Come as a visitor or sabbatical

Each visitor will stay at CREAF from 1 to 3 months unless exceptional circumstances apply. The visiting scientist will have access to all CREAF facilities as well as to the training and networking opportunities offered by the center. In each case, CREAF will provide its selected visitors with office and laboratory space and the assistance of all support staff. Support on legal and administrative matters, including administrative formalities such as visa request, information on housing and schools, medical insurances and others will also be offered to visitors.

During their stay, each visitor will give a seminar (CREAFTalks) to the whole CREAF community and develop mentoring activities with junior researchers.

CREAF will co‐fund visitor’s stays. Visiting researchers will receive €1,500 per month (€50/day) for accommodation and subsistence expenses (or the proportional part for the corresponding days if in the month of beginning and end they does not cover the entire month) and up to €1,500 for travel expenses. They will only be entitled to receive the corresponding amount for travel expenses that are properly justified and documented to CREAF, under the required terms. 

Each sabbatical visitor will stay at CREAF at least two months, unless exceptional circumstances apply. The scientists on sabbatical will have access to all CREAF facilities as well as to the training and networking opportunities offered by the center. In each case, CREAF will provide its sabbatical visitors with office and laboratory spaces and the assistance of all support staffe. Support on legal and administrative matters, including administrative formalities such as visa request, information on housing and schools, medical insurances and others, will also be offered to visitors on sabbatical.

During their stay, each visitor will give a seminar (CREAFTalks) to the whole CREAF community, will carry out periodical meetings with senior researchers to search for collaboration opportunities and will develop mentoring activities with junior researchers.

CREAF will co‐fund sabbatical stays. Sabbatical researchers will receive up to € 1,000 for relocation expenses and up to a maximum of € 1,500 for travel expenses. The beneficiary will only have the right to receive the amount corresponding to the travel and relocation expenses that he/she duly justifies and accredits to CREAF, in the terms that are required. In no case the amounts granted can be used for other concept than to finance the corresponding expenses, even if in one of them there is a remainder and in the other the justified expenses exceed the amount granted.

Neither the accident insurance nor the health care insurance, where appropriate, will be extended to the relatives of the beneficiary of the subsidy.

The duration of the stay will be from one to 3 months, unless exceptional circumstances apply. Visiting researchers will receive a monthly aid for accommodation and maintenance expenses of 1,950 euros per month (€65/day), or the proportional part for the corresponding days if in the month of beginning and end they do not stay in the center during the whole month.

The beneficiary will also receive up to a maximum of €1,500 for travel expenses. He/she will only be entitled to receive the amount corresponding to travel expenses that is duly justified and accredited to CREAF, in the terms that are required. For trips outside the EU or to countries with different healthcare systems, CREAF will contract a private medical insurance policy, which will be deducted from the €1,500 allocated for travel expenses. 

At the end of the visit, the CREAF researcher must submit a certification of the stay issued by the host R&D center, in addition to offering a seminar at CREAF about their experience.