Secondments of EU non academic researchers

Members of EU non academic partner of the GHAIA project can perform a secondment within the project if their position satisfies the rules of participation to a secondment. In particular they are allowed to visit academic (EU or non EU) partners.

The member of the staff willing to perform a secondment is invited to contact the PI of his own (non academic) institution, and agree on the secondment with the local coordinator. Then

• he should contact the researcher in the host academic (EU or non EU) institution he would like to visit to agree on a research plan, and obtain a formal invitation letter
• he should contact the PI of the host (academic) institution for approval and for getting help with visa
• In case he travels outside Europe he should contract an health insurance.

Then EU non academic researcher can apply to the PI and to the director of his institution using

• the application form (1), to commit himself to fullfill all the obligation of the project
• short CV and planned research activity
• invitation of the host
• evidence that he has a health insurance (if needed)
• the internal travel forms.

The competent office of the EU non academic partner will

• fill in the committment form (2)
• upload the secondment on the participant portal

After the visit

• the host will certify the length of the performed visit, and can use the certification form (3);
• the EU non academic researcher will report his activity using this template;
• the EU non academic researcher will fill in all the internal forms for refund of his institution. Keeping plane tickets boarding passes is mandatory for certificate the travel.
• the reseacher will fill in the questionnaires.
  Please note that
  
  • "Grant Agreement Number" is 777822
  • "Project acronym" is GHAIA
  • "Type of MSC Action" is RISE
  • "Scientific panel" is MAT - Mathematics