[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfA: The Coimbra Group Hospitality Scheme

[Agron Alibali]

> NEW OPPORTUNITY for RESEARCHERS of EASTERN AND
> CENTRAL EUROPE
> The Coimbra Group Hospitality Scheme
> 
> One of the aims of the Coimbra Group of Universities
> is to create more 
> opportunities for non-EU students to study at one of
> the European member 
> universities. A hospitality scheme was launched in
> the year 2000 to fund 
> young academics from South East Europe. The idea
> stems from a meeting in 
> Oxford, where a similar hospitality scheme was
> established in the 1970s for 
> researchers from Central and Eastern European
> Countries.
> Through this Hospitality Scheme, 20 Coimbra Group
> Universities offer 
> short-term visits to scholars from countries of
> South East Europe, the so 
> called non-accession countries (Albania, Bosnia and
> Herzegovina, Croatia, 
> Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). From 2004
> onwards, taking into account 
> the European enlargement, the programme will also be
> open to scholars from 
> Ukraine.
> The main aim of the scheme is to enable scholars to
> undertake research on 
> which they are engaged in their home institution and
> to help them to 
> establish academic and research contacts.
> The scheme is intended for younger academics.
> Applicants should be current 
> or recent staff members of a university or an
> equivalent higher education 
> institution, and, in most cases, should be of
> postdoctoral or equivalent 
> status, although some institutions may offer
> opportunities to doctoral 
> students. Candidates not currently working in a
> university should continue 
> to be involved in academic activity and be intending
> to return to 
> university employment in the future. Applicants must
> have sufficient 
> knowledge of a relevant European Union language to
> be able to benefit from 
> their stay.
> The duration of the stay will usually be one month
> but in some cases 
> universities may offer longer visits. Visiting
> scholars will normally be 
> provided with a working place and access to Internet
> facilities. They will 
> also be given access to such other university
> facilities as appropriate for 
> their work, depending upon availability at the host
> institution.
> Participating universities will offer accommodation
> and meals (or an 
> adequate stipend to cover these expenses), and in
> some cases also funds for 
> minimal day-to-day expenses/pocket money. The
> precise terms of the award 
> will vary between universities. Visiting scholars,
> or their institutions, 
> will normally be expected to meet travel costs,
> although in special cases 
> some assistance may be considered.
> Deadline for submitting applications is March 1st
> every year. The completed 
> application form (including two letters of
> recommendation and other 
> diplomas) should be sent to the Coimbra Group Office
> (119 rue de Stassart, 
> B-1050 Brussels, Belgium).
> Further information about the programme, application
> form, participating 
> universities etc can be found at the Coimbra Group
> website: 
> www.coimbra-group.be (under Coimbra Group projects).
> 
> 
> 

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