Call opening on 15 April 2026
Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) support short research stays in a host institution abroad, fostering collaboration and interdisciplinary exchange across countries. Within eVoiceNet, they contribute to advancing vocal biomarker research, with a focus on building reliable, reproducible, and clinically relevant AI-based voice analysis approaches.
These missions offer a unique opportunity to collaborate with international partners, access specialised datasets or infrastructures, and strengthen expertise across fields such as artificial intelligence, audio processing, clinical research, and data governance. They are also a lever for building long-term collaborations and generating concrete scientific outputs.
Focus areas
Proposals should align with one of the Action’s Working Groups, covering topics such as data and methodology standardisation, open-source resources, ethical and privacy issues, translational research, and dissemination. Projects addressing key challenges, including reproducibility, generalisation across datasets, multimodal integration, and clinical validation, are particularly encouraged.
Eligibility & support
The call is open to researchers affiliated with eligible COST institutions who wish to carry out a research visit in a country different from their own. Priority is given to early-career researchers (under 40).
Each STSM provides financial support of up to €2,100, contributing to travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs.
Application & selection
Applications must be submitted via the COST e-Services platform and include a clear work plan, motivation, and expected outcomes, along with institutional support.
Proposals are evaluated based on their relevance to eVoiceNet objectives, the quality and feasibility of the work plan, and the expected scientific impact.
👉 Apply via the COST e-Services platform
Timeline
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with results communicated within approximately one month.
All missions must be completed by 30 September 2026.
For full details (eligibility, evaluation, reporting), please consult the full call here.
For enquiries, contact Dr. Guy Fagherazzi (guy.fagherazzi@lih.lu).
