The BUP Mobi­li­ty Rese­arch Grant Programme for young rese­ar­chers

 

It is our ple­asu­re to anno­un­ce the Mobi­li­ty Rese­arch Grant Pro­gram­me 2017 within the Bal­tic Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­gram­me. The main aim with the Mobi­li­ty Grant is to deve­lop and streng­then the co-ope­ra­tion among young rese­ar­chers in the Bal­tic Sea Region. The grant is inten­ded to sup­port young scho­lars from BUP mem­ber uni­ver­si­ties who´s rese­arch pro­mo­te susta­ina­ble deve­lop­ment. The grant win­ner will be invi­ted to pre­sent the rese­arch at a BUP con­fe­ren­ce, as an oppor­tu­ni­ty to dis­se­mi­na­te results, ide­as and cre­ate intra-network co-ope­ra­tion.

 

Eligibility

 

·    The Mobi­li­ty Grants Pro­gram­me is open to PhD stu­dents and Post.doc scho­lars from all BUP mem­ber       uni­ver­si­ties;

·    The appli­ca­tions can be made for the mobi­li­ty fun­ding of new rese­arch pro­jects (in who­le or in part), or     as a finan­cial con­tri­bu­tion to ongo­ing ones — as far as the appli­cant stay at ano­ther uni­ver­si­ty in the Bal­tic Sea Region during the Mobi­li­ty Grant period. The idea is that the grant will cover tra­vel and accom­mo­da­tion which will be han­dled by the BUP co-ordi­na­ting secre­ta­riat in Uppsa­la.

·    Appli­cants repre­sen­ting any disci­pli­ne are welco­me to apply;

·    The pro­po­sed rese­arch pro­ject needs to be direc­tly con­nec­ted to the field of susta­ina­ble deve­lop­ment and the Bal­tic Sea Region.

 

The Grants

 

A limi­ted num­ber of con­tri­bu­tions will be awar­ded to a maxi­mum total value of 3000 Euros. Mobi­li­ty Grant period sho­uld be ended no later than 31 of Decem­ber 2018. Report from the Grant sho­uld be sent no later than 3 month after ended Mobi­li­ty Grand period. The appli­ca­tions will be asses­sed by the Bal­tic Uni­ver­si­ty Scien­ti­fic Com­mit­tee accor­ding to the fol­lo­wing cri­te­ria.

 

·    Originality: The degree to which the pro­po­sed pro­ject is poin­ting to new, ori­gi­nal ide­as in susta­ina­bi­li­ty; gra­sping and deve­lo­ping the con­cept of susta­ina­ble deve­lop­ment in uni­que and une­xpec­ted direc­tions;

·    A sta­te­ment of your plan for co-operation with the host uni­ver­si­ty whi­le stay­ing the­re as a guest rese­ar­cher, and if rele­vant, co-ope­ra­tion also with other part­ners in the Bal­tic Sea region;

·    Altho­ugh inter‑disciplinarity is not a strict requ­ire­ment,  pro­jects deemed to have a poten­tial of cros­sing tra­di­tio­nal disci­pli­na­ry boun­da­ries, espe­cial­ly the divi­sion line betwe­en social and natu­ral scien­ce and tech­no­lo­gy will attract spe­cial atten­tion in the eva­lu­ation;

·    Pro­ject has focus on the Bal­tic Sea Region;

·    The time period spend at the hosting uni­ver­si­ty is mini­mum one month.

·    An invi­ta­tion let­ter from the hosting uni­ver­si­ty is requ­ired.

 

Application Procedure

The final deadli­ne for appli­ca­tions is 31 of Octo­ber 2017. The appli­ca­tion form is ava­ila­ble on the BUP websi­te. Signed appli­ca­tion form inc­lu­ding all attach­ments is to be scan­ned and sent elec­tro­ni­cal­ly to Magnus Leh­man (Magnus.Lehman@csduppsala.uu.se) at the BUP co-ord. secre­ta­riat no later than 31 of Octo­ber 2017. ​

 

Direc­tor Made­le­ine Gra­nvik
Ph:+46–471 xxxx
Ema­il:madeleine.granvik@csduppsala.uu.se

The Bal­tic Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­gram­me
Uppsa­la Cen­tre for Susta­ina­ble Deve­lop­ment Depart­ment of Earth Scien­ces, Uppsa­la Uni­ver­si­ty Villavägen16, SE-75236 Uppsa­la, Sweden​