To show concern for the crisis in Ukraine, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST) is providing academic grants for visiting Ukrainian scholars recruited by universities or research institutions.
Eligibility: Ph.D. research scholars with Ukrainian citizenship resided in Ukraine before the crisis.
Field of expertise: unrestricted
The academic grants will cover: 1) About $2250 (USD) per month (at least) for the recruited personnel’s living expenses, 2) a round trip airline ticket for the recruited personnel, their spouses, and two of his/her direct relatives will be subsidized (no more than 4 people including the recruited personnel).
Duration: 3 months (with the possibility of extension up to 1 year)
Notes: Advanced knowledge of English is expected. The qualified candidates will be invited for a short online interview. After that the MOST will assist the candidate in finding the host professor in Taiwan. There is only a very low possibility that there will be no suitable hosting professor for the candidate.
Every applicant needs to fill the following form and send his/her CV (up to 3 pages) to the following e-mail address: ccw@most.gov.tw
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-YNJda8P50kAEhjPFHJHiL0mn8vJwOONrbXLS01EaY4/edit?ts=6256b00c
Prof. Ing. Martin Hartl, Ph.D., has served in the bodies of the Czech Science Foundation since 2011, first as a member of an evaluation panel, and since 2018 as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board. He graduated in mechanical engineering at the Brno University of Technology. His scientific, research and development activities are focused on tribology, biotribology and rheology. He is the director of the Institute of Machine and Industrial Design at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Brno University of Technology, which he transformed into an internationally recognized research and educational institution. He is the principal investigator within several strategic projects. He has achieved his most significant results in the field of elastohydrodynamics, for which he has been awarded the prize of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and the Japanese Society of Tribologists. At the Brno University of Technology he is a lecturer, head of two study programmes, supervisor, and chairman of the doctoral programme board. He has long been developing a research-oriented approach to teaching.