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Guidelines for Personal Mobility Grant

Below are the guidelines for the web application form. The guidelines are the same you may find integrated in the very web application form.

Applicant

PhD candidates, post-doctoral and overseas/visiting researchers must complete all fields and give the address of the institution/company with which they are affiliated.

Students and others who are not in a position to receive mail at the institution with which they are affiliated should leave fields not marked with an * empty and give their residence address.

Please also make sure to enter a valid e-mail address as this is crucial to the registration of the application and to further communications between the Research Council and the applicant.

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Applied amount

The total applied amount is the sum of a yearly allowance (monthly allowance x the number of months applied for) and, when specified in the calls for proposals, settling-in expenses, a travel subsidy, and/or other operating expenses, e.g. school fees or seminar/conference costs.

Please take care to enter all sums in NOK 1000s, e.g. NOK 75,000 must be entered as 75. The sample budget below shows an application for 5 months x 15,000 + a travel subsidy of 7,000 and settling-in expenses of 10,000. Total applied amount is NOK 92,000.

	2009	2010	20[...]	Sum
Yearly allowance	75			75
Travel subsidy	7			7
Settling-in expenses	10			10
Other operating expenses
Total applied amount	92			92

If you apply for a fellowship covering two or more calendar years, settling-in expenses must be entered under the first year.

Specification
Use this field to provide further specification of individual items in the budget. If you need to provide additional details, please use the project description.

If you apply for a fellowship covering two or more calendar years settling-in expenses must be entered under the first year.

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Curriculum vitae (CV) with list of publications

Information regarding academic/scientific expertise

For all applicants, the following is required:

• A CV accompanied by a list of relevant publications, totalling maximum 3 pages.

Uploading attachments
Please refer to the instructions given in the guidelines under “Project description”.

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Fellowship

Specify your type of fellowship from the drop-down menu.

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Fellowship period

The fellowship period is the period of time the fellow will stay at the host institution and for which a fellowship is being sought.

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Highest degree or diploma earned

When specified in the call for proposals, please upload a copy of one of the following:

- Doctoral degree certificate
- Proof of enrolment in a doctoral programme
- Highest diploma earned
- Most recent grade transcripts

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Host institution

Please enter the name of the host institution/department and the contact information for the project administrator (often the department chair or office manager).

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Host researcher / supervisor

Please enter the name of your host researcher/supervisor, institution and relevant contact details.
Students without a supervisor at the host institution should enter "n/a" in this field.

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Other items

Only items that are stipulated in the call for proposals should be attached to the grant application. Types of attachments that have not been requested will not be included in the application review process.

Uploading attachments
Please refer to the instructions given in the guidelines under “Project description”.

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Project title

Please give your application a short title that describes the planned research activity.

For Project Establishment Support applications: Please give your application a short title that describes the planned research activity.

Short name: Use this field to designate a short name to enable you to distinguish this application from any other applications you may have created.

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Project summary

Please provide a brief summary of the project description, emphasising the objectives of the project, the most critical R&D challenges to be faced and the anticipated application potential of the project findings.

For Project Establishment Support applications: Please provide a brief summary of the project description, emphasising the objectives of the project to be established and the most critical R&D challenges associated with the establishment of this project.

If the grant application is awarded funding, the project summary will be made publicly available in compliance with the established requirements. The text should therefore also be comprehensible to non-professionals.

Tip: Please note that your application form on the eSøknad system will be closed automatically after two hours without being stored, unless you have actively saved the document yourself or moved on to another section. Applicants are therefore advised to compose their project summary locally and thereafter copy it into the application form.

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Project Description

The project description must satisfy the requirements indicated for the individual application type (see relevant information). Please note that it is not possible to upload a file that exceeds the page total stipulated in the description of application type or call for proposals.

Uploading attachments
All attachments to grant proposals sent through the eSøknad system must be submitted in pdf-format. Click here to find out why and where to access conversion software. Please note that the file must have a valid filename. Certain characters and letters may not be used in filenames. An error message will be generated if you attempt to submit files bearing names that contain illegal characters and letters. The space is one of the characters that is not allowed.
The eSøknad system will not accept attachments larger than 40Mb.

Decreasing file size
In order to minimise file size, please refrain from using overly high resolution in the graphics contained in the attachments.

Important for users of Adobe Acrobat
The Research Council needs to be able to copy the contents of the attachment file. Therefore, please note that attachments in pdf-format must not be password-protected under the “Security Settings” of Adobe Acrobat in a manner that would prevent this. If you normally use “Security Settings”, please make sure to tick the box marked “Enable copying of text, images and other content”.

How to upload a file:
1. Click on “Browse” to locate and select the file you wish to upload.
2. Click the “Upload” button to upload the file selected.
3. Wait until the file upload is complete. This may take several minutes, depending on the speed of your Internet connection and the size of the document.
The filename will appear in the field “Uploaded file” when the uploading process is complete.

How to delete a file
Click on the X to the right of the field “Uploaded file”.

How to update or replace a file
You must delete the previously uploaded file before you can upload a new version.

How to upload more than one file
There are some attachment types for which more than one file may be uploaded. Click on the button “Add new line” to upload more than one file. Max 20 files for each attachment type.

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Recommendation and invitation

When specified in the call for proposals, applications for personal mobility grants must be accompanies by the following documentation:

- Recommendation from the institution/company with which the applicant is affiliated.
- Invitation from the host institution/company abroad.

Uploading attachments
Please refer to the instructions given in the guidelines under “Project description”.

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Supplementary information from applicant

Discipline(s)/specialist field: Please select one relevant subject field from the list below:

000 Humanities (HUM)
• 010 Linguistics
• 040 Literature
• 060 Cultural studies
• 070 History
• 090 Archaeology
• 100 Folklore studies, ethnology
• 110 Musicology
• 120 Art History
• 140 Architecture and design
• 150 Theology and religious studies
• 160 Philosophy
• 170 Film studies
• 180 Theatre studies
• 190 Other/General humanities subjects

200 Social Sciences (SV)
• 210 Economics
• 220 Sociology
• 230 Urbanism and physical planning
• 240 Political science and organisational theory
• 250 Social anthropology
• 260 Psychology
• 280 Education
• 290 Human geography
• 300 Demography
• 310 Media studies and journalism
• 320 Library and information science
• 330 Social sciences in sports
• 340 Law and criminology
• 360 Social work
• 370 Women’s and gender studies
• 390 Other/General social science subjects

400 Mathematics and Natural Science (MN)
• 410 Mathematics
• 420 Information science
• 430 Physics
• 450 Geosciences
• 460 Chemistry
• 470 Biosciences
• 490 Other/General mathematics and natural science subjects

500 Technology (TK)
• 510 Rock and petroleum sciences
• 520 Materials science and engineering
• 530 Building technology and architecture
• 540 Electrotechnical sciences
• 550 Information and communication technology
• 560 Chemical engineering
• 570 Mechanical engineering
• 580 Marine technology
• 590 Biotechnology
• 600 Food science and technology
• 610 Environmental engineering
• 620 Medical technology
• 630 Nanotechnology
• 640 Industrial and product design
• 690 Other/General technology subjects

700 Medical sciences (MED)
• 710 Basic medical and dental sciences
• 750 Clinical medical sciences
• 800 Health sciences
• 830 Clinical dentistry sciences
• 850 Sports medicine
• 890 Other/General medical sciences subjects

900 Agricultural, fisheries and veterinary sciences (LBR/FISK/VET)
• 910 Agricultural sciences
• 920 Fisheries science
• 950 Veterinary sciences
• 990 Other/General agricultural, fisheries and veterinary sciences

If the application is related to other grant applications submitted to the Research Council, please indicate this and provide further information in the text field provided for this purpose.

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