RE.connect Fellowships 2025

From now on, the University of Münster is pleased to announce a limited number of RE.connect fellowships for international researchers in light of its 'Research Alumni Strategy' (RE.AL) for 2025. These grants are intended for researchers who used to conduct their work at the University of Münster and are now based in one of the universities within Europe. The goal of these fellowships is to facilitate the reconnection between former visiting researchers and their previous hosting staff at the University of Münster, as well as to promote the initiation or strengthening of sustainable research collaborations with the University of Münster and other European institutions.

Would you like to personally ask questions about the RE.connect fellowships? The most convenient way is to attend one of the weekly ZOOM sessions. During consultation hour you will have the chance to ask specific questions about the application process, eligibility criteria, and selection procedures. No registration needed - you can simply log in at the designated time each week.

Date: Every Thursday (ends 31 January 2025)
Time: 9 am - 10 am
Meeting-ID: 632 9530 4300
Link: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/j/63295304300
Password:  Not required

Fellowship conditions

The fellowships are awarded by the University of Münster Rectorate and managed by the International Office, according to the rules of the University of Münster Internationalisation Strategy and the goals of the RE.AL- Research Alumni Strategy.

• What can be funded?

  International collaboration research activities at University of Münster such as: publication, funding grant proposal, research or teaching, which aim long-term cooperation between the home university of the candidate and the hosting professor at University of Münster.
   
  The offered fellowships are divided in two funding lines:

  1.    One-time grant: € 1,500 for a short stay visit (from 1 to 2 weeks)
  2.    Long research stay: € 2,000/month from 1 to 3 months

  Conditions:
  •    On-site in Münster
  •    flat-rate fellowship
  •    One Person
  
  The fellowship is available from March till December 2025.

• Who is eligible?

  All candidates for the fellowships must meet the following criteria:

  • must be an international researcher (except German citizens)
  • spent at least one month at the University of Münster conducting research
  • researcher who have not worked at a German institution in the last six months before starting the fellowship
  • currently working in one of the scientific institutions in european countries mentioned below*
  •  must hold a PhD degree

  Eligible countries* for the fellowships:
  
  EU: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Cyprus
  
  Erasmus Plus: Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey
  
  EUN Ulysseus Network: University of Montenegro (UCG), Universidad de Sevilla, Université Côte d’Azur (UCA), University of Genova (UniGe), Technical University of Košice (TUKE), MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Haaga-Helia)

• How to apply?

  The candidate must submit the completed application form with CV attached via e-mail to re.connect@uni-muenster.de including the letter of reference signed by the hosting professor or the Dean of the hosting faculty (as well as the directors of affiliated institutions). Therefore, a relationship with hosting staff has to be pre-existing.

Selection process

Applications may be submitted from 1 November 2024 until 50 applications are completed, but no longer than 31 January 2025. Once the number of 50 applications is reached, we will close the application process and inform about this on our website.

Applicants will be notified of the selection committee’s decision by 28 February 2025.