SAFE Fellowships for Supporting Researchers At-RiskLocation: Location: European Union | Workplace: On site
As a pilot fellowship scheme, the SAFE project offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institution in the EU.
The SAFE fellowships will be awarded following 2 tracks:
– At-risk researchers currently outside the EU
– At-risk researchers already within the EU
Applications can only be made by potential host institutions in the EU.
Researchers eligible for a SAFE fellowship are non-EU citizens who are currently enrolled on a doctoral/PhD programme or are postdoctoral researchers in any scientific field. They must be facing qualifying risks such as discrimination, persecution, suffering, violence, etc.
Track 1
At-risk researchers currently outside the EU
Non-EU researchers at risk (outside the refugee process) who are facing threats in their country of residence or have recently fled their country of residence due to such threats, and have neither refugee nor subsidiary protection status.
Track 2
At-risk researchers already within the EU
Researchers without EU citizenship who are already in an EU Member State at the time of application, either with recognised refugee or subsidiary protection status in the EU, or researchers outside the refugee process holding or applying for temporary permits/visas in an EU Member State.
Applicant institutions can find the link to the platform here, along with the forms for certain mandatory application documents. To access the platform, please register with your email address. A confirmation email containing the link for submission will follow. If the email does not appear in your inbox, kindly check your spam folder.