Applications are now open for Missions occurring between 1 Feb 2016 and 30 April 2016
Deadline 15 February 2016
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 fourth STSM call aims to attract applications from researchers wishing to contribute to the tasks of Working Group 1 and 2 (WG1 and WG2), i.e. to inform and engage in the development of a handbook/protocol for evaluation of One Health initiatives (WG1), or to apply the framework or develop/apply metrics from the framework to case studies identified as relevant for WG2. In total, at least four STSMs are dedicated to WG1 and WG2 in this grant period and should preferably be performed to assist each of the sub-working groups in their progress.
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.