Please identify COST countries and explain STSM. With thanks Barbara Hanrahan
From: Soo Downe [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 June 2013 12:10 PM
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Subject: Funding opportunity for short research visits in maternity care, salutogenesis, and/or complexity theory linked with EU COST Action

COST Action IS0907

Childbirth Cultures Concerns and Consequences: creating a dynamic framework for optimal

maternity care

 

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4th  Call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs)

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            Deadline for applications:                                           02 August  2013

            Total budget of STSM grants for this call                  1300 euros per STSM

             

             

We would like to invite calls for applications from individuals who are interested in advancing scientific knowledge about the ways of improving maternity provision and outcomes for whom and in what circumstances’, and on identifying and learning from the best in this area.

More information about the action can be found at 

http://www.cost.esf.org/domains_actions/isch/Actions/IS0907-Childbirth-Cultures-Concerns-and-Consequences-Creating-a-Dynamic-EU-Framework-for-Optimal-Maternity-Care

Additional information is available on the iresearch4birth website http://www.iresearch4birth.eu/iResearch4Birth/en/homepage.wp

under the STSM link. Information includes tips, suggestions for STSMs from some of the Working Groups and access to successful applications and reports. This year we are particularly interested in applications that will support the survey work of the Action.

 

THE APPLICANT

 

The applicant could be a Masters or a PhD student, someone who already has a Masters or a doctorate, or a staff member in a public or private institution. They must be located in a COST country that is participating in the Action (please see the url above for details). They must be planning to undertake the STSM in a host institution based in COST country that is taking part in the Action (and not in their home country). 

 

STSM grantees must make their own arrangements for all health, social, personal security and pension matters.

 

            HOME & HOST INSTITUTION

 

The home and the host institution can be organisations in either the public or private sector.

An STSM may only be approved from a home institution in a COST country of the Action

to a host institution in a different COST county of the Action.

 

The applicant must obtain the agreement of the host institution, before submitting the STSM application.

 

DURATION:

 

There is a minimum duration of 5 working days for the proposed STSM.  The maximum is usually up to around three months.

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT:

 

The financial support provided by the STSM scheme is intended to cover a part, but not

necessarily all, of the costs of the proposed visit. The financial contribution for a STSM will

be a fixed grant based on the applicant’s budget request and the evaluation of the application

by the STSM assessment committee. However, the total amount requested per STSM shall not

exceed 1300 euros. Advance payment is not possible.

 

REGISTRATION & DEADLINES

 

The applicant must use the on-line registration tool: https://e-services.cost.eu/w3/index.php?id=91

to submit their application. The following information has to be provided:

 

·         Applicants data; name, work place, address etc.

·         The planned dates and duration of the STSM

·         Information about the proposed STSM: title, short description, etc.

·         A short CV

·         A requested budget

·         Bank details

 

A formal STSM application has also be downloaded and sent by e-mail to the STSM co-ordinator

of the action (Marlene Sinclair) via Marie-Clare Balaam ([log in to unmask]). The applicant must also send:

 

·         CV

·         A letter of financial support from the home institute (if applicable)

·         A letter of acceptance from the host institute of the STSM

 

THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION IS FRIDAY 02 August 2013 at 17:00 hours GMT

You will be notified of the outcome of your application by Friday 16 August 2013

 

AFTER THE STSM IS COMPLETED

 

            STSM SCIENTIFIC REPORT

Within 4 weeks of the completion of the STSM the grantee is required to submit to the host institution, and to the STSM coordinator, a short scientific report with the following information:

 

      • Purpose of the STSM
      • Description of the work carried out during the STSM
      • Description of the main obtained results
      • Future collaboration with host institute (if applicable)
      • Future publications (if applicable)
      • Confirmation by the host institute of the successful execution of the STSM
      • Other comments (if any)

 

Payment for the award will not be released until the applicant has submitted an acceptable report to the STSM. This report is published on the iresearch4birth website.

The STSM must be undertaken and the report must be submitted before 1st December 2013

 

Marlene Sinclair

 

(STSM coordinator of the COST Action IS0907)

 


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