Proposals will be assessed in order of submission.

Last possibility to submit a proposal: 1 December 2014

Please read the instructions carefully. Criteria and procedure have been changed

 

1.Introduction

To enhance the successful collaboration between Utrecht University and its strategic international partners (Utrecht University Partners, UUPs, see Annex 1), Utrecht University offers grants for Visiting Fellowships to or from UUPs. The purpose of these Visiting Fellowships is to initiate new collaborations in education between UU and its partners and to explore and set up (external funded) cooperation projects in education and/or research in the fields of ‘Life Sciences’, ‘Sustainability’, ‘Institutions’ or ‘Youth and Identity’. These are the four multidisciplinary strategic themes of Utrecht University. To support a Visiting Fellowship, a maximum of €5.000 can be funded through this fellowship programme.

 

2.Grant

For each selected Visiting Fellows the Utrecht University faculty, department or institute concerned will receive a maximum grant of €5.000. Any additional funding will have to be arranged by the applicants or partner institutions themselves.

 

3.Eligibility and conditions

•Applications should concern  one of the 15 UU Research Focus Areas (www.uu.nl/EN/research/focusareas/) and clearly linked to one of the four strategic themes. For more information on the strategic themes, please check the UU-website: www.uu.nl/university/research/EN/strategic-themes/Pages/default.aspx

•Applications can be submitted for a visit of a Utrecht University professor (assistant, associate or full) to one of the UUPs, or for a visit of a UUP professor (assistant, associate or full) to UU. 

•Do note that for both options the application should be submitted by a UU professor. 

•Only complete application will be considered eligible.

•The Visiting Fellow is expected to stay at the visiting institution for at least two weeks up to a semester in total. 

•The Visiting Fellow will participate actively in a teaching programme. 

•The schedule of the visit(s) should be agreed upon by both the sending and receiving faculty, department or institute. They can decide to arrange the du