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NEPHEWS Internship for Early Stage Researchers

It is important for science community future that the finest talent is developed within the research system. In the NEPHEWS project, consortium partners will offer support to 24 young scientists.

Early Stage Researchers (ESR) will make working visits that will allow them to get to know the Research Infrastructures from many perspectives. Participants accepted into the ESR Programme will get a practical short-term (up to 1 week) internship to gather knowledge of different research techniques and their applicability to different research fields, getting first practical experiences and gaining a better understanding of access policy, offer and other aspects of the facilities’ activities, such as technology transfer or innovation stimulation through individualized programmes.

Please find more detailed information on the NEPHEWS internship HERE.

Eligibility of researchers

  • First Stage Researcher (up to the point of PhD),
  • Recognised Researcher (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent).

Priority criteria

NEPHEWS has a special focus on offering support to users from 8 selected countries, other EU Widening countries and countries without direct access to large scale research infrastructures in their country. Widening countries are countries with low participation rates in FP7 and H2020 projects. The list of widening countries is comprised of 15 member states (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia).

Access priorities

  • First, financial support for travel and accommodation will be offered to users whose affiliation and nationality comes from one of the 8 selected countries (Estonia, Finland, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine)
  • Secondly, financial support for travel and accommodation will be offered to users whose nationality comes from one of the 8 selected countries (Estonia, Finland, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine)
  • In addition, support will be offered to users whose nationality is from other Widening countries or in countries without large scale research infrastructures
  • In the next step, support will be offered to subsequent groups of qualified users (if the available amount of support allocated in the project is not used)

Financial support

The internship programme covers:

  • Travel expenses (one round trip/person)
  • Accommodation at the HZB guesthouse (up to 7 days)
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