{"id":103849,"date":"2025-07-03T09:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etag2025.etag.ee\/funding\/mobility-funding\/tagasipoorduva-teadlase-toetus\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:31:08","slug":"returning-researcher-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/funding\/mobility-funding\/returning-researcher-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning researcher grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"classic-editor\"><nav class=\"wp-el block-custom-nav\"><ul class=\"c-nav\"><li><a href=\"#what-we-support\">What do we support?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#grant-objective\">What is the objective of the grant?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#grant-amount\">What is the grant amount?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#grant-period\">How long is the grant period?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/funding\/mobility-funding\/returning-researcher-grant\/documents-and-results\/\">Documents and results<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#additional-resources\">Additional resources<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#contact\">Contact<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">There will be no application round in 2024!<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\" id=\"what-we-support\">What do we support?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">We support the return to Estonia of researchers \u2013 Estonian citizens or current\/former Estonian residents \u2013 who have been working outside Estonia. The prerequisites are postdoctoral fellowship or an equivalent level of research completed abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\" id=\"grant-objective\">What is the objective of the grant?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">The grant is provided with the aim of balancing and encouraging brain circulation through returning researcher grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">The Estonian state attaches importance both to international researchers coming to Estonia to work and to the return of Estonian researchers who have gone abroad to work, to facilitate the application of knowledge and experience acquired abroad in Estonia. In addition to balancing emigration, we contribute to ensuring the future growth of researchers and engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\" id=\"grant-amount\">What is the amount of the grant?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">The grant amount for the 2023 call was&nbsp;<strong>72&nbsp;000 \u20ac\/per year<\/strong>, regardless of the field of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">The salary fund and mobility allowance include any taxes laid down in Estonian legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\" id=\"grant-period\">How long is the grant period?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">The minimum grant period was 12 months, and the maximum period 24 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">Implementation of the returning researcher project commenced<strong>&nbsp;December 1, 2023<\/strong>. The grant period commenced on the date specified in the grant agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\" id=\"additional-resources\">Additional resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-el\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eetika_Tabel_EST_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eetika_Tabel_EST_2022.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guidelines for Completing Your Ethics Self-Assessment for Grant Application<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/abs\/text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Nagoya Protocol<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-recommended-form-for-the-data-management-plan_ETAg2020-1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-recommended-form-for-the-data-management-plan_ETAg2020-1.docx\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The recommended form for the data management plan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Technology-readiness-levels-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Technology-readiness-levels-1.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Technology-readiness-levels-in-HU-and-SO-fields-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Technology-readiness-levels-in-HU-and-SO-fields-1.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRL descriptions adapted for Social sciences, and Humanities and Arts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Guidelines-regarding-bibliometric-background-information.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Guidelines-regarding-bibliometric-background-information.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guidelines regarding bibliometric background information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"contact\" class=\"ama-block block-people\"><div class=\"block__header\"><div class=\"d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center\"><h2>Contact<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"block__body\"><div class=\"person-item\"><div class=\"item__thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/harak.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"item__content\"><p class=\"is-title\">Margus Harak<\/p><p>Senior Adviser (Mobilitas 3.0 programme, repatriating, postdocs)<\/p><div class=\"contact-methods \"><p><a href=\"tel:+3727317343\">+372 731 7343<\/a>, <a href=\"tel:+37254502838\">+372 5450 2838<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:margus.harak@etag.ee\">margus.harak@etag.ee<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be no application round in 2024! 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