Call for Applications Academic Year 2020/2021: Research Exchange
The deadline for submitting applications has passed. Please visit this page in winter 2021 for a new call.
The Arqus European University Alliance is a cooperation between the Universities of Bergen, Granada, Graz, Leipzig, Lyon*, Padua, and Vilnius, which is funded by the European Commission.
Among other activities, Arqus will support research stays at one of the Arqus partner universities by funding travel expenses and providing opportunities for further intensified cooperation with the host university.
In the context of doctoral training, this mobility program can also be used for initiating collaboration with a doctoral co-advisor from one of the Arqus partner universities.
The planned research stay has a minimum duration of two weeks and a maximum duration of three months depending on the funding category. Eligible for research exchanges are professors, senior researchers, postdocs, doctoral candidates, and advanced master students from all faculties and fields of research. The research exchanges must take place between 1st October 2020 and 30th September 2021.
Funding categories:
- Category 1: Senior Researchers: 2 to 4 weeks, funding (on a pro rata basis): 1500€ per month
- Category 2: Doctoral Candidates and Master Students: 2 weeks to 3 months, funding (on a pro rata basis): 1200€ per month
Application deadline: 31.08.2020
Please mail a scan of your application, with the required attachments (short CV, recommendation of supervisor, invitation by representative of host university) to
*Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Université Jean Monnet at Saint-Etienne and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS)