The Jean Monnet Network on European Union (EU)-Asia Pacific Dialogue (EUNAP) aims to enhance EU’s understanding across Asia Pacific, as well as to reinforce mutual knowledge between these two regions through close academic interaction.

The exchange of PhD students through research stays constitutes an important activity to this end. This academic experience will provide the PhD candidates with the opportunity to get in contact with researchers and experts in the host institution.

They will also have the chance to improve their research skills and methods, as well as share their results, while contributing to new knowledge on EU-Asia Pacific relations. 

EUNAP network awards three annual grants for PhD students from partner universities (Deusto, Canterbury, LUM Jean Monnet, Wuhan and Toyo).
Candidates have to be enrolled in a doctoral programme on any discipline (law, economics, international relations, business and administration, human and social sciences, etc) in the home university.
Candidates’ doctoral research has to focus on a topic related to EU-Asia Pacific relations.
 

For the year 2021, the EUNAP Network will award three grants of 2.700 € to support research stays of 1-2 months. The beneficiaries could stay longer at the host university, but expenses resulting from this extension will not be covered by EUNAP project.

The grant is aimed to cover travel expenses (cheapest fare) and subsistence costs (accommodation included).
 

For 2021 research stays, the application deadline will be 25th November 2020. 

Potential candidates should contact the EUNAP partner coordinator in their home university and deliver the application form duly filled in.

Then, a selection committee composed of EUNAP partner coordinators will decide about the awarded candidates.

Selection criteria will namely take into account the academic excellence of the research project submitted by the candidate, the relevance of the expected outputs and the convergence with the scientific outcomes of the EUNAP Network.

Contact coordinator at the University of Deusto: Beatriz Pérez de las Heras (beatriz.perez@deusto.es)
 

All candidates will be informed of the selection results on due time.

Those awarded with a grant will receive a document stating the terms of the grant awarded. They will sign this document as a confirmation of acceptance and return it before any money can be transferred to the beneficiary’s bank account.

Research stays should be fulfilled throughout the year 2021.

A written report should be emailed to EUNAP partner coordinators within 2 months after completion of the stay.