Applications are now open for Missions occurring between 1 Oct 2015 and 30 April 2016
Deadline 1st Nov 2015
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are aimed at supporting individual mobility and at strengthening the existing networks and fostering collaborations by allowing scientists to visit an institution in another participating COST country or an approved NNC or IPC institution.
This third STSM call aims to attract applications from researchers wishing to contribute to the tasks of Working Group 1 (WG1), i.e. to inform and engage in the development of a handbook/protocol for evaluation of One Health initiatives. In total, at least two STSMs (in addition to the six funded through the first and second call) are dedicated to WG1 and should preferably be performed during the year of 2015 or early 2016 to assist each of the sub-working groups initiated at the NEOH meeting in London ultimo January 2015 in their progress on chapters 1-5.
STSMs in NEOH should specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of the COST Action, whilst at the same time allowing those partaking in the missions to learn new techniques, gain access to specific data, instruments and / or methods not available in their own institutions / organisations, in particular of relevance for developing and performing evaluations of One Health activities.
Highest priority should be given to encouragement of early-stage career investigators’ (ECIs) participation in the COST Action activities.