On the 18 of November Estonian Research Council opens the Estonia-Taiwan cooperation programme for the call for travel grants to visit Taiwanese research institutions.
The deadline for applications is 20 of January 2025.
The exchange visit programme provides opportunities for researchers from one partner country to visit research institutions in another partner country with the aim to facilitate research cooperation between Estonia and Taiwan; promotes mobility, the building of international contacts and knowledge transfer.
Each year, a joint call is launched, resulting in up to three travel grants with duration up to 2 weeks (14 days) for researchers from both countries.
Fields of Research:
- Health and Medicine
- Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
- Civil Security for Society
- Digital, AI, Industry Automation and Space
- Climate, Energy and Mobility
- Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
The potential travel period is set from 1st of June to 31st of December 2025.
Applications do not have to be joint projects between researchers from the two countries, but contact must have already been established with the partner researcher before the application is submitted.
The Estonian-Taiwan travel grant is an individual grant for one researcher and it cannot be applied for the several members of one working group for the same travel.
Eligibility for Estonian researcher:
- Each candidate must possess citizenship or be a permanent resident of Estonia.
- The travel grant can be applied by a scholar who is holding a doctoral degree and has worked in the Estonian research institution at least for three years prior to the application deadline.
- Proposed projects must directly involve researchers working at a research institution (i.e. university, research laboratory or research institute) of the receiving country. Estonian applicant must hold a position at a positively evaluated research institution in Estonia. List of evaluated institutions is provided in the Estonian Research Information System (ETIS).
PS! Inorder to receive an Estonian researcher in Taiwan, the host institution must also submit an application to the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (NSCT) before the deadline. ETAG can only award the grant if the application has been submitted to NSCT and it has been accepted.
To host a Taiwanese researcher in Estonian institution, applicants have to inform the ETAG about the visit by email katrin.saar@etag.ee (name of the Taiwanese researcher, organisation, time of the planned visit).
Evaluation criterias:
- Proposal’s novelty, scientific quality and innovativeness
- Competence of the applicant. Soundness of the research plan
- Outcome and expected impacts (incl. European and International level)
- Academic Goals and Career Prospects after the travel
Grant application procedure and the application form:
Estonian applicants have to submit the electronically signed application with a CV by the deadline (20 January 2025) by e-mail:
Katrin Saar
katrin.saar@etag.ee
(+372) 53335625