RE.connect Fellowships 2025
RE.AL- Research Alumni Strategy based at University of Münster’s International Office Dept. Researchers and Staff is announcing special RE.connect fellowships awarded to international researchers in 2025, who used to research at University of Münster and now are based in one of the Universities in Europe*. The aim of these grants is to support the reconnection with former hosts in Münster and promote the initiation or enhancement of sustainable research cooperation with the University of Münster and other European Universities.
*Eligible countries (of a current employment) 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).
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:
- One-time grant: € 1,500 for a short stay visit (from 1 to 2 weeks)
- Long research stay: € 2,000/month from 1 to 3 months
Conditions:
- On-site in Münster
- flat-rate fellowship
- One Person
Who is eligible?
- 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
How to apply?
The candidate submits the completed application form with CV attached to the re.connect@uni-muenster.de address at the Dept. of Researchers and Staff at the International Office of University of Münster, which included 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 the host has to be pre-existing.
Selection process
Applications may be submitted from the 1 of November 2024 until the 50 applications will be reached, but no longer than 31st of January 2025. Once first 50 applications is reached, we close the application process and inform about this on our website. Applicants are notified of the selection committee’s decision by the 28th of February 2025.
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 REAL- Research Alumni Strategy.
For further questions feel free to contact re.connect@uni-muenste.de or join weekly advisory session on Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:00 am CET via Zoom (First session in 2025: 9 January 2025).
For further details please refer to the website.
