Actions 2026 incoming and outgoing mobility research grant

Published on 9/04/2024 - Updated on 19/05/2026

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OBJECTIVE

To develop/to strengthen/to initiate scientific exchanges between research centers in at least two countries. The action undertaken should have a lasting beneficial effect on a such as obtaining an international label, developing or strengthening a strategic partnership, the acquisition of new expertise or technical skills. All fields of research are eligible.

 

FUNDING

  • Allocated budgets are intended to finance the transport and accommodation of researchers, up to a maximum stay of 2 months.
  • Funding must be used between January 1 and December 31 of 2026, and cannot be carried over to the following year.
  • This grant may be combined with other funding.

 

TARGET AUDIENCE

Any public whose work will benefit a laboratory attached to the Faculty of Health Sciences of Sorbonne University: researchers/teacher-researchers/hospital-university staff/hospital practitioners, lecturers, laboratory technical staff (BIATS/ITA), post-docs, doctoral students.

Outgoing candidates may carry out their stay in public or private research laboratories, whether academic or industrial.
Incoming candidates must carry out their stay in a research unit within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Sorbonne University.

Our aim is to achieve a balance between outgoing and incoming mobility.

 

REQUIREMENTS

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis by the Research Committee and the Vice-Dean for International Relations of the Faculty of Health.
Selection criteria:

  •  Scientific excellence of the host/sending institution.
  • Competence and quality of host teams.
  • Complementarity of teams and mutual transfer of skills.
  • Scientific impact.

 

PROCEDURE

       1. An invitation from the host institution.
       2. A 2-page maximum description of the project. The dates of the stay, the institution and the host laboratory must be indicated at the beginning of the document.
       3. Candidate's CV, maximum 3 pages.
       4. A description of the host laboratory for outgoing mobility, maximum 1 page.
       5. A 2-month estimate of mobility and transportation costs.

For incoming mobility of foreign staff within a research unit of the Faculty of Health at Sorbonne University, the necessary arrangements should be completed by the host structure:
– Prefectural hosting agreement with the International Relations Office

– For non-European staff, contact with the Security and Defense Officer (Fontionnaire Sécurité Défense): fsd@sorbonne-universite.fr 
– Research hosting agreement with the  Research and Innovation Department

The application form can be found in the French version of this page.

 

FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS

  • The funds will be paid to the researcher's host structure of the Faculty of Health in the form of a lump sum : they are not intended to be paid to the researcher but to finance the costs of their mission/stay in the research unit.
  • The Research and Innovation Department must issue "ordre de mission" document for every incoming and outgoing mobility.

 

ONCE THE MOBILITY HAS BEEN COMPLETED

 

If you have any questions about this call for projects, please contact
medecine-international@sorbonne-universite.fr and medecine-DRV@sorbonne-universite.fr