Advice, selection, and evaluation criteria Grant for a short study visit abroad

ADVICE

You attach the invitation of the host institution abroad.
If you are a PhD student, your supervisor or the head of the research unit will be asked for a recommendation letter. In case of belated submission of this recommendation letter, the application for a travel grant will be declared ineligible.
Your application is submitted to the International Collaboration Committee (CIWC) that will decide on its approval or not.

Quality of the proposed research and added value of the foreign host group.
Intrinsic need/added value of the proposed visit in relation to the research (work placement, learning new techniques, archive research, fieldwork, expeditions, …).
Scientific performance of the applicant to date, taking into account the specificity of the area and his/her age.
If a choice has to be made: preference for junior researchers to the extent that they already have at least one peer-reviewed publication.

Beneficiaries must send a concise report on their stay to the FWO within three months of their return to Belgium.