Incoming post-doctoral fellowships of the Académie universitaire Louvain (AUL) are offered to scientists from all nationalities in order to strengthen the bilateral S&T collaborations as well as the realisation of the European Research Area.
They are assigned to researchers with a PhD degree (or equivalent), proving their expertise and research capacity by a personal scientific record.
The researchers must not have spent more than 24 months out of the last 3 years in Belgium.
The Fellowships, granted for a stay of 12 to 24 months in one of the Académie universitaire Louvain research unit, concern all fields of research activities dealt with by the AUL.
The amount includes a monthly allowance, social security coverage, insurance expenses and an annual bench fee of 2.500 to 5000 eur for the person concerned.
The stimulation of international mobility and the attraction of researchers from abroad is one of the priorities of the European Research Area.
The Académie universitaire Louvain (AUL) is contributing to this objective by granting post-doc fellowships to highly qualified foreign scientists inviting them to work in a Belgian research team during a certain period of time. The ultimate aim is to establish S&T collaborations and lasting networks between the respective research teams.
Benefits
The fellowship comprises:
– a net monthly allowance, taking into account the experience of the fellow ;
– a bench fee of 5.000 eur/year for laboratory-based research or 2.500/year for non-laboratory based research;
– the personal liability insurance costs;
– the contribution to the National Office of Social Security
Scholarship Application Deadline: 14/02/2011
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