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International Office
Funding for outgoing staff mobility
30 January 2014
Funding for outgoing mobility:
Overview
Erasmus in the framework of Erasmus+
Erasmus Mundus Action 2
Central bilateral agreements
Development cooperation
Erasmus+ staff exchange (also for PhD
students and postdocs)
Staff mobility (teaching and training)
Eligibility criteria • 2014-2015 onwards: EU28, Macedonia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway,
Switzerland & Turkey
• 2015-2016 onwards: above + rest of the world
Selection criteria • Faculty takes decision on application
Duration:
• Staff mobility between participating countries:
from 2 days to 2 months (excl. travel time)
• Teaching = min. 8 hours/ week
Budget: within Europe
• Travel: € 180/€ 275/€ 360
• Subsistence: between € 50-80 per day
depending on destination
Preparation
(effort)
• Training or teaching programme
• Interinstitutional agreement
Next deadline: several calls Website: ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/
Contact: Elke Timmermans ([email protected])
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (EMA2)Staff mobility (research/teaching/training) to partner universities.
Eligibility
criteria
• being enrolled in a European partner university
Selection
criteria
• selection committee of the consortium is responsable for the selection
Duration:
• PhD students: 6-12 months
• Postdocs: 6 months
• academic staff members: 1 month
Budget:
• monthly allowance:
- PhD students: € 1500
- Postdocs: € 1800
- Academic staff members: € 2500
• travel expenses
• full insurance coverage
Preparation
(effort)
• online application
• training/research/teaching plan
• motivation letter
• letter of interest from host university
Next deadlines: depending on the project Website: www.kuleuven.be/internationaal/ema2
Contact: Katrien Vanelven ([email protected]) and Sandrine Debecker
Erasmus Mundus Action 2: destinations
KU Leuven is partner in the following EMA2 projects:
• EMAIL III: for applicants from/to Israel
Application deadline: January 31, 2014
www.em2il.muni.cz
• EMERGE: for applicants from/to Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus
Application deadline: February 15, 2014
www.emerge.uaic.ro
• AREAS+: for applicants from/to Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Mongolia, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, Vietnam
Application deadline: February 15, 2014
www.areas.polito.it
• AURORA: for applicants from/to the Russian Federation
Call for applications: October-December 2015
www.utu.fi/en/sites/em-aurora/project
EMA2 projects in which KU Leuven is not a
partner
• Regions
• Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon,
Palestine, Syria
• Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Mexico, Panama
• South Africa
• …
• Website:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/scholarship
s_students_academics_en.php
Central bilateral agreements
Priority agreements with partner institutions in Europe, North America, Asia and South Africa with a fixed
number of exchanges/year.
Eligibility
criteria
• PhD students with at least 2 years of research experience at their home university
• postdoctoral researchers
• ZAP
Selection
criteria
KU Leuven selection committee:
• applicants whose projects demonstrate the greatest potential for ongoing research and collaboration
with KU Leuven faculty members.
• project proposals that cannot receive any funding through other programmes (National Research
Council, European programmes, Research Funding...).
Duration: min. 3 weeks and max. 3 months Budget:
KU Leuven participants: travelling expenses:
• to EU destination: max € 500 (economy class)
• to non-EU destination: max € 1,000 (economy class)
Participants from partner universities coming to KU Leuven:
• per diem: € 50/day in the first month and € 30/day from the
second month onwards
• accommodation
• insurance
Next deadline:
January 15, 2014 for European partner universities
March 15, 2014 for all destinations
Website: www.kuleuven.be/internationaal/samenwerkingsverbandenhome/i
nternationaleakkoorden/centrale-
uitwisselingsakkoorden/bilateraleakkoorden
Contact: Nela Avila ([email protected])
Central bilateral agreements
Inside Europe
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at facultylevel can besponsoredby central
level (travelexpenses)
OutsideEurope
• Kansai University (Japan)
• Waseda University (Japan)
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
• East China Normal University (China)
• Tsinghua University (China)
Asia
• Stellenbosch University
• University of the Western Cape (Belville)
• University of Pretoria
• University of the Freestate - Bloemfontein
• University of Cape Town
South Africa
• University of Pennsylvania (USA)
• University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign (USA)
• Université de Montréal (initial phase)
North America
Development cooperation:
overview
• IRO: mobility
o South Mobility, Prospecting grants & Short visits
o Focus on LDC, LowIC & MiddleIC
• VLIR-UOS:
o Different programs
o Focus on 20 partners countries
South Mobility – YouReCa / IROTravel grants for development relevant short research stays in the South (LDC, LIC and
LMIC)
Eligibility
criteria
• PhD’s and postdocs at KU Leuven
• Research on a development relevant subject
• Travelling to LDC, LIC or LMIC
• Minimum two weeks
Selection
criteria
• Development relevance of research in the framework of activities at KU
Leuven
• Cooperation with local institution
• Preference to young researchers
Duration: Min. two weeks Budget: Reimbursement of airplane ticket up to 1,200 EUR
Preparation • Submit an application, CV, recommendation letter
Next deadline: April 1, 2014 Website: www.kuleuven.be/internationaal/ontwikkelingssamenwerking/iro/zuid-
mobiliteit-reistoelage-voor-phd-en-postdoc
Contact: Tupac Calfat ([email protected])
Prospecting Grants– IRO
Travel grants for a prospective trip to a developing country in order to submit a project
proposal at a funding agency
Eligibility
criteria
• Senior academic KU Leuven staff members (ZAP) or postdoctoral
researchers, supervised by a senior academic staff member
• Travelling to LDC, LIC or LMIC
• A prospective trip has to result in a completed project proposal that can be
submitted to other funding institutions
Selection
criteria
• Development relevance of the proposal
• Cooperation with local institution
Duration: / Budget: Travel related expenses up to 2,000 EUR
Preparation • Submit an application and CV
Next deadline:
April 1, 2014
Website: http://www.kuleuven.be/internationaal/ontwikkelingssamenwerking/iro/pr
ospectiebeurzen
Contact: Martine Dekoninck ([email protected])
Short Visit to a developing country – IRO
Travel grants for visiting scholars to developing countries
Eligibility
criteria
• Senior academic KU Leuven staff members (ZAP)
• Academic activities in the framework of university development cooperation
• Travelling to LDC, LIC or LMIC
Selection
criteria
• Development relevance of academic activities
• Cooperation with local institution
• Preference to young researchers
Budget: Reimbursement of airplane ticket up to 1,200 EUR
Preparation • Submit an application
Next deadline: April 1, 2014 Website: http://www.kuleuven.be/internationaal/ontwikkelingssamenwerking/iro/ze
ndingen-naar-ontwikkellingslanden
Contact: Tupac Calfat ([email protected])
VLIR-UOS…
Different programs:
• IUC - NSS
• SI
• TEAM
• INCO
• (Travel Grants Programme => MSc-students)
• Focus on 20 partner countries
“… supports partnerships and cooperation between
universities and university colleges in Flanders and in the
South”
Where?
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Development Cooperation Unit Website
• These and additional funding possibilities:
o www.kuleuven.be/internationaal/calls/financieringsmogelijkheden-
os/financieringsmogelijkhedenOSKULeuvenhome
Questions?
Contact persons at the International Office:
International Cooperation and Programmes:
Development Cooperation:
Faculty of Social
Sciences
Staff mobility possibilities
Mobility within Erasmus+ framework
• Faculty of Social Sciences: agreements with 80+
European partner universities
• Full list of destinations available at website of Faculty
Social Sciences under Student Portal/International
(completely updated list by March 2014)
• For doctoral students: if you have not been on Erasmus
student exchange before, you can do this as doctoral
student (minimum stay is 3 months)
• Other academic staff: min. 2 days, max. 2 months with 8h
of teaching per week; NOT for attending conferences
Erasmus+ staff mobility
• Re-imbursement of travel costs
Staff mobility grants Erasmus+
• Per diem
Erasmus+ deadlines for applications
Deadlines for applications for staff mobility during the
academic year 2014-2015:
• Mobility during the first semester: 31 October 2014
• Mobility during the second semester: 28 Feb 2015
• Mobility during the summer : 31 May 2015
More information:
• Ms. Bert Claesen, Erasmus Coordinator Faculty of Social
Sciences: [email protected]
• Ms. Elke Timmermans, International Office:
JUMO mobility grants for junior researchers
• Duration:
o 6 months – 1 year for post-docs, tenure track professors
o 3 – 6 months for doctoral students
• Reimbursements:
o Daily allowance depending on the country but with a
maximum of €1.000 per month (€1.500 for families)
o Travel expenses up to €650 within Europe and €1.000
outside Europe
• Three calls / year Next deadline: 31 Jan. 2014 5pm
• Host institution: requirement of high level research
environment
Faculty of Social Sciences
Bilateral agreements outside EU
The Faculty of Social Sciences has concluded bilateral
agreements with a list of partners outside of the EU. All of
these agreements actively want to promote staff mobility.
There are no mobility grants foreseen in these agreements,
but host institutions can provide (very affordable or free) on
campus accommodation in most cases, and there are some
funding possibilities:
• some of the partners are also partners in Erasmus Mundus Action2
Consortia eg. IDC Herzliya (Israel)
• some partners are also partners of KU Leuven at the central level
eg University of Illinois, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Bilateral agreements between
Faculty of Social Sciences and non-EU partners
• Asia:
o Kobe University, Japan
o Fudan University, Shanghai, China
o Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
o National University of Seoul, South Korea
o National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
o National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan
o Jindal Global University, India
o NEW: Jamia Millia University, Center for Media, Culture
and Governance, India
Bilateral agreements Faculty of Social
Sciences
• North America:
o University of Illinois at Urbana Champagin (also central partner KU
Leuven): for studies/research in all disciplines of our faculty
o CEETUM: research center in Montreal for those conducting
research on ethnic minorities, access to all universities in Montreal
(especially Université de Montréal)
o NEW! Florida International University, Miami:
for researchers with focus on:
• Area studies and comparative international studies (including
Latin America)
• Migration, Immigration and Diaspora studies
• Urban studies
• Comparative Administration
Bilateral agreements with other non-EU
partners
• Russia:
o Kazan Volga Region Federal University
Knowledge of Russian is recommended
areas: public management (being developed) /political sciences:
federalism/ intercultural, interethnic relations
o Saint Petersburg University, School of International
Relations
• Israel:
o IDC Herzlyia: especially for media and journalism
studies
New EU funded programmes
at the Faculty of Social Sciences
• GLiMPSE: Joint Master degree programme between
ESSEC (Paris), Faculty of Social Sciences (KU Leuven),
Seoul National University and KDI School for Governance
and Public Management (Seoul): also including staff
mobility: starting academic year 2014-2015
• Marie Curie International Mobility Scheme with 7 Russian
partners: staff mobility possibilities on research topics of
European cultural diversity, identity and conflict
management: starting academic year 2014-2015, minimum
stay: 1 month
Some important notes
• As a PhD student, your mobility plans need to be discussed in the first
place with your supervisor.
• Keep an eye on the faculty’s internationalisation web page for regularly
updated information. The slides from this session will also be made
available there:
www.soc.kuleuven.be/internationalisation
What do we offer? Guidance
towards a tailor-made mobility
plan.
Contact: Dr. Ria Laenen,
International Relations Policy Advisor
Faculty of Social Sciences:
