INNOVA offers internationally experienced researchers currently working outside Sweden who have a doctorate (or at least four years’ full-time equivalent research experience) in collaborating with private and/or public sector organizations. The programme offers a planning grant to cover travel costs for the researcher and enable them to establish a solid relationship between the two organizations as a basis for preparing a high quality, full proposal. 100 fellowships are offered. Application should be submitted till September 17, 2013.
Study Subject(s): Fellowships are provided for proposals within the Mobility for Growth programme. The overall objectives of the Mobility for Growth programme are to significantly enhance the innovativeness of the private and public sectors and promoting cross sector mobility. An essential element is to actively include the importance of human capital.
Course Level: The fellowships are available for pursuing research programme.
Scholarship Provider: VINNOVA
Scholarship can be taken at: Sweden
Eligibility: The mobility actions are open to all nationals and relate only to the transnational movement of researchers with strong support from their host organizations. A researcher under incoming mobility must be employed by one or more Swedish host organizations and have one or more cooperating international organization(s) supporting the structural impacts. An incoming phase would typically last 8-36 months. The mobility types defined here are suited to long-term cooperation between at least two organizations; one from which the researcher originates and one or more collaborating organization.
–A highly experienced researcher (>10 years of research experience) under incoming mobility must be employed by a Swedish host organization and optionally have a cooperating international organization. The highly experienced incoming mobility researcher is not necessarily expected to present an organization-to-organization cooperation, but this is possible. Incoming highly experienced researchers should strengthen career development at a very high level i.e. support the establishment of senior research positions within the private or public sectors.
Scholarship Open for International Students: The call targets internationally experienced researchers currently working outside Sweden .
Scholarship Description: VINNOVA – the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems – is Sweden’s innovation agency. Our mission is to promote sustainable growth by improving the conditions for innovation and funding needs-driven research. The overall objectives of the Mobility for Growth programme are to significantly enhance the innovativeness of the private and public sectors and promoting cross sector mobility. An essential element isto actively include the importance of human capital. The purpose of the VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming call is to strengthen qualification opportunities for international researchers through increased mobility opportunities, by visiting and working in Swedish host organizations. The overall objective is to contribute significantly to private-public or public-public sector collaboration and mobility as well as career development for highly qualified future leaders, in all sectors of the economy, with innovation skills in applied and needs-driven research.
Number of award(s): 100 fellowships are offered.
Duration of award(s): The grant is intended to fund half the salary of the researcher (project leader) for the duration of the project. The VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming call is aimed at two categories of researchers:
-Internationally experienced researchers, >4 years of research experience, collaborating between organizations required within the
project, fellowships for 12-36 months, with at least 67% of the project time spent in Sweden.
– Highly experienced researchers, >10 years of research experience, optional collaboration between organizations within the project, fellowships for 12-36 months, with at least 67% of the project time spent in Sweden.
What does it cover? There will be no fixed budget for each call; rather, this will depend on the quality of the proposals and the overall programme budget:
-VINNOVA funding 2013-2017: SEK 120 million.
-EU funding via Marie Curie Actions 2013-2017: EUR 10 million.
-Co-financing from applicants: SEK 100-150 million.
Selection criteria: The following criteria will determine VINNOVA’s decision on financing of project proposals:
-Relevance
-R&I Quality
-Feasibility
-Exploitability/Utilisation
Notification: Not Known
How to Apply: Applications are submitted electronically through the application service on VINNOVA’s e-Services Portal.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is September 17, 2013.
