COST ACTION CA20116

10th Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions & 1st Senior Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions

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10th Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions & 1st Senior Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions

Dear Colleagues and potential STSM applicants,

This is to inform you that, due to the starting of the new Grant Period, our Cost Action OPERA is not accessible yet at the e-COST platform to submit STSM applications. Therefore, for both the 10th Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions and the 1st Senior Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions, APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL.

Please, send all requested files (see them and their corresponding description in the call announcement below) by email to: opera-coregroup@services.cnrs.fr, adding in CC the email addresses of the STSM program leader and vice-leader (sergio.fernandezga@upm.es and zjovanovic@vinca.rs), and indicating in the subject “OPERA STSM + the call you apply for”.

We are looking forward for receiving your application and apologize to you for the possible inconveniences.

Call announcement

We are pleased to inform you that both the 10th Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) and the 1st Senior Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions, funded by the COST action European Network for Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy (CA20116 – OPERA), are open for submissions. These calls will fund Short-Term Scientific Missions taking place from 15 January to 1 April 2025. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 1 December 2024 and the decision will be communicated to applicants on 20 December by e-mail.

Detailed information about the STSM programs can be found in here. We kindly recommend all applicants to carefully read this document, which explains the different calls, the STSM objectives, who is eligible, the organizational and financial aspects, and the evaluation procedure of these competitive calls.

How to apply: The applications must be exclusively submitted through the e-cost platform (https://e-services.cost.eu/). Besides filling the information requested online, you will have to submit (upload) the 5 mandatory documents described in the OPERA-CA20116 STSM Rules Fourth Grant Period document. These 5 documents are:

  1. STSM application form. You must use the downloadable template available at the e-cost platform.
  2. Confirmation letter of the host on the agreement from the host institution in receiving the applicant. This letter, issued by the host institution, should confirm the acceptance of the applicant by the host institution to carry out the proposed STSM. The letter must also indicate who the senior researcher in charge of the applicant at the host institution will be. Such a senior researcher will be appointed as tutor of the applicant for reporting purposes. This letter can also indicate the mutual benefit of the STSM from the point of view of the host institution. We encourage applicants to use the template above.
  3. A letter of support from the home Institution. This letter can also explain the mutual benefit of the STSM from the point of view of the home institution. There is no template for this document.
  4. A full C.V. limited to 2 pages using the Europass template including: date of birth; current position: e.g. PhD student, Post Doc (specify date of PhD award), Assistant Professor, Employee, Research fellow…, the number of years since obtaining PhD Degree, where applicable, a list of academic publications.
  5. Extended STSM application form. This document is similar to the STSM application form described above, but it contains further information necessary for the reviewing process. Besides providing here detailed budget and travel plans, you are also asked to provide an extended scientific work plan (max 2 pages, including motivation) to properly describe the state of the art, the methods and the objectives. The work plan should highlight the expected added value (including training benefits and know-how transfer) of the STSM for you as well as for the host and home institutions. The STSM duration has to be justified within the work plan section too. (You must use the template above).

Importantly, after the STSM, all STSM grantees will have to submit a scientific report using the template “STSM-report” (also available at the e-COST platform) on the given time for the respective call (see OPERA CA20116 STSM Rules Fourth Grant Period document).

We are looking forward for receiving your application.

Sincerely,
OPERA STSM team