The 大象传媒 DUO-India Fellowship Programme听has been recently established with the aim of promoting exchange of people between India and European countries on听a balanced and permanent听basis. DUO-India aims to fund every year, 50 Professor-pairs for exchanges for one month, starting from 2020 onwards aiming to provide mobility between Indian and European institutes. In this respect, DUO-India requires that a听PAIR (two persons)听of students be exchanged, and they should be from any of the collaborating institute (both Indian and European) under SPARC projects.
For this program, only such institutes which are part of the Joint Research Projects under Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) are eligible to participate. The list of eligible institutes (both Indian & European) can be seen in听听As of now, 14 European countries namely听Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland听and听鲍碍听are part of SPARC programme.
Eligibility
Applicants must be听members of the academic or scientific staff听of institutes coming under the 鈥淪PARC鈥 collaboration (i.e. they must be remunerated by the Higher Educational Institutes and it must be their main occupation).
However, the following groups听are NOT entitled听for a fellowship:
- Students and PhD students;
- Professors emeritus, honorary professors;
- Teaching assistants.
Exemptions are possible for the听colleges of arts.听The selection committee will assess on a case-by-case basis.
Requirements
- The Indian institute (Home institute) will听select听an听Indian national听professor of the Home institute to send to the European institute (Host institute), and such selection has been听accepted听by the Host institute;
- The听same听Host institute will select an听EU citizen听professor of the Host institute to be sent to the Home institute, and such selection has been accepted by the Home
N.B.: All applicants shall maintain their position at the time of application until the time they are engaged in exchanges.
The exchange is done by pairs–听one professor from Indian HEI is hosted by a European institutes and vice versa.
The听exchange听must necessarily听take place听between the two same institutes,听but does听not need to take place in the same time span,听nor between two identical departments.
Duration and Fellowship
DUO-India 2020 is for exchange of professors between January and December 2020. The selection of DUO-India would be made听only听once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in 2020 shall apply for DUO-India 2020 within the timelines specified below.The duration of exchange should be at least one month. If an exchange period is longer than 1 month, fellowship will be given for 1 month and if an exchange period is less than 1 month (should not be shorter than 3 weeks),听the fellowship will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis.
Application Period
Applications will be accepted听from听July 15 to September 30, 2019听local Indian time. Applications submitted听after September 30, 2019 will not be accepted.
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