Applications
The Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS) grants guest researcher status for up to one year upon application. The application must describe the purpose of the stay and duration. Applications will be assessed individually by the head of department according to the following criteria:
- Fit into the department’s profile and / or one of the department’s research groups;
- Academic reason for the stay at the department
- Affiliation with another university, college or other research institution;
- The stay must be fully funded.
- In cases where the stay is conditional on the granting of an application for funds, the stay must be approved at least two weeks before the application deadline.
- ILOS has its own letter of invitation, which must always be used.
Requirements to be fulfilled
- The guest researcher must have a cooperation partner / contact person at ILOS and provide a letter of recommendation from their own institution;
- Guest researchers who stay at the department must pay a bench fee of NOK 5 000 per month to cover the use of the department’s infrastructure.
Guest researchers who are to stay at ILOS for more than a year, for example as part of a three-year mobility grant, must compensate the department in the form of a bench fee to be determined on the basis of the overhead share in the grant.
Reception
Start early!
- The preparations for receiving an international researcher or guest often take a lot of time and involve many people. Therefore, start well in advance, especially in cases where people are coming from countries outside the Schengen area and if it involves applying for accommodation.
- Always contact the senior executive officer when you are to receive a visiting researcher or a guest lecturer. The administration can clarify what needs to be done and, if necessary, seek assistance from the International Staff Mobility Office (ISMO).
Please communicate the following information to the senior executive officer
- Host researcher
- Type of agreement and what the agreement requires of both parties. This may have implications for further procedures. (Employment, scholarship/grant, researcher exchange, PhD candidate, other).
- Finances (salary/non-salary, fees, possible coverage of expenses, who pays for accommodation, where should expenses be charged, etc.)
- Invitation letter
- Filled in guest researcher form
The following needs to be clarified
- Accommodation: the senior executive officer submits applications for university housing (contract period: minimum 2 months, maximum 12 months).
- Privat accommodation: Clarify with guest researcher the amount s/he is able to pay in cases where s/he needs to find housing on the privat marked ISMO on accommdation.
- Hotel accommodation: The senior executive officer books hotel overnight stays.
- User account
- Work place at the department or in reading room in the University library
Reception at arrival
- Fix a time for meeting on the day of arrival.
- Practical matters at ILOS (the senior executive officer).
- The academic reception and introduction to the research environment (host researcher).
During the stay
- Look after the guest researcher both regarding social and research activities during the stay.
- Look after accompanying family.
Check also University of Oslo's general information regarding reception of new employees and guest from abroad.
International Staff Mobility Office (ISMO) - practical information in English