Visiting Scientist Programmes
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Warning (11.9.2024)
Due to budget constraints AScI is unable to fund any more visits that occur in 2024. You may apply for 2025 visits any time.
Brief description of the Visiting Scientist funding instruments.
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Programme |
Deadlines |
Visit time |
Support |
Career stage |
Funding source |
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| End of months: Feb, May, Aug, Nov |
1 to 12 months |
(*) Travel, accommodation, living costs, and salary |
Professorial |
SCI and its departments |
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Visiting Researcher |
End of each month except June and July |
1 to 4 weeks |
Travel and accommodation |
Postdoctoral fellows and above |
AScI (SCI) |
| Visiting Doctoral Researcher | End of each month except June and July | 1 week to 2 months | Travel and accommodation | Doctoral researchers (= PhD students) | AScI (SCI) |
- Aalto Science Institute supports the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. Qualified candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
- Housing options related to Aalto University can be found from the Unihome webpage. Reduced Aalto rates are listed on the application form. Update 10.2024 - with Aalto Inn now closed Noli is a good option.
- (*) Taxation and other rules governing payments are subject to change and can depend on the visitor's situation. Usually only a subset of the listed items apply in each case. Please discuss with your departmental HR before making promises to visitors.
Visitor programme details
Follow the link for the Visiting Professor Programme main page . Sumary below
The Visiting Professor Programme supports collaborative research visits to the research groups of the School of Science of duration of one (minimum) to twelve months. In this programme the Visiting Professor is co-funded by School of Science Dean's visitors' programme (60%) and the School of Science hosting department (40%) giving support and covering for the Visiting Professor’s allowance (*) for travel, accommodation, daily expenses, and salary (taxable income). A Visiting Professor’s position in the home institution must be at the professorial level.
The call is continuous. Decisions are announced four times a year (application deadlines, end of Feb, May, Aug, Nov)
The host of the visit (a SCI professor) should fill in the application form in collaboration with the department's HR coordinator. For the application form and more information, see the link below.
The AScI Visiting Researcher programme supports visits of one to four weeks by international visitors to Aalto SCI for scientific collaborations. Academic career levels from postdoctoral fellows and above are supported. Academic excellence of the visitor and the quality of the work plan will be the deciding factors. The programme offers support towards accommodation and travel.
The funding decisions are made once a month (except in June & July) by the AScI director and the Chair of the AScI Steering Group. Application deadlines are the end of each month.
The application is to be submitted by a SCI researcher on the appropriate form.
The AScI Visiting Doctoral Researcher programme supports visits of up to 2 months by international visitors to Aalto SCI for scientific collaborations. The applicant should be a current doctoral student. Academic excellence of the visitor, the quality of the work plan, and the importance of the visit to the academic development of the doctoral student will be the deciding factors. The programme offers support towards accommodation and travel costs.
The funding decisions are made once a month (except in June & July) by the AScI director and the Chair of the AScI Steering Group. Application deadlines are the end of each month.
The application is to be submitted by a SCI researcher on the appropriate form.
Contact us
- [email protected]
- 0503038065 (David Radnell)
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