External Opportunities

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Open calls

• ASEAN-INDIA RESEARCH TRAINING FELLOWSHIP (AI-RTF) - 50 fellowships per year awarded to young scientists and researchers from ASEAN Member States. Fellowships include up to six months at Indian academic and R&D institutions. No deadline: applications accepted all year round

• Carnegie Research Chairs Program - Promising young Data Scientists from Africa are given the opportunity to establish research teams of their own at the Quantum Leap Africa (QLA) Research Centre in Rwanda.
  No stated deadline

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Recurring calls

• Erasmus+ ICM (International Credit Mobility) - Student and staff exchanges to/from an EU university. EU universities have to be the Applicant and the Coordinator. Every year calls are announced in November. Last application date in February.
• Erasmus+ CBHE (Capacity Building in Higher Education) - Projects which support the modernisation, accessibility and internationalisation of higher education in non-EU countries. Non-EU universities can apply (with EU partners) and be Coordinators. Every year calls are announced in November. Last application date in February-March.
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSC) - For doctoral education and postdoctoral training. Calls announced all year around.
• EMS-Simons for Africa - Collaborative research visits, top-up grants for women and top-up for conference participation in mathematics
• ICTP - Postdoc and visiting fellowships in mathematics
• The Royal Society of Chemistry - Travel, conferences, research, education and outreach activities
• Newton Fund - Training, research, workshops, travel and tenders 
• TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme - Fellowships, Research grants, visits
• International Foundation for Science
• The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) - Research training, career development and networking opportunities for women scientists at different stages in their careers
• The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) - gathers opportunities offered by cooperation partners

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General tips

• AuthorAID is a free pioneering global network that provides support for researchers in low and middle income countries
• Minor Field Study Scholarships for Swedish students
• Guide to avoiding ‘predatory’ journals
• Free handbook on science communication for researchers involved in international projects
• Guide to the international research landscape

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