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éLAN postdoctoral GRANTS 2018
Application form
Publication of the announcement: 13 November 2017
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2018
SURNAME and name, grant applicant's university
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SUMMARY
1 GENERAL INFORMATION 3
2 PERSONAL INFORMATIOn 3
3 ACADEMIC INFORMATION 4
3.1 University institution 4
3.2 Courses taken 4
3.3 Study or research trips abroad 4
3.4 Publications 5
3.5 Professionnal experience 5
4 RelationsHIP WITH ARES 6
5 Program 8
5.1 Description of program and program of activities 8
5.2 Objectives 8
5.3 Complements with ARES’ activities 9
5.4 Host universities 9
6 Budget 10
6.1 Trips 10
6.2 Trip to Belgium and/or South-South trip 10
6.2.1 Stay in Belgium 10
6.2.2 South-South stay 10
6.3 Investment and function costs 10
6.4 Mission costs 11
6.5 Details of requirements 12
6.6 Explanation of requirements 13
7 Annexes 15
7.1 For all grant applicants 15
7.2 For applicants that have already received an Elan Postdoctoral research grant or done postdoctoral research 15
8 GRANT APPLICANT SIGNATURE 16
GENERAL INFORMATION
Have you already received an Élan postdoctoral research grant and/or done postdoctoral research with ARES? (tick the appropriate box)
Yes No
If yes, which year(s)?
What area does your grant application cover? (tick the appropriate box)
Agronomic and environmental sciences
Applied sciences
Basic sciences
Health sciences
Veterinary medicine
Economic and management sciences
Social and political sciences
Law
Philosophy and Literature
Psychology and Educational sciences
PERSONAL INFORMATIOn
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|Surname (maiden name for married women) | |
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|Date and place of birth | |
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|Telephone number | |
|Main E-mail address | |
|Secondary E-mail address | |
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
1 University institution
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2 Courses taken
List University education year by year (since the year of the master)
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3 Study or research trips abroad
Give the town/country, date, length and reason for the trip. Please list them from the most recent to the least recent since the end of the doctoral thesis.
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4 Publications
Title / name of editor or review – Date of publication – Number of pages. You can use a separate page if needed.
5 Professionnal experience
Please give the start end and date for each experience and list them from the most recent to the least recent
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RelationsHIP WITH ARES
Give the ARES University Cooperation Development activity you got financing for, the year you got the financing and say what type of financing it was[1]:
TIP / DRP, STP, IIP
• Name of TIP / DRP, STP, IIP:
• Date financing was obtained:
• Type of financing (work experience, master or PhD grant):
IUC / IS
• Name of IUC/IS :
• Date financing was obtained:
• Type of financing (work experience, master or PhD grant):
Course and work experience
• Name of course:
• Date financing was obtained:
• Type of financing (work experience or master grant):
Say what year you finished your PhD, where your financing came from and who the promotor or co-promotor for your thesis within the Wallonia-Brussels Federation was:
• Date you obtained your thesis:
• Source of financing for your thesis:
• Promotor or co-promotor within the Wallonia-Brussels Federation:
• Institution the promotor or co-promotor works for:
Are you currently involved in an ARES activity? (tick the appropriate box. This will not be a selection criterion)
Yes No
If yes, which one (s)? (tick the appropriate box. Multiple answers possible)
TIP / DRP, STP
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Name of the activity:
Describe precisely how you are involved in this activity/these activities:
Program
Remark: If you have already benefitted from an ARES postdoctoral research grant or Élan postdoctoral grant as part of a previous appeal, please attach a report explaining the benefits of the original financial support ARES gave you to your application form. It should explain the impact on the evolution of your academic or scientific career, as well as the reasons for the second request. This report must be countersigned by the academic official who is responsible or your stay in Belgium, if applicable.
1 Description of program and program of activities
Describe the research and/or teaching activity program you are requesting financing for (3800 characters max.)
Describe the activities associated with your research and/or teaching program (3800 characters max.)
List the planned activities and sub-activities related to your research and/or teaching subject. For each activity, say in detail where the activity will take place (North or South).
2 Objectives
How will obtaining a grant help your professional career within your current institution?
What impact will obtaining a grant have on your institution?
How will obtaining a grant reinforce your links with higher education institutions in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation?
3 Complements with ARES’ activities
If applicable, explain how your grant request and the ARES activity (IS/IUC, RDP/TIC, STP) you are currently involved in complement each other and explain how they overlap
4 Host universities
If you are planning to stay at a Brussels-Wallonia Federation higher education institution and/or a South-South stay, which one(s) and who will be the academic official responsible for you?
Budget
Please fill in the budget table underneath as precisely as possible, while taking the following explanations into account:
1 Trips
International trips: international trips including a return trip to Belgium and/or a South-South return trip.
Local trips: local trips are within the grant applicant’s home country.
Careful: trips within Belgium must not be included in the budget as they are included in the living costs (see infra).
2 Trip to Belgium and/or South-South trip
Careful: the trip to Belgium or South-South trip must be for a minimum of a month and a maximum of 3 months.
1 Stay in Belgium
Living costs: covers food, clothes, transport, medical costs not covered by insurance, didactic costs not covered by the pre-set amount and other everyday costs during the grants applicant’s stay in Belgium. It is calculated by the number of days spent in Belgium.
Housing allowance: the housing allowance is not included in the living costs. It is also calculated by the number of days spent in Belgium.
Didactic costs: a pre-set amount to cover the purchase of documents, reprography, the cost of printing the memoire etc.
Return costs: a pre-set amount put aside to cover the cost of returning (sending equipment, documentation, etc.).
2 South-South stay
South-South stay: This grant is a single sum to cover all costs. It is calculated according to applicable local parameters, and increased by 25% to cover specific costs. If there are no such parameters, it is calculated according to the salary of a beginner assistant at the institution, and increased by 25% to cover specific costs.
3 Investment and function costs
Investment and function costs: covers the cost of keeping the research or teaching activities running smoothly. It includes all the IT, laboratory or office equipment bought with the grant belonging to the grant applicant’s institution.
Local expenses should be prefered in what concerns investment and function costs. In case some expenditures must be made in Belgium, they are identified in the budget (point 6.5.) detailing the requirements.
Remark: If this is a second application, ARES will take into account any equipment the applicant acquired during the previous selection. If there are discrepancies between the old budget and the new budget, ARES reserves the right to revise the budget accordingly.
4 Mission costs
Mission costs: these are the costs of a local mission lasting less than 3 weeks, or a mission in another Southern country. These costs can only concern the grant applicant the grant was given to.
5 Details of requirements
List and estimate the necessary costs for the planned research or teaching activities.
|Rubric | | |Total (€) |
|I. Trip |Details of international and local | | |
| |trips, and the amount needed | | |
|International South-North trip | | | € |
|International South-South trip | | | € |
|Local trips | | | € |
|Sub-total | | | € |
|II. Trip |Amount per unit | Number of | |
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|a. Stay in Belgium | | | |
|Living costs |€ 33,00/day | | € |
|Housing costs |€ 15,00/day | | € |
|Didactic costs |€ 300,00 | | € |
|Return costs |€ 200,00 | | € |
|b. South-South stay | | | |
|South-South grant | /month | | € |
|Sub-total | | | € |
|III. Investment |Detail of equipment and amounts |Expenses in |Local expenses |
| | |Belgium[2] | |
|1. Equipment (IT or laboratory equipment)| | € | € |
|2. Office furniture (chair, table, desk…)| | € | € |
|Sub-total | |Belgium + local | € |
|IV. Function |Detail of costs and amounts |Expenses in |Local expenses |
| | |Belgium[3] | |
|1. Consumables | | € | € |
|2. Documentation and books | | € | € |
|3. Office equipment (stapler, paper | | € | € |
|glue…) | | | |
|4. Reprography | | € | € |
|5. Communications | | € | € |
|6. Fuel | | € | € |
|7. Others (give details) | | € | € |
|Sub-total | |Belgium + local | € |
|V. Mission costs (for a local or |Details of costs and amounts | | |
|South-South mission) | | | |
|1. Per diem | | | € |
|2. Hotel costs | | | € |
|3. Others (give details) | | | € |
|Sub-total | | | € |
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|GENERAL TOTAL | | | € |
7 Explanation of requirements
Explain each item in your budget by describing its function, its cost and why it would be useful to your project.
For investment and function costs, it is important to justify in detail the need for and cost of each item. For expenses that are planned to be made in Belgium, plaese give de reason why they are not made locally.
For trip costs, please give: the place, the distance from your institution, the visit number, the length of the stay, the cost of the stay, and the detailed costs for the other services.
Annexes
CAREFUL:
• The first step in the selection process is administrative selection. If any of the documents mentioned above are not attached to your application, it will not be considered.
• The application and annexes must be in ONE unique document in pdf format. Any annex sent separately from this document will not be accepted.
1 For all grant applicants
1. Copy of PhD diploma;
2. Employment certificate from the current employer;
3. Two recommendation letters (see outline attached) :
o A letter from an academic at a French language higher education institution in Belgium, giving an opinion on the grant applicant and the program they are proposing;
o A letter from an academic at the grant applicant’s Southern home institution (Dean, department director…) giving an opinion on the grant applicant and the program they are proposing;
o These two letters of recommendation, North and South, must be attached to the application even if the grant applicant is not planning to stay in Belgium.
Grant applicants holding a management position at their home institution must also give the name of a third person at their institution (Administration Council President, Rector…) who can recommend them.
4. An invitation letter from an academic official in Belgium saying they are willing to take charge of the grant applicant during their planned stay and explaining how the stay would help them (see outline in annex).
← The North recommendation letter and the invitation letter from a Belgian academic official can be written by the same person BUT must be submitted as two different letters. They CANNOT be the same letter.
2 For applicants that have already received an Elan Postdoctoral research grant or done postdoctoral research
Attach a complete report explaining the benefits of the first stay and the impact it had on the evolution of your academic career, as well as the reasons for the second request. It must be signed by an academic official in Belgium.
GRANT APPLICANT SIGNATURE
I, (NAME and Christian names)
• Declare on my honour that the information given is true and correct;
• Will inform ARES of any modification to my professional status during the processing of my application.
Place, date grant applicant signature, preceded by the phrase “Read and approved” written by hand.
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[1] I you got involved in more than one activity, please mention all of them.
[2] Indicate expenditures in investment goods. If expenditures are expected to be made locally, specify the amount in the "local expenditures" column, if expenditures are expected to be made in Belgium, indicate that amount in the « expenditures in Belgium" column. If part of these expenditures are expected to be made locally and part in Belgium, indicate the respective amounts in the corresponding column.
[3] Indicate expenditures for function costs. If expenditures are expected to be made locally, specify the amount in the "local expenditures" column, if expenditures are expected to be made in Belgium, indicate that amount in the « expenditures in Belgium" column. If part of these expenditures are expected to be made locally and part in Belgium, indicate the respective amounts in the corresponding column.
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