Please notice: Deadline 15 October 2023

UniDive COST Action is pleased to announce a call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) applications.

The goal of the UniDive COST Action is to build a network of researchers, practitioners, and experts who take on an important challenge posed by the booming domain of natural language processing (NLP): to account for and foster both inter- and intra-language diversity. To this end, UniDive will be making available a number of Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) over its duration.

STSMs are funded exchange visits aimed at strengthening the existing research network and fostering collaboration between participants in the COST action. Scientists and researchers who are members of UniDive can visit an institution or laboratory located in a country other than their country of affiliation, learn new techniques and gain access to specific data, instruments and/or methods not available in their own institutions/organisations.

Candidates can find a host institution either through personal search or through the published STSM hosting proposals.

Please note that the financial support available via the STSM scheme is awarded to individuals and can be up to EUR 4 000,00 per grant. It is intended to contribute towards the travel and subsistence cost of a STSM but not to cover employment or all costs. Final decisions on the grants are based on the applicant’s request and reflect the costs induced by the duration and location of the STSM.

Applications are submitted via the e-COST portal using the dedicated forms available. The content of the application shall include a title, start and end date, budget requested by the applicant, information about the host institution and contact person as well as a description of the goals of the STSM, the work to be carried out by the applicant, expected outcomes and the contribution to the UniDive objectives. A confirmation from the intended host institution in receiving the applicant is required.

Please note that this is a special last-minute call:

• The duration of an STSM should be 5 calendar days minimum and approved STSMs will end at the latest 15 October 2023.
• Applications will be evaluated at a first-come, first-served mode.
• A written report must also be submitted via e-COST upon the completion of the STSM not later than 15 October 2023.

For more information on the STSMs, see the Annotated Rules for Cost Actions: Annex2. For more information on the application procedure, please consult the Grant Awarding User Guide.

Important dates for this call:

• Call publication: 14th September 2023
• Application deadline: 2nd October 2023
• Notification: immediate
• STSM dates: 15 October 2023 at the latest

If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best wishes,

Nurit Melnik (nuritme@openu.ac.il) & Stella Markantonatou (marks@athenarc.gr) STSM coordinators of UniDive COST action.