Opportunities
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For Students
Koç University Summer Research Program for Undergraduate/Graduate Students
Undergraduate Program is for motivated undergraduates from different universities who want to improve their research skills and plan to attend graduate school. The program offers the undergraduates the opportunity to gain research experience that helps them decide if they want to pursue graduate education or professional research career.
Depending on the type of the project, graduate students can apply and take part in the program too.
For detailed information about the program and application, please visit: KUSRP Graduate and Undergraduate Program Features
For Academic Staff
For Administrative Staff
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UNIC OFFERS
For Students
NEW – UNIC Opportunities for Doctoral/PhD Students!
UNIC is delighted to invite all interested PhD students to benefit from the UNIC offers. Please find below brief information about the currently available opportunities.
UNIC Joint PhD offers on the field of migration (and beyond)
An easy access to visit courses of UNIC partner universities. Virtual and short term physical mobility offers enable Early Career Researchers to collect international experiences and to inter-connect. As a flexible programme, you can choose the most suitable courses and events. Its international perspectives complement and support your regular PhD procedure. More information: https://unic.eu/en/phd-programme#all
PhD scholarships – research on Forced Migration
RUB Research School and the Tokyo Foundation invite excellent young researchers to apply until April 14, 2023 for one of three doctoral research grants of the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff). Successful applicants will be part of a small interdisciplinary graduate school (Mikrokolleg) and work on the overarching topic of Forced Migration at RUB and receive a monthly stipend of 1,500 euro for a period of three years starting in Summer 2023.
Find more information on possible research disciplines and the application procedure on our website.
UNIC4ER Workshop: Embedding Engaged Research into Teaching & Learning Practices
A special workshop that dives into the applications and integration of Engaged Research into education, through case studies, experience-sharing and discussion. Open for all (students, PhD students, junior and senior researchers, staff) and will be held on Wednesday 29th March 2023.
More information and registration: https://unic.eu/en/events/uni4er-workshop-embedding-engaged-research-teaching-learning-practices
‘Design & Transitions: Emerging Theories and Practices at the Intersection’
EUR Summer School hosted by the Design Impact Transition (DIT) Platform/EUR in collaboration with NODUS Sustainable Design Research Group of Aalto University (Finland). The summer school will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 9th – 14th 2023. The summer school provides a space for critical and creative interdisciplinary dialogue between the disciplines of design (research) and transitions (research). It facilitates co-creation of knowledge that transcends their disciplinary boundaries.
Application deadline is 1st of May 2023. For more information visit our website: https://www.eur.nl/en/events/summer-school-design-and-transitions-emerging-theories-and-practices-intersection-2023-07-09
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Joint PhD Programme of UNIC partners
What is this programme about?
Based on its core values, UNIC is dedicated to supporting networking and further development of research on Migration. The UNIC PhD Programme (UPP) offers qualification and training opportunities and brings together PhD researchers working on the topic of Migration within the UNIC network of partner universities.
UPP offers you an easy access to visit courses of partner universities. (Virtual) mobility enables Early Career Researchers to collect international experiences and to inter-connect. As a flexible programme, you can choose the most suitable courses and events. Its international perspectives complement and support your regular PhD procedure.
The UNIC members are offering a range of courses for interested PhD students. Please visit this link for further information: https://unic.eu/en/phd-programme
For Academic Staff
UNIC Fund for Virtual & International Educational Projects (UNIC VIP Fund)
Purpose of this call
UNIC wants to support virtual international educational activities within the UNIC consortium. We consider a virtual international collaboration as an innovative mobility format and as an addition to traditional student exchange formats. Virtual international educational activities are part of Internationalization at home strategies and can at best serve to internationalize the curriculum.
The fund aims to support virtual international educational activities across UNIC university partners. Initiatives may bring individuals together for a first-time collaboration and new activity, or they may consolidate, deepen or transfer an existing engagement; both categories are eligible.
All activities should be inclusive for all learners of the respective courses, e.g. provide accessible documents for visually impaired students, if necessary, or use tools that are accessible for all students and do not require special individual resources, respect care obligations by not having the course after childcare times, etc.
Who can apply?
The call is open to all staff members of all ten UNIC universities (part- and full-time professors, educators, lecturers etc.) involved in teaching.
All faculties of UNIC universities and all topics and disciplines are welcome.
Please note that “UNIC Thematic Line” (TL) activities financed by other parts of UNIC budget cannot be financed through this fund but academics active in UNIC Thematic Lines with further activities are invited to apply.
Each university can only support costs related to their own institution and/or own staff members, independently of their role in the activity. Costs for staff members of other partner universities cannot be supported, unless collaborators in the partner universities seek funding within their own institutions.
What is supported?
The exact funding/compensation mechanism might vary depending on local administrative frames. The funding should support the design and implementation of your collaborative teaching activity in a way which support your work. Depending on your university’s payment and compensation mechanism, awarded funds might be used for following costs:
– Salaries of students, who assist the activity: teaching assistants, tutors, student assistants (we especially encourage this option to improve students’ participation in UNIC)
– Salaries of regular staff: research assistants, teaching assistants
– Materials, software e.g. licences required for the activity
– Honorariums
– Travel costs
Funding amounts
Based on institutional differences and different salary rates within the consortium, the grant amounts vary between 1700 and 5000 Euros. Please read the local application annex or ask your local UNIC team about the exact level of funding at your university.
Timeline
Call opens 16th of September 2024
Deadline for Submission: 16th of December 2024 (23:59 local time)
Decision and notification: 28th of February 2025
The earliest official starting date of the activities: 17th March 2025
The activities should be complete by 31.03.2027 (all budget must be spent by 31.03.27)
Please note that depending on the amount and quality of the applications during the first call, it will be decided later if a second round will be launched.
For further information, please check the attached files below:
UNIC_VIP_Fund_KU_FAQs_Sep_16.pdf
For Administrative Staff