Eligibility
To become a Grasshopper member and join the program you should be a staff member of the participating institutes
Staff member eligibility:
- Are employed at one of the consortium partners as a researcher, PhD student, technician, administrative, managerial or technical staff
- Are actively involved in research and innovation activities for at least 1 month before start of the secondment
- Contribute to the Grasshopper objectives in one of the 4 work packages:
- Immuun-, Molecular interventions, Repurposing & Clinical validation
- Full-time Researcher, must be working full-time during the secondment period
- Contribution to Research and Innovation: secondment should have a clear objective
- Must not have been employed by the host organization for a prolonged period (>3 months prior to secondment)
- Researcher cannot be funded by two MSCA grants at the same time
Secondment eligibility:
- Duration secondment minimum 1 month & maximum 12 months
- Splitting secondment in several periods is possible, (to same or different hosts)
- Work performed full time
- Activities linked to R&I Work packages
- Physical presence
- Staff member should return to their sending organisation after the secondment, to pass on their knowledge and foster collaboration