Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) are institutional visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, fostering collaboration between individuals. Ten STSMs were successfully completed during Grant Periods 1 and 2 of PEARL PV.
A certain set of rules applies for all STSMs in COST Actions, defined in the COST Vademecum, Section 8, page 34-35. Those rules as well as the major evaluation criteria for STSM applications are briefly summarized in the
PEARL PV STSM Guidelines.
All STSM applications MUST be submitted via https://e-services.cost.eu/STSM.
STSM applications can only be submitted after registration at https://e-services.cost.eu/user/registration/register.
Please send an additional copy or short notification of your application to the STSM Coordinator, see below for contact information.
STSM applications will be evaluated every three months to ensure timely decisions. Specific evaluation criteria for PEARL PV STSMs are listed in the PEARL PV STSM Guidelines.
For visiting periods starting in 2021, please submit your STSM applications before 30th June 2021! Please note that all STSMs of Grant Period 4 must be concluded before October 31st, 2021. Therefore the last chance for GP4 submissions will be June 31, 2021. UPDATE: no more STSMs applications will be accepted for GP4!
STSMs are primarily intended for PhD students and young researchers to visit other research groups, in order to acquire new expertise, contribute their expertise to particular projects, and exchange ideas between participating institutions. STSMs will help PhD students and early-stage researchers to develop sustainable contacts and collaborations. In special cases, also Master students may be eligible. STSMs will be organized as short visits, typically of few weeks duration, between eligible institutions and organisations.
Our COST Action PEARL-PV particularly aims at supporting STSMs with Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC) involved, but also STSMs with Near Neighbour Countries (NNC), International Partner Countries (IPC), with and between a wide variety of institutions within the participating COST countries are possible.
For further information, please contact:
PEARL PV Interim STSM Coordinator
David Moser
EURAC, Institute for Renewable Energy
E-mail: david.moser@eurac.edu
www: David Moser, EURAC
PEARL PV Vice STSM Coordinator
Marko Topič,
University of Lubljana, Laboratory of Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics
E-mail: marko.topic@fe.uni-lj.si
www: Marko Topič, Univ. Lubljana