The YERUN Research Mobility Awards are back for 2024-2025—With exciting new features! 

The YERUN Research Mobility Awards (YRMA) return with a refreshed approach for the 2024-2025 edition, offering opportunities for impactful research collaborations across the YERUN network. Whether you’re an early-career or mid-career researcher, these awards are designed to support innovative and interdisciplinary partnerships. 

What’s New in 2024-2025?

This year’s edition introduces three major updates that reflect our commitment to fostering deeper and more collaborative research experiences:

• To encourage more dynamic and cooperative research, the YRMAs now require group proposals. Each application must include at least two researchers from different YERUN member universities, promoting stronger cross-institutional partnerships.
• There will be 10 awards, each worth €4,000. This increase allows for more meaningful support, enabling larger and more ambitious projects.
• The awards are now open to not only early-career researchers but also mid-career researchers, as defined by the Euraxess Research Profiles. This provides more experienced researchers the chance to engage in new collaborations while sharing their expertise.

Why Apply?

The YERUN Research Mobility Awards offer a unique opportunity to:

• Forge new research collaborations across Europe
• Engage in interdisciplinary and cross-sector projects
• Share knowledge, techniques, and methodologies with peers at other YERUN institutions
• Develop future research initiatives, including publications and grant proposals
• Receive financial support to facilitate in-person or virtual exchanges

How to Apply 

• Form a collaboration with at least one other researcher from a different YERUN member university.
• Submit your proposal through the online application platform by 30 October 2024 (23:59 CEST).

IMPORTANT: YERUN invites researchers to use the Connect by YERUN platform to network and find potential collaborators across the YERUN member universities. Simply sign in with your ORCID account to start connecting with other researchers.

For more details, visit the YRMA Application Platform or download the full call for applications here.

On 7 November from 3 to 4 PM CET, YERUN will hold an online information session for prospective applicants to the 2024-2025 edition of the YERUN Research Mobility Award. The event will be an opportunity for early and mid-career researchers interested in applying to this year’s call to know more about the application and ask questions. If you are interested, please register here!

If you have questions, please contact the YERUN Brussels Office at YRMA [at] yerun [dot] eu.