Short-term scientific missions

Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are exchange visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, strengthening existing networks and fostering collaboration between researchers.

An STSM specifically contributes to the scientific objectives of SEA-UNICORN, whilst allowing participants to learn new techniques, gain access to specific data, instruments or methods not available in their own institutions/organisations, and establishing/reinforcing collaboration between researchers.

Participating rules

Calls for applications will be opened regularly (if possible every 6 months), for STSMs of €500-3500 each, depending on the amount of work involved. The collection and evaluation of STSMs applications are under the responsibility of the Grant Awarding Committee. Rules for applying can be found here.

In particular, STSMs will have to respect the following criteria:

Applicants may be engaged in an official research program as a PhD student or postdoctoral fellow or be employed by, or affiliated to, an institution or legal entity which has within its remit a clear association with performing research.
Minimum duration of 5 days and maximum duration of 90 days.

Calls for application

The fourth STSM call is now open, for STSMs to take place between 15 July and 30 September 2023.

4th STSM call:

Opening and closing dates: 1 April 2023 to 31 May 2023
Final date for submission of applications on a rolling basis: 15 June 2023
Earliest start day for the STSMs: 15 July 2023
Latest day for completing the STSMs: 30 September 2023

Previous calls:

3rd STSM call:

Opening and closing dates: 15 December 2022 to 31 March 2023
Final date for submission of applications : 30 April 2023
Earliest start day for the STSMs: 15 January 2023
Latest day for completing the STSMs: 31 August 2022

2nd STSM call:

Opening and closing dates: 1 March to 30 April 2022
Final date for submission of applications : 31 May 2022
Earliest start day for the STSMs: 15 April 2022
Latest day for completing the STSMs: 30 September 2022

1st STSM call:

Opening and closing dates: 7 to 15 April 2021
Final date for submission of applications: 31 May 2021
Earliest start day for the STSMs: 15 May 2021
Latest day for completing the STSMs: 31 August 2021

Contact

Grant Awarding Coordinator

Filip Volckaert

KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

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Approved STSMs

YRI = Young Researcher or Innovator

There are no approved STSMs as of yet.

Recipient

Juan Pardo (YRI)

Home institution

University of Agder, Norway

Host institution

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Project

Land-ocean connectivity in a changing environment: role of natural and anthropogenic terrestrial sources to benthic communities and potential effects to higher trophic levels

Duration

2 weeks

Poster

Recipient

Iris Preiss (YRI)

Home institution

Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa, Israel

Host institution

Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB, CSIC), Blanes, Spain

Project

Assessment of Recovery Potential of Marine Gastropod Populations Through Connectivity Between Mediterranean Shores With Different Climate Change Risks