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STSMs

What are STSMs?

Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) are aimed at strengthening existing networks by allowing scientists to go to an institution or laboratory in another COST Country to foster collaboration, to learn a new technique or to take measurements using instruments and/or methods not available in their own institution/laboratory. They are particularly intended for early career scientists.

Applicants

The Applicant should normally be engaged in a programme of research as a postgraduate student or postdoctoral fellow or be employed in an institution of
a COST Country participating in the Action.
For the period of the STSM neither the MC of the COST Action nor the COST Office may be considered as the employer and grantees must make their own arrangements for all health, social, personal security and pension matters.
 
Duration

STSMs are for a minimum of one week (5 working days), up to a maximum of 3 months.  They must be within the period of the COST Action.  For Early Stage Researchers (less than PhD + 10 years) the COST Office may approve an extension to duration beyond 3 months, but normally not more than 6 months in total.

 
Financial Support
The grant normally covers only travel and subsistence. This is a contribution and may not necessarily cover all the costs in each case. The grant is fixed, based on the Applicant's budget request and the evaluation of the application by the STSM assessment committee. An amount of EUR 60 to 90 for the daily allowance (in particular for longer stays) and EUR 300 for the travel is recommended but not obligatory. The total of a STSM shall normally not exceed EUR 2,500 (EUR 3,500 for Early Stage Researchers). Any exception needs special justification and prior approval from the COST Office. In any case the costs associated with the STSM must not exceed the limits set in the "rules for reimbursement by COST of expenses for experts eligible for reimbursement". An advance payment may be made in exceptional circumstances, which will require additional special justification.

 

How to submit the application?

The Applicant must use the online registration tool

STSMs online registration tool to register their request for an STSM.

 

https://e-services.cost.eu/w3/index.php?id=91

 

 

The following information has to be encoded with the registration:

  • applicant's title, name, work place, postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address;
  • name, postal address, telephone, fax and email of the prospective host at the receiving institute;
  • the planned dates and length of stay;
  • the title of the planned STSM;
  • a short description of the proposed work plan

    • (about 250 words);

  • a short curriculum vitae;
  • a budget request with breakdown for the costs

    • of the STSM;

  • bank details.
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    Applications may be submitted at any time, but bearing in mind possible delay for assessment and administrative procedures. The application together with MC approval should arrive at the COST Office at least 4 weeks before the mission starts.
    Approved STSMs

    The Action's STSM coordinator (Vera Boronenko: Co-ordinator of Working Group 4) is responsible for circulating the application for decision to Working Group 4 which oversees STSMs. The Chair, or the Vice-Chair (if the Chair is involved in the application) gives the final approval. The COST-Office Science Officer is informed about the decision, and after checking the application for compatibility with the existing rules and procedures the Science Officer will inform the Applicant about the outcome of the assessment and arrange the necessary formalities. Decisions and assessments regarding all STSM applications are reported to the next MC meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

     

     

    STSMs Reports 

    2009 

    1. Dr. Vera Boronenko: Poland  Download

    2. Dr. Vera Boronenko : Lithuania Download

    3. Ms. Anja Schultze-Krumbholz : Lithuania Download

    4. Dr. Annalaura Nocentini : Lithuania Download

    5. Ms. Dorothy Grigg : Lithuania Download

    6. Mr. Robert Slonje : Lithuania Download

    7. Ms. Simone Paul : Lithuania Download

    8. Professor Sonja Perren : Australia Download

    9. Professor Rita Zukauskiene: Itlay Download

    10. Ms. Laura Ustinaviciute: Lithuania Download

    11. Ms. Vladimirs Mensikovs: Israel Download

    12. Ms. Magdalena Marczak : Lithuania Download

    2010

    1. Dr Dagmar Strohmeier : Finland Download

    2. Dr Jacek Pyżalski : Belgium Download

    3. Ms Rasa Erentaite : Download

    4. Dr Vera Boronenko : Russia Download

    5. Professor Rita Zukauskiene : Sweden Download

    6. Miss Lucie Corcoran : Download

    7. Dr Katya Mihailova   Download

    8. Dr Giulia Mura      Download

     2011 Downlond