I'm just 're posting this with a more meaningful thread name. Does anyone know about ways of getting funding from say a UK research council or other organisation to do a fellowship abroad? I'll be looking into this and will report what I find, but if anyone has any experience / insight it'd be great to hear it. Thanks!
Not sure if this 100% relevant but I will share this story.
There was an international post-doc from Italy at my Uni. He got his PhD at a partner university and he applied for a special international post-doc grant in Italy. Basically an Italian research council, similar to the leverhulme trust, agreed to pay half his post-doc abroad if he could get funding for the other half. He then said it was easy to get the rest of the funding as he was effectively a half-price post-doc.
Not sure if that is 100% helpful but might be an option.
Thanks for sharing - titbits of info like this are just what I need - it may end up that I can wrangle something like this.
OK... I've had a bit more time to search now, and I think basically that it is pretty hard or near impossible to get funding to do a postdoc in the States unless the funding money already exists over there, and you are hired by the PI (either through formally applying or being named as one on a grant - in which case they'd have to demonstrate why you were significantly better for the position than a US postdoc). Just sharing what I've found!
I think the major problem in science (and maybe everything) is money. Applying for fund is difficult and applying for a funded Postdoc/PhD is competitive. Also when you become an experienced researcher/ PI you have to apply for your own fund. I think instituions and research bodies need to invest more in science.
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