Space Research Laboratory (SRL) of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, calls for applications of travel grants for short-term (up to 2 months) visiting scientists, targeted at PhD students and young postdocs (up to 3 years from graduation). Applications should include a short CV, a list of publications from the last five years, a short description of the goals of the visit including the name of the researcher hosting the visit in SRL, a budget justifying the requested grant.

Eligible costs for visits of up to 1 week include travel and accommodation costs plus 43 € per day to cover the cost of living. For longer visits, eligible costs include travel costs plus a grant of up to 1680 € per month (30 days) for accommodation and cost of living (to be justified). Applications should be sent by email to Professor Rami Vainio. Applications will be handled as they arrive with a target handling time of up to one month from submission.

Selection criteria are the quality of the planned research and the academic merits of the applicant. Also partial support can be granted.