The Circle U. network offers numerous opportunities to enrich your career path: funded mobility programmes, training, interdisciplinary collaborations, support for setting up European projects, and funding to develop your ideas.
Explore below the programmes designed by Circle U. to support you at every stage of your career.
Circle U. organises a range of research support and education activities for researchers:
- sandpits;
- summer schools;
- blended intensive programmes (BIPs);
- hybrid formats (open conversations, webinars).
Check out the multitude of opportunities in the Circle U. online catalogue.
Circle U. offers mobility grants to partner university researchers to participate in on-site activities.
Grants vary according to researcher status:
PhD students: consult the information about Erasmus+ PhD mobility
Circle U. also offers postdoctoral mobility grants through the Circle U. Postdoc Mobility Program. These grants are intended for researchers at Circle U. universities who wish to pursue their scientific or academic careers at another university within the alliance.
They offer the opportunity to undertake a research stay to meet a future host group, develop collaborations, and prepare an application for a postdoctoral fellowship.
Circle U. Seed Funding offers up to €10,000 to fund research/education projects submitted by at least three Circle U. partner universities.
Research Support Task Force
The Research Support Task Force is a team of experts in European funding working in Circle U. university research offices . It assists researchers in targeting funding and submitting joint research projects.
CU.ecr Platform
The CU.ecr Platform is a community of practice whose members are professionals involved in career support for early-career researchers. It brings these professionals together and organises annual themed workshops.