28/10/2024
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the SAFE “Supporting At-risk researchers with Fellowships in Europe” project officially started last month and will provide up to 60 fellowships to non-EU at-risk researchers from all over the world for a research stay at a European higher education and research institution for a period of up to 24 months. The project responds to the growing need to offer at-risk researchers worldwide the opportunity to continue their work in the EU in a safe environment.
The call for applications will be launched on 18 November 2024. Applications have to be submitted by the potential host organisations, and not by the individual researchers themselves. The same host institution can send one application only.
While there will be potential host organisations already in contact or actively working with individual researchers at risk, some organisations wishing to host researchers at risk may not yet have identified suitable candidates. To respond to this need, SAFE offers a matchmaking service providing support for researchers at risk on the one hand, by connecting them with a host institution in the EU and for potential host institutions on the other hand, by assisting them in finding a researcher that fits their hosting offer.
We believe that your institution can play an important role in reaching out to potential European host institutions that are actively seeking to host a researcher at risk, or to researchers at risk who are seeking a host institution in the EU. We would therefore be grateful if you could forward this information to your contacts on our behalf. Please feel free to adapt the text as you see fit.
Furthermore, on 19 November 2024, the SAFE launch event will take place virtually from 2pm to 3.30pm CEST. This webinar aims at informing potential host institutions in the EU, as well as researchers at risk from any non-EU nationality about the call for application. Registrations for the webinar are possible until 18 November through this Zoom link.
For more information on matchmaking and expressions of interest in matchmaking, please visit www.saferesearchers.eu/matchmaking
Learn more on SAFE at www.saferesearchers.eu
For any further information on the matchmaking service, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]
Best regards,
The SAFE Project Team
As a pilot fellowship scheme, the SAFE project offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institution in the EU.
