Within the scope of the MEEES programme, there are also opportunities for third-country scholars (academics and/or professionals of outstanding experience) who may wish to carry out teaching or research assignments and scholarly work in any of the MEEES consortium institutions.

For the accademic year 2012-2013 the European Commission will finance about 20 scholarship of 2400 €(Euro) each, corresponding to a stay of 2 weeks duration, for scholars coming from any third-country. The scholaships are cumulable and the stay can have a duration between 2 weeks and 3 months, and shall take place between September 1, 2012 and February 15, 2014.

Interested applicants are therefore invited to kindly send us, via email and before the 27th April 2012, a copy of their Curriculum Vitae, together with a letter of intent describing the envisaged plan of activities during the stay at the MEEES partner university, as well as the duration of the stay.

The MEEES Governing Board will review and assess all admissions during the month of May 2012. It is expected that the final results of the selection process will be available around June 2012.