The EUROSUD Visiting Scholarships provide mobility funding to scholars and/or guest lecturers to undertake a visit of up to three days at one of the five EUROSUD consortium institutions – The University of Glasgow (UK), The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), The Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), LUISS Guido Carli (Italy) or Aix-Marseille University (France).
EUROSUD is an international consortium of universities funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme to deliver an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) in South European Studies. The consortium is coordinated by the University of Glasgow. For more information please see our website pages.
Both scholars from degree-awarding and associate partners of the EUROSUD consortium, as well as scholars from an organisation outside the consortium are eligible to apply.
Requirements
- demonstrate outstanding academic and/or professional experience in a relevant field.
- bring concrete added value to the EUROSUD programme and the partner institution in terms of student-centred teaching/lecturing, research activities, Master thesis support, academic/professional networking, etc
- contribute, after their visiting scholar activities, to the promotion and dissemination of the Erasmus Mundus Programme in general, and the EUROSUD programme in particular, in their university and country of origin.
- provide a short report/testimonial for use on the EUROSUD website and for inclusion in reports to the EACEA.
Priority will be given to applicants who wish to work on a joint research funding application/project or joint publication in collaboration with academic(s) within the EUROSUD partner institutions and specifically at the host university where the scholarship will be carried out.
Applicants should identify relevant staff and outline proposed collaboration in the application.
Duration and grant
Applications can be considered for visits from one day up to three days at the chosen institution during the relevant mobility period where EUROSUD students are in attendance. These periods are the following:
- University of Glasgow: October-December
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: October-June
- Autonomous University of Madrid: October-June
- LUISS Guido Carli: October-December
- Aix-Marseille University: October-January
The remuneration for visiting scholars will be determined by the EUROSUD Consortium for each edition and will include all travel, accommodation and additional subsistence costs (to a specified value).
The award will comprise actual travel (economy class) and accommodation costs plus a subsistence allowance of up to €35 per day on provision of receipts.
The host university will provide office space and the University of Glasgow will arrange all travel and accommodation needs.
Please note that scholars’ visits may not be additionally funded by other EU funds.