Corpora: EU Funding for Experienced Researchers (fwd)

[E S Atwell]

This memo from Leeds University European Office may be of wider interest
to researchers in industry and universities across Europe:

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> Dear Colleague
>
> As well as awarding fellowships to young researchers, the EU-funded Marie
> Curie scheme also funds two types of fellowships for
> **experienced researchers**.  This experienced researcher scheme
> is very much undersubscribed and the success rate is well in
> excess of 50%, so if you are planning a period of study leave in
> another European country in the near future the scheme is worth
> considering.
>
> Two strands are available:
>
> ********Industry/Academia Scheme
>
> This scheme allows university researchers to undertake research within a
> company; the scheme is also available to individuals working in
> industry who wish to spend time in a university.
>
> *********Less Favoured Regions Scheme
>
> This scheme encourages mobility between less favoured regions
> (see list at www.cordis.lu/improving) and other parts of the EU and
> Associated states.  The scheme funds stays at Universities in less
> favoured regions by researchers from other parts of Europe and vice
> versa.
>
> In the case of both schemes the following applies:
>
> - researcher must have 10 postdoc or 14 postgraduate years of
> experience and must have been working at their home institution
> for at least the last five years
>
> - the stay can be for between 3 and 12 months (short visits are
> allowable as long as they add up to a total of at least three months)
>
> - the applicant must be an EU citizen (or member of an associated
> state) and be proposing to undertake research in an eligible
> country *other than their own* , and must have agreement of proposed
> host
>
> - funding covers salary costs plus bench fees
>
> The next deadline for this scheme is 13 September 2000
>
> Further information available from the LeedsU European Office www site
>
> http://www.leeds.ac.uk/external-affairs/european/restrict/fellows.htm
>
> or http://www.mariecurie.org/
>