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 €500-2500 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:
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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.
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Minimum duration of 5 days and maximum duration of 90 days.
Calls for application
The fifth STSM call is now open, for STSMs to take place between 15 January and 31 August 2024.
5th STSM call:
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Opening and closing dates: 15 November 2023 to 30 April 2024
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Final date for submission of applications : 30 April 2024
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Earliest start day for the STSMs: 15 January 2024
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Latest day for completing the STSMs: 31 August 2024
Previous calls:
4th STSM call:
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Opening and closing dates: 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023
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Final date for submission of applications on a rolling basis: 30 June 2023
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Earliest start day for the STSMs: 1 May 2023
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Latest day for completing the STSMs: 30 September 2023
3rd STSM call:
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Opening and closing dates: 15 December 2022 to 30 March 2023
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Final date for submission of applications : 30 March 2023
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Earliest start day for the STSMs: 15 January 2023
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Latest day for completing the STSMs: 31 August 2022
2nd STSM call:
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Opening and closing dates: 1 March to 30 April 2022
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Final date for submission of applications : 31 May 2022
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Earliest start day for the STSMs: 15 April 2022
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Latest day for completing the STSMs: 30 September 2022
1st STSM call:
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Opening and closing dates: 7 to 15 April 2021
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Final date for submission of applications: 31 May 2021
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Earliest start day for the STSMs: 15 May 2021
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Latest day for completing the STSMs: 31 August 2021
Contact
Approved STSMs
YRI = Young Researcher or Innovator
There are no approved STSMs as of yet.
Recipient
David Casals
Home institution
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Host institution
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer), France
Project
Applying the novel pangeo-fish geolocation
modelling framework to demersal and
anadromous migratory fish biologging data
Duration
2 weeks
Recipient
Martina La Torre
Home institution
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Italy
Host institution
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, Villefranche, France
Project
Application of ddRAD approach to study population genomic connectivity of several temperate gorgonians
Duration
2 weeks
Recipient
Giorgios Kerametsidis
Home institution
Oceanographic Centre of the Balearic Islands (IEO-CSIC), Palma, Spain
Host institution
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO-CNRS), Marseille, France
Project
Quantifying short-scale connectivity of a highly commercial species using Lagrangian indices of larval retention, imports and self-recruitment
Duration
3 months
Recipient
Yahya Terzi and Rafet Cagri Öztürk
Home institution
Department of Fisheries Technology Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye
Host institution
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Department of Fisheries Resources, Gdynia 81-332, Poland
Project
Bibliometric mapping and development of interactive online tool for marine connectivity review of reviews
Duration
2 weeks
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
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
Duration
2 weeks
Recipient
Eleonora Cariolato (YRI)
Home institution
Marine & Freshwater Research Centre, Department of Natural Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
Host institution
CNRS - Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Project
Genomic Characterization and population dynamics of blue mussel complex stocks in Irish waters employing SNPs analysis
Duration
2 weeks
