Personal mobility grant

Objective:
To award a personal grant to a designated individual (including advanced students and doctoral and post-doctoral fellows) as a step in promoting competence building in, and the internationalisation of, Norwegian research and  to help strengthen Norwegian research groups by offering visiting foreign researchers (doctorate, post-doctorate level or higher) the opportunity to perform research in Norway.

Comments:
Personal mobility grants are announced separately. Grants of this type are ordinarily only provided for visits lasting from one to twelve months. There exists no requirement to apply under the auspices of a project funded by the Research Council.

Expenses that may be covered:
Travel, living and settling-in expenses from one to twelve months based on fixed rates. In addition, some personal operating costs may be covered. A personal mobility grant covers documented living costs and added costs of settling in associated with a research visits in Norway or abroad. Any surplus may be liable to taxation, subject to assessment by the tax office.

Applications will be accepted from:
Designated individuals who are affiliated with a Norwegian or foreign research institution (university, university college, research institute or other institution at which research constitutes an important activity).

Application requirements:

• The applicant must be a designated individual affiliated with a Norwegian or foreign research institution. Any exceptions to this rule will be described in the call for proposals.
• Any special requirements regarding the language in which the grant proposal is to be submitted will be specified in the call for proposals.
• The project description must not exceed 5 pages, including the list of references.The page format should be A4 with 2 cm margins, 12 point font and single spacing. For references and figure text, font size 9 can be used.
• The grant proposal will be evaluated relative to the assessment criteria that apply to the particular type of application, and the requirements and principles set out in the call for proposals.

Attachments to the application:

A Mandatory attachments:

• Project description (max. 5 pages).
• CV with publications list (max. 3 pages).

B Attachments that may be required in the call for proposals.
Only the attachments requested in the call for proposals should be submitted. Attachments that have not been requested will not be included in the application review process.

• Invitation letter from the host institution
• Recommendation from own institute/research group
• Highest degree or diploma earned
• Other items

Only items that are stipulated in the call for proposals should be attached to the grant proposal application. Types of attachments that have not been requested will not be included in the application review process. Note: Non-binding declarations of support are not to be submitted.

Assessment of grant proposals
The Research Council views it as a prerequisite that all projects will maintain high ethical standards, and give adequate consideration to potential environmental impacts.
The Research Council considers it essential that research projects seek to promote the internationalisation of Norwegian research, to increase the recruitment of women to higher academic positions and within MST subject areas, to enhance the gender balance in Norwegian research and to ensure that gender perspectives are adequately integrated into research activities.
These elements will be taken into consideration when assessing and ranking grant proposals.

Assessment criteria for the application:

• Candidates for fellowships/grants
• R&D project quality

Additional assessment criteria may be specified in the call for proposals