Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

The first bilateral agreement between the Republic of Austria and the People’s Republic of China on scientific and technological co-operation (WTZ) was signed in 1985.

Main initiatives and programmes

• Mobility funding (WTZ-Program): cooperation between BMWFW and MOST
• Joint research on TCM (Eurasia-Pacific Uninet-Program): cooperation between TCM Research Cluster Austria/BMWFW and China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS)
• Joint calls: cooperation between FWF and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
• Joint calls: cooperation between FFG and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
• Joint calls: cooperation between FFG and Shanghai University
• Joint calls: cooperation between FFG and Guangdong Science & Technology Department (starting in 2017)
• Funding of exploratory and cooperative R&D projects (Beyond Europe-Program): BMWFW

Priority Fields of Cooperation

Nanotechnology, advanced materials, ICT; sustainable development including urban planning, green urban mobility and transport; renewable energy, environmental technologies; health research including TCM (etc.)

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

Health

• Sino-Austrian Collaborating Centre for Chinese Medical Sciences / TCM Research Center Graz / China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS), Beijing (2007)
• Austria-China Centre for Biomarker Discovery / University of Innsbruck / Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing (2010)
• Sino-Austrian Diagnosis, Treatment and Research Center of Cardiovascular Diseases / Medical University of Vienna / Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing (2010)
• Sino-Austrian Research Center for High-Tech Acupuncture and Clinical & Experimental Integrative Medicine / Medical University of Graz / Capital Medical University, Beijing (2014)

Energy & Environment

• Austria-China Research Centre for Environment Protection / University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna / Northwest A&F University, Yangling/Shaanxi (2007)

Engineering, Production Systems & Services

• Austria-China Research Centre on Tunnel and Underground Engineering -ACTUE- / Graz University of Technology / Tongji University, Shanghai (2007)
• China-Austria Centre for Research and Innovation in Logistics, Supply China Management and Material Flow / Vienna University of Technology, University of Vienna, University of Linz, Vienna University of Economics and Business / Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing (2009)

Social Sciences & Humanities

• Sino-Austrian Center for Media and Marketing / University of Salzburg/ Fudan University, Shanghai (2004)

Funding opportunities

www.austria-scitech-china.at/cooperation/

EURAXESS Austria

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Austria; advice and support on mobility

Web page:

http://www.euraxess.at

Science and Technology Section of the Austrian Embassy (OSTA Beijing)

Outline:

OSTA Beijing is in charge of the cooperation in science and technology with the competent authorities and institutions in China, Hong Kong S.A.R., and Mongolia. It serves as an information hub and strategic interface in the areas of science, research, technology and innovation.

Web page:

http://www.austria-scitech-china.at/

Austrian Database for Scholarships and Research Grants

Outline:

Austria’s most comprehensive online database for scholarships and research grants for all academic areas offers an overview of about 1200 funding opportunities for incoming and outgoing researchers, graduates and students.

Web page:

www.grants.at/home/EN/

Austrian Agency for International Mobility and Cooperation in Education, Science and Research (OeAD-GmbH)

Outline:

The OeAD-GmbH advises, promotes and supports international cooperation in education, science and research. It supports strategic development and accompanies implementation measures. The OeAD-GmbH also provides advice for institutions and represents Austria as education and research location worldwide.

Web page:

www.oead.at

Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

Outline:

The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is the national funding agency for industrial research and development in Austria. As a "one-stop shop" offering a diversified and targeted programme portfolio, the FFG gives Austrian businesses and research facilities quick and uncomplicated access to research funding.

Web page:

www.ffg.at/en

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Outline:

Austria's central funding organisation for basic research.

Web page:

www.fwf.ac.at/en

EURASIA-PACIFIC Uninet

Outline:

Network which aims at establishing contacts and scientific partnerships between Austrian higher education and research institutions and member institutions in East, Central and South Asia and the Pacific region. The network has over 140 members including 56 Chinese universities.

Web page:

www.eurasiapacific.net

Marietta Blau Grant

Outline:

The Marietta Blau Grant offers financial support for carrying out the abroad part (6-12 months) of a doctoral programme at Austrian universities. The grant enables scientific research worldwide.

Research Fields:

Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences, Medicine, Agriculture and Forestry, Veterinary Medicine, Social Sciences, Law and Economics, Humanities and Theology

Organisation:

OeAD on behalf of and financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW)

Eligibility:

Highly qualified doctoral candidates enrolled at an Austrian university

What is funded:

A specific longer-term research stay abroad and experience in an international research environment; monthly grant EUR 1,200

Duration:

6-12 months

Deadline:

1 February, 1 September

Web page:

www.oead.at/go_international/international_cooperation_mobility_

programmes/scholarships_for_studying_abroad/marietta_blau_grant/EN/

Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship (Co-funded by the EU)

Outline:

Fellowship for the promotion of scientific work at leading foreign research institutions outside of Austria that facilitates access to new scientific areas, methods, procedures and techniques so as to contribute – following return to Austria – to the further development of science in Austria.

Research Fields:

Any discipline

Organisation:

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Eligibility:

Applicants must either have had their main residence in Austria for at least three of the previous past ten years at the time when the application is submitted, or must have been working continuously as a researcher in Austria for at least two consecutive years preceding the submission of the application; and they must return to Austrian science.

What is funded:

Promotion of scientific work at leading foreign research institutions. Fellowship abroad: depends on the destination on average EUR 35.000 per year (tax free); For the return phase: contract of employment with Senior-Postdoc salary + EUR 10.000 p.a.

Duration:

10-24 months without return phase;

16-36 months including a return phase of 6-12 months.

Deadline:

Continuously open

Web page:

www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/application/schroedinger-programme/

DOC Fellowship

Outline:

DOC enables young, excellent doctoral candidates from all disciplines to carry out their dissertation project within a definable period of time, if necessary, by staying at research institutions in Austria or abroad.

Research Fields:

All disciplines

Organisation:

Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW)

Eligibility:

Austrian citizenship or enrolment as doctoral candidate at an Austrian university

What is funded:

Salary of 35,000 euros annually before tax, max. 500 euros annually for travel expenses

Duration:

2-3 years

Deadline:

1 May

Web page:

http://stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/stipendium/doc-doctoral-fellowship-programme-austrian-academy-sciences

Ernst Mach Grant

Outline:

Grant for studying up to 9 months in Austria in one the research fields mentioned below.

Research Fields:

Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences, Medicine, Agriculture and Forestry, Veterinary Medicine, Social Sciences, Law and Economics, Humanities and Theology, Arts

Organisation:

OeAD-GmbH

Eligibility:

All (except Austrian)

Eligible for application are:

a) postgraduates pursuing a doctoral/PhD programme outside Austria;

b) postgraduates and post-docs wishing to pursue research in Austria with a view to an academic career and who completed their studies (at a university outside Austria)

c) post-docs who are working as lecturers at a university outside Austria.

Maximum age: 35 years

What is funded:

A monthly grant (between 940 and 1040€), health insurance, accommodation, exemption from tuition fees, travel allowance for recipients from non-European developing countries.

Duration:

1-9 months

Deadline:

1 March

Web page:

www.austria-scitech-china.at/scholarships/

http://stima.scholarships.at/out/default.aspx?TemplateGroupID=34&PageMode

=3&GrainEntryID=11251&HZGID=11954&LangID=2

Franz Werfel Grant

Outline:

Grant for young university teachers of German language and Austrian literature. It allows work for up to 9 months as visiting researchers at university departments and for carrying out specialist studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions.

Research Fields:

Linguistics and Literature Sciences

Organisation:

OeAD-GmbH

Eligibility:

All (except Austrian)

Applications are only open to university teachers who are primarily occupied with Austrian literature. Those in receipt of a Werfel grant can work as visiting researchers at university departments and carry out specialist studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions.

What is funded:

A monthly grant rate including health insurance and accommodation; a monthly book allowance; exemption from tuition fees, travel allowance for recipients from non-European developing countries. Possibility of follow-on support.

Duration:

4-9 months

Deadline:

1 March, 15 September

Web page:

www.austria-scitech-china.at/scholarships/

http://stima.scholarships.at/out/default.aspx?TemplateGroupID=34&PageMode

=3&GrainEntryID=263&HZGID=263&LangID=2

Konrad Lorenz Institute - Fellowship

Outline:

The KLI primarily supports theoretical research in the fields of evolutionary developmental biology and evolutionary cognitive science. Career stage: Undergraduate to post doctorate.

Research Fields:

Evolutionary developmental biology and evolutionary cognitive science.

Organisation:

Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research

Eligibility:

All nationalities

What is funded:

Monthly stipend and travel expenses

Duration:

At undergraduate or graduate level : up to 6 months

At PhD level: 1 year

At postdoctoral level: 1 year

Deadline:

Continuously open

Web page:

http://www.kli.ac.at/fellowships/description

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

Belgium has a decentralized scientific cooperation with China. Most projects do not fall under any federal-level framework. Belgium holds three bilateral agreements at Federal and Community level with the Ministry of Science and Technology

Main initiatives and programmes

• Scientific cooperation with the National Natural Science Foundation of China
• Bilateral Scientific Cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
• Air Quality Modelling Projects
• Remote sensing projects
• Land development and management projects
• Cooperation with the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) and higher education institutions

Priority Fields of Cooperation

• Polar research, food safety, climate change and biodiversity (Federal level), biotechnology
• Microelectronics (Flanders and French-Speaking Community)
• Eco-innovation (with a strategic focus on sustainable material management, cyclical economy, clean tech) and care innovation (with a strategic focus on ageing, health, emancipation) (Flanders)

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

• IMEC/Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park/Huali on Nanoelectronics
• Scientific park level cooperation between Dong Hu Scientific Park (Wuhan) and SPOW
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Funding opportunities

• Brief Outgoing Fellowship – short-term stays
• Mobility for Researchers with FNRS Funding (Outgoing)
• Scientific Missions (Incoming and Outgoing)
• Scientific stays grants (Incoming and Outgoing)
• FWO PhD and Postdoctoral fellowships – basic research in all disciplines
• FWO – NSFC Scientific Cooperation Projects – basic research
• Odysseus Programme
• PEGASUS Programme (Co-funded by the EU) - biological sciences, SSH, medical sciences, exact and applied sciences
• FWO Outgoing Grants – travel grants
• Return Grants for Researchers Working Abroad "Back to Belgium" – Co-funded by the EU
• Postdoc Fellowships for non-EU researchers
• Gustave Boël – Sofina Fellowships to China and India
• BEWARE Fellowships – Industry (Co-funded by the EU)
• BEWARE Fellowships – Academia (Co-funded by the EU)
• Bilateral research projects with China (FWO-MOST)
• Scholarships of Academic Excellence
• CSC – FNRS Scholarships

EURAXESS Belgium

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Belgium, advice and support on mobility to and from the country.

Web page:

www.euraxess.be

Brief Outgoing Fellowship

Outline:

For high level researchers who would like to go abroad to acquire new knowledge in the laboratory of an overseas colleague.

Organisation:

Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)

Duration:

Up to two months

Deadline:

2 months prior to the visit (Europe); 3 months outside of Europe

Web page:

http://frs-fnrs.be/index.php/international/carrieres/mobilite-in-out (in French)

Mobility for Researchers with FNRS Funding (Outgoing)

Outline:

Fund devoted to researchers financed by the FRS-FNRS.

Organisation:

Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)

Web page:

http://frs-fnrs.be/index.php/international/carrieres/mobilite-in-out (in French)

Scientific Missions (Incoming and Outgoing)

Outline:

Outgoing Scientific Missions are for researchers who work at a university in Belgium. A university professor of the French Community of Belgium may be released from teaching obligations for 12 months to devote themselves to research, some of which is to be performed overseas. Foreign professors may also be invited to the institution in Belgium for an incoming Scientific Mission.

Research fields:

Various

Organisation:

Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)

Eligibility:

All nationalities

Duration:

12 months

Deadline:

February (Applications must be submitted before 1 March of the academic year preceding the possible layoff, via the Belgian academic authority concerned)

Web page:

http://frs-fnrs.be/index.php/international/carrieres/mobilite-in-outl (in French)

Scientific stays grants (Incoming and Outgoing)

Outline:

For researchers of the French Community of Belgium who work in a programme funded by FNRS or associated fund, FNRS finances their short-term stay in a foreign country to perform research. Foreign professors may also be invited to a research institution funded by FNRS.

Research fields:

Various

Organisation:

Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)

Eligibility:

All nationalities

What is funded:

Coverage of the costs linked to the stay abroad (or in Belgium for incoming

foreign professors) up to €1,300 per month + transportation costs (not for

incoming foreign professors)

Duration:

1 – 3 months

Deadline:

Continuous, 2 months prior to the intended stay

Web page:

http://frs-fnrs.be/index.php/international/carrieres/mobilite-in-out(in French)

FWO PhD and Postdoctoral fellowships

Outline:

The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) is the funding agency of Flanders for research performed at the universities in Flanders. The candidates must submit a proof that the university trustees grant him or her permission to prepare a PhD thesis (for PhD fellowships) or that he or she has a PhD or equivalent degree.

Research fields:

Basic research in all scientific domains

Organisation:

Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)

Eligibility:

For a PhD fellowship: EU nationalities, non-EU candidates must have obtained a basic master’s degree within the European Economic Area.

For a postdoctoral fellowship: No nationality requirements.

What is funded:

An annual fixed bench fee will be given to the PhD fellows and Post-doctoral fellows of the FWO to cover the bench costs of their research.

PhD fellowships: The size of the scholarship is based on a research assistant’s salary.

Postdoctoral fellowships: The size of the scholarship is based on a PhD assistant’s salary.

Duration:

PhD fellowships: 2 years, renewable once

Postdoctoral fellowships: 3 years, renewable once

Deadline:

1 February

Web page:

www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/phd-fellowships/

www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/

FWO – NSFC Scientific Cooperation Projects

Outline:

This cooperation is focused mainly on the exchange of young postdoctoral researchers and the organisation of joint seminars and conferences. Other collaborative activities can be agreed upon by the researchers concerned. The research must be fundamental in nature, and fall within the remit of already subsidised projects.

Research fields:

Basic research in all research domains

Organisation:

Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Eligibility:

PhD holders affiliated to a Flemish university

What is funded:

Each party bears the travel expenses of its own researchers and the living expenses of the other party's researchers abroad: maximum 6 weeks. FWO pays foreign researchers a daily living allowance of €50 (or max. €1,300 per month) + reimbursement of accommodation expenses.

Duration:

2 years

Deadline:

No later than 4 months before the start of the exchange

Web page:

www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/international-collaboration/scientific-cooperation/cooperation-with-china/

Odysseus Programme

Outline:

For top scientists occupying a position at a university abroad (Group I); or researchers with the potential for international prominence – they have occupied a postdoctoral position abroad for at least three years and convinced prominent scientists in their field of their talents and abilities to become an internationally leading scientist (Group II).

Research fields:

Basic research in all scientific disciplines

Organisation:

Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)

Eligibility:

All nationalities. Flemish universities select the candidates.

What is funded:

Grant includes salary cost for supporting stuff, equipment, bench fees.

Group I - from €400,000 to €1.500,000 per year (€2.000,000 to €7.500,000 for a five year period).

Group II, €100,000 to €200,000 per year (€500,000 to €1.000,000 for a five year period).

Duration:

5 years

Deadline:

May

Web page:

www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/research-projects/odysseusprogramme/

[PEGASUS]² Marie Curie Programme (Co-funded by the EU)

Outline:

The Pegasus2 is to be launched in autumn 2015. The incoming fellowship wants to attract excellent postdoctoral researchers to Flanders in order to contribute to the advancement of Flemish science and provide the selected fellows with optimal conditions to further develop their research career in Flanders or abroad.

The outgoing fellows provide international mobility opportunities for postdoctoral fellows affiliated to a Flemish university

Research fields:

Biological sciences, Humanities, Social sciences, Medical sciences, Exact

and applied sciences

Organisation:

National Fund for Scientific Research (FWO)

Eligibility:

All nationalities. Incoming: the candidate must have been active abroad for at least two of the three years prior to the start of the fellowship.

What is funded:

Salary scale: €29,069.73 - €45,317.25

Incoming into Flanders: postdoctoral fellowships of 3 years at a Flemish university. These fellowships are renewable once in open competition with the car FWO postdoctoral fellows.

Outgoing out of Flanders: Postdoctoral fellowships of 3 years at university abroad in the first two years and one return year.

Duration:

3 years, renewable once

Deadline:

Deadline probably 1 February and 1 May 2016.

Web page:

www.fwo.be/Pegasus-Marie-Curie-fellowships-postdoc.aspx (old programme)

FWO Outgoing Grants

Outline:

Different grants offered by the FWO for scientists based in Flanders, Belgium.

Research fields:

Various

Organisation:

National Fund for Scientific Research (FWO)

Eligibility:

Researchers based in Flanders universities.

What is funded:

Travel grants for short or long stays abroad, travel grant to participate at international conference, travel grant to participate at international workshop or course.

Web page:

www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/international-mobility/

Return Grants for Researchers Working Abroad "Back to Belgium" – Co-funded by the EU

Outline:

Aimed at promoting the reintegration in Belgium of highly qualified researchers, with at least 2 years of post-doc in a foreign country. Researchers must propose a research project to be performed in a Belgian research unit.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO)

Eligibility:

Eligible candidates must be Belgian nationals or have spent at least 3 years

in Belgium for R&D or higher education purposes before their post-doctoral stay abroad.

What is funded:

Salary based on a research assistant salary proportionate to the experience

of the candidate; allowance of €1,500 for covering the return transportation cost; €15,000 grant to cover research-related expenses (no overhead) within the host institution

Duration:

24 months, full-time

Deadline:

Web page:

www.belspo.be/belspo/organisation/call_grants_retour_en.stm

Postdoc Fellowships for non-EU researchers

Outline:

Aimed at developing partnership between a host (Belgian) institution and a lab in the home country of the researcher, the fellowship grants the researcher an opportunity to work in a Belgian research team. The host lab must be part of an on-going research programme funded by BELSPO.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO)

Eligibility:

The target countries are those countries with which Belgian Research Institutions wish to strengthen cooperation and for which not sufficient alternatives are available. Following are not considered: EU Member States and countries associated to H2020, nor the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The researcher must not be of the same nationality as the lab he or she is affiliated to, but must be of the nationality of a target country.

What is funded:

The researcher receives a net stipend of €2,380 per month. In addition, he/she is covered for Social Security. A travel allowance of €1,500 is foreseen.

Duration:

6 – 18 months

Deadline:

30 April

Web page:

www.belspo.be/belspo/organisation/call_postdoc_en.stm

Gustave Boël – Sofina Fellowships to China and India

Outline:

Talented young researchers can apply for a Gustave Boël - Sofina Fellowship to go to China or India for a research or training stay of either 6 months or 12 months.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

FNRS, FWO, FRS, Fondation Roi Baudouin

Eligibility:

Pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, who are affiliated to a Belgian university. Pre-doctoral students should have obtained a European Master’s degree. Researchers attached to a university of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels, or the Royal Military Academy.

What is funded:

Travel costs of 1000 euro and include a fixed allowance of €1,650 per month.

Duration:

6 – 12 months

Deadline:

December

Web page:

www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/scientific-prizes/scientific-prize-gustave-boel-sofina-fellowships/

BEWARE Fellowships – Industry (Co-funded by the EU)

Outline:

Fellowship for incoming researchers to Wallonia. The purpose of the BEWARE FELLOWSHIPS (Belgium Wallonia Research) is to enable a SMEs or accredited research centre to benefit from the expertise of foreign highly qualified researchers (or Belgian expatriates) to encourage the innovation process within the Walloon host).

Research fields:

Five priority research themes in Wallonia: Sustainable Development, Energy; Research in technological fields, Health and Prolongation and quality of life.

Organisation:

Wallonia-Brussels

Eligibility:

All nationalities, including Belgian, the condition is to have spent less than 12 months over the last three years in Belgium. The researcher must hold a PhD or have equivalent research experience (minimum 4 years).

What is funded:

The entire researcher’s salary; flat sum of €9,000 per semester to cover operating costs, mobility flat sum of €2,700 per semester.

Duration:

18 to 36 months

Deadline:

Call has opened in February in the past

Web page:

http://recherche-technologie.wallonie.be/fr/menu/acteurs-institutionnels/service-public-de-wallonie-services-en-charge-de-la-recherche-et-des-technologies/departement-des-programmes-de-recherche/direction-des-programmes-federaux-et-internationaux/cofund-beware-fellowship/cofund-beware-fellowships.html

BEWARE Fellowships – Academia (Co-funded by the EU)

Outline:

Available for researchers to perform a research stay in a French-speaking University, in partnership with a Walloon company. Over the period covered by the mandate (18-36 months), six months must be spent in the company.

Research fields:

Five priority research themes in Wallonia: Sustainable Development, Energy; Research in technological fields, Health and Prolongation and quality of life.

Organisation:

Wallonia-Brussels

Eligibility:

All nationalities, including Belgian. The applicant must have spent less than 12 months over the last three years in Belgium.

What is funded:

Researcher's salary, a lump sum of €9,000 per semester for operating expenses; a lump mobility allowance of €450 per month

Duration:

18 to 36 months

Deadline:

A call has been opened in February in the past.

Web page:

http://recherche-technologie.wallonie.be/fr/menu/acteurs-institutionnels/service-public-de-wallonie-services-en-charge-de-la-recherche-et-des-technologies/departement-des-programmes-de-recherche/direction-des-programmes-federaux-et-internationaux/cofund-beware-fellowship/cofund-beware-fellowships.html

Bilateral research projects with China (FWO-MOST)

Outline:

In 2009 the FWO has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on the funding of new research projects in strategic areas, which may vary per call. These projects go further than the traditional exchange projects, because consumables, small equipment and personnel can also be financed. The research is performed by a Flemish research team and a Chinese research team, which are complementary in expertise. The costs of Flemish research are covered by FWO, the costs of the Chinese research by MOST. A joint research proposal must be submitted to both FWO and MOST.

Research fields:

The cooperation programme for 2012 is limited to the following areas:

Biotechnology-Microelectronics-Agronomy; topics vary per call.

Organisation:

Research foundation Flanders (FWO) and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

Eligibility:

For eligibility criteria check: http://www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/research-projects/research-project/regulations-for-research-projects/

What is funded:

Personnel and consumables: €45,000 to €130,000

Additional equipment / matching funding: maximum €150,000

Duration:

3 years

Deadline:

Web page:

http://www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/international-collaboration/bilateral-research-cooperations/bilateral-research-cooperation-china/

Scholarships of Academic Excellence

Outline:

Wallonia-Brussels (WBI) administers the screening and selection process leading to the awarding of the scholarship of Academic Excellence for international students.Offered Scholarship Programmes :

• Ph.D. or postdoctoral studies (minimum one academic year)

• Research scholarship (one to three months)

Research fields:

All. Priority areas: Transport and logistics, mechanical engineering, life sciences, agribusiness, aeronautics and space, environmental technologies.

Organisation:

Government of Wallonia-Brussels (WBI)

Eligibility:

International students of all nationalities holding a master’s degree delivered by an accredited institution of higher education.

What is funded:

• Monthly stipend 1.200 € for Ph.D. and 1.300 € for researchers

• One round-trip airfare ticket

• Medical insurance for non-European citizens

• Repatriation insurance

• Tuition (up to 835 €) / administration fee (up to 500 €)

Duration:

• Ph.D. or postdoctoral studies (minimum one academic year)

• Research scholarship (one to three months)

Deadline:

February

Web page:

http://www.wbi.be/fr/inwbi

CSC – FNRS Scholarships

Outline:

Scholarships within the framework of the bilateral agreement concerning cooperation in the fields of education and scientific cooperation between the China Scholarship Council on the one hand and the General Commissariat for International Relations of the French-speaking Community of Belgium and the Scientific Research Fund-FNRS on the other.

Research fields:

Priority topics: Chinese studies, French language and French-speaking cultures, Law, European studies, Economics and management,  Telecommunications and information technology, Technologies in the field of agriculture , Life sciences and health, New materials, nanotechnology, Energy and the environment, Aeronautics and aerospace, Logistics and transport.

According to a bilateral agreement between WBI (Wallonia-Brussels International) and MOST from June 2010, WBI and MOST confirmed their desire to work together and to focus on the following fields: Biotechnologies and Life sciences, Agriculture, Microelectronics.

Organisation:

Government of Wallonia-Brussels (WBI) and China Scholarship Council

Eligibility:

International students of all nationalities holding a master’s degree delivered by an accredited institution of higher education.

What is funded:

Funds to encourage exchanges of university graduates and teaching researchers, primarily in the framework of joint research projects between the People’s Republic of China and Wallonia-Brussels.

Web page:

Contact the embassy at beijing@walbru.be

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

See more at the website of Bulgaria in China http://www.bulgaria-embassy.org/en/homepage/

Funding opportunities

National Science Fund Bulgaria

EURAXESS Bulgaria

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Bulgaria, advice and support on mobility to the country.

Web page:

www.euraxess.bg

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

See more at the website of the embassy of Croatia in China http://cn.mvep.hr/

Funding opportunities

National Foundation for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development

EURAXESS Croatia

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Croatia, advice and support on mobility.

Web page:

www.euraxess.hr

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

See more at the website of the embassy of Cyprus in China  http://www.cyprusembassy.net/home/

EURAXESS Cyprus and Horizon 2020 National Contact Point

Outline:

The Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus (RPF) is the Cypriot EURAXESS Bridgehead Organisation and Service Centre. EURAXESS Cyprus provides free and personalised information and assistance to mobile researchers and their families and support in all matters related to mobility, concerning professional and practical everyday issues, such as: Research Funding and Research Jobs Vacancies in Cyprus, Entry Conditions (Visas) and Work Permits, Social Security, Medical Care, Taxation and Pension Rights, Accommodation, Banking, and other practicalities, Family Support, Day-care, Schooling, and Social and Cultural aspects.

Following a “one-stop-shop” best practice approach, RPF is also the Host of all National Contact Points (NCP) for the European Commission’s Framework Programmes, such as HORIZON 2020. Therefore, the interested researcher may find a useful “single entry” point to Cyprus for research funding opportunities and assistance.

Web page:

www.euraxess.org.cy

www.research.org.cy

horizon2020cyprus.blogspot.com

www.facebook.com/horizon2020cyprus

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

• Czech-Chinese bilateral R&D cooperation is developed within the framework of the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the People´s Republic of China on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, signed in 1995
• The implementation bodies of the Agreement are the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on the Czech side and the Ministry of Science and Technology on the Chinese side.
• The Czech-Chinese Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation meets every 2 years. Its forthcoming meeting will be held in Beijing in first half of 2014.

Main initiatives and programmes

• The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Science and Technology announce the call for Czech-Chinese joint research project proposals every 2 years. Joint projects developed in the fields of fundamental and applied research with the implementation period of 2 years (with a possibility of one-year extension) are being supported.
• The eligible applicants in the Czech Republic are public universities, public research institutes, other entities that can be classified as research organizations, and small and medium sized enterprises.
• Technology Agency of Czech Republic- Project Delta: https://www.tacr.cz/index.php/en/programmes/delta-programme.html. The objective of the DELTA programme is to increase the number of specific results of applied research and experimental development in areas where there is a consensus with foreign partners who will successfully implement the results in practice, whereby strengthening the competitiveness of the Czech Republic by promoting bilateral or multilateral collaboration of leading Czech and foreign participants. Officer for international cooperation is Matonin Petr: matolin@tacr.cz

Priority Fields of Cooperation

Natural and technical sciences, environment, health, food, biotechnologies, agriculture, and materials

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

• Bio-medicine laboratory in Beijing accomplished by Czech company SOTIO a.s. (part of PPF Group)
• Czech – Chinese cooperation project in the field of nanofiber applications through GD Nanodec research and development centre in Future Technology City

Funding opportunities

• Czech Government Scholarships for Study and Research Stays – scholarships for students or PhD
• Czech Government Scholarships for Research Stays in the Czech Republic (Chinese window)
• The J. E. Purkyně Fellowship – grants for outstanding foreign scientists
• Josef Dobrovský Fellowship – grants for Czech studies

EURAXESS Czech Republic

Research positions and fellowships in the Czech Republic, advice and support on mobility.

www.euraxess.cz

Czech Government Scholarships for Study and Research Stays

Outline:

Scholarships to foreign nationals, pursuant to bilateral intergovernmental or departmental agreements concluded with a number of countries (see online, China included). Scholarships are awarded to applicants – students or PhD candidates – who wish to pursue a study or research stay. They must be nominated by the competent authorities of eligible countries. For some countries, only academic staff members are eligible for exchange.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic

Eligibility:

Nationalities, EU and non-EU, are defined by bilateral agreements.

What is funded:

Allowance CZK 9,500 per month, plus tuition fees and student dormitory accommodation.

Duration:

Usually 2 – 10 months

Deadline:

31 March

Web page:

http://www.msmt.cz/eu-and-international-affairs/scholarships-for-the-academic-year-2015-2016

Czech Government Scholarships for Research Stays in the Czech Republic (Chinese window)

Outline:

Scholarships for students at Chinese public higher education institutions or research institutions who wish to carry out a study or research stay at a Czech public higher education institution. The total extent of these scholarships cannot exceed 200 months annually. Candidates for this scholarship have to be nominated by the Ministry of Education of the People´s Republic of China.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic/Ministry of Education of the People´s Republic of China

Eligibility:

PRC nationals

What is funded:

Tuition fees, accommodation, living costs.

Duration:

5-10 months

Deadline:

December

Web page:

http://www.msmt.cz/eu-and-international-affairs/scholarships-for-the-academic-year-2015-2016

The J. E. Purkyně Fellowship

Outline:

The aim of the J. E. Purkyně Fellowship for outstanding promising researchers is to get outstanding creative scientists from abroad to work at the Czech Academy Sciences, and to ensure their work is reasonably financially rewarded. The name recalls the world-renowned Czech anatomist and physiologist who worked abroad because of the lack of adequate research facilities at home.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Eligibility:

Czech researchers who have spent more than three years at a top institution abroad, or researchers from abroad, The support is designed for young researchers, usually up to 40 years of age.

What is funded:

Fellowship of CZK 1,050,000 per year

Duration:

Max. 5 years

Deadline:

Applications for the J. E. Purkyně Fellowship are submitted by the directors of the Institutes of the CAS after consultation with and on the basis of a recommendation by the Board of the Institute. Applications should be submitted until 31 August.

Web page:

http://www.cas.cz/veda_a_vyzkum/oceneni/podpora-excelence/fellowship_purkyne/

Josef Dobrovský Fellowship

Outline:

The objective of the fellowship is to support “Czech studies” in both national and territorial delimitation by means of the financing of short-term study stays of foreign researchers at the Institutes of the CAS. The fellowship is intended for young researchers (usually aged up to 35) who need to study the Czech historical, cultural, language, geographic or natural characteristics in the Czech Republic. The fellowship is named after Josef Dobrovský in order to pay homage to the internationally acknowledged Czech philologist, historian and the founder of Slavic studies.

Research fields:

Czech studies

Organisation:

Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Eligibility:

Support is designed for young researchers (usually up to 35 years),

What is funded:

Research stay at the Czech Academy of Sciences and related costs

Duration:

15 to 45 days

Deadline:

The applications for the Josef Dobrovský Fellowship are filed by the directors of CAS Institutes following its discussion in the Institute’s council and with its recommendation. The deadlines for submitting the applications are 28 February and 31 August of each year.

Web page:

http://www.cas.cz/veda_a_vyzkum/oceneni/podpora-excelence/fellowship-josefa-dobrovskeho/

Other agreements between Czech and Chinese institutions enabling research exchange

Outline:

The Czech Academy of Sciences has agreements with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and National Sciences of China (NSFC) for bilateral exchange of researchers. Charles University in Prague has bilateral agreements with Peking University and Renmin University regarding the mutual exchange of students and academics. Contact the relevant institution for more information.

Web page:

http://int.avcr.cz/dohody/#__na (Agreements between Czech and Chinese Academies)

http://cuni.cz/UK-1608.html?val=113&key=dohoda (Charles University agreements)

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

MoU between China and Denmark (the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education)

• Bilateral cooperation in Science and Technology

Main initiatives and programmes

• Innovation Centre Denmark, Shanghai (2007)
• The Danish-Chinese University Centre (2010)
• Joint calls between the Danish Innovation Fund and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology in sustainable and renewable energy (2009)

Priority Fields of Cooperation

In the MoU mentioned above the following priority fields has been agreed upon:

• Biotechnology and Biomedicine, incl. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TMC)
• Agriculture and Food Technology
• Clean and Renewable Energy (especially Wind Power, Bio Energy and Fuel Cells)
• Nano Science and Technology
• Health and TMC Application
• Information and Communication Technology

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

1. Danish and Chinese Research Centers - http://dg.dk/en/other-funding-mechanisms/danish-chinese-research-centers/danish-chinese-research-centers/

Active centres:

• Danish-Chinese Center for the Theory of Interactive Computation
• Danish Chinese Center for IDEA4CPS: Foundation for Cyper-Physical Systems

2. The Danish-Chinese University Centre

Research collaboration in:

• Water and Environment
• Sustainable Energy
• Nanoscience
• Life Sciences
• Social Sciences

3. Nordic centre at Fudan University:

• Collaboration between universities from the Nordic Countries and Fudan Univesity
• All areas of research are supported, though there are more activities within the humanities and social sciences.

Funding opportunities

International Network Programme - http://ufm.dk/en/research-and-innovation/funding-programmes-for-research-and-innovation/eu-and-international-funding-programmes/international-cooperation/international-network-programme-1?set_language=en&cl=en

Innovation Fund Denmark - http://innovationsfonden.dk/en/application/sino-danish-research-cooperation-energy

Innovation Fund Denmark -  Industrial PHD and Postdoc - http://innovationsfonden.dk/en/application/erhvervsphd, http://innovationsfonden.dk/en/application/industrial-postdoc

The Danish Council for Independent Research:

The Sapere Aude Programme: DFF Research Talent, DFF Starting Grant, DFF Advanced Grants - http://ufm.dk/en/research-and-innovation/councils-and-commissions/the-danish-council-for-independent-research/calls

Niels Bohr Professor Programme - http://dg.dk/en/other-funding-mechanisms/the-professorship-programs/

EURAXESS Denmark

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Denmark, advice and support on mobility.

Web page:

http://www.euraxess.dk

International Network Programme

Outline:

Support to networking and matchmaking initiatives seeking to identify potential for bilateral research collaboration.

Research Fields:

All

Organisation:

Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

Nationalities:

Scientists from Denmark and from one or more of the following countries: China, India, Israel, Japan, USA, Brazil and Republic of Korea.

What is funded:

Operating expenses for workshops and conferences, international travel and research stay for a shorter period up to 90 days in the selected countries, DKK 200.000 excluding overhead expenses

Duration:

Up to a year

Deadline:

August

Web page:

http://ufm.dk/en/research-and-innovation/funding-programmes-for-research-and-innovation/eu-and-international-funding-programmes/international-cooperation/international-network-programme-1

Innovation Fund Denmark

Outline:

Innovation Fund Denmark invests in the development of new knowledge and technology creating growth and employment in Denmark. The Fund focuses on societal challenges, strengthens research and increases innovation commitment within private companies.

Research Fields:

Bioresources, Food and Lifestyle;Energy, Climate and Environment;Infrastructure, Transport and Construction;Trade, Service and Society; Production, Materials, Digitalisation and ICT; Biotech, Medico and Health

Organisation:

Innovation Fund Denmark

Nationalities:

Danish research institutions and companies in cooperation with international researchers and companies

What is funded:

The Fund offers grants for activities within strategic research, technology and innovation from DKK 250,000 to DKK 50,000,000

Duration:

From 2 to 5 years

Deadline:

Several

Web page:

www.innovationsfonden.dk (in Danish)

The Industrial PhD & Postdoc

Outline:

An Industrial PhD project is an industrially focused PhD project where the candidate is hired by a company or a public sector organisation and enrolled at a university at the same time. The PhD candidate works full time on the project and divides his or her time equally between the company, the public sector organisation and the university.

An Industrial Postdoc divides his/her time between company and research institution in order to solve specific research and development tasks.

Research Fields:

All

Organisation:

Innovation Fund Denmark

Nationalities:

All nationalities, but the Industrial PhD candidate have to be employed in a Danish division of the company. The postdoc is employed by the Danish University.

What is funded:

Subsidy for wage, supervising etc.

Duration:

Industrial PhD: 3 years

Industrial postdoc: 1 -3 years

Deadline

In the past:

Industrial PhD: January, May & September

Industrial Postdoc: May & September

Web page:

www.innovationsfonden.dk

The Danish Council for Independent Research

Outline:

The Danish Council for Independent Research funds research activities within all scientific areas, that are based on the researchers' own initiatives and that improve the quality and internationalisation of Danish research

Research Fields:

All

Organisation:

The Danish Council for Independent Research

Nationalities:

Application is not restricted by citizenship, but it is required that the research will benefit Danish research.

What is funded:

Individual Postdoctoral Grants

Research projects from DKK 1,800,000 to DKK 8,300,000 excl. overhead

Duration:

Individual Postdoctoral Grants: Up to 3 years

Research projects: Up to 5 years

Deadline:

Individual Postdoctoral Grants: Spring and autumn

Research projects: Autumn

Web page:

http://ufm.dk/en/research-and-innovation/funding-programmes-for-research-and-innovation/find-danish-funding-programmes/dff-the-danish-council-for-independent-research

The Sapere Aude Programme

Outline:

Sapere Aude is a talent development programme for the elite launched by The Danish Council for Independent Research. The goal is to develop the abilities of the best research talents, nationally and internationally.

The programme includes three steps:

Sapere Aude: DFF- Research Talent is aimed at young excellent researchers at the postdoc level. It is not possible to apply for Sapere Aude: DFF- Research Talent. Grants are awarded by The Danish Council for Independent Research to the most talented candidates among the recipients of a Individual Postdoctoral grant.

Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant is aimed at younger, very talented researchers who will be given the opportunity to lead a project

Sapere Aude: DFF-Advanced Grants is aimed at excellent researchers and enabling them to pursue inventive and ambitious goals

Research Fields:

All

Organisation:

The Danish Council for Independent Research

Nationalities:

The programme is for both Danish researchers and researchers from abroad, but it is required that the research will benefit Danish research.

What is funded:

Sapere Aude: DFF–Starting Grants:  DKK 4,900,000, excl. overhead

Sapere Aude: DFF-Advanced Grants: DKK 8,300,000, excl. overhead.

Duration:

Sapere Aude: DFF–Starting Grants:  Up to 4 years

Sapere Aude: DFF-Advanced Grants: Up to 5 years

Deadline

Autumn

Web page:

http://ufm.dk/en/research-and-innovation/funding-programmes-for-research-and-innovation/find-danish-funding-programmes/dff-sapere-aude

Centres of Excellence

Outline:

The Center of Excellence (CoE) programme is the primary funding mechanism and the flagship of the Danish National Research Foundation. A center grant is large and flexible, and a center may have a lifetime of up to 10 years. Only top researchers with the most ambitious ideas will be awarded a CoE through fierce competition involving a two-stage application process.

The objective of the CoE programme is to strengthen Danish research by providing the best possible working conditions and organisational set-up for selected top researchers.

Several of the centres are headed by a foreign researcher and 60% of the postdocs and almost 40% of the PhD students at the centres are recruited from abroad.

Research Fields:

All

Organisation:

Danish National Research Foundation

Nationalities:

The CoEs are supposed to strengthen Danish research.

Centers are strongly encouraged to pursue collaboration with leading international researchers and to include and attract exceptional and talented employees and visitors from abroad.

What is funded:

Centres of Excellence

Duration:

From 6-10 years

Deadline:

Next call is expected to be announced in November.

Web page:

http://dg.dk/en/centers-of-excellence-2/

Niels Bohr Professor Programme

Outline:

The Niels Bohr Professorship Programme seeks to attract strong, international, senior-level researchers that are able to significantly advance the internationalization of a specific area of research in Denmark with lasting, long-term effects. The time spent in Denmark is expected to correspond to 50-100 % of a full-time equivalent. The Niels Bohr professor may start up a new research group or enter into an existing one. It is possible to bring along junior researchers to Denmark.

Research Fields:

All

Organisation:

Danish National Research Foundation

Nationalities:

All. The program targets excellent international researchers, but is also an opportunity to “call” some of the outstanding Danish researchers who have chosen an academic career abroad home to Denmark.

What is funded:

Salaries for the Niels Bohr professor and associated junior researchers.

Duration:

5 years

Deadline:

A new call in April/May with an expected deadline for proposals in August.

Web page:

http://dg.dk/en/internationalization/the-professorship-programs/

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

The Government of Estonia has signed an agreement with the Government of the People's Republic of China on cultural, educational and scientific cooperation in 1993. There are no regular steering committee meetings.

Main initiatives and programmes

Currently there are two ongoing projects under Horisont 2020 framework

• Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience – Maaülikool ja (TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY)
• Validating C. elegans healthspan model for better understanding factors causing health and disease, to develop evidence based prevention, diagnostic, therapeutic and other strategies. – Tartu Ülikool ja Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning CAAS, NORTHWEST A&F UNIVERSITY, SOIL AND FERTILIZER INSTITUTE, SICHUAN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (SAAS)

Priority Fields of Cooperation

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

Funding opportunities

Grants for researchers: http://researchinestonia.eu/funding/

Dora Pluss Programme: http://archimedes.ee/stipendiumid/en/programm-dorapluss/

National Scholarship Programme: http://www.studyinestonia.ee/scholarships-researchers

Estophilus (grants for Estonia-related research topics and studies): http://ekkm.estinst.ee/sisu/estophilus/

EURAXESS Estonia

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Estonia, advice and support on mobility.

Web page:

www.euraxess.ee

www.etag.ee

Estophilus' Scholarship

Outline:

The scholarship is for holders of a doctoral degree or Master’s or Doctoral students who are citizens of a foreign state and are studying at a university abroad, to write a research paper on an Estonia-related topic or to gather material for it.

Research fields:

Estonia-related topic

Organisation:

Estonian Institute, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research

Eligibility:

Any nationality except for Estonian

What is funded:

Subsistence expenses, tuition fees and costs directly connected with the research (€2,500 for five months)

Duration:

5 – 10 months

Deadline:

The deadlines are 1 March and 1 October .

Web page:

http://ekkm.estinst.ee/sisu/estophilus/

Post-doctoral Research Funding

Outline:

Postdoctoral researchers can apply for a grant to carry out research in Estonia.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Estonian Research Council

Eligibility:

Any nationality

What is funded:

The grant contains remuneration for the postdoctoral researcher, research expenses, and a one-time relocation allowance

Duration:

1 to 2 years

Deadline:

Once a year

Web page:

www.etag.ee

Kristjan Jaak Scholarships

Outline:

The Kristjan Jaak Scholarship programme supports incoming and outgoing mobility, both short and long-term, for master’s and doctoral students as well as for teaching staff.

Research fields:

All but Estonian language proficiency is required to apply.

Organisation:

Centre for Higher Education Development Mobility, ARCHIMEDES

Eligibility:

Students, young researchers,

What is funded:

Applications are accepted in four categories.

• DOCTORAL STUDY ABROAD is open to all who are starting or continuing studies at the doctoral level at a foreign university and who are prepared to commence employment in Estonia after graduation. There is one application deadline a year – 1 March.

• The FORMAL STUDIES grant supports study abroad for one academic year. The grant may be applied for by doctoral students and first-year master’s students. There is one application deadline a year – 1 May.

• The PART-TIME STUDIES grant provides assistance for study abroad lasting 1-5 months. The grant may be applied for by doctoral students, master’s students and medical residents. Applications are accepted twice a year, on 1 May and 1 October.

• The grant for FOREIGN VISITS provides support for visits abroad lasting 3-21 days. The grant may be applied for by doctoral, master’s students, medical residents and young teaching staff and researchers (35 and under). Applications are accepted four times a year, on 1 March, 1 June, 15 September and 1 December.

Duration:

Depends on the time of grant

Deadline:

Deadlines vary according to the programme

Web page:

http://archimedes.ee/stipendiumid/en/kristjan-jaak/

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

The first bilateral agreement between Finland and the People’s Republic of China on scientific and technological co-operation was signed in 1986.

Main initiatives and programmes

• Joint Call with MOST – Tekes – MOST joint funding for R&D&I projects
• Joint Calls with Tekes and Zhejiang S&T Commission for R&D&I projects
• Joint Calls with Tekes and Jiangsu S&T Commission for R&D&I projects
• Beautiful Beijing program with Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) in Air, Water and Soil Quality
• Cooperation between Academy of Finland and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
• Cooperation between Academy of Finland and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
• Cooperation between Tekes and Tsinghua University
• Cooperation between Tekes and Fudan University
• Cooperation between Tekes and Shanghai University
• Sino-Finnish Learning Garden (MoE – MoEC)

Priority Fields of Cooperation

Joint calls: Cleantech, ICT, Urbanization and Design

Beautiful Beijing program: Air, Water and Soil quality & treatment

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

• Aalto-Tongji Design Factory, Shanghai
• Sino-Finnish Nano Center, Suzhou
• Finnish Environmental Research Center, Nanjing University
• Joint Learning Innovation Institute, Beijing/Helsinki

Funding opportunities

www.tekes.fi/en

www.aka.fi

EURAXESS Finland

Research positions and fellowships in Finland, advice and support on mobility to the country.

www.euraxess.fi

Finland Distinguished Professor Programme – FiDiPro

Outline:

The programme enables distinguished researchers, both international and expatriates to work and team up with the “best of the best” in Finnish academic research. Talented international researchers past their postdoctoral stage and expatriate Finnish scientists are eligible.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Academy of Finland and Tekes (Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation)

Eligibility:

All nationalities

What is funded:

Salary and travel expenses, research costs and related expenses of accompanying family members. FiDiPro professors may bring along key members of their own research team whose expenses may also be partially covered.

Duration:

2–5 years

Deadline:

February, September

Web page:

www.fidipro.fi

Academy of Finland - Joint Finnish-Chinese Seminars

Outline:

Support for thematically well-defined seminars aimed at facilitating the initiation of bilateral Finnish-Chinese research collaborations and the preparation of applications for joint projects.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Academy of Finland

Eligibility:

Finnish nationals

What is funded:

The grant and travel costs, when participating in the joint seminar in other country. The reasonable costs of arranging a seminar in Finland.

Duration:

Maximum one week

Deadline:

September

Web page:

www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Funding-and-guidance/Funding/International-coopearion/Asia/China-and-Taiwan/Finnish-Chinese-seminars/

Academy of Finland – Researchers' Mobility grants

Outline:

Mobility grants for research at Chinese universities and research institutes are available for Finnish researchers. Finnish researchers can also apply for research grants for inviting Taiwanese researchers to carry out research in Finland. Chinese researchers can apply for mobility grants for research at Finnish universities and research institutes from the NSFC, the CAS, the CASS or the Taiwanese NSC.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Academy of Finland, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, National Science Council (Taiwan)

Eligibility:

Finnish or Chinese

What is funded:

The Academy of Finland covers the researcher's round trip from their place of residence in Finland to their destination in China. The Chinese organisation covers accommodation and a daily maintenance allowance in China.

Duration:

Minimum of a week, maximum of 12 months (NSFC) or 3 months (CAS, CASS)

Deadline:

September

Web page:

www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Funding-and-guidance/Funding/International-coopearion/Asia/China-and-Taiwan/China-and-Taiwan---mobility/

Academy of Finland - Joint Research Projects

Outline:

Finnish-Chinese project collaboration aims to support long-term systematic research collaboration and the creation and strengthening of collaborative networks between Finland and China. The varying themes for joint project calls are mutually agreed by the Academy of Finland and the Chinese funding organisation.

Research fields:

Theme is different each year.

Organisation:

Academy of Finland, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese

Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Eligibility:

Finnish and Chinese researchers

What is funded:

Academy funds salaries, travel expenses and research costs for Finnish researchers, Chinese organisation covers costs for Chinese researchers

Duration:

3 years

Deadline:

Usually in April or September. Exact application period should be asked to the Chinese higher institutions which are participating in this programme and directly manage the enrolment.

Web page:

http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Funding-and-guidance/Funding/International-coopearion/Asia/China-and-Taiwan/Joint-projects/

Academy of Finland –Research Post as Postdoctoral Researcher

Outline:

The aim of the funding for research posts as Postdoctoral Researcher is to advance the professional competence of the most promising researchers who have recently earned their doctorate. Postdoctoral Researchers are encouraged to international mobility and collaboration as well as to national and cross-sectoral mobility. The three-year funding period may include one or several mobility spells as well as funding for the researcher’s return to Finland. In principle, the projects must serve Finnish research and society or international collaboration.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Academy of Finland

Eligibility:

All nationalities

What is funded:

The Academy of Finland covers the researcher's salary and all costs related to research. The full cost model is applied.

Duration:

Three years, beginning of September

Deadline:

September

Web page:

http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Funding-and-guidance/Funding/AZ-index/Postdoctoral-Researchers-esittely/

CIMO Fellowships

Outline:

The CIMO Fellowships programme is open to young Doctoral (PhD) level students and researchers from all countries and from all academic fields. Master's level studies or post-doctoral studies/research are not supported in the programme. The primary target group in the CIMO Fellowship programme are such Doctoral level students who will be doing their Doctorate (or Double Doctorate) at a Finnish university.

The prerequisite for applying is that the visiting researcher must have established contacts with a Finnish host university. Only the hosting Finnish university can act as an applicant in the CIMO Fellowship programme.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Centre for International Mobility (CIMO)

Eligibility:

All nationalities from all countries, but emphasis is given to applicants from Russia, China, India, Chile, Brazil and North America.

What is funded:

Monthly scholarship (€ 1500,00)

Duration:

3-12 months

Deadline:

Continuous call, applications should be submitted at least 5 months before the intended scholarship period

Web page:

www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/cimo_fellowships

Finnish Government Scholarship Pool

Outline:

The Finnish Government Scholarship Pool programme is open to young doctoral level students from all academic fields. The scholarships cannot be applied for post-doctoral studies or research.

In order to be an eligible applicant for this scholarship, the applicant must be at least provisionally accepted either as a visiting Doctoral-level student/researcher, or as a full-time Doctoral degree student at a Finnish university/public research institute.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Centre for International Mobility (CIMO)

Eligibility:

Nationals of countries that have a cultural agreement with Finland, including China

What is funded:

Monthly scholarship (€1,500)

Duration:

3-9 months

Deadline:

The announcements for the opening of the annual application round are usually sent out from CIMO at the end of September annually. The applicants may then contact the scholarship authorities in their home country for information on the national deadline for submitting the application documents. The national authority in China is China Scholarship Council.

Web page:

www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/finnish_government_scholarship_pool

CIMO China Programme

Outline:

The programme supports cooperation projects between higher education institutions in Finland and China, aiming at internationalizing education. The programme funds projects that may concern one or more of the following forms of educational cooperation: joint study modules/courses, curriculum development, joint/double degrees, collaboration with the world of work, mobility initiatives.

Research fields:

All disciplines

Organisation:

Centre for International Mobility (CIMO)

Eligibility:

Finnish & Chinese higher education institutions. The project may aim for education cooperation at one or more different degree levels (first cycle, second cycle and/or doctoral studies).

Only a Finnish higher education institution can act as an applicant and coordinator for the project.

What is funded:

Project funding is intended as seed funding, which permits launching of first-stage promising or innovative initiatives between higher education institutions. The funding may also be used to increase the depth of cooperation between higher education institutions to cover new disciplines or forms of operation.

The programme is not primarily aimed for maintaining already established activities or very preliminary overtures for collaboration, such as pre-project visits or general-purpose delegations.

Duration:

Duration of the project approximately 24 months.

Deadline:

Annually one call for applications, opening approx. April/June.

Web page:

http://www.cimo.fi/programmes/china_programme

Foundations’ Post Doc Pool

Outline:

Säätiöiden post doc -pooli (“the Foundations’ Post Doc Pool”) is a grant resource set up by Finnish foundations and intended for post-doctoral research abroad.

The Pool’s aim is to make Finnish research more international by offering young scholars flexible funding from one source that covers all expenses of a research period abroad for at least one academic year.

Research Fields:

The grants awarded from Säätiöiden post doc -pooli are intended for at least one academic year for scholars, who have recently completed their doctoral degree and wish to conduct research abroad.

Organisation:

The Foundations´ Post-doc Pool

Eligibility:

Researchers from Finland, also available for non-Finnish nationals.

What is funded:

The Pool’s grant may cover all expenses for conducting research abroad, including travel and moving costs and schooling expenses and insurance. The total sum of the grant awarded is based on the applicant’s own cost estimate.

Deadline:

The Säätiöiden post doc -pooli has two application rounds per year. The spring application round takes place in December-January and the autumn application round in August-September.

Web page:

http://www.postdocpooli.fi

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

21st January 1978: Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation, establishment of a joint scientific committee

May 1997: Agreement between CNES and CNSA about cooperation in the space sector

24th September 1998: Agreement on intellectual property

9th October 2004: Agreement on emerging infectious diseases - MAEE/MOST

February 2007 : Agreement on electric vehicle – French Ministry for Economy and Finance/Chinese Ministry of Science

1st March 2007: Cooperation agreement on Traditional Chinese Medicine - MAEE/SATCM

26 November 2007 Agreement on sustainable development ; Joint presidential declaration on climate change ; Agreement between MOST and French Ministry of economy about the French clusters and the Chinese High tech Parks

23 January 2008: Agreement between the French funding agency ANR (Agence nationale de la recherche) and the NFSC (one joint call for proposal per year)

12 November 2009: Memorandum of Understanding between ANR and MOST about green technologies and more specifically on water

18 November 2009: Agreement for the implementation of Cai Yuanpei, a joint mobility program created

8 November 2010: Agreement between the French funding agency for innovation (BPI France) and the Torch Center to support joint projects

27 September 2011: Agreement between BPIFrance, and MOST for the joint funding of innovative SMEs

18 September 2014: 1^st High Level dialogue session about human exchanges between France and China (annual meeting)

Main initiatives and programmes

Main joint research labs and projects:

• Two structures were set up in the frame of the 2004 agreement on emerging infectious disease: the Institut Pasteur Shanghai and, more recently, a P4 Laboratory in Wuhan.
• In the space sector, two science satellites are being built jointly, CFOSAT (China France Oceanography SATellite to be launched in 2018) and SVOM (Space-based multiband astronomical Variable Objects Monitor to be launched in 2021).
• In the field of green chemistry, the UMI E2P2L is a French/Chinese/Academic/Industry joint research lab involving, on the French side, CNRS and the Solvay Company.
• 7 Sino-French institutes have been established in Chinese Universities from 2004 onwards. They provide higher education up to master level to cohorts of Chinese students, using French methods and involving French professors and researchers, and are in the process of establishing research projects and extension to PhD level.
• The Sino-European Laboratory in Computer Science, Automation and Applied Mathematics, LIAMA, is a research hub, hosted by CASIA, the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Created by INRIA and CAS in January 1997, LIAMA conducts research, training and transfer projects in Computer Science, Automation and Applied Mathematics. Each research project of LIAMA is a cooperation between European and Chinese researchers, and is hosted by a partner institution in China.

Institutional and financial support for joint research:

• ANR/NSFC: one call for proposal launch per year to support new Sino-French projects.
• CNRS has set cooperation programs with NSFC, CAS and CASS.

Mobility, Human Exchanges : Support mobility for existing cooperations

• Xu Guangqi: The goal of the Xu Guangqi program is to develop collaborations between Chinese and French researchers working in laboratories of both countries by supporting them in their initial phase. Mobility of young researchers is more specifically encouraged. Projects in all disciplinary fields are supported for 1 year.
• Cai Yuanpei: Created by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Higher Education and Research, the Cai Yuanpei program aims at fostering the exchanges of PhD students, their supervisors and post-docs between the 2 countries. Research cooperation projects between French and Chinese research teams are selected and supported for 2 years. All disciplinary fields are eligible. About 25 new projects are supported each year.
• Virtual labs: A number of structured cooperation projects are supported, mainly via the funding of mobility, by the LIA and GDRI programs operated by the CNRS.

Promote new contacts:

• Discover China: Mobility program allowing French researchers to deepen their knowledge on the research done in their domain in China.
• Zhang Heng Program: Program of identification and follow-up of French scientific talents towards public Chinese network of research. It grants young French scientists for a short customized trip in Chinese labs.
• Emergence: Specific mobility program dedicated to emerging infectious diseases. It gives the opportunity to high level Chinese and French researchers to discover their colleagues in the other country and establish scientific partnerships.
• France Excellence Summer School: Created in 2016, the summer school program targets Chinese students at master level in various fields including Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Social Sciences and Humanities. Its goal is to establish a first contact between these students and French professors and researchers for a future PhD in France.

Innovation:

• COOPOL Innovation: This program established in 2008 aims at facilitating the cooperation between French innovative SMEs and their research partners with their Chinese counterparts. The program supports an exploration mission of one week to meet with potential collaborators, both academics and industrials.
• Club R&D: Periodical meeting of French companies having research activities in China. Presentations and discussions around subjects of common interest (IP, Human Resources, Institutional Programs, Technical developments, …).

(French) Science popularization:

• High level conferences « Excellence scientifique française »
• “Café des Sciences”
• Exhibitions and other scientific/cultural events. Cooperation with CAST.
• Edition of communication supports about sino-french scientific cooperation

Priority Fields of Cooperation

China has become one of the EU's key international partners in research and innovation. In addition to the principle of general opening of Horizon 2020 – the EU and China are further working together in a targeted strategic way on a selected number of areas for joint interest and mutual benefit. These include: Chemistry, infectious diseases, Energy, Environment, Advanced Materials, Life Sciences, Information and Communication Technologies. Cooperation in further areas, including large research infrastructures, is being explored.

Funding opportunities

Funding opportunities can be found on http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/-Les-programmes-scientifiques- and http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/-Nos-dernieres-actualites-

EURAXESS France

Research positions and fellowships in France, advice and support on mobility to the country

www.euraxess.fr

Cai Yuanpei Programme

Outline:

Cai Yuanpei aims at fostering the exchanges of PhD students and their supervisors and related post-docs between the two countries. Research cooperation projects between French and Chinese research teams will be selected and financial supports for the travels and stays in the partner country will be provided for two full years. Each project can involve up to 8 persons (4 on each side) including one or two PhD and students on each side.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Chinese Ministry of Education (managed by CSC), French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and International Development and of Higher Education and Research

Eligibility:

All nationalities, researchers based in China and France

What is funded:

French scientists: travel will be reimbursed on actual costs up to €1,300 per roundtrip France/China. For researchers, subsistence allowances will be €110/day for a period not exceeding 30 days and €80/day for longer periods, PhD students receive a mobility grant €1,000/month

Chinese scientists: supported by CSC

Duration:

2 years

Deadline:

February

Web page:

http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/Le-programme-Cai-Yuanpei

Xu Guangqi Programme

Outline:

The goal of the Xu Guangqi programme is to develop collaborations between Chinese and French researchers working in laboratories of both countries by supporting them in their initial phase of start-up and development. Mobility of young researchers within the collaborations is particularly appreciated. The call for proposals is open to research laboratories attached to higher educational institutions, research organisations or companies.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

Eligibility:

Researchers in joint-research teams between France and China

What is funded:

A grant of up to €5,000 for each project: Travel will be reimbursed on €1,300 per round trip. For researchers, subsistence allowances will be €110/day.

Deadline:

February

Web page:

http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/Le-programme-XU-Guangqi.html?lang=fr

Discover China

Outline:

Programme to allow French researchers to deepen their knowledge on the researches done in their domain in China. It grants French scientists for a short trip in China.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

Eligibility:

French researchers

What is funded:

Travel will be reimbursed on actual costs up to €1,300 per roundtrip France/China. For researchers, subsistence allowances will be €110/day. The maximum sum does not exceed €4,000.

Duration:

1 year

Deadline:

February

Web page:

http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/Le-programme-Decouverte-Chine.html?lang=fr

Zhang Heng Programme

Outline:

Programme of identification and follow-up of French scientific talents towards public Chinese network of research. It grants young French scientists a short customised trip in Chinese labs.

Research fields:

Every year a new topic is selected according the priorities of the scientific cooperation

Organisation:

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

Eligibility:

French researchers

What is funded:

Travel and a stay of 7 days.

Duration:

7 days

Deadline:

According to the calls (one or two every year)

Web page:

http://www.ambafrance-cn.org/Le-programme-Zhang-Heng

Eiffel PhD Scholarships

Outline:

The Eiffel excellence scholarship programme supports French centres of higher education to attract elite overseas students on master's, engineering and PhD courses. Applicants for the PhD courses must be no more than 35 years old.

Research fields:

Sciences (engineering sciences, exact sciences: mathematics, physics, chemistry and life sciences, nanotechnology and biotechnology, earth and environmental sciences, information and communication sciences and technology); economics and management; law and political science.

Organisation:

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

Eligibility:

All nationalities except French

What is funded:

Monthly allowance of €1,400, international return travel, health insurance, cultural activities, an optional additional accommodation allowance

Duration

Up to 10 months

Deadline:

January

Web page:

www.campusfrance.org/en/eiffel

Fernand Braudel-IFER (International Fellowships for Experienced Researchers) Incoming (Co-funded by the EU)

Outline:

The post-doctoral research stays are designed to enable researchers to carry out a research project in a host laboratory, integrate scientific networks in France and other European countries and build lasting partnerships between their home institution and the host institution.

Research fields:

Social sciences and humanities

Organisation:

Fondation MSH (Maison des sciences de l’homme), cofunded by the European Union (Marie Curie Actions, Cofund), the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the CNRS (INSHS)

Eligibility:

Applicants of all nationalities, belonging to a foreign research centre, who wish to undertake a research residency in France. Researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than twelve months in the previous three years.

What is funded:

Living expenses is €2,000 per month, medical insurance, travel expenses (return travel fare) between the researcher’s country of residence and France

Duration

9 months

Deadline:

September

Web page:

http://www.fmsh.fr/en/c/4171

Enhanced Eurotalents (Co-funded by the EU)

Outline:

Enhanced Eurotalents funds two types of actions: Incoming CEA Fellowships (ICF) to financially support scientists selected by the program to initiate and carry out an innovative research project in one of the CEA laboratories, and Outgoing CEA Fellowships (OCF) to financially support CEA scientists with a research project in a partner laboratory established outside France and that identifies a CEA laboratory as a return host laboratory after the training period to be funded. Researchers must meet Marie Curie Actions eligibility and mobility requirements. (PhD holder or 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience after Master's degree.)

Research fields:

- Energy, environment & climate change(E2C2);

- Key Enabling Technologies (KETs);

- Life sciences & biotechnology(LSB);

- High energy physics, high energy density physics & physics of the universe (HEPPU).

Organisation:

French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Eligibility:

Any nationality.

ICFs - you must not have lived in France for more than 12 months in the three years prior to the submission of your research proposal.

OCFs - must not have lived in your potential outgoing country for more than 12 months in the two years prior to the submission of your research proposal.

What is funded:

Salary, mobility allowance, yearly travel allowance for over than one-year-long stays + social benefits.

Duration

1 to 3 years

Deadline:

Continuously until 31 May, 2017. (3 sessions/year January, May, September)

Web page:

eurotalents.cea.fr/

ANR- NSFC Joint Research Projects

Outline:

Co-sponsor joint research between Chinese and French scientists based on peer review.

Research Fields:

Communication science, materials science and engineering science

Organisation:

Agence Nationale de la Recherche, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Nationalities:

French and Chinese researchers

What is funded:

Research costs, international travel costs and living expenses for personnel exchange.

Duration:

2 to 4 years

Deadline:

Annually, deadline usually between March and April

Web page:

www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/en/funding-opportunities/current-calls/

ANR – NSFC Transnational Call for proposals, Belmont Forum

Outline:

The Belmont Forum will support three complementary types of proposals. (All proposals should include an interdisciplinary, multinational approach)

1. TYPE 1 (eligible for ANR funding): Small collaboration grants, available to connect researchers and stakeholders from three or more countries to engage in transdisciplinary collaboration
2. TYPE 2 (not eligible for ANR funding): Small synthesis grants, available to synthesize results from existing or finished research grants, activities, and other national or international projects.
3. TYPE 3 (eligible for ANR funding): Research grants, available to address one or more of the themes through the lens of Arctic observing systems and sustainability science

Research fields:

Arctic observing and research for sustainability

1-The natural and living environment

2-The built environment and infrastructures

3-Natural resource management and development

4-Governance

Organisation:

The Belmont Forum

Eligibility:

Funding should support researchers to cooperate in consortia consisting of partners from at least three of the participating countries.

Participating countries are as following: Canada (NSERC and SSHRC), China (NSFC), France (ANR and CNRS), Iceland (Rannis et SAI), India (MoES), Italy (CNR), Japan (JST), NordForsk, Norway (RCN), Russia (RFBR), USA (BOEM and NSF), USA-UK (WOC).

What is funded:

The total budget for a TYPE 1 project should not exceed €200,000

The total budget for a TYPE 2 project should not exceed €500,000.

The total budget for a TYPE 3 project should not exceed €1,000,000

Deadline:

Check online

Web page:

http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/en/funding-opportunities/documents/aap-en/transnational-call-for-proposals-in-the-context-of-the-belmont-forum-arctic-observing-and-research-for-sustainability-2014/nc/

ANR Hosting High-level Researchers (@RAction)

Outline:

The programme aims to promote the hosting of prominent junior or senior researchers from abroad, by offering them substantial funding to carry out ambitious research.

Research fields:

Various new domains which are rare or non-existent in France.

Organisation:

ANR

Eligibility:

Researchers based outside France

What is funded:

Between €150,000 and €900,000 in funding

Duration

36-48 months

Deadline:

Check online

Web page:

http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/en/information/news/single/hosting-high-level-researchers-a-win-win-initiative/nc/

France – Hong Kong PROCORE Joint Research Scheme

Outline:

The Scheme aims to promote research collaboration between Hong Kong and France by providing researchers from both sides with one-year and two-year travel grants. The Scheme also offers conference/workshop grants to sponsor a conference/workshop either in Hong Kong or in France.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

The Research Grants Council (RGC) and the Consulate General of France (CGF) in Hong Kong and Macau

Eligibility:

Collaboration researchers from Hong Kong and France

Budget for travel grants < 4600€

Budget for conference/workshop grants < 14000€/workshop

What is funded:

Travel grants, conference/workshop grants

Duration

1 – 2 years

Deadline:

May

Web pages:

http://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/fund/fr_hk_jrs.htm

http://www.consulfrance-hongkong.org/Programme-Procore-2015-Appel-a

Paola Sandri Research Travel Grant

Outline:

Research visit in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan for PhD students. In memory of Paola Sandri, PhD in Chinese Studies at the Institut d'Études Transtextual and Transculturelles at University Jean Moulin - Lyon.

Research fields:

Social sciences and humanities

Organisation:

IETT, University Jean Moulin – Lyon

Eligibility:

All nationalities, PhD students who are based in France

What is funded:

Single amount of €1,000

Duration:

At least one month

Deadline:

September

Web page:

http://www.iett.eu/Pages/Bourses/BoursePaolaSandri.html

EFEO Field Scholarships

Outline:

The École française d'Extrême-Orient awards scholarships to research students tenable for periods of research in an EFEO or ECAF (European Consortium for Asian Field Study) Centre in Asia.

Research fields:

Humanities or social sciences applied to the history and civilizations of Asia

Organisation:

École française d'Extrême-Orient (Paris)

Eligibility:

All nationalities, PhD students who are based in France

What is funded:

A monthly stipend varying between 700 and 1,360 € according to the academic level of the applicant (MA or PhD student) and the country of field research in Asia.

Duration:

1 to 6 months

Deadline:

March

Web page:

http://www.efeo.fr/base.php?code=250

CEFC PhD Scholarship - Research on Contemporary China

Outline:

The Scientific Board of research institutes in Asia attached to the French Foreign Ministry awards one nine-month PhD scholarship, renewable once, during its annual meeting in the spring. Awardees will be encouraged to submit an article and, when applicable, book reviews, to the journal "China Perspectives" published by the CEFC.

Research fields:

Social sciences and humanities, contemporary China

Organisation:

French Centre for Research on Contemporary China

Eligibility:

Citizens of EU Member States

What is funded:

A monthly stipend of €1,625 , round-trip air travel from Europe to Hong Kong, China or Taiwan, transportation of luggage up to €200 and repatriation insurance

Duration:

9 months

Deadline:

January

Web page:

www.cefc.com.hk/research/jobs-scholarships/mobility-grant-for-doctoral-research-on-contemporary-china/

CEFC Short-term Fieldwork Grant for Doctoral Research on Contemporary China

Outline:

The French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) is offering three fieldwork grants for doctoral students, ranging from one to three months, in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan. Their research project must be situated within the scope of the CEFC’s mandate.

Research fields:

Social sciences and humanities

Organisation:

French Centre for Research on Contemporary China

Eligibility:

Be enrolled in a doctoral program in a French or European university (located in a member-state of the European Union or of the European Higher Education Area), in the field of humanities and social sciences. (UK enrolled candidates must have been successfully admitted to the PhD cycle)

What is funded:

A monthly stipend of €1,200 as well as a round-trip air ticket between Europe and China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, within the limit of €1,000.

Duration:

1 – 3 months

Deadline:

March

Web page:

www.cefc.com.hk/research/jobs-scholarships/short-term-fieldwork-grant-for-doctoral-research-on-contemporary-china/

CNRS – NSFC Scientific Programmes

Outline:

Support joint co-operative projects

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

French National Center for Scientific Research, National Natural Science Foundation of China. Yearly call.

Eligibility:

French and Chinese researchers

What is funded:

NSFC funds international travel costs of Chinese scientists to France and the local costs of French scientists in China, and CNRS funds the local expenses of Chinese scientists in France and international travel costs of French scientists to China

Duration:

3 years

Deadline:

June

Web page:

http://www.cooperation.cnrs.fr

http://www.nsfc.gov.cn

BIO-ASIA Programme

Outline:

This regional programme should reinforce cooperation of high level between researchers in Asia and with France. It targets integrated projects in fundamental and applied research with potential technological transfer and innovation: these regional projects involve France and at least Two Asian partners in two different Asian countries.

Research fields:

Biodiversity (natural substances) and its valorisation through sustainable uses in health, food, agriculture and cosmetics.

Organisation:

French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and International Development and of Higher Education and Research

Eligibility:

French and East, South and South-East Asian countries

What is funded:

Researcher mobility (travel and mission expenses) or organisation of international workshops and seminars (mobility, logistics).

Duration:

2 years

Deadline:

Check online

Web page:

http://www.campusfrance.org/fr/bio-asie

ICT-ASIA Programme

Outline:

This regional programme is an initiative of the French cooperation launched towards Asia aiming at creating and reinforcing high level collaborations and networks in the region involved in research and development in the field of information and communication technology (ICT). These regional projects involve France and at least Two Asian partners in two different Asian countries.

Research fields:

ICT

Organisation:

French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and International Development and of Higher Education and Research

Eligibility:

French and East, South and South-East Asian countries

What is funded:

Researcher mobility (travel and mission expenses) or organisation of international workshops and seminars (mobility, logistics).

Duration:

2 years

Deadline:

Check online

Web page:

http://www.ict-asia-france.org/

http://www.campusfrance.org/fr/stic-asie

http://bit.ly/ictasia2015

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

• Bilateral agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the People’s Republic of China on Scientific and Technological Co-operation (WTZ) was signed in 1978
• Platform for Innovation (MoST)
• Innovation Platform for Life Sciences (MoST)
• Research and innovation programme Clean Water (MoST)
• Vocational training (MoE)
• Strategic partnership in higher education (MoE)
• Solid-state lighting technologies/LED (MoST)
• Marine Science and Polar Research (State Oceanic Administration, SOA)
• Bilateral agreement on E-Mobility (MoST)
• Bilateral agreement on Mega Water Program (MoST)
• Bilateral agreement on Industry 4.0 und Smart Services (MoST)
• Bilateral agreement on Vocational education (MoE)
• Bilateral agreement on Biomaterial (MoST)
• Bilateral agreement on Entrepreneurship (MoST)

Main initiatives and programmes

• Exchange programme of post docs with the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC)
• Joint Institute: Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and Max Planck Society (MPG) Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai.
• Innovation Platform for Life Sciences (MoST)
• Sino-German co-operation in cultural property protection projects
• BMBF funding initiative for research and development projects in the area of "International Partnerships for Sustainable Technologies and Services for Climate Protection and the Environment"
• Joint Institute: Centre for Sino-German Cooperation in Marine Sciences (SGMS), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, University of Bremen, Centre for Marine Tropical Ecology (Bremen), University of Kiel, Ifm-GEOMAR Kiel
• Central Asia - Monsoon Dynamics and Geo-Ecosystems
• Two cooperative projects with Chinese partners are funded by the BMBF “The Sustainable Development of the Megacities of Tomorrow” initiative
• RECAST Urumqi - Meeting the Resource Efficiency Challenge in a ClimAte SensiTive Dryland Megacity Environment
• Metrasys - Mega Region Transport Systems for China
• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has established the research programme “Sustainable Land Management”
• In 2010 a MoU for scientific cooperation in the field of e-mobility has been signed between the BMBF and MoST
• HAPPI - Small Hydropower Plants: Evaluation of the climate protection potential and improvement by smart technologies (Cooperation of the Fraunhofer Instituts IOSB and ISI and Chinese partner institutions, to conclude end of 2016)
• Design and application of metamaterials for the reduction of noise and vibration for in- and outdoor environments (Fraunhofer Institutes for Building Physics (IBP, Stuttgart), Fraunhofer Institutes for Building Physics for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF, Darmstadt); The Institute of Acoustics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IACAS, Peking) 
• German-Chinese Research Platform SILO (The wbk Institute of Production Science at the KIT)
• SiGeNet Health: Sino-German research network on public health and bioethics (Shanghai Office)
• Multiple cooperations between Helmholtz-Center for heavy ions research (GSI), German Electron-Synchrotron (DESY) and CAS Institutes

Priority Fields of Cooperation

Industry 4.0, Biomaterial, Vocational training, environmental technologies, electro-mobility,

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

• NSFC-DFG Sino-German Centre for the Promotion of Science, Beijing
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Max Planck Society (MPG): Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai
• Centre for Sino-German Cooperation in Marine Sciences (SGMS) at Ocean University of China, Qingdao
• Chinese-German Campus (CDC), Sino-German University College (CDHK) and Sino-German University of Applied Sciences (CDHAW); all affiliated with the Tongji University, Shanghai
• HZG Joint Laboratory for Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine (GKSS Research Center Geesthacht; Tianjin University China)
• Sino-German College Qingdao Campus of Shandong University and Shandong University Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology (SHIB)
• Sino-German Research Centre for Environmental Information Science (RCEIS)
• Chinese-German Centre for Impact Assessment (CGCIA) in Beijing
• Sino-German Institute on Electromobility (IAPS) at the Tsinghua University Beijing in cooperation with TU München
• Shanghai-Tübingen Twin Center of Basic and Applied Life Sciences
• Joint laboratory for Neutron spectroscopy with the China Institute of Atomic Energy in Beijing
• Forschungszentrum Jülich and CAS Institute SIMIT (Shanghai) Joint Institute for Superconductity and Soft-Matter
• Helmholtz-Shangdong University Joint Institute for Biotechnology and Pharmacy in Qingdao

Funding opportunities

• Leibniz – DAAD Research Fellowships
• DAAD: research stays for university academics and scientists, short-term research grants, scholarships for students and degree students, bilateral exchanges of academics
• DAAD-K.C. Wong Fellowships
• DAAD-DLR Research Fellowships in the fields of Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research
• DAAD-CAS Scholarship
• China/Germany Joint Research Programme (PPP)
• DFG Grants to support the initiation of international collaboration, research grants and fellowships, international scientific events
• DFG-NSFC Joint Calls for Joint Research Projects
• DFG-Emmy Noether Programme
• DFG-Heisenberg Programme
• Sino-German Centre for Research Promotion (SGC): scientific preparatory visits, research projects, cooperation groups, workshops and symposia, young scientists forum, summer schools, young research group leader, Lindau Programme
• Humboldt Foundation Grants
• Lichtenberg Professorships – innovative and interdisciplinary research
• German Chancellor Fellowship in politics, business, media, public administration, society and culture
• Helmholtz-CSC agreement

EURAXESS Germany

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Germany; advice and support on mobility to the country.

Web page:

www.euraxess.de

Leibniz – DAAD Research Fellowships

Outline:

The fellowships offer highly-qualified recent foreign postdocs the opportunity to conduct special research at institutes of the Leibniz-Association in Germany. At the time of their application, applicants should have completed their studies with a PhD or equivalent degree no more than 2 years ago.

Research fields:

Humanities and social sciences, life sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, engineering and environmental sciences

Organisation:

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Leibniz-Association

Eligibility:

Non-German

What is funded:

The grant includes:

• a monthly instalment of €2,000 ;
• health, accident and personal liability insurance in Germany;
• a research allowance of €460p.a. a two-month German language course (if desired).

Duration:

Up to 12 months

Deadline:

March

Web page:

http://www.daad.org.cn/zh/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/promotion-und-postdoc/leibniz-daad-research-fellowships

DAAD Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists

Outline:

Intended to provide foreign academics and scientists working in higher education or at research institutes with an opportunity to carry out a research project at a state (public) or state-recognised higher education institution or non-university research institute in Germany.

Research fields:

Any discipline

Organisation:

DAAD

Eligibility:

Any nationality except German

What is funded:

€2,000-2,300 monthly, depending on academic status, and generally includes a travel allowance

Duration:

1 – 3 months

Deadline:

August and January

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/zh/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/wissenschaftliche-aufenthalte/forschungsaufenthalt

DAAD – Short-term scholarships for master’s degree students

Outline:

The scholarships offer Chinese students from all disciplines at “211” universities or University of Chinese Academy of Sciences the opportunity to carry out a research project as part of their master thesis at a state or state-recognised German university or a non-university research institution.

The principle aim of the funding is to enable Chinese students to get to know the German university and research landscape and to establish contact to possible supervisors with a view to taking a doctoral degree here at a later point in time.

Research fields:

Any discipline

Organisation:

DAAD

Eligibility:

Any except German

What is funded:

€750 monthly, travel allowance, insurance

Duration:

1– 3 months

Deadline:

May and November

Web page:

http://www.daad.org.cn/zh/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/studienstipendien/masterkurzstipendien

DAAD – Scholarships for University Artists and Architects

Outline:

The study visits for academics programme aims to enable lecturers from the fields of Fine Art, Design, Film, Music, Architecture as well as Performing Arts (Drama, Direction, Dance, Choreography, etc.) to apply for a supported study visit for the purpose of artistic cooperation with a German host institution.

Research fields:

Fine Art, Design, Film, Music, Architecture as well as Performing Arts (Drama, Direction, Dance, Choreography, etc.)

Organisation:

DAAD

Eligibility:

Any nationality but German

What is funded:

€2,000 – 2,300 depending on the application’s academic status, travel allowance

Duration:

1– 3 months

Deadline:

August and January

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/zh/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/wissenschaftliche-aufenthalte/forschungsaufenthalt

DAAD – Scholarships for Artists and Architects: Study Scholarships

Outline:

These study scholarships aim to provide foreign applicants from the field of Fine Art, Design, Film, Music, Architecture as well as Performing Arts (Drama, Direction, Dance, Choreography, etc.) with an opportunity to complete a course of extension studies, without gaining a formal degree or qualification, or to complete a postgraduate or Master’s degree course to gain a degree in Germany (Master’s/Diplom), at a German state (public) or state-recognised higher education institution.

Research fields:

Fine Art, Design, Film, Music, Architecture as well as Performing Arts (Drama, Direction, Dance, Choreography, etc.)

Organisation:

DAAD

Nationalities:

Any nationality but German

What is funded:

€750 , travel allowance, study allowance

Duration:

10– 24 months

Deadline:

October

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/studienstipendien/kunstlerstipendien

DAAD – K.C.Wong Fellowships

Outline:

Research grants for senior academics, research fellows and engineers from the fields of natural science, mathematics, engineering, agricultural or medical science who hold a PhD degree and a position of associate professor or associate research fellow at least to carry out a joint research project with a German university or research Institute.

Research fields:

Natural science, mathematics, engineering, agricultural or medical science

Organisation:

DAAD and K.C.Wong Education Foundation

Nationalities:

Chinese

What is funded:

€2,211 monthly

Duration:

3 – 12 months

Deadline:

April and November

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/zh/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/wissenschaftliche-aufenthalte/daad-kcwong-fellowships

DLR-DAAD Research Fellowships in the fields of Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research

Outline:

Intended for highly-qualified foreign doctoral and postdoctoral students as well as senior scientists. DLR-DAAD Fellowships offer outstanding scientists and researchers the opportunity to conduct special research at the institutes of the DLR in Germany.

Research fields:

Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research

Organisation:

DAAD and DLR

Eligibility:

Any nationality but German

What is funded:

Doctoral students: €1,365 monthly instalment (+ travel allowance, health insurance, family allowances)

Postdoctoral students: €1,840 monthly instalment

Senior scientists: €2,240 monthly instalment

Duration:

Doctoral Students: 36 months

Postdoctoral students: 6-24 months

Senior scientists: 1-3 months

Deadline:

Various current offers online

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/promotion-und-postdoc/dlr-daad-stipendien

DAAD Short-term Research Grants

Outline:

Grants for PhD candidates and recent Post-docs to conduct research in Germany as part of a larger project (e.g. their PhD studies or a Post-Doc in China).

Research fields:

Any discipline

Organisation:

DAAD

Eligibility:

Any except German

What is funded:

€1,000 /month + health insurance allowance + travel allowance

Duration:

1-6 months

Deadline:

May and November

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/promotion-und-postdoc/forschungskurzstipendien

CAS – DAAD Scholarship

Outline:

CAS – DAAD Scholarship is for Chinese young researchers from CAS institutes or USTC, seeking a stay in Germany.

Research fields:

Any discipline

Organisation:

DAAD and CAS

Eligibility:

Chinese

What is funded:

€1,200 /month in the first year (CAS), €1,000 /month in the second year (DAAD) + health insurance allowance + travel expenses

Duration:

12-22 months

Deadline:

Applications must be submitted through the CAS in China. The application deadline is dependent on the respective CAS institute / university

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/promotion-und-postdoc/cas-daad-stipendienprogramm

China/Germany Joint Research Programme (PPP)

Outline:

Programme jointly funded by the DAAD and the China Scholarship Council to promote joint research between scientists in Germany and China by granting support for the exchange of project partners. The goal is to increase the mobility of researchers and groups to intensify their exchange to promote short-term visits by scientists and graduate students from all disciplines. For this purpose, travel and accommodation is paid over a period of 1 to 2 years.

Research fields:

Any discipline

Organisation:

DAAD and CSC

Eligibility:

German, Chinese

What is funded:

Depending on country of origin, in China short research stays within 2 years

Duration:

1 month every year for project leaders, 3 months for project members

Deadline:

June

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/aktuelles/programm-des-projektbezogenen-personenaustausches-ppp

Sino-German (CSC-DAAD) Postdoc Scholarship Program

Outline:

To further intensify the German - Chinese cooperation in research and to improve support opportunities for young Chinese young scientists, a new joint programme for the promotion of Chinese postdocs offer the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and the DAAD in 2013. Programme is also open to candidates who have their PhD at the time of application is not yet complete.

Research fields:

Any discipline

Organisation:

DAAD and CSC

Eligibility:

Chinese

What is funded:

€2,000 monthly scholarship, travel expenses, health insurance, visa fees, three-month language course in China (if needed), pre-departure training, monthly research grants of the German host institute in the amount of €200

Duration:

7-18 months

Deadline:

November

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/promotion-und-postdoc/2014-sino-german-csc-daad-postdoc-scholarship-program

DAAD: Re-integration of German Scientists from Abroad

Outline:

German PhD students about to finish their doctorate, German postdocs/junior researchers and German senior researchers who are no longer integrated in the German academic system and would like to return to Germany after having spent at least 1 year abroad.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

DAAD

Eligibility:

German

What is funded:

Individuals may apply for travel grants for job interviews and scientific presentations in Germany to enable their possible return, or for monthly scholarships to conduct research in Germany with the goal of reintegrating into the German scientific community.

Web page:

www.daad.de/rueckgewinnung

DAAD: Bilateral Exchange of Academics

Outline:

Invitations can be issued to foreign researchers who already hold a doctorate and come from countries with which an exchange of researchers is envisaged within the framework of cultural exchange programmes or other bilateral agreements. Depending on the programme involved, the researcher exchange can be limited to specific institutions and/or disciplines

Research fields:

Various

Organisation:

DAAD and the Chinese Ministry of Education

Eligibility:

Foreign

What is funded:

Research and study visits within the framework of the bilateral exchange of scientists and scholars.

Duration:

1 to 3 months

Deadline:

For details please contact the Chinese Ministry of Education (MoE)

Web page:

www.daad.org.cn/zh/stipendienangebote-fur-chinesen/wissenschaftliche-aufenthalte/wissenschaftleraustausch-programm-wap 

DFG Grants to Support the Initiation of International Collaboration

Outline:

Applicants interested in establishing collaborative scientific relationships with partners abroad may apply for funding for trips and research stays abroad or for bilateral workshops.

Research fields:

All fields

Organisation:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Eligibility:

German-based researchers: All researchers based at a German research institution in Germany or abroad who have completed their research training, generally by obtaining a doctorate, are eligible to apply.

What is funded:

Funding is available for the following collaborative measures:

• Trips abroad of up to three months
• Research stays at partner institutions of up to three months
• Bilateral workshops

Duration:

The modules may be combined within 12 months

Deadline:

Proposals may be submitted at any time but must be received no later than 3 months before the beginning of the proposed activity.

Web page:

http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/international_cooperation/initiation_international_collaboration/in_b qrief/index.html

DFG Research Grants

Outline:

Research grants enable individuals who have completed their academic training to conduct at any time research projects with clearly defined topics and durations, regard-less of the subject.

Research fields:

All fields

Organisation:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Eligibility:

German-based researchers (All researchers based at a German research institution in Germany or abroad who have completed their research training, generally by obtaining a doctorate, are eligible to apply).

What is funded:

Following modules are possible:

• Basic Module (direct project costs, project-specific staff, and instrumentation)
• Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators
• Replacements
• Temporary Substitutes for Clinicians
• Project-Specific Workshops
• Mercator Fellows
• Public Relations

Extend of funding depends on the selected modules

Duration:

The maximum initial funding duration is three years. Subsequently, a renewal proposal may be submitted.

Deadline:

No submission deadline

Web page:

www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/individual/research_grants/in_brief/index.html

DFG/NSFC Joint Calls for Joint Research Projects

Outline:

DFG and NSFC launch annually a joint call for joint research proposals in the fields of Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering.

Proposals should be based on substantial preparatory measures such as one or more bilateral workshops or Conferences that have been successfully held in the Sino-German Centre in Beijing or elsewhere. They should target excellent groups of scientists on both sides. Furthermore, scientists on both sides as well as both funding organisations should have expressed their intent to cooperate in this specific promising scientific field.

Research fields:

Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering

Organisation:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science

Foundation of China (NSFC)

Eligibility:

German and Chinese researchers. In China, the principal investigator has to have a basic grant of NSFC.

What is funded:

NSFC will fund the Chinese research partner and DFG will fund the German research partner. In the case of mutual visits of scientists, the visiting scientist will cover international flights and the host will provide the local accommodation together with a daily maintenance allowance and domestic travel costs

Duration:

Up to three years

Deadline:

Annual call

Web page:

Memorandum of Understanding:

http://www.dfg.de/dfg_profil/im_internationalen_kontext/internationale_partner/China/index.html#micro313778

Announcements of DFG Joint Deadline:

http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/announcements_proposals/international_context/index.html

DFG Research Fellowships

Outline:

To enable researchers at an early stage of their scientific career to carry out a clearly defined research project at a place of their choice abroad or to acquaint themselves with new scientific research methods

Research fields:

All disciplines

Organisation:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Eligibility:

Researchers that have worked in the German science system continuously in a scientific capacity for at least three years during the doctoral and/or postdoctoral phase directly prior to submission of the proposal. Further requirements apply for proposals submitted from non-German countries.

What is funded:

Basic funding:

• Basic Fellowship
• Allowance for direct project costs
• Foreign allowance
• Travel allowance
• Publication costs
• Additional project expenses
• Offsetting of independent income and third-party contributions

Benefits for Fellowship Recipients with Children:

• Child allowance
• Support for costs associated with supplemental childcare

Other financial assistance when applicable

Duration:

Minimum of three months up to a maximum of two years

Deadline:

No specific calls, permanent possibility to hand in proposals

Web page:

http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/individual/research_fellowships/in_brief/index.html

DFG International Scientific Events

Outline:

To support the organisation of scientific events: International specialist conferences; International congresses, symposiums, colloquia, workshops; annual meetings.

Research fields:

All fields

Organisation:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Nationalities:

German-based researchers (All researchers based at a German research institution in Germany or abroad who have completed their research training, generally by obtaining a doctorate, are eligible to apply).

What is funded:

Type and Extent of Funding

• International specialist conferences: Funding can be provided to cover expenses remaining after all other financing opportunities have been exhausted.

• International congress, symposium, colloquia, workshop: Lump sum, varies according to the number of researchers participating

• Annual meeting: Allowances for travel expenses (travel and maintenance costs) for active participants from abroad

Cost Elements

• Staff costs, room rental (including utilities), instrumentation and equipment, printed materials, office supplies, postage costs, travel allowance (travel and accommodation costs)
• For annual meetings: funding is provided only for travel expenses (rail or air) for roundtrip travel to the meeting, as well as maintenance costs for each day of the event

Deadline:

Generally 6 months before the event begins. Special regulation for annual meetings: proposals can only be supported every second year.

Web page:

www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/international_cooperation/international_events/in_brief/index.html

DFG Emmy Noether Programme

Outline:

To provide outstanding young researchers with the opportunity to rapidly qualify for a leading position in science and research or for a university teaching career by leading an independent junior research group and assuming relevant teaching duties. To recruit young, outstanding post-docs working abroad (back) to Germany.

Foreign applicants are expected to continue their scientific career in Germany following completion of the funding period. This intent must be confirmed by the applicant and submitted with the proposal.

The DFG especially encourages proposals from female researchers.

Research fields:

All fields

Organisation:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Eligibility

All excellent early stage researchers, German or foreign, generally with up to 4 years experience after obtaining a doctorate and two years of postdoctoral experience, with substantial international experience and rapid completion of research training.

What is funded:

Extend of funding depends on the selected modules. Possible modules are:

• Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader (your position)
• Basic Module (direct project costs, project-specific staff, and instrumentation)
• Temporary Substitutes for Clinicians
• Mercator Fellow
• Project-Specific Workshops
• Public Relations

Duration:

Generally 5 years

Deadline:

No specific calls, permanent possibility to hand in proposals

Web page:

www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/individual/emmy_noether/in_brief/index.html

DFG Heisenberg Programme

Outline:

To provide outstanding researchers who fulfill the requirements for appointment to a long-term professorship with the opportunity to prepare for a leading position in science and research and to use the time to work on an advanced research topic.

The Heisenberg Programme is aimed particularly at researchers who have qualified for professorship via the Emmy Noether Programme, DFG project positions, industrial research activity, or mid-level faculty positions. The target group also encompasses junior professors, those with a habilitation, and German researchers returning to Germany or qualified foreign researchers who would like to pursue an academic or scientific career in Germany

Research fields:

All fields

Organisation:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Eligibility

Young researchers of all disciplines who qualify for a professorship by holding a habilitation or equivalent qualification and who have proven themselves by carrying out particularly outstanding research

What is funded:

Following modules are possible:

• Heisenberg Professorships (temporary professorship at a German university)
• Heisenberg Fellowships (fellowship grant and general funding allowance)

A research grant may also be requested for projects in Germany.

Extend of funding depends on the selected modules.

Duration:

Generally 5 years

Deadline:

Permanently open

Web page:

www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/individual/heisenberg/in_brief/index.html

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC) Scientific Preparatory Visits

Outline:

The SGC (jointly established by DFG and NSFC) funds short-term visits in the partner’s country (China or Germany) to prepare a research project, a cooperation group or a workshop.

Applicants should have already been involved in an activity supported by the SGC (e.g. Workshops, Summer Schools, Young Scientist Forum) if the preparatory visit is meant to prepare an application for a research project or a cooperation group.

Research fields:

Basic research in the natural, life and engineering and management sciences

Organisation:

SGC (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))

Eligibility:

German-based researchers, China-based researchers (previously funded by NSFC)

What is funded:

Transportation, board and accommodation costs for one person

Duration:

3 days + 2 travelling days

Deadline:

Continuous, proposals should be submitted at least 3 months before the date of the proposed visit.

Web page:

www.sinogermanscience.org.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=14&lang=de (German)

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC) Research Projects

Outline:

The Sino-German Center (jointly established by DFG and NSFC) offers support to Sino-German research collaboration projects, led by both a German and a Chinese entity. Applicants should have already been involved in an activity supported by the SGC (e.g. Workshops, Summer Schools, Young Scientist Forum).

Research fields:

Basic research in the natural, life and engineering and management sciences

Organisation:

SGC (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))

Eligibility:

German-based researchers, China-based researchers (previously funded by NSFC)

What is funded:

SGC provides funding for mobility (transportation and stays), small equipment, and consumables. Personnel cost cannot be covered by the SGC but applicants may include these costs in their application and they might be covered by, as far as German applicants are concerned, the DFG.

Duration:

Up to 3 years

Deadline:

Continuous

Web page:

http://www.sinogermanscience.org.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=12&lang=de(German)

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC) Cooperation Groups

Outline:

The SGC (jointly established by DFG and NSFC) offers support to German and Chinese researchers to establish so-called “cooperation groups” in order to engage in intensive exchange on a specific scientific topics, possibly leading to a comprehensive joint research project and preparing the establishment of this project. The cooperation group should at least link 2 groups, one in Germany and one in China. Applicants should have already been involved in an activity supported by the SGC (e.g. Workshops, Summer Schools, Young Scientist Forum).

Research fields:

Basic research in the natural, life and engineering and management sciences

Organisation:

SGC (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))

Eligibility:

German-based researchers, China-based researchers (previously funded by NSFC)

What is funded:

SGC provides mainly funding for meetings and workshops, mobility (transportation and stays) and, to a minor degree, consumables.

Duration:

Up to 3 years

Deadline:

Continuous

Web page:

www.sinogermanscience.org.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=13&lang=de (German)

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion Workshops and Symposia

Outline:

The SGC (jointly established by DFG and NSFC) supports the organisation of workshops and symposia preparing further scientific cooperation between Germany and China. The workshops or symposia should take place either in Germany or in China. Events must have a specific topic and lead highly qualified scientists together. Participants should cover the entire spectrum of current research in their field in their respective countries as comprehensive as possible. The workshops will provide the impetus for bilateral research cooperation.

Research fields:

Basic research in the natural, life and engineering and management sciences

Organisation:

SGC (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))

Eligibility:

German-based researchers, China-based researchers (previously funded by NSFC)

What is funded:

SGC provides funding for the transportation and accommodation costs of up to 43 participants.

Duration:

The events are usually expected to last 5 to 7 days, including 2 days for transportation and one day for visits.

Deadline:

Continuous, proposals should be submitted at least 3 months before the date of the proposed event.

Web page:

www.sinogermanscience.org.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=10&lang=de (German)

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion Young Scientist Forum

Outline:

The SGC (jointly established by DFG and NSFC) supports the organisation of workshops by early career researchers preparing further scientific cooperation between Germany and China. The workshops should take place either in Germany or in China. Events must have a specific topic and lead scientists at an early stage of a promising career together. Participants should cover the entire spectrum of current research in their field in their respective countries as comprehensive as possible. The workshops will provide the impetus for bilateral research cooperation.

Research fields:

Basic research in the natural, life and engineering and management sciences

Organisation:

SGC (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))

Eligibility:

German-based early career researchers, China-based early career researchers (previously funded by NSFC or with an excellent track record and under 35 years of age)

What is funded:

SGC provides funding for the transportation and accommodation costs of up to 43 participants and 2 senior advisors.

Duration:

The events are usually expected to last 5 to 7 days, including 2 days for transportation and one day for visits.

Deadline:

Continuous, proposals should be submitted at least 3 months before the date of the proposed event.

Web page:

http://www.sinogermanscience.org.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=17&lang=de (German)

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC) Summer Schools

Outline:

The SGC (jointly established by DFG and NSFC) supports the organisation of summer schools during which scientist should be introduced to advanced techniques and methods in their research fields. The summer school can take place either in China or in Germany.

Research fields:

Basic research in the natural, life and engineering and management sciences

Organisation:

SGC (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))

Eligibility:

German-based researchers, China-based researchers (previously funded by NSFC)

What is funded:

SGC can provide funding for the transportation and accommodation costs of up to 40 participants, and the participating costs of up to 6 experienced researchers acting as trainers during the summer school.

Duration:

The summer schools should last up to 14 days, including 2 days of transportation and one day for visits.

Deadline:

Continuous, proposals should be submitted at least 3 months before the date of the proposed summer school.

Web page:

http://www.sinogermanscience.org.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=11&lang=de(German)

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC) Young Research Group Leader Programme

Outline:

The SGC (jointly established by DFG and NSFC) supports young research group leaders based in Germany to come to China to establish contacts with potential future Chinese partners.

Research fields:

Basic research in the natural, life and engineering and management sciences

Organisation:

SGC (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))

Eligibility:

German-based early career researchers previously funded by high-ranked German program (e.g. Emmy Noether Program of DFG and comparable programs of other funding bodies, Juniorprofessor)

What is funded:

Funding under this programme can be granted in 2 stages:

1^st stage: short term visit to several Chinese institutions (up to 3): transportation cost from Germany and within China as well as accommodation costs are covered.

2^nd stage: longer term follow-up visit based on a research project: the applicant is then eligible for the SGC Research Projects scheme (see above)

Duration:

Short term visit up to two weeks, follow-up visit up to 6 months.

Deadline:

Three months before the beginning of the journey.

Web page:

www.sinogermanscience.org.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=16&lang=de (German)

Sino-German Center for Research Promotion – Lindau Programme

Outline:

Every year the Nobel Prize winners in the fields of chemistry, medicine/ physiology/life sciences as well as physics and every three years in the field of economics meet in Lindau, Germany. Young scientists from around the world are invited. The Sino-German Center is responsible for the selection of participants from China, together with the Committee for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. Every year up to 30 doctoral students in sciences and every three years up to 15 students in economics get the opportunity to participate in the defined technical meetings in Lindau and at a subsequent week-long trip to Germany's leading research institutions on the respective specific area of expertise.

Research fields:

Basic research in the natural, life and engineering and management sciences

Organisation:

SGC (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC))

Eligibility:

Chinese doctoral students

What is funded:

Transportation and accommodation costs

Duration:

Nobel Laureate Meeting at Lindau, followed by a scientific round trip to leading German research institutes. Can be followed by a 12-month research stay at a German institution (on the basis of follow-up application).

Deadline:

The candidates are nominated by their universities or institutes.

Web page:

www.sinogermanscience.org.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=24&lang=de

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards

Outline:

For internationally renowned scientists and scholars from abroad (who completed their doctorates less than 18 years ago) in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in research to spend time in Germany.

Research fields:

Any

Organisation:

Humboldt Foundation

Eligibility:

Scientists and scholars from abroad.

What is funded:

Awardees are invited to conduct an original research project of their own design in close collaboration with an appropriate colleague in Germany. The Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award amounts to €45,000 each.

Duration:

Six to twelve months, the stay may be divided up into blocks.

Deadline:

Nominations by German scientists and scholars, no applications accepted. Selection process twice a year, in early spring and early autumn.

Web page:

www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/bessel-award.html

Humboldt Research Awards

Outline:

The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline to spend time in Germany.

Research fields:

Any

Organisation:

Humboldt Foundation

Eligibility:

Scientists and scholars from abroad.

What is funded:

Awardees are invited to conduct an original research project of their own design in close collaboration with an appropriate colleague in Germany. The Humboldt Research Award amounts to €60,000 each.

Duration:

Six to twelve months, the stay may be divided up into blocks.

Deadline:

Nominations by German scientists and scholars, no applications accepted. Selection twice a year, in early spring and early autumn.

Web page:

www.humboldt -foundation.de/web/humboldt-award.html

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

Outline:

For researchers from abroad with above average qualifications, who completed their doctorate less than twelve years ago, already have their own research profile and are working at least at the level of Assistant Professor or Junior Research Group Leader or have a record of several years of independent academic work.

Research fields:

Any

Organisation:

Humboldt Foundation

Eligibility:

All nationalities except for researchers from Brazil (for the duration of the joint Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship)

What is funded:

The fellowship is worth €3150 per month. Additional benefits: e.g. travel lump sums, language fellowship, subsidies and allowances for accompanying family staying longer than three months. An allowance towards research costs will be offered to the host institute.

Duration:

6-18 months; may be divided into a maximum of three blocks.

Deadline:

Continuously open for application

Web page:

www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-experienced.html

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Post-doctoral Researchers

Outline:

For researchers from abroad with above average qualifications, at the beginning of their academic career and who completed their doctorate less than four years ago. A Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers allows researchers to carry out a long-term research project in cooperation with an academic host at a research institution in Germany.

Research fields:

Any

Organisation:

Humboldt Foundation

Eligibility:

All nationalities except for researchers from Brazil (for the duration of the joint Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship)

What is funded:

The fellowship is worth €2,650 per month. Additional benefits: e.g. travel lump sum, language fellowship, subsidies and allowances for accompanying family staying longer than three months. An allowance towards research costs will be offered to the host institute.

Duration:

6-24 months

Deadline:

Continuously open for application

Web page:

www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html

Sofja Kovalevskaja Award

Outline:

Funding for top-rank junior researchers from abroad to spend five years building up a working group and working on a high-profile, innovative research project of your own choice at a research institution of your own choice in Germany. Applicants should have completed their doctorate with distinction within the past 6 years and have published work in prestigious international journals or publishing houses.

Research fields:

All fields

Organisation:

Humboldt Foundation

Eligibility:

Scientists and scholars from abroad

What is funded:

The award is intended to sponsor the project headed by the winner at a host institution in Germany (including the necessary equipment and material, personnel, travel expenses etc.). The award is valued at €1.65m

Duration:

5 years

Deadline:

End of July in the past

Web page:

www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/kovalevskaja-award.html

Lichtenberg Professorships

Outline:

VW Foundation combines support both for individual researchers as well as institutions via the funding initiative “Lichtenberg Professorships”. Outstanding (young) researchers are offered a tenure-track at a university of their choice in Germany, enabling them to carry out independent research in innovative and interdisciplinary areas for longer periods of time.

Research fields:

Innovative fields of research located between the disciplines.

Organisation:

Volkswagen Foundation

Eligibility:

All nationalities.

Young scholars: Candidates should have obtained their PhD within the last four years and should have ample experience of working abroad.

Junior scholars: Candidates should have obtained their PhD within the last seven years and coming or returning to Germany from abroad.

What is funded:

Initially, a five-year period of funding is envisaged with an amount of €0.8 to €1.5m per professorship.

Duration:

5 - 8 years

Deadline:

1 June

Web page:

www.volkswagenstiftung.de/nc/en/funding/persons-and-structures/lichtenberg-professorships.html

Dahlem Research School's Postdoc Fellowship Programmes

Outline:

The Dahlem Research School's Postdoc Fellowship Program – co-financed by the German Excellence Initiative and the Marie Curie Program of the European Commission – provides funding for outstanding postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines to conduct their own research project at Freie Universität Berlin.

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Dahlem Research School, Freie Universität Berlin

Eligibility:

All nationalities.

Female postdoctoral researchers and returnees from phases of international, inter-sectoral and/or non-academic mobility are specifically encouraged to apply.

What is funded:

Employment contract translates into an annual net salary of approx. €26,500 to €34,400, depending on previous work experience and marital status. Social security and health insurance, total research allowance for the duration of the project of €10,800 for non lab-based/ €16,200 for field trip-based/ €21,600 € for lab-based projects; a monthly mobility allowance of €200 and a one-time travel allowance; a fully funded intensive German course.

Duration:

18 months

Deadline:

March

Web page:

http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/promovieren/drs/drs_fellowships/

German Chancellor Fellowship

Outline:

Every year the German Chancellor Fellowship for prospective leaders offers up to 50 highly talented young professionals from Brazil, China, India, Russia and the USA an opportunity to spend a year in Germany and to conduct together with their German host a project they have chosen themselves. Each of them selects a suitable host organisation for their stay in Germany.

Research fields:

Politics, business, media, public administration, society and culture

Organisation:

Federal Foreign Office

Eligibility:

Chinese nationals

What is funded:

Monthly fellowship of €2,150 , €2,450 or €2,750 , and other benefits.

Duration:

12 months

Deadline:

Middle September in the past.

Web page:

www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/7572934.html

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

Agreement on S&T Cooperation (1979) between the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs) and MOST.

Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Ministry Of Education, Research And Religious Affairs - General Secretariat  For Research And Technology  Of The Hellenic Republic And The Ministry Of Science And Technology  Of The People's Republic Of China  On Science, Technology And Innovation Cooperation (Beijing July 2015)

Main initiatives and programmes

A Joint S&T Cooperation Committee adopts and reviews the working programme of the cooperation.

Priority Fields of Cooperation

Renewable energy sources and energy saving, agricultural biotechnology, environment (natural and cultural), transport and communication, health sciences (biology, biotechnology)

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

Joint Laboratory of the Foundation of Foundation for Research and Technology  of Crete and the Palace Museum in Beijing for the use of Greek high technology  in the sector of antiquities conservation. 

Funding opportunities

• Scholarships to Foreigners for Seminars in Modern Greek Language and Culture
• Foreigners' Fellowships Programme – Educational Scholarships in Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics, Art
• Foreigners' Fellowships Programme – Research Grants
• Greek Government Scholarships to Foreign Citizens

EURAXESS Greece

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Greece; advice and support on mobility to the country

Web page:

www.euraxess.gr

Cordis Greece

Outline:

Special information gateway created to provide up-to-date information on important developments taking place in the areas of research, development and innovation

Web page:

cordis.europa.eu/greece/

Scholarships to Foreigners for Seminars in Modern Greek Language and Culture

Outline:

The scholarships for postgraduate or postdoctoral studies in Greece to all foreigners who have a graduate degree from a foreign university in the fields of the Humanities, the Social and Political Sciences to attend courses and seminars in the Modern Greek Language and Culture.

Research fields:

Modern Greek Language and Culture

Organisation:

State Scholarships Foundation (IKY)

Eligibility:

All nationalities except Greek

What is funded:

The scholarship covers accommodation and free meals, tuition fees and relevant costs, free cost emergency medical treatment, a monthly allowance of €150 for personal expenses, €200 for initial expenses

Duration

8 months, each year from October to May

Deadline:

Deadlines in summer, follow website

Web page:

http://www.iky.gr/en/scholarships/foreign-citizens-eng/modern-greek-language-courses

Foreigners' Fellowships Programme – Educational Scholarships

Outline:

Post-graduate students, PhD candidates. The applicants should be enrolled for a postgraduate course (Master’s, M.Phil., Ph.D) at a University either outside Greece or in Greece. The scholarships are offered for research in Greece only.

Research fields:

Humanities, Social Sciences, Economics, Art

Organisation:

Alexander S. Onassis Foundation Cultural Center Non-Profit Organization

Eligibility:

All nationalities except Greek.

What is funded:

Allowance for PhD holders: €1,500 per month. For post-graduate students, PhD candidates: monthly allowance €1,000.

Duration

5 up to 10 months

Deadline:

January

Web page:

www.onassis.gr/en/scholarships-foreigners.php

Foreigners' Fellowships Programme – Research Grants

Outline:

University Professors of all levels, postdoctoral researchers (must be PhD holders) and renowned artists and musicians who wish to visit Greece in order to conduct scholarly research. The proposed research subject should be either directly related to the Greek culture, civilization and history or have an obvious social return for Greece.

Research fields:

Humanities, Social Sciences (excluding Law), Economic Sciences, Art

Organisation:

The Onassis Foundation

Eligibility:

65 countries, incl. China. Greek citizens can be eligible providing they obtained a degree outside of Greece and have been permanently residing outside of Greece for more than 15 years.

What is funded:

For university professors, postdoctoral, artists: A round trip air-ticket (economy class), a monthly allowance of €1,500. For post-graduate students and PhD candidates: A round trip air-ticket (economy class), a monthly allowance of €850.

Duration

3 up to 6 months

Deadline:

January

Web page:

www.onassis.gr/en/scholarships-foreigners.php

Greek Government Scholarships to Foreign Citizens

Outline:

Post-graduate students, PhD holders

Research fields:

All

Organisation:

Ministry of Education and Religion

Eligibility:

22 eligible countries, including China.

What is funded:

For China: Three scholarships for postgraduate studies or for research, with term of 10 months each. €450 for the scholars in postgraduate studies or research; a lump sum allowance of €500 for those who will be settled in Athens , €550 for those who will be settled in the countryside, €150 for travelling expenses. Four scholarships for learning the Greek Language with term of 10 months each are available. The scholarship covers all expenses (tuition fees, residence, nutrition of the scholars, cultural events) except for their travelling expenses to and from the country.

Duration

1 year in case of postgraduate studies and 2 years for a doctorate diploma.

Deadline:

In April (calls in February)

Web page:

www.minedu.gov.gr/english-main/153-scholarships.html

Bilateral Agreement on ST&I Cooperation

• Between the Government of Hungary and the Government of People’s Republic of China there is an Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation from 2002. For the purpose of implementation of the Agreement, Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation was established, which consist of government representatives and experts designated by each party.
• The Joint Committee has a meeting in every two years last one was held in Beijing in 2013, next session planned to be held in Hungary, in 2015.
• Between the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences there is an Agreement on Scientific Cooperation from 1984. In 2014 they signed an agreement for developing a “Modern China and Hungary” researchers’ cooperation with the aim of integrating researchers involved in Chinese/Hungarian studies and researchers with Chinese/Hungarian research interests.
• The Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed agreement on establishment of joint laboratories in 2014, which is based on the existing exchange of relevant institutions and a strong need to collaborate in designated fields of common interest.

Main initiatives and programmes

Priority Fields of Cooperation

Information and communication Technologies (ICT), life sciences, including healthcare and medical technologies; bio- and nanotechnology, including the development and application of new materials; energy utilization, including new and renewable energies, as well as development of green technologies; environmental protection, as well as waste and water management; agriculture, including food processing, food safety and security, animal husbandry, fish breeding and farming technologies.

Joint Institutes or Laboratories

• Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science, in which the partners are: China University of Geosciences, Wuhan – Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
• Ongoing discussion on Wigner Physics Institute of HAS – CAS Lanzhou Modern Physics Hungarian Joint Laboratory
• Modern Applied Physics laboratories with various Chinese partners (Wigner Institute HAS)

Funding opportunities

• National Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) – basic research
• Hungarian-Chinese S&T Cooperation Projects – hard sciences
• Hungarian Scholarship Board - full and partial PhD Programme, postgraduate studies, post-doc studies and research scholarships, research stays for high-ranking academics
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Visiting Scientist Programme, “Momentum” Research Programme, Postdoctoral Research Programme, Domus Hungary Scholarship
• Stipendium Hungaricum

EURAXESS Hungary

Outline:

Research positions and fellowships in Hungary; advice and support on mobility to the country

Web page:

http://euraxess-hungary.hu/

National Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)