PhD Grants

1. PhD Grants • Externally funded grants • private foundation grants • International public grants • European grants • Erasmus • Ceepus • Marie Curie Fellowships • Hungarian grants

2. Externally funded grants • Private foundation grants database at http://www.ceu.hu/acro/ppf • Research grants, full degree PhD stipends, post-doc positions • Specific foundation profiles – specific target group

3. Eligibility • Check with foundation

4. Target countries • World-wide • Database is regularly updated • Currently available areas: Austria, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, Switzerland, UK, US

5. The Grant • Duration: usually from a couple of months up to 3 years • Amount: research and post-doc grants usually cover subsistence and offer research allowance

6. Student Mobility Scheme Duration 3-12 months No tuition fees Full recognition Teaching Staff Mobility Scheme Duration 5 days – 6 weeks Earn teaching experience Pre-agreed teaching program The ERASMUS Program

7. Student Mobility Citizens of EU member states Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein Switzerland Turkey Croatia, Macedonia Permanent residents of an Erasmus participating country Students who have not yet received an Erasmus study grant Teaching Staff Mobility Citizens of EU member states Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein Switzerland Turkey Croatia, Macedonia Permanent residents of an Erasmus participating country Students with an employment contract with CEU OR Students with an official proof of teaching activities issued by their department Eligibility

8. Student Mobility Contribution to subsistence costs Depending on target country expected amount between 250 – 400 euros/month Not compatible with other EU grants Does not affect financial support from CEU Teaching Staff Mobility Contribution to subsistence costs Depending on target country expected max. amount 800 euros /week Not compatible with other EU grants Does not affect financial support from CEU The Grant

9. Student Mobility 1st call: December, 2009 1st deadline: 1 February, 2010 2nd call: April, 2010 2nd deadline: 30 May, 2010 Teaching Staff Mobility 1st call: August, 2010 1st deadline: 30 September, 2010 2nd call: December, 2010 2nd deadline: 15 February, 2011 Calls & Deadlines for 2010/11

10. CEEPUS program Central European Exchange Program for University Studies • 2 CEEPUS networks at CEU Economics Department: Central European Programme in International and Institutional Economics Participating countries – Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland Gender Studies Department: Borders and Borderlines in Cultural Anthropology in the university education Participating countries – Romania, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland. Slovenia, Slovakia http://www.ceepus.info

11. Student Mobility Duration: min. 1 month No tuition fees Full recognition Special programs summer schools, min. 10 days intensive lg. courses, internships, min. 10 days training/field trips, min. 2-3 days Teaching Staff Mobility Duration: min. 5 days/6 class Purpose: teaching and/or joint degree program elaboration! accompanied by research activitiy, conference participation The program

12. Student Mobility Active status at a partner university of the CEEPUS network Citizen of CEEPUS country Approved by both home and host institution No age criteria Teaching Staff Mobility Full-time employed at a HEI of a CEEPUS country Citizen of CEEPUS country Approved by both home and host institution No age criteria Eligibility

13. The Grant • Lump sum, no contribution to other costs • Depending always on host country rate • In Hungary: • students ≈ 280 EUR/month • teachers ≈ 420 EUR/month • Not compatible with other EU grants • Can be supplemented from CEU sources

14. Calls &Deadlines, Contacts • Calls are circulated within departments • For Fall semester: 15 June • For Spring semester: 31 October • Network coordinators: Prof. Francisca de Haan, Gender Studies Dept.; Prof. Andrzej Baniak, Economics Department • Institutional coordinator: Noemi Kovacs, ACRO (CEEPUS countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Pristina University – Kosovo, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia)

15. FP7 Marie Curie Actions During PhD: Initial Training Network(ITN) Vacancies: http://www.ec.europa.eu/euraxess/ After PhD:Intra-European Fellowship (IEF), International Outgoing Fellowship (IOF) Applicant: Researcher + Host institution Doctoral students: ESR = Early Stage Reseracher PostDoc: (ESR) ER = Experienced Researcher

16. Overall rules • Nationality • Transnational/intersectoral mobility rule • Employment contract • Personal Career Development Plan

17. Initial Training Networks (ITN) • Initial training of ESRs to improve theirresearch skills and help them join established research teams • Duration: 3-36 months • Training activities • Network activities

18. Eligibility and criteria Intra-European Fellowship • ERs of any nationality • move from MS/AC to MS/AC • duration 12-24 months • genuine mobility International Outgoing Fellowship • ERs of MS/AC nationals • move from MS/AC to Third Country • duration 12-24 months + return phase 12 months in MS/AC • genuine mobility

19. Financial regime • Employment contract, fix salary ESR salary:living and mobility monthly allowance + yearly travel allowance + career exploratory allowance (once) 36 700 EUR/year + 500-2000 EUR/year + 2000 EUR/single payment ER salary:living and mobility monthly allowance + yearly travel allowance + career exploratory allowance (once) 56 400 EUR/year + 500-2000 EUR/year + 2000 EUR/single payment • Hungary’s correction coefficient 94%

20. Calls, guidelines, application • Calls: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7 • Guidelines/Work program at ACRO site: http://www.ceu.hu/acro • Application ITN: indivudually to the consortium • Application IEF/IOF: together with Host inst.

21. Hungarian Grants OTKA (National Scientific Research Fund) • Eligibility: the post-doctoral researcher has to be affiliated with a research institution in Hungary • 4 proposal types • 2 suitable for post-doctoral research: PD and NF

22. OTKA PD grant • research support for post-doctoral researchers • to support young post-doctors (under 40 yrs, in SSH under 45 yrs, max. 8 years post the doctorate) • maximum duration: 3 years • maximum budget: HUF 5M (EUR 20.000)/year

23. Eligible costs in OTKA PD Three possible categories: • personnel costs for the post-doctoral researcher (fixed, gross 260,000 HUF/960 EUR/ month) • research support (equipment, travel cost, conference participation, books, journals etc.) • personnel costs AND research support

24. OTKA NF Grant • Support for research team building for internationally acknowledged young investigators • aims to support young post doctors (under 40 years, 2-10 years post the doctorate) • duration: max 4 years • minimum budget: HUF 6-10 M (EUR 25.000-42.000)/ year • Eligible costs

25. Further information on OTKA grants • Application deadlines in April and September • OTKA website: www.otka.hu In English: http://www.otka.hu/?akt_menu=991&set_lang=991

26. Contact list Externally Funded Grants/Erasmus: Zsofia Barna barnazs@ceu.hu CEEPUS/Marie Curie Fellowships: Noemi Kovacs kovacsn@ceu.hu Hungarian Grants: Erzsebet Racz: racze@ceu.hu THANK YOU!