The Mare Balticum Fellowship Program serves the funding of guest stays (max. 3 months) of national and international researchers. The grant includes:
- Expense allowance for guest academics: 3000 € per month (incl. accommodation and daily allowance) or per diem in the amount of 130 € for guest visits of 22 days maximum
- Travel expense allowance on the basis of a travel expense calculation
- Family allowance, if applicable: 300 € per child and month (may vary in individual cases)
- Costs of materials
Digital fellowships are not foreseen, but the integration of digital concepts into the guest stays are explicitly encouraged.
You can invite both national and international guest researchers with a completed doctorate who already achieved scientific independence (R3-level according to EU Classification). Multiple funding of a Fellow through the Mare Balticum Fellowship Program is excluded.
Invite a guest researcher and, as an applicant, take advantage of the opportunities offered by the program:
- Deepening of the interdisciplinary cooperation
- Enhancement and stimulation of national and international science relations
- Strengthening of own research activities
- Initiation and preparation of joint projects
- Promotion of early career researchers
- …
After completing the application via the online application form you will get a confirmation of receipt. After the application deadline, all applications received will first be reviewed by the Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer in order to check the general requirements. If necessary, the Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer will contact the applicant if there are any questions regarding the application. After the Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer has reviewed the applications, they are forwarded to the Executive Board of the Interdisciplinary Faculty with a recommendation on their eligibility for funding. The Board of the Interdisciplinary Faculty follows up on the recommendation on eligibility and - if necessary - prioritizes the submitted projects and sends this to the Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer. The Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer decides on the funding approval. After the review and decision phase (2 - 4 weeks after the application deadline), you will receive a funding confirmation or a rejection letter from the Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer. Rejections are generally not justified.
Criteria for assessment:
A) General requirements:
- Membership of the INF
- Completed doctorate of the guest researcher
- Complete application documents
- Guest researcher has not taken part in the fellowship program yet
- Target group of series of events: doctoral candidates and postdocs
B) Assessment of professional expertise of the guest researcher:
- Academic CV
- Interdisciplinary research activities
- List of publications
- Other
C) Assessment of scientific project:
- Added value for the Interdisciplinary Faculty
- Added value for the institution
- Other
D) Assessment of the series of events for young researchers:
- Added value for doctoral candidates and postdocs
- Involvement of doctoral candidates and postdocs of different faculties / institutions
- Participation of other researchers of the University of Rostock or other research institutions
- Other
E) Assessment of the requested funding
- Adequacy of the allowance
- Information on the purpose and adequacy of the familiy allowance
- Travel cost allowance according to the country-specific travel cost allowance of the DFG
F) Final assessment of the application
- Priority of the application from the viewpoint of the department
With the request to invite a guest researcher, the conception of a series of events for early career researchers is expected. The concept is to be developed jointly by the applicant and the guest researcher. The series of events serves the scientific discourse with a superordinate topic. Moreover, the series of events should contain interdisciplinary elements and facilitate an interdisciplinary and cross-faculty exchange.
It is planned to transfer the allowance (including the travel allowance) as an advance payment, 30 days before the beginning of the guest stay, as a total amount to the fellow's bank account.
The payment of the expense allowance is made without deduction of taxes. According to the German Fiscal Code, the University is obliged to report payments exceeding 1,500.00 EUR per year to the tax offices. This also applies to foreign payees. The responsible tax office will be informed of the payment in accordance with the notification regulation of 07.09.1993, BGBl. I p. 1554 in the version of 23.12.2003. The fellow is responsible for recording and declaring the payment. The respective tax office will then decide on taxation in accordance with the applicable law.
In the event that childcare is required, the Prorectorate for Research and Transfer of Knowledge will settle the costs incurred directly with the relevant service provider (by invoice).
In the event of approval, the host researcher and the fellow will each receive a letter of approval.
Further responsibility for communication with the fellow lies with the host scientist or the respective department of the Interdisciplinary Faculty at the University of Rostock.
Two months prior to the beginning of the stay, the host researcher or the respective department of the Interdisciplinary Faculty will contact the Proectorate of Research and Transfer of Knowledge to arrange a joint welcome meeting with the fellow.
Furthermore, it is expected that the host researcher or the respective department of the Interdisciplinary Faculty submits complete information on the individual courses to the Prorector of Research and Transfer of Knowledge (mabafuni-rostockde) and the Graduate Academy (gradauni-rostockde) two months before the beginning of the stay.
The stay is primarily prepared and organized jointly by the host researcher and the fellow. The respective coordinators of the assigned department support the researcher in organizing the stay. Furthermore, the Graduate Academy is happy to share its experience with you.
The Advice on the preparation and accompanying guest stays is intended to support the researchers in their preparation and organisation.
The Advice on the preparation and accompanying guest stays also includes an overview of potential various-price accommodation options.
The leaflet Advice on the preparation and accompanying guest stays contains an overview of contact persons when looking for a childcare place in a day care centre.
The central contact for support with family accompaniment is the Family Office:
Universitätsplatz 1
18055 Rostock
room 015
Parkstraße 6
18057 Rostock
room 219
phone: +49 (0)381 498-1191 | +49 (0)381 498-1222
welcome-centeruni-rostockde
https://www.uni-rostock.de/universitaet/vielfalt-und-gleichstellung/willkommenskultur/welcome-center/
The payment of the expense allowance to the guest scientist is made without deduction of taxes. The guest scientist must state the expense allowances as income in his/her personal income tax return. The responsible tax office then decides on the taxation according to the respective law in force.
According to the tax code, the university is obliged to report payments that exceed 1,500 € per year to the tax offices. This also applies to foreign payees.