This action is a successor to the previous Reintegration Grants (RG). Its objective is to reinforce the European Research Area by encouraging researchers to establish themselves in a Member State or in an associated country, for example after a period of mobility.

The action is designed to provide the researchers who have been offered a stable position and who are considering establishing themselves in Europe, with their own research budget, thus contributing to the scientific success of their research career. The action is intended to improve considerably the prospects for the permanent integration of researchers who are taking up, for the first time, a stable post in Europe.

This action should also allow the transfer of knowledge they have acquired prior to the CIG, as well as to the development of lasting co-operation with the scientific and/or industrial environment of the country from which they have moved. This action has a particular emphasis on countering European 'brain drain' to other third countries.

Eligible researchers: Researchers must be experienced researchers at the relevant deadline for submission of proposals. A researcher who has benefited or is benefiting from a reintegration or career integration grant12 is ineligible for funding under this call.

Rules of mobility and nationality applicable to eligible researchers: Applicants can be of any nationality and must be hosted by an organisation located in a Member State or in an associated country. The researcher must comply with the rule for mobility.

Closing Date: 11 August 2011 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

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