Research and Innovation Staff Exchange is one of the types of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions aimed to promote mobility (international and intersectoral exchange) through research and innovation staff exchanges and also enhancing collaboration in different areas among academic and non-academic institutions of different countries of the world.
Target audience: research and innovation staff (for both early-stage and experienced researchers' levels; administrative, managerial and technical staff). There are no restrictions on country of residence or nationality.
Participation conditions:
- The minimum number of institutions (partners): three institutions (two institutions located in different EU-Member States or Horizon 2020 Associated Countries + one institution from a third country or three institutions located in different EU-Member States or Horizon 2020 Associated Countries [one beneficiary must be from the academic sector and one non-academic institution]).
- Duration of the secondment: 1-12 months. After secondment the exchanged staff members must be guaranteed reintegration into the sending institution for maximising the impact of the action for knowledge sharing (knowledge transfer).
EU contribution – travel expenses are funded.
The maximum duration of the project is four years.
Host organisation: universities, research centres, companies (SMEs), and other non-academic institutions.
Research topics are arbitrary (excluding topics specified in the Euratom Аgreement).