The New Physics of Compact Stars (CompStar)

Grants (Closure)

Two types of grants are offered:

- Short Visit Grants of up to 15 days
- Exchange Grants from 15 days to six months

Eligibility:
1. Undertake work applicable to the CompStar Programme
2. Apply to stay in a European country other than the country of origin
3. Return to the institute of origin upon termination, so that the applicant's institution may also benefit from the broadened knowledge of the scientist
4. Acknowledge ESF/CompStar in any publications resulting from the grantee's work

Priority will be given to applications where the institutions involved are in countries that financially support the programme.

Level of award:
Short visit grants are reimbursed on a per diem basis of 85 EUR plus actual travel expenses up to a maximum of 500 EUR after the visit on submission of a completed balance payment form accompanied by the original travel tickets.  No payment will be made without the scientific report.

Exchange grants are reimbursed on the basis of an allowance of 1,600 EUR per month / 400 EUR per week / 57 EUR per day plus actual costs for travel, up to a maximum of 500 EUR.

Applications providing a short description of the proposed project work (about 1000 words for exchange grants and 250 words for short visit grants) and the duration of the stay should be submitted using the on-line forms.

Short Visit Grant:  

Exchange grants:    

Grant Guidelines

Please note that exchange grants should be supported by a letter of recomendation from someone familiar with the applicant's work (if appropriate), a letter of acceptance from the receiving institution and a curriculum vitae of two A4 pages.

List of grantees and final reports

YEAR 2011

- Nicolae Sandulescu (Magurele to Orsay) Final Report

- Nikolaos Stergioulas (Thessaloniki to Valencia) Final Report

- Issac Vidana (Coimbra to Orsay) Final Report

- Nikolaos Stergioulas (Thessaloniki to Garching) Final Report

- Nicolae Sandulescu (Magurele to Orsay) Final Report

- Stephan Rosswog (Bremen to Basel) Final Report

- Maja Zoric (Zagreb to Nantes)

- Morgane Isabelle (Meudon to Warszawa)

- Joseph Hughto (Bloomington to Alacant)

- Samuel Kenneth Lander (Golm to Southampton) Final Report


YEAR 2010

- Luca Bonanno (Ferrara to Heidelberg) Final Report

- Nicolae Sandulescu (Magurele to Orsay) Final Report

- Luca Naso (Trieste to Oxford) Final Report

- Stephan Rosswog (Bremen to Basel) Final Report
 
- Albino Perego (Basel to Bremen) Final Report


YEAR 2009

- Alessandro Patruno (from Amterdam to Oulu) Final Report

- Nicolae Sandulescu (from Magurele to Orsay) Final Report

- Loic Vilain (from Meudon to Brussels)

- Dmitri Voskresensky (from Moscow to Banska Bystrica) Final Report

- Brynmor Haskell (from Southampton to Milano)  Final Report

- Ulrich Reinhold M.E. Geppert (from Berlin to Alicante)   Final Report


YEAR 2008

- Nikolaos Stergioulas (Thessaloniki - Garching)  Final Report