Call for Applications: SSE MIRAI

Eligibility:
• Eligible applicants must either be currently enrolled as doctoral students or have obtained their doctoral degrees in 2021 or later.
• Applicants must be employed by/or enrolled at their home university (SSE or one of the Japanese MIRAI universities) at the time of application and during the entire mobility.
• The stay must be a minimum of 5 months and cannot exceed 12 months. The mobility period must be continuous and cannot be divided into shorter stays.

During the mobility period, researchers will pursue their individual research projects while being integrated into a research group at the host university. PhD students are not expected to interrupt their studies for this scheme, rather the mobility is expected be part of the PhD studies. Post-docs are expected to continue with their research and keep their position at their home university.

Why should you apply?
The MIRAI long-term mobility scheme will help you by:

- Broadening and deepening your skills and research interest
- Facilitating mobility and sharing of ideas
- Building your network amongst researchers at MIRAI universities
- Stimulating new research ideas

​Application procedure
Each applicant is expected to contact relevant research groups individually to discuss the opportunities to undertake the long-term mobility period at that university. The MIRAI contact persons can be used to establish contacts with research groups.

​To apply please send the following information to SSE contact person, Patrik Ström at patrik.strom@hhs.se

- Invitation letter to a research group at your planned host university. (If you are an applicant from SSE, an invitation letter to a research group at one of the Japanese MIRAI universities should be submitted, if you are an applicant from one of the Japanese universities, an invitation letter to a research group at SSE should be submitted)

- Recommendation letter from your supervisor/mentor/PI/line manager. The letter should also include confirmation that you have the permission to undertake the mobility alongside your research/studies.

- ​CV (maximum 4 pages)

- Motivation letter describing your motivation and commitment to participate in the programme and how well the mobility is expected to develop your skills and research interests, and/or to stimulate new research ideas (maximum 5000 characters).

​Financing
The funding for the mobility is expected to cover additional costs during the mobility. This includes travel for the scholarship holder and accompanying family members, accommodation, subsistence allowance and other costs, such as visas and insurance etc.

The funding is not intended to cover salary as you are expected to maintain your salary or other financial support from your home university, during the mobility period.

Calculation of the stipend:
- Monthly maintenance allowance of 20,000 SEK per full month
- Up to 25,000 SEK for travel expenses.
- Additionally, a one-time payment of 30,000 SEK will be provided to cover expenses for each accompanying family member, such as a spouse, partner, and/or dependent children (up to a maximum of 2 persons in total)

​Other conditions:
- The candidate should continue to receive their financial compensation from the home university during the whole duration of stay.
- Any additional costs above the granted stipend should be covered by the candidate.
- The host university is not expected to charge anything for the mobility and should provide a workspace on their premises, access cards/keys.
- The candidates at SSE will be covered by the SSE business travel insurance program. Insurance for accompanying family members needs to be arranged on an individual basis.
- An interrupted stay entails a repayment obligation.

​Selection criteria
The selection will be based on the following criteria:
- Motivation and commitment to participate in the program.
- The potential of the mobility to develop the applicant’s skills and research interests, and/or stimulate new research ideas.
- Balanced distribution between disciplines/faculties at SSE.
- Balance in terms of the number of outgoing and incoming mobilities (to and from SSE).

​The selection will strive to allow for as many researchers as possible to participate in the exchange, hence you may be offered funding for a shorter period than you applied for (but not shorter than 5 months).

Dates and deadlines:
- Applications to the scheme should be submitted 31 May, 2025.
- Selection results will be communicated to applicants in June/July.
- The mobility should be completed by 31 December 2026 at the latest.

​More information
Please submit the application and refer questions to the MIRAI contact person at Stockholm School of Economics/European Institute of Japanese Studies, Patrik Ström, Director EIJS, patrik.strom@hhs.se

MIRAI website https://www.mirai.nu/

The mobility scheme is financed by STINT, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education.