (and up to 180 days if the applicant is an ECI – see definition of ECI above).
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.
The following funding conditions apply and must be respected:
1. The calculation of the financial contribution for each STSM must respect the following criteria:
Financial support is limited to partial coverage of travel and subsistence expenses and is paid as a grant.
For this financial year, the Management Committee of COST Action CA15121 has allocated a total budget of EUR 11,840 for STSMs. The amounts granted for each individual STSM will be determined during the evaluation process by the nominally appointed person (s). The selection of applicants is based on the scientific scope of the STSM application which must clearly compliment the overall objectives of the Action. In accordance with COST policies, the selection process is also guided by a principle of gender balance.
How to apply for an STSM:
Interested Researchers are advised to follow the directions provided below and submit their application and supporting documents to Noam Levin (noamlevin@mail.huji.ac.il , STSM Manager for CA15121) by the deadline of the 01/10/2016.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS AS FOLLOWS:
1. All applicants must carefully read the funding rules detailed in section 6 of the COST Vademecum: Short Term Scientific Mission (pages 30-31). This document is available at: http://www.cost.eu/download/COSTVademecum
2. All applicants must register for an e-COST profile at https://e-services.cost.eu/ - adding their bank account details to their profile.
3. All applicants must obtain a letter of invitation from the Host institution confirming that they can undertake the STSM on the given dates prior to submitting an application.
4. All applicants must complete, submit and download their STSM application online at: https://e-services.cost.eu/stsm .
5. All applicants must send their submitted STSM application form and the relevant supporting documents to Noam Levin noamlevin@mail.huji.ac.il (STSM Manager for CA15121) for evaluation before the application submission deadline expires.
The list of supporting documents to be submitted for the evaluation are:
• Letter of invitation to the applicant from a senior Researcher affiliated to the Host institution
• The submitted STSM application form (downloadable when the online application is submitted - see point 4 above)
• A motivation letter including an overview of the proposed activities that will be performed which must contain a plan of work for the visit highlighting the proposed contribution to the scientific objectives of the respective COST Action;
The application should contribute to one of the following working groups:
• A Full C.V. (including a list of academic publications – if applicable). The CV must include the award date of the applicants PhD and their current position.
6. The application will then be assessed by the Core Group of the Action against the perceived contribution that the proposed visit will make against the scientific objectives outlined in the Action Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
7. The applicant will be formally notified of the outcome of their STSM application by Noam Levin on the 15/10/2016.
8. Within 30 days from the end date of the STSM, the successful applicant must submit a scientific report to the Host institution and to Noam Levin. The applicant is also responsible for acquiring an official acceptance letter / Email confirmation of acceptance from a senior Researcher affiliated to the Host institution formally accepting the scientific report. This formal acceptance of the scientific report has to be sent to the Grant Holder and Noam Levin for archiving purposes. Finally, the applicant should submit a poster (in electronic form, as a single PowerPoint slide) describing his/her experience from the STSM and the relevant scientific outputs; the poster will be used by the Action for dissemination purposes (e.g. uploaded in the Action’s website).
Failure to submit the scientific report and the poster within 30 days from the end date of the STSM will effectively cancel the grant.
(Please note that COST can request additional information to substantiate the information contained within the documents submitted by STSM applicants).
Deadline for applications to be submitted: 01/10/2016
Notification of application outcome: 15/10/2016
Period of STSM: between 01/11/2016 and 15/04/2017
NOTE AGGIUNTIVE
1. In fase di riempimento della domanda online il candidato dovrà specificare la durata della propria STSM e il piano dei costi previsti.
2. Il contributo giornaliero alle spese di missione può essere inferiore a 160 €/dì in base al Paese ospitante e al giudizio della commissione che esaminerà le domande pervenute. Sarà cura del candidato valutare i costi presunti in maniera realistica.
First Call for STSM Applications
CA COST Action CA15121
http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15121
Advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas (MarCons)
Call Number 1 for the Grant Period 1 (August 2016 – April 2017)
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) Applications
What is the purpose of an STSM?
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are exchange visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, strengthening existing networks and fostering collaboration between researchers. A STSM should specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of the COST Action, whilst at the same time allowing those partaking in the missions to learn new techniques, gain access to specific data, instruments and / or methods not available in their own institutions / organisations.
Who is eligible to partake in STSM?
A STSM applicant must be engaged in a research programme as a PhD Student or postdoctoral fellow or can be employed by, or affiliated to, an Institution or legal entity which has within its remit a clear association with performing scientific research.
Always satisfying the above requirement, whether a Researcher is eligible to receive a STSM grant depends on which country their primary affiliation is held. Once this has been established, eligibility can be determined by adhering to the stipulations in the following 2 categories:
1. Researchers holding their primary affiliation at an institution located in a Participating COST Country are eligible to perform a STSM in another Participating COST Country. A list of Participating COST Countries can be found on the respective COST Action Webpage at http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15121?parties
2. For Researchers holding their primary affiliation in a Near Neighbour Country (NNC), the consideration for being eligible to receive a STSM grant is linked to whether their institution has been formally approved onto the Action or not – The eligibility status of Researchers located in NNC is restricted to those affiliated to approved NNC institutions.
The complete list of NNC can be found at
http://www.cost.eu/about_cost/cost_countries/international_cooperation/nnc
A list of approved NNC Institutions can be found on the respective COST Action Webpage at http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15121?parties
STSM - from where to where?
The Home institution is the institution where the applicant holds their primary affiliation as registered on their e-COST profile/STSM application/C.V. and where they are currently performing their main strand of research. The table below (see category A) details the possible STSM scenarios available to the respective Researcher. The Host institution (category B) concerns the institution/organisation that will host the successful applicant.
The following table shows the STSM scenarios available to eligible applicants:
| A) Researcher in a Home Institution | B) To Perform a STSM in a Host Institution |
| Located in an institution in a Participating COST Country or Cooperating State | In another Participating COST Country or Cooperating State |
| In an approved NNC institution | |
| In an approved IPC institution | |
| In an approved Specific organisation | |
| Located in an approved NNC institution | In a Participating COST Country or Cooperating State |
First Call for STSM applications for missions occurring between 1/11/2016 and 15/04/2017
All STSM activities must occur in their entirety within the dates specified above
Purpose of a Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM)
STSM facilitates Researchers from COST Countries participating in COST Action CA15121 to go to an institution or research centre in another participating COST Country to foster collaboration and to perform empirical research. Participation of “'Early-Career Investigators'” (ECI) in STSM is particularly encouraged. An applicant can be considered as being an “'Early-Career Investigator'” when the time that has elapsed between the award date of the applicants PhD and the date of the applicants first involvement in the COST Action CA15121 does not exceed 8 years. PhD students are also eligible to partake in STSMs.
Specific information concerning STSM
STSM can have a duration of between 5 days and 90 days (and up to 180 days if the applicant is an ECI – see definition of ECI above).
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.
The following funding conditions apply and must be respected:
1. The calculation of the financial contribution for each STSM must respect the following criteria:
- 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.
- up to a maximum of EUR 3 500 in total can be afforded to ECIs for missions with a duration of between 91 and 180 days;
- up to a maximum of EUR 160 per day can be afforded for accommodation and meal expenses.
Financial support is limited to partial coverage of travel and subsistence expenses and is paid as a grant.
For this financial year, the Management Committee of COST Action CA15121 has allocated a total budget of EUR 11,840 for STSMs. The amounts granted for each individual STSM will be determined during the evaluation process by the nominally appointed person (s). The selection of applicants is based on the scientific scope of the STSM application which must clearly compliment the overall objectives of the Action. In accordance with COST policies, the selection process is also guided by a principle of gender balance.
How to apply for an STSM:
Interested Researchers are advised to follow the directions provided below and submit their application and supporting documents to Noam Levin (noamlevin@mail.huji.ac.il , STSM Manager for CA15121) by the deadline of the 01/10/2016.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS AS FOLLOWS:
1. All applicants must carefully read the funding rules detailed in section 6 of the COST Vademecum: Short Term Scientific Mission (pages 30-31). This document is available at: http://www.cost.eu/download/COSTVademecum
2. All applicants must register for an e-COST profile at https://e-services.cost.eu/ - adding their bank account details to their profile.
3. All applicants must obtain a letter of invitation from the Host institution confirming that they can undertake the STSM on the given dates prior to submitting an application.
4. All applicants must complete, submit and download their STSM application online at: https://e-services.cost.eu/stsm .
5. All applicants must send their submitted STSM application form and the relevant supporting documents to Noam Levin noamlevin@mail.huji.ac.il (STSM Manager for CA15121) for evaluation before the application submission deadline expires.
The list of supporting documents to be submitted for the evaluation are:
• Letter of invitation to the applicant from a senior Researcher affiliated to the Host institution
• The submitted STSM application form (downloadable when the online application is submitted - see point 4 above)
• A motivation letter including an overview of the proposed activities that will be performed which must contain a plan of work for the visit highlighting the proposed contribution to the scientific objectives of the respective COST Action;
The application should contribute to one of the following working groups:
- WG1: From description to prediction of cumulative human impacts on marine ecosystems to inform conservation planning
- WG2: Present challenges and limitations in marine conservation
- WG3: Marine Conservation and Biological Invasions
- WG4: Integrated conservation planning across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems
- WG5: Regional coordination and transboundary conservation
- WG6: Governance of marine protected areas
• A Full C.V. (including a list of academic publications – if applicable). The CV must include the award date of the applicants PhD and their current position.
6. The application will then be assessed by the Core Group of the Action against the perceived contribution that the proposed visit will make against the scientific objectives outlined in the Action Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
7. The applicant will be formally notified of the outcome of their STSM application by Noam Levin on the 15/10/2016.
8. Within 30 days from the end date of the STSM, the successful applicant must submit a scientific report to the Host institution and to Noam Levin. The applicant is also responsible for acquiring an official acceptance letter / Email confirmation of acceptance from a senior Researcher affiliated to the Host institution formally accepting the scientific report. This formal acceptance of the scientific report has to be sent to the Grant Holder and Noam Levin for archiving purposes. Finally, the applicant should submit a poster (in electronic form, as a single PowerPoint slide) describing his/her experience from the STSM and the relevant scientific outputs; the poster will be used by the Action for dissemination purposes (e.g. uploaded in the Action’s website).
Failure to submit the scientific report and the poster within 30 days from the end date of the STSM will effectively cancel the grant.
(Please note that COST can request additional information to substantiate the information contained within the documents submitted by STSM applicants).
Deadline for applications to be submitted: 01/10/2016
Notification of application outcome: 15/10/2016
Period of STSM: between 01/11/2016 and 15/04/2017
NOTE AGGIUNTIVE
1. In fase di riempimento della domanda online il candidato dovrà specificare la durata della propria STSM e il piano dei costi previsti.
2. Il contributo giornaliero alle spese di missione può essere inferiore a 160 €/dì in base al Paese ospitante e al giudizio della commissione che esaminerà le domande pervenute. Sarà cura del candidato valutare i costi presunti in maniera realistica.
