Call for Visiting Fellows: Fall 2025 at NCCR – On the Move

The National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) – On the Move invites functions for its Incoming Short-Term Visiting Fellowships for the Fall 2025 time period. This prestigious program gives researchers a possibility to collaborate with main specialists in migration and mobility research at Swiss universities.

About the Fellowship

The Visiting Fellowship is designed to advertise worldwide analysis change. It is open to each senior researchers (postdoctoral stage) and junior researchers (doctoral college students and Master’s diploma holders) from establishments exterior Switzerland. The program notably encourages functions from students primarily based in low- and middle-income international locations.

Selected fellows will have interaction in a two- to three-month residency, engaged on collaborative analysis initiatives with NCCR groups. Possible actions embrace:

• Joint analysis initiatives
• Development of analysis proposals
• Workshop group
• Collaborative publications

Financial Support

The fellowship supplies a lump sum to cowl dwelling and journey bills, calculated primarily based on:

• CHF 3,500 per thirty days
• Round-trip journey bills from the fellow’s place of residence to the host college
• Travel assist for participation in NCCR occasions inside Switzerland

Research Themes and Hosting Teams

Applicants should choose considered one of the following analysis initiatives (Individual Projects – IP) as their host group:

• IP40: Narratives of Crisis and Their Influence in Shaping Migration and Mobility Policies
• IP41: The Territorial Economics and Politics of Emigration in Crisis Regions
• IP43: Attitudes Towards Migration and Democracy in Times of Intertwined Crises (functions solely for Subproject 1, led by Prof. Eva Green, specializing in multilevel survey knowledge evaluation)
• IP45: The Agency of Ukrainian and Syrian Forced Migrants in Three National Contexts

More particulars on these analysis themes can be found on the NCCR website.

Eligibility Criteria

Senior Fellows:

• Must have accomplished doctoral coaching
• Cannot maintain a tenured place in a high-income nation
• Must not have a everlasting residence or affiliation in Switzerland
• Should submit a analysis plan demonstrating synergy with the NCCR analysis agenda

Junior Fellows:

• Must be doctoral college students or maintain a Master’s diploma
• Cannot have a everlasting residence or affiliation in Switzerland
• Should submit a analysis plan aligned with NCCR analysis themes

Application Process

Applications should be submitted on-line by way of the official registration portal and embrace:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Contact info for two referees
• Proof of enrollment in a doctoral program or diploma completion
• List of publications (if relevant)
• Motivation letter (one web page) explaining the applicant’s curiosity and proposed analysis
• Research plan (two pages) detailing anticipated outcomes and collaboration alternatives

Important Dates

• Application Deadline: March 15, 2025
• Selection Notification: Mid-June 2025
• Fellowship Start Date: September, October, or November 2025

Additional Information

This fellowship is not a salaried place however a stipend to cowl important dwelling and journey prices. Fellows are accountable for securing medical insurance and essential visas for their keep in Switzerland.

For additional particulars or inquiries, contact Lucas Oesch, Scientific Officer at NCCR – On the Move, through visiting@nccr-onthemove.ch.

This is a singular alternative to contribute to cutting-edge migration and mobility analysis whereas participating with main students in Switzerland. Interested researchers are inspired to apply and change into part of this dynamic educational change.

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