Mobility funding calls
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- Greece
Fund Greek participation in selected European transnational R&I partnerships.
Mobility type: International collaborative research, potentially including researcher mobility
Project Coordinator: GSRI
Who can apply?: Research organisations, HEIs and other eligible organisations
Funding: Greek national co-funding for eligible Greek participants
Duration: call-specific
Website/Call Link: https://gsri.gov.gr/omada_stoxos/for_companies-research/
- Greece
International collaborative R&I projects, particularly Mediterranean food systems, agriculture and water.
Mobility type: Collaborative/transnational research; mobility can occur within projects
Project Coordinator: Greek General Secretariat for Research & Innovation (GSRI) + PRIMA
Who can apply?: depending on consortium composition and the specific PRIMA call; Greek public funding applies to eligible Greek participants
Funding: Project funding under PRIMA/national rules rather than an individual mobility fellowship
Duration: project-specific.
Contact Details: GSRI
- Germany
- Bilateral
To support advanced academic research and training projects, promote international scientific exchange, and help young foreign academics and scientists complete doctoral or postdoctoral work at German universities or research institutes.
Mobility type: Bilateral Exchange Programs: Programs like the DAAD Bilateral Exchange of Academics and project-based personnel exchange (PPP) calls are strictly bilateral. They require matching applications from both Germany and the partner country to fund travel and living costs.
Individual Research Grants: Programs like standard DAAD Doctoral or Postdoctoral Research Grants are individual awards. They do not require a formal inter-governmental bilateral agreement, but they do require an invitation or host arrangement from a German institution.
Project Coordinator:
Who can apply?: master’s graduates, doctoral candidates, and early postdoctoral researchers.
Funding: 1,400 euros for doctoral candidates, alongside health insurance and travel allowances.
Duration:
- Doctoral Candidates: 2 to 12 months (or up to 7–12 months for specific one-year grants).
- Postdoctoral Researchers: 2 to 6 months
Website/Call Link: https://www.daad.de/en/the-daad/contact/addresses-telephone-numbers/
Contact Details: portal@daad.de
- Germany
- Inbound, Outbound
To support early-career postdoctoral researchers by funding their own independent research projects.
Mobility type: supports a research position inside Germany or a personal fellowship abroad, requiring either a connection to the German academic system or a host institution in Germany.
Project Coordinator:
Who can apply?: postdoctoral researchers in a very early qualification phase after completing a doctorate (aligned with the EU “recognized researcher” R2 profile). Parental leave is factored into calculations.
- For Projects in Germany: Open to researchers of any nationality. The host institution cannot be for-profit and must permit public access to research findings.
- For Fellowships Abroad: Applicants must be integrated into the German academic research system (typically by working continuously as a researcher in Germany for at least three years prior to applying, or completing primary/higher education in Germany).
- Refugee Researchers: Special provisions allow refugee researchers in Germany to submit proposals under specific guidelines.
Funding:
- In Germany (Position Module): Funds a temporary research position matching the “postdoctoral researcher” salary scale, plus a flat monthly allowance of €250 for direct project/material costs.
- Abroad (Fellowship Module): Provides a tax-free basic monthly stipend of €1,750 plus customized foreign allowances, cost-of-living adjustments, travel grants, and child benefits, alongside a €313 monthly allowance for direct project costs.
- Additional Support: Up to €5,000 per year is available for book publication costs. Exact fellowship stipends require calculation via the official DFG portal.
Duration: 2 years
Website/Call link: https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/proposal-funding-process/individual-grants-programmes/contact
Contact Details:
info-researchcareers@dfg.de
procedures-researchcareers@dfg.de
chancengleichheit@dfg.de
- Italy
- Inbound, Outbound
Erasmus+ is the EU Programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport to support citizens in their personal and professional development.
Mobility type: Inbound and outbound between Italy and Erasmus participating countries in the EU/EEA/EFTA
Project Coordinator: Erasmus+ INDIRE national agency
Who can apply?: students, staff in school, univesity and research centres.
Funding: calculated depending on destination country.
Duration:
Website/Call link: https://www.erasmusplus.it/
- Germany
- Inbound
To support international mobility and career development for postdoctoral researchers by combining temporary employment at a German university with an independent research stay abroad.
Mobility type: inbound of international postdoctoral researchers to Germany
Project Coordinator:
Who can apply?: postdocs of all nationalities who plan to pursue a long-term research career in Germany, possess above-average qualifications from any academic discipline, and have completed their doctorate with excellent results (typically magna cum laude or equivalent) before the funding start date.
Funding: gross monthly salary roughly between €4,000 and €5,000, plus an expatriate allowance during the year abroad
Duration: 18 months
Website/Call Link: https://www.daad.de/en/studying-in-germany/scholarships/daad-funding-programmes/prime/
Contact Details: prime@daad.de
- Italy
- Inbound, Outbound
The Short Term Mobility (STM) Program enables Italian scholars to carry out research activities in cooperation with foreign Universities and Research Institutions of clear international standing.
It also enables highly qualified foreign researchers, belonging to foreign Universities and Research Institutions of clear international standing, to be invited to carry out research in cooperation with CNR Institutes
Mobility type: inbound and outbound between Italy/eligible institutes abroad
Project Coordinator: CNR
Who can apply? Postdoctoral Researchers, Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellow or Principal Investigator (PI) / Professor / Associate Professor
Funding offered:
- Italian researchers will be reimbursed for expenses incurred (food, accommodation, and local transportation). Reimbursement will be subject to a maximum daily expense limit, determined by the destination country.
- Foreign researchers will receive a flat-rate compensation to cover travel and accommodation expenses in Italy, depending on the foreign researcher’s place of departure: €2,500.00 gross (Europe), €2,800.00 gross (Africa and the Middle East), €3,500.00 gross (North America, Central America, South America, Asia, and Oceania).
Duration:
- 14 or 21 days (i.e., nights) for Italian CNR researchers.
- 10 working days for foreign researchers at CNR institutes
Website/call link: https://www.cnr.it/en/short-term-mobility
- Italy
- Outbound
The ELIAS Mobility Program offers PhD students and postdoctoral researchers across Europe the opportunity to expand their networks, gain new perspectives, and collaborate with leading institutions in the ELLIS and ELIAS networks.
Mobility type: Outbound to other European institutes part of the ELIAS and ELLIS networks.
Project Coordinator: ELIAS Network
Who can apply?: PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers working in Europe
Funding: up to €2,400 per year
Duration:
- Research visits up to 6 months in academia
- Research visits up to 3 months in industry or startups
Website/Call Link: https://elias-ai.eu/mobility-program/
Contact Details: elias-coordination@unitn.it