Maupertuis Programme Mobility - French-nordic Research

Maupertuis-Programme

The Maupertuis programme aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fields of science, humanities, social sciences, innovation and higher education in the areas of interest for France and Finland. For these purposes, two programmes are proposed :

Short mobility of researchers (SMR)

Objectives :

To discuss the possibility of scientific research cooperation and, if possible, on higher education (mobility of students, dual degrees, joint PhD, EU applications for grants…)
To meet with several researchers within the host institution to explore other cooperation opportunities, also in a multidisciplinary approach
To identify short-, medium- and long-term perspectives of collaborations and official cooperation formalization in order to build a sustainable cooperation between research teams, research laboratories, departments and institutions.
To find a suitable laboratory for a post-doc to initiate or pursue a French-Finnish cooperation
For a short period of time (from a few days up to 4 weeks).

Who can apply:

Doctoral students and young researchers from France and Finland.

Grant :

A grant of up to 1200 euros will cover travel, accommodation and leaving expenses for a first short visit in the hosting country.

A grant up to 2000 euros will cover travel, accommodation and leaving expenses for a 2 weeks or more working visit in the hosting country, when there is already an existing and strong collaboration between the researchers or laboratories.

Selection process:

The selection committee is comprised of representatives of funding institutions.

Requirements:

A 2 pages report (including final agenda/conclusions on science collaborations and outcomes + final budget) will be asked within 2 weeks after the end of the visit.

When to apply:

The application process is open from 1st June to 30th September 2023.

Where to apply:

Visit the site here.

“Education, Research and Innovation” (ERI-W) workshops

Objectives:

The ERI-W aims at strengthening identified collaborations between researchers in France and Finland through specific workshops that can take place in Finland or in France on all research topics. It is recommended to have focused and concrete topics for the workshop that may last 2 to 4 days and involve several researchers (around 15 but not limited). The 2023 call will highlight the opportunity for the applicant to organise multilateral (instead of only bilateral) meetings, especially if motivated by the application to Horizon Europe call for funding. In that case, all the parties participating to the workshop should contribute to its implementation.

Who can apply:

Researchers from France and Finland.

Grant:

The participation, in addition to researchers, of students, companies, tech transfer offices, innovation councils, officials from the Institutions and from local authorities is encouraged. The participation of potential future funders of these collaborations is also highly recommended during the workshop: local authority, association, companies, PIs of national or international grants.

Institutions from all the countries involved in the cooperation must also support the organization of the workshop by jointly co-funding it at least at the same level of the program contribution. It is indeed asked to find other sources of funding to allow more students and researchers to attend the workshop.

A grant of up to 6000 euros will support each workshop. The host institution of the workshop will manage funding and administration.