ACTION MP0604 STSM

The aim of a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) shall be to contribute to the scientific objectives of a COST Action. These Missions (Exchange Visits) are aimed at strengthening the existing networks by allowing scientists to go to an institution or laboratory in another COST member state 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 articularly intended for young scientists. STSMs may also be used to reimburse students attending a training school

The selection of the applicant is the responsibility of the Management Committee (MC) of the Action. The Applicant should normally be engaged in a programme of research as a post graduate student or postdoctoral fellow or be mployed in an institution of a COST Member State having signed the MoU of the Action concerned. This institution should be actively participating in the COST 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.

The home and the host institution can be public or private, and should be in a COST Member State having signed the MoU and participating in the COST Action. In exceptional cases a STSM may be approved from a home institution in a COST signatory country to a host Institution in a non-COST country but not the other way round.
Short-Term Scientific Missions between different Actions may be considered by the Management Committees of both Actions. The Applicant is responsible for obtaining the agreement of the host institution, before submitting his application.

Short-Term Scientific Missions, minimum one week (5 working days), maximum 3 months, shall be made within the time frame of the operation identified in the proposal and within the period of the respective COST Action.