Grants
The SIMU Programme supports individual short visits of up to one week (mainly for senior researchers) and fellowships for younger researchers to spend up to three months in a research group involved in the SIMU Programme in a different European country. Either the institute of origin or the receiving institute should be in a country in which a funding agency contributes to the SIMU Programme (currently Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom).
Individual short visits
Requests for support for visits of up to one week, mainly intended for senior researchers, should contain the following information:
•the name and affiliation of the scientist(s) travelling and the research group to be visited
•the reason for the visit
•provisional dates for the visit
•estimated cost (travel and accommodation will be reimbursed on the basis of actual costs, and a contribution towards daily living expenses paid within the maximum amount of EUR 762)
Fellowships
An application for a fellowship should contain:
•the name and affiliation of the scientist(s) and the research group to be visited
•a short CV
•a letter of acceptance of the host at the receiving institute
•a brief description (one page) of the collaborative work to be undertaken
•provisional dates for the stay
Conditions of Eligibility
To be considered for a fellowship a candidate has to:
•undertake work applicable to the Programme;
•apply for a stay in a laboratory in a European country other than the country of origin;
•return to the institute of origin upon termination so that the institute may also benefit from her/his broadened knowledge.
Preference will be given to young researchers at the beginning of their career. Priority will be given to applications in which one or both of the laboratories are located in a country participating in the programme (see list below).
Administrative Procedure
Fellowships are available for visits from one week to three months in duration. Actual costs of travel (on the basis of APEX fares) and accommodation will be covered and a per diem allowance (30.5 EUR) will be paid within the maximum limits of the grant (4,573 EUR). Applicants are requested to provide an estimated budget for their visit, on which the maximum amount of their grant will be based.
An advance payment of 75 % of the total amount granted is made upon written request shortly before the visit takes place. The final payment in either case will be made after reception at the ESF Secretariat of a short report from the grantee on completion of his/her visit. Original used tickets for travel and bills for accommodation must also be forwarded to the ESF Secretariat when claiming the final payment.
There are no deadlines for applications.
Applications should be made with the a latex template which can be found on the SIMU homepage and sent to:
Professor Peter Nielaba Email
Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik
Fakultät für Physik
Universität Konstanz
Germany
