Researcher’s Guide to

EUROPE

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The Guide for Montenegrin researcher who wants to spend one part of their career at one of the institutions in Europe is a set of practical information: regulation at national and institutional level, possibilities within the EURAXESS initiative, Scientific Visa Package, as well as the list of funds for scientific research financing. The Guide is prepared and published within the EURAXESS Montenegro project by the University of Montenegro as the bridgehead organization for development of EURAXESS network for mobility of researchers, which is financially supported by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme.

The first issues of the Guide was prepared by: Prof.Dr Mira Vukčević, Slobodanka Koprivica, Dijana Jovanović

Graphic design: Studio Mouse, Podgorica, Montenegro

Printed by: Studio Mouse, Podgorica, Montenegro

Special thanks to: Branka Žižić, Ministry of Science, Ivana Šućur, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Ana Stijepović, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Abdulah Abdić, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Nada Kovač, Ministry of Education and Sports

I dio – Regulations 4

II dio – What is EURAXESS 14 • Finding a job16 • EURAXESS Services centres 19 • Scientific Visa Package 20

III dio – Funds 22

Sadržaj

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National regulationOn the basis of Articles 38 and 76 of the Labour Law (Official Gazette.

49/2008 and 26/2009) regulates the field of education, training and education of employees in Montenegro. On the basis of these articles is on, the internal Regulations within the institutions, shall ensure the obligations of the employer and employee

Article 38 of the Labour Law stipulates the following:

Obligations of employer and employee

(1) An employer shall permit the employee education, training and education when the demand of the work process, introducing a new way of organizing work, especially when it comes to adopting and implementing new methods of organization and technology work.

(2) An employee shall, in accordance with their abilities and needs work processes, professional training and perfecting the work.

(3) The costs of education, professional training and development funds provided from the employer and other sources in accordance with the law and collective agreements.

In this regard, employees have the right and obligation to work during the educated, professional training and improving the operation, when required by the needs of the work process or the introduction of new methods of work organization, in accordance with the established curriculum development of the employer, at the expense covered by employer.

In cases that are employed in improving the work independently, and that this improvement is not related to the work process within the working arrangement at an appropriate work from the activities of the employer, the employer has no obligation to finance this kind of professional training of the employee.

REgULAtIonS

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The suspension of employment rights

Article 76 of the Labour Law stipulates es the following:

(1) An employee her rights and responsibilities from work and from work, if absent from work due to:

1) the work abroad in the framework of international technical and cultural and educational cooperation, diplomatic, consular and other missions, as well as professional training or education, with the consent of the employer

(2) The right to suspension of employment has the spouse of the employee who was sent to work abroad in terms of paragraph 1, item 1 above

(3) The employee and spouse of the employee are entitled to, within 30 days from the date of termination of the reasons that were pending rights and responsibilities from work, return to her job with the same or another position that suits their level of education, or level of education and occupation.

Institutional regulations

University of Montenegro

Regulations on education and training regulates the rights of employees at the University of Montenegro to the use of leave for education and training.

ON THE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING (No: 01-1895, 31.08.2004- http://www.ucg.ac.me/zakti/pravilnik_usavrsavanje.pdf )

Excerpts from the Regulation:

University, or organizational unit of the University provides training and education of employees in accordance with the needs of the scientific-teaching, research and artistic work, the need for the updated work processes and technical and technological improvement, and other specific needs of the workplace, and to this end provide material, organizational and other conditions. Education and training includes in particular the right to:

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• in scientific meetings that are organized at home and abroad (such as conferences, symposia, seminars, conferences, professional meetings, etc.);

• go to specialization and study visits abroad;

• doškolovavanje, odnosno dokvalifikaciju ili prekvalifikaciju;

• additional education or vocational training; training at work through special programs courses in areas of importance to the University, or organizational unit of the University.

Funding for education and training of employees to predict the annual financial plan and are provided from:

- State Budget ;

- special fund of the University, or organizational unit of the University to promote scientific research;

- other funds that the university or organizational unit of the University allocated for this purpose;

- other sources.

Special funds for professional development at the University, or organizational unit of the University, are used and deployed in accordance with the regulation to which these funds are established and decisions of governing them.

University Senate, on the proposal of organizational units, made for each academic year program of professional development and education of employees, which contain the details of its implementation, location and time of implementation, the financial resources necessary to implement professional development and education and the dynamic of their ensuring.

In order to implement the program of ongoing professional development and monitoring of scientific achievements, a person with academic or scientific title, teaching or research assistant may to attend yearly two scientific and professional meetings in the country (congresses, symposia, seminars, conferences, professional meetings, etc.).

Exceptionally, by limitations in the previous paragraph, it may attend to more meetings if they submit the report, co-report or announcement

A person with an academic or scientific title, teaching or research assistant, participating in scientific or professional meeting abroad,

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who has accepted scientific article or co-report, has right for paid leave. If the meeting organizer does not reimburse the participation expenses, the costs may be provided in accordance with a special decision of the University.

A person with an academic or scientific title, teaching or research assistant could point to a period of time up to 90 days at another university, research institute or similar institution abroad for training, learning-research certain issues, share experiences, etc., if this is useful for teaching and scientific work at the university, or organizational unit of the University.

The teacher has the right to be absent during the specialization and study abroad, if it has guaranteed the financing of living or scholarship.

Leave may be paid or unpaid, depending on his character.

One-time leave can last up to one year, provided that the new leave on this basis can be used until the expiration of three years from the close of the previous absence.

Teaching or research assistant may use paid leave for a period of 30 days in a year, to meet its obligations provided for educational or research program of postgraduate or doctoral studies.

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Exceptionally, an associate-doctoral student with the agreement of three years can use the leave for up to one year if it is of special interest to the University, or organizational unit of the University, and of importance for the completion of his training.

Associates who attend graduate or doctoral studies at the University released the tuition for these studies.

University, or organizational unit of the University, may participate in the cost of teaching or research assistants who attend graduate or doctoral studies at another university in the country and abroad, in accordance with the contract.

Odsustva u trajanju do trideset dana odobrava dekan, odnosno direktor organizacione jedinice Univerziteta.

Ukupno odsustvo po jednom zaposlenom, koje se može odobriti po ovom osnovu, u toku jedne studijske godine, ne može biti duže od 30 dana.

Absence for up to thirty days, approve the dean or director of the organizational unit of the University. Total absence per employee, which may be granted on this basis, within one study year, cannot be longer than 30 days. Absence for a period of thirty days to six months approved by the Rector of the University.

Total absence per employee, which may be granted on this basis, within one study year cannot be longer than six months. Absence lasting more than six months approved by the Executive Board of the University, at the proposal of the Rector.

Sabbatical

Free study year is approved for the purpose of research training to the associate professor and full professor, as a one-year or one semester leave.

The right to a free study year has academic staff who continuously worked at the University at least seven years.

A person may be entitled to a free year up to two times in its total engagement at the University.

Free study year is used as a paid leave.

Request for a free study year shall be submitted not later than six

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months before the start of leave, along with the activities program

The Board of the University approved a free study year, on the with opinion of the University Senate and Faculty Council.

The Board of the University cannot approve yearly more than 2% of requests in relation to the total number of persons with academic degrees at the University.

With a view to rational and balanced use of this Regulation, the Board can plan the number of places, the sequence of use and priorities for each organizational unit of the University.

After the expiration of the free study year beneficiary should submit report to Organizational unit Council as well as to the University Senate and the University Board.

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Ministry of Science- Policy and Support to the mobility of researchers

Within its competencies, the Ministry of Science has created a set of instruments, which supports research and development in Montenegro.

The most important document is the Law on Scientific Research Activity, which entered into force on the 8th of January 2011.

As one of the main priorities of research policy is mobility of researchers and human capacities development in area of research, the Government of Montenegro has adopted the “Action Plan on Mobility of Researchers (2011-2012)” in March 2011. The Action Plan foresees measures that the Ministry of Science will take in order to remove barriers to mobility, as well as strengthening financial instruments for mobility support. The main changes are in relation to national research projects that are now available to foreign researchers, and planning of a national programme for young researchers’ mobility for the period after 2012. The Ministry is also focused at the improvement of bilateral scientific cooperation that sets legal framework for free realization of mobility.

Bilateral interstate cooperation

Bilateral interstate scientific-technological cooperation is a very efficient mechanism for mobility support according to the principle of reciprocity, for research teams from partner countries working on similar topics of research that are financed from state budget of two countries. Since the Declaration of Independence of Montenegro, eight agreements have been signed (Austria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and China), through which three calls for mobility of researchers have been realized within bilateral agreements for a two year period (Slovenia, Croatia and Austria). Mobility is considered to be a short-term stay (up to 3 months) depending on the dynamics of visits.

http://www.mna.gov.me/rubrike/konkursi/

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Mobility through national scientific research projects

The Ministry supports research, which is realized through national scientific research projects that represents the most important instrument of national policy. Participation of research teams in this programme is also available to foreign researchers who could be part of the team realizing activities foreseen by the project. Making national programmes available to foreign researchers with whom domicile research team cooperates is a good practice presented within the strategic document “European Partnership for Researchers”. Mobility financing through national project has already been practiced but at smaller scale, and with the new Action Plan on Mobility of Researchers (2011-2012) this mechanism will be improved, as main transitional instrument until bilateral cooperation is established with larger number of states. Through participation in national projects, foreign researchers have the possibility to come to Montenegro to perform research, mentorship in preparation of dissertations, knowledge transfer etc.

Montenegrin researchers could use financial resources for realization of project also to perform research in large research centres and laboratories abroad, participation in scientific congresses etc.

Other instruments for mobility support

The Ministry has developed several instruments that act as mobility support. They enable short-term mobility and give an opportunity to our researchers to promote their work and establish contacts for future cooperation. These instruments are:

• Participation in scientific events; Ministry co-finances participation o f M o n t e n e g r i n

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researchers with scientific, academic and research title in scientific congresses held in Montenegro or abroad.

• Co-financing of organization of scientific congresses in Montenegro: Ministry co-finances part of the expenses for organization of scientific congresses in Montenegro, organized by scientific research institution or research association from Montenegro.

• Scientific development abroad; Ministry co-finances scientific development abroad if scientific development of a researcher is foreseen within the institutional programme; is approved by foreign institution; if financial means and conditions are provided.

• Cooperation with scientific diaspora; Ministry co-finances travel and accommodation costs for diaspora researchers in order to establish cooperation with scientific research institutions from Montenegro. Cooperation should include: promotion of science programme, mentorship in PhD thesis, participation in preparations and realization of scientific research projects, as well as transfer of knowledge, experiences and trends in modern science.

Calls of the Ministry of Science: http://www.mna.gov.me/rubrike/konkursi/

Besides national instruments for mobility support, mobility is also realized through participation in international programmes, as well as through cooperation of Montenegrin institutions with partner institutions abroad.

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Social security

Through bilateral international agreements, on the basis of reciprocity, the rights in area of social security are secured for citizens of two countries-signatories in accordance with residence and work in one of these two countries.

Montenegro signed or applies principles of agreements on social security system on the basis of succession with following countries: Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Luxemburg, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Italia, Holland, Norway, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain, Denmark, Libyan Jamahiriya, Romania, Panama and Turkey.

According to the agreements with abovementioned countries, Montenegrin citizens abroad have the right on a certain scope of health services, which mainly includes urgent and necessary health services, after submission of certificate on the right to health protection during temporary stay abroad issued by the Institute for Health Insurance in Montenegro.

Larger number of these agreements foresees providing urgent and necessary health services, while in some countries, according to bilateral agreement, there are possibilities for wider scope of health services (Serbia, Germany, Italy).

Also, if persons are sent abroad to work by home employer, in countries with which Montenegro has signed an agreement, working period spent abroad is covered by the home employer regarding pension and health insurance.

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Šta je EURAXESS?EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion is the unique web portal

providing access to complete and up-to-date information and services to researchers from Europe and wider, who are interested to live in a foreign country and work at one of European research institutions. EURAXESS is a pan-European initiative supported by 37 countries. It is a single point of access to information from all these countries, including data on services centres and contact points who should be addressed and receive personalized service regarding administrative and other issues during regarding mobility. EURAXESS provides support to mobile researchers, but also to research organizations, in their search for unique research competencies. This is a key initiative in supporting the European Union’s commitment to removing the barriers to free movement of knowledge within Europe.

EURAXESS initiative is composed of four main sections which support mobility of researchers in Europe:

EUraXESS jobs As a researcher, you wil l f ind a wealth

of constantly updated information on job vacancies, funding opportunities and fellowships

throughout Europe. Posting your CV will allow recruiters to find you. As company or research institute you can post vacancies free of charge and search for CVs of international top-notch researchers.

You can also directly access the national Jobs portals of the 37 partner countries which contain information on research jobs and funding opportunities, as well as on personalized services in each country.

JOBS

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EUraXESS ServicesEURAXESS Services is a network of more than two

hundred centers located in 35 European countries.

As a researcher, these centers assist you and your family to plan and organize your stay in a foreign country. This free personalized service will help you tackle issues such as accommodation, visa and work permits, language lessons, schools for your children, social security and medical care. A team of well-informed staff is at your service.

Find a EURAXESS Services centre near you and read some of the success stories.

EUraXESS rightsEURAXESS Rights provides all information

regarding the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.

The Charter sets out the rights and duties of researchers, as well as research and funding institutions.

The Code aims at ensuring equal treatment of all researchers in Europe and increases transparency in their recruitment.

EUraXESS LinksEURAXESS Links provides interactive web services

to European researchers working abroad in order to keep them linked among themselves and with Europe.

It provides information about career opportunities in Europe, trans-national research collaborations and European research policies.

For more than seven years now, EURAXESS Jobs has been offering up-to-date information on job vacancies, funding opportunities and fellowships throughout Europe, making it a highly useful tool for researchers to look for the best opportunities. All services are free of charge.

SERVICES

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Finding a job

There are two ways to get the latest information on open job vacancies:

• Through the national EURAXESS portal www.euraxess.me, or• Through the European EURAXESS portal http://ec.europa.eu/

euraxess/ National www.euraxess.me portal gives you the option to search for vacancies through the following steps:

• From the left menu choose outgoing researchers option, and then job vacancies

• A window will show up with options to search job vacancies by country of interest and area of research

• According to the parameters, you will see a list of active job vacancies

• Choosing one of the job vacancies from the list you will receive further details on application dates and terms.

Montenegrin EURAXESS portal www.euraxess.me is established and managed by the Bridhead organization – University of Montenegro. It is maintained by the Information Technology Centre at the University of Montenegro.

our address isEURAXESS Bridgehead OrganizationUniversity of MontenegroCetinjska 2, 81000 PodgoricaMontenegroPhone: +382 20 414 209 Fax: +382 20 414 230

EURAXESS Montenegro team:

Prof.Dr Mira Vukcevic, project coordinatore-mail: mirav@ac.me Slobodanka Koprivica, project managere-mail: ksloba@ac.me Dijana Jovanovic, help-desk officere-mail: dijana@ac.me

Luka Filipovic, portal engineere-mail: lukaf@ac.me Lidija Milosavljevic, portal engineer e-mail: lidija@ac.me Mirjana Mickovic, administrative assistante-mail: mirjana@ac.me

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European http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/ portal provides information on job vacancies through the section EURAXESS Jobs.

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At the very first page of the section EURAXESS Jobs you will get a list of recently published job vacancies and several options to search for the most adequate one. As a researcher, if you want to post your CV and search the jobs database you have to go through a simple process of registration by choosing the option researchers sign-up. Registration gives you two options to find a job: to go through the database and find job opportunity that suits you and your qualifications the best, or you could post your CV which will be stored in the EURAXESS database and wait until one or more of the European institutions needs a researcher that has qualification and experience as you do, and receive their offer through an e-mail.

Apart from job vacancies, at the national portal you have an option to search for fellowships and grants awarded for researcher’s career development.

Also, database on fellowships and grants can be found at the European portal within the section fellowships and grants.

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EURAXESS Service centres

EUraXESS Montenegro Servis centar

EURAXESS Servis centar pruža besplatnu i personalizovanu pomoć u izazovima sa kojima se susreću istraživači i njihove porodice prilikom boravka u stranoj zemlji. U Crnoj Gori osnovan je jedan Servis centar, u naležnosti krovne organizacije-Univerziteta Crne Gore, ovlašćenog od strane Ministarstva prosvjete i sporta.

Univerzitet Crne Gore Servis centar/Služba za međunarodnu saradnju Kontakt osoba: Dijana Jovanović Tel: +382 20 414 250 Fax: +382 20 414 253 e-mail: dijana@ac.me euraxess.helpdesk@ac.me

Up to now, there are more than 200 services centres in 37 European countries. EURAXESS Services Centres are established in order to assist foreign researchers wanting to spend one segment of their career in one of the European countries. Their main objective is to provide necessary information, i.e. all information that a researcher has to know before, during and after moving to a foreign country, and make mobility process easier. In addition, it gives an opportunity to researchers to spend more time on their research instead of administrative procedures.

Service centres provide information on rights and obligations in regarding visas, work permits, health and pension insurance, accommodation, education system for children and many other practical information that one researcher should know for living in a foreign country.

Researchers that wishes to stay and work in Montenegro will find practical information in the Service Centre within the EURAXESS Montenegro network and at the Montenegrin portal, and Montenegrin researchers who wishes to stay and work in one of the European countries will find practical information at the national portal of that specific country and through contact with the closest service centre to desired location for research.

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Active European EURAXESS portals

Austria www.euraxess.at Belgium www.euraxess.be Bosnia and Herzegovina www.euraxess.ba Bulgaria www.euraxess.bg Czech Republic www.euraxess.cz Estonia www.smartestonia.ee/euraxess Finland www.aka.fi/en-gb/Mobility France http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/np/france Greece http://library.certh.gr/pls/rmp/mobility.main Croatia www.euraxess.hrMacedonia www.euraxess.mk Netherlands www.euraxess.nlIsland www.euraxess.is Ireland www.euraxess.ie Italy www.euraxess.it Israel www.euraxess.gov.il Cyprus www.euraxess.org.cy

Latvia www.euraxess.lv Lithuania www.euraxess.lt Luxemburg www.euraxess.lu Hungary www.euraxess-hungary.huMalta www.euraxess.org.mt Germany www.euraxess.deNorway www.euraxess.no Poland www.euraxess.pl Portugal www.euraxess.pt Romania www.euraxess.ro Slovenia www.euraxess.si Serbia www.euraxess.rs Spain www.euraxess.es Sweden www.researchinsweden.se Switzerland www.euraxess.ch Turkey http://euraxess.tubitak.gov.tr Great Britain www.britishcouncil.org/new/Euraxess-Home

If within the information package prepared and presented at the Montenegrin national portal you cannot find information you need, there is a help-desk form available at the portal, or you could send e-mail to euraxess.helpdesk@ac.me, and get personalized assistance and answer to your question.

Scientific Visa Package

Large number of measures for hosting a foreign researcher implemented at national level was a basis for European legal initiatives. In cooperation of SG-HRM and EU Committee for Migration and Asylum Policy representatives, prepositions of directive and two recommendations were created on hosting third country researchers (non-EU countries), which were adopted by the Commission in March 2004. These three documents are called the “Scientific Visa package”.

The main concept of the directive is creation of a specific residence permit for third country researchers, which is requested from immigration

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services by accredited research private or public institutions on behalf of a research, according to the “hosting agreement” (signed by researcher and institution). Institutions guarantee participation of researcher in a valid research project, as well as relevance of his/her competencies. This permit, which has to be approved by immigration service no later than 30 days after the submission of a request, gives an opportunity to third country researchers to work in any EU country within a scientific project and does not require working permit. No quota rules should apply in employment of researchers under these conditions. In order to extend residence permit, researchers do not have to go back to home country and could extend their stay from the host country. The Directive also supports researcher’s family reunification and is against any kind of discrimination.

The first recommendation refers to long-term hosting of third country researchers and does not apply for United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland (which already have developed mechanisms for hosting third country researchers). The second recommendation refers to improvement of issuing short-term visas (up to three months), for participation in conferences, seminars, etc in EU countries. Recommendation does not apply for United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland which are not Schengen Agreement signatories, as well as for countries that do not belong to this zone (new members).

More information on „Scientific Visa Package“, who is eligible and how to apply, procedure, what is „hosting agreement“, which countries participate in the Scientific Visa Package etc, could be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/services/scientificVisa

EU Directive 2005/71/EC

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:289:0015:0022:EN:PDF

Recommendation 2005/762/EC

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:289:0026:0028:EN:PDF

Recommendation 2005/761/EC

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:289:0023:0025:EN:PDF

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FUndS

Links to some of the European funds that support mobility of researchers

FP7 - Seventh research Framework Programme

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

The Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7) is the

European Union’s main instrument for funding research in Europe.

Programmes support organization of cooperation between universities, research centres and industry (including small and medium enterprises), provide financial support for their joint projects. The first cycle of the framework programmes started in 1984. Unlike previous framework programmes that lasted three to five years, Seventh framework programme lasts seven years, 2007-2013. FP7 is developed with a purpose to increase successfulness in relation to previous programmes that had as an objective to establish European Research Area and economy growth of Europe based on knowledge.

Total fund for seven years is 50,5 million euro and additional 2,7 million euro for five-year EURATOM programme for nuclear research..

Marie Curie Actions, The People Programme

http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/index.htm

A specific programme “Marie Curie” within the EU FP7 has as a goal to strengthen human potential in science and technology in Europe, in quantitative and

qualitative aspect. „Marie Curie“scholarships are developed to stimulate young people to consider and choose career in research, motivate

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European researchers to stay in Europe and attract researchers from all over the world to Europe.

It is foreseen that 35 000 researchers will use “Marie Curie” fellowships, and about 35 000 will take part in various short-term activities during the FP7.

Main characteristics of “Marie Curie” actions:

Research training (skills development and professional improvements)Transnational mobilityIntersectoral mobilityAll research areas are included

Allocated budget: 4.7 billion EURO for 2007-2013

Who are users of “Marie Curie” programms?

Two parties establish cooperation:RES EARCHER – fellowship user, andRESEARCH CENTRE (university, company, research institution) -organizer of a training, professional improvement.“Marie Curie” establishes an attractive funding structure both for fellowship users and for center that hosts a research. Benefit for research centre is that they get researchers paid through the FP7. Benefit for research is the experience necessary in a certain career stage. For Montenegrin researchers benefit is a significantly larger income.

„Marie Curie“actions:

Initial Training Networks – ITN

Target group: PhD and postdoctoral students, i.e. early-stage researchers with less than 4 years of experience (full-time equivalent) in their research career, including research training period.

How to apply: researchers apply individually with the research institution that organizes training and announces fellowship at www.euraxess.eu

Fellowship duration: 3 – 36 months

Deadlines: continuous (according to dynamics of suitable projects)

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Intra European fellowships – IEF

Target group: experienced researchers with at least 4 years of experience or PhD.

The key content of individual fellowships is advanced training through research, better research career and life-long learning. Purpose of fellowship is to expand skills at the interdisciplinary level or to gain experience in other sectors. In addition, objective is to train researcher to achieve level of a leader in research or other higher positions in organization or company. For that reason, project has to prove that it is part of researcher’s career plan.

What is financed?

Grant covers up to 100% of estimated budget: subsistence costs of researcher, mobility costs (for family also), research costs at host institution, project management etc.

Project proposal is submitted by individual researcher who has to have agreement with the host institution on his/her research training within the proposed project. Engagement could last 12–24 months of full engagement.

How to apply: Institution submits project proposal for a candidate.

Deadlines: call for applications in March with deadline in August

International outgoing fellowships – IoF

Target group: experienced researchers with at least 4 years of experience or PhD.

Objective is to strengthen international dimension in a career of experienced European researcher providing an opportunity for training and new knowledge in renown research organization, in non EU/AC country. With return to EU/AC country in the second phase of the project, it is expected that gained knowledge and experience, as well as established contacts, will contribute to European economy and society.

Fellowship covers two phases of mobility:

The first phase: around 24 months in „third“ country

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The second phase: return to EU/AC around 12 months

Project should contain a coherent research programme for the whole duration of fellowship (up to 36 months).

How to apply: Fellowship beneficiary prepares project in cooperation with host institution i.e. supervisor. EU/AC institution in which fellowship user returns, submits project proposal for fellowship user.

Deadlines: call for applications in March with deadline in August

International incoming fellowships - IIF

Target group: experienced researcher with at least 4 years of experience in research or obtained PhD.

These fellowships are to attract experienced researchers that are active in “third” countries,to EU/AC countries, so that they could be engaged in research projects. So, these fellowships are not eligible for Montenegrin researchers, except if they are researchers from diaspora.

How to apply: Applicant prepares project proposal in cooperation with host institution i.e. supervisor. Institution submits the proposal.

Deadlines: call for applications in March with deadline in August

Career integration grants – CIg

Target group: experienced researcher with at least 4 years of experience in research or obtained PhD.

Objective of this scheme is to strengthen the European Research Area through encouraging experienced researchers to have a permanent job position in research organization in EU/AC for the first time – if such position is offered by host institution, after mobility period. The intention is to reverse direction of “brain drain” in improvement of working conditions through allocation of their own budget for research.

Grant is based on the principle of fixed amount that should cover part of engagement of researcher, from € 25.000 per year, for period 2 - 4 years.

How to apply: Applicant prepares project proposal in cooperation with host institution. Institution submits the proposal for fellowship user.

Deadlines: Call for applications is open throughout the year, with two terms for submission.

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Industry-academia partnerships and pathways - IAPP

Target group: young and experienced researchers.

In order to realize this funding possibility, at least two organizations from two different sectors and two different countries have to be approved for project on mobility funding for their employees, as a mean of realization of long-term cooperation programme. Mobility could last 2 – 24 months.

How to apply: Partner institutions, out of which one is a coordinator, submits project proposal that foresees scholarships for mobility of employees.

Deadlines: call for applications in June/July with deadline in December/January

International research staff exchange scheme - IRSES

Target group: all generation researchers, as well as administrative and technical staff.Objective of this scheme is to fund a programme for short-term staff exchange between partner institutions in EU/AC and “third” countries (Russia, Japan, USA, Australia etc.). In order to realize mobility, institutions-partners should have approved project for funding. Mobility is financed in fixed amount of 1900 € per month.

How to apply: Partner institutions, out of which one is a coordinator, submit project proposal that foresees financing of short-term staff mobility.

Deadlines: call for applications in June/July with deadline in December/JanuaryGross income for researcher38.000 / per year (researcher with less than 4 years of research experience)58.500 / per year (researcher with 4-10 years of research experience)87.500 / per year (researcher with more than 10 years of research experience)Additional funding for household, moving, travel for researcher 700 /per month for researcher without family1000 / per month for researcher with familyCosts related to research (to host institution): 800 /per monthManagement and other costs (to host institution)700 /per month

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Useful links:

FP7-People: http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions The European Researcher’s Mobility Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm Successful Marie Curie projects: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurie-actions/docs/inspiring_researchers_en.pdf Call for proposals: Research Participants Portal http://ec.europa.eu/re-search/participants/portal/page/fp7_calls

Central European Exchange Program for University Studies

http://www.ceepus. info/publ ic/nco/ncoinformation_main.aspx?Country=ME

CEEPUS is an academic exchange program for students and professors from Central and Eastern Europe which started in 1993. The program is based on an international Agreement signed by the following member states: Austria, Albania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Croatia, Macedonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Serbia.

Student exchange is organized within university networks. Each of the networks has a certain number of target subjects. The cooperation is based on the correspondence between universities’ institutes and faculties which are active in the same academic field. Academic staff has an obligation to give lectures.

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COST - European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical research

http://www.cost.esf.org/

COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is an instrument for support to scientists and researchers in areas of science and technology from Europe. COST is the oldest framework for scientific cooperation of European countries established in 1971, and alongside the EUREKA and FP7 represents one of the most significant EU initiatives in area of science and research. It contributes to development of European Research Area through strengthening of research activities, and providing a platform to European scientists for cooperation at specific projects and exchange of expertises. COST activities establish scientific excellence in the nine key domains: biomedicine and molecular biosciences; food and agriculture; forests, their products and services; materials, physics and nanosciences; chemistry and molecular scieneces and technologies; earth system scienece and environmental management; information and communication technologies; transport and urban development; individuals, societies, cultures and health.

Erasmus Mundus

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/index_en.php

Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with Third-Countries. In addition, it contributes to the development of human resources and the international cooperation capacity of Higher education institutions in Third Countries by increasing mobility between the European Union and these countries.

The Erasmus Mundus programme provides support to: higher education institutions that wish to implement joint programmes at postgraduate level (Action 1) or to set-up inter-institutional cooperation partnerships between universities from Europe and targeted Third-Countries (Action

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2); individual students, researchers and university staff who wish to spend a study / research / teaching period in the context of one of the above mentioned joint programmes or cooperation partnerships (Action 1 and Action 2); any organisation active in the field of higher education that wishes to develop projects aimed at enhancing the attractiveness, profile, visibility and image of European higher education worldwide (Action 3).

PhD or postdoctoral students of the University of Montenegro could apply for scholarships for short-term or long-term stay (6 or 10 or 24 months) at one of partner universities within two student mobility projects, financed through the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 EU programme. Projects are Basileus and JOINEUSEE.

EU partners in Basileus project are:

Ghent University, Belgium - coordinatorUniversity of Nice Sophia Antipolis - FranceLund University, SwedenLa Sapienza University of Roma, ItalyUniversity of Ljubljana, SloveniaSofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, BulgariaUniversity of Haidelberg, GermanyAlexander Technological University in Thessaloniki, Greece

EU partners in JoInEUSEE project are:

University of Graz, Austria – coordinatorUniversity of Leuven - BelgiumMasaryk University, Brno, Czech RepublicUniversity of Maribor, SloveniaUniversity of Bologna, ItalyUniversity of Groningen, the NetherlandsUniversity of Latvia, Riga, LatviaUniversity of Turku, FinlandVilnius University, Lithuania

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Scholarships cover travel and insurance expenses, as well as monthly allowance of 1500 euro for PhD students, i.e. 1800 euro for postdoctoral students.For the same kind of scholarships, PhD or postdoctoral students could apply within the EM2STEM project where our university is not a partner. EU universities for which students could apply within the EM2STEM project are:City University London , England- coordinator Freie University Berlin, Germany Lappeenranta University of Technology , Finland University of Limerick , Ireland University of Warsaw, Poland Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland University of Bucharest, Romania Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCalls for applications are open in January-February for the next academic year. Applying is on-line. In case if quotas are not fulfilled, there is a possibility for an additional call for applications in period May-July.

Detailed information could be found at:

www.basileus.ugent.be

www.joineusee.eu

www.em2stem.eu

European Science Foundation

http://www.esf.org/

Science Foundation (ESF) announces a series of calls for proposals which will give the

opportunity to propose collaborative research projects and networking activities with a European dimension. The calls span all fields of science through four main funding instruments, covering all types of scientific activities, from basic research and frontier science to networking and dissemination.

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Newton International Fellowships

http://www.newtonfellowships.org/

The Newton International Fellowships scheme is run by The British Academy and the Royal Society. The long-term aim of the scheme is to build a global pool of research leaders and encourage long-term international collaboration with the UK. The Fellowships cover the broad range of physical, natural and social sciences and the humanities.

joint research Centre

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm

The Joint Research Center (JRC) is a part of the general directorate of the European Commission. The mission of the JRC is to provide scientific and technical support to the creation, development and control of policies in the European Union. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC is the reference center for science and technology for the EU. The JRC serves the common interests of the member states of the EU and is independent of all private and national interests. The JRC is composed of 7 scientific institutes in 5 different countries (Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain). It contains many laboratories and unique research equipment. Thanks to successful collaboration, access to these laboratories is possible for a large number of scientists in partner countries. The JRC has around 2750 employees and an annual budget of around 330 million euros. It is financed through the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission.

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The alexander von Humboldt Foundation

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a foundation set-up by the government of the Federal Republic and funded by the German Foreign Office, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and others for the promotion of international co-operation between German institutes of higher education and leading academics from around the world.

The foundation sponsors a number of competitive fellowships, ranging from postdoctoral to senior visiting professors, primarily for foreign academics from the areas of humanities, sciences and engineering. Funds are given to finance long-term research visits to Germany usually for a period of 6–24 month

daad - deutscher akademischer austausch dienst

http://www.daad.de

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the largest funding organisation in the world supporting the international exchange of students and scholars. Since it was founded in 1925, more than 1.5 million scholars in Germany and abroad have received DAAD funding. It is a registered association and its members are German institutions of higher education and student bodies. Its activities go far beyond simply awarding grants and scholarships. The DAAD supports the internationalisation of German universities, promotes German studies and the German language abroad, assists developing countries in establishing effective universities and advises decision makers on matters of cultural, education and development policy.

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EUraXESS MontenegroProject team:

Prof.dr Mira Vukčević, Vice rector for international cooperation, University of Montenegro,Project Coordinato

Slobodanka Koprivica, Project Manager

Jelena Pajković, Legal expert

Dijana Jovanović, Help-desk Officer

Luka Filipović, Portal engineer

Lidija Milosavljević, Portal administrator

Mirjana Mićković, project assistant

EUraXESS Montenegro Bridgehead Organization

University of Montenegro

Address: Cetinjska 2, 81000 Podgorica Montenegro

e-mail: rektor@ac.me

Phone +382 20 414 209

fax +382 20 414 230

e-mail: rektor@ac.me

web: www.ucg.ac.me

EUraXESS Servis Centar

Address: Cetinjska 2 81000 Podgorica Montenegro

tel +382 20 414 250

fax +382 20 414 253

e-mail: euraxess.helpdesk@ac.me

web: www.euraxess.me

Links:

EURAXESS www.euraxess.eu

EURAXESS Montenegro www.euraxess.me

Ministry of Science www.mna.gov.me

Ministry of Education and Sports www.mps.gov.me

University of Montenegro www.ucg.ac.me

Mediterranean University www.unimediteran.net

University Donja Gorica www.udgedu.me

International Relations Office, University of Montenegro www.ir.ac.me

FP7 Montenegro www.mneresearch.ac.me