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Becoming a Global Professional

Global Professionals

  • Understand global trends, pros & cons of working abroad
  • Know where to find approapriate information
  • Appreciate cultural and workplace differences
  • Ready to learn and to be uncomfortable with unknown
  • Aware of their cultural lenses and communication styles
  • Practice global mindset of curiosity, understanding, and openness

Grant portals and fellowship examples

Portals:

Sample fellowships:

  • JSPS, Japan
  • Humboldt Foundation, Germany
  • Fulbright, USA
  • The Royal Society, UK
  • HFSP
  • European Research Council Mobility grants (ERC)
  • Marie Curie, Europe
  • Australian Research Council, Australia
  • Science without borders, Brazil
  • Horizon 2020 (EU)

Academic steps (Europe):

  • Undergraduate student, Bachelor, BA, BSc
  • R1 – First stage researcher (Postgraduate student, (Master) and Doctoral student,  Doctoral candidate, PhD student)
  • R2 – Recognized researcher (Postdoc fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD Degree)
  • R 3 – Established Researcher (Researchers who have developed a level of independence) – Assistant Professor,  Senior Lecture, Group leader
  • R4 – Leading Researcher (Researchers leading their research area or field) – Professor, PI

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Global campuses and research centers

  • Temple University
  • NYU Shanghai
  • Georgia Tech Lorrain
  • National University of Singapore
  • Webster University
  • Karolinska University
  • Saint Louis University Madrid
  • Max Plank, Germany
  • KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • IST, Austria
  • Weizmann Institute of Science and Technology, Israel
  • OIST, Japan
  • Riken, Japan

Job search websites

Country-specific

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Note: many of the websites are subscription/registration-based

Useful websites

Global insight

 

Cost of living, communities, and county guides

Note: many of the websites are commercial and non-academic; please proceed with caution. 🙂

Culture

  • Hofstede Insights (culture/country comparisons) 
  • “The culture map” by Erin Meyer (book)
  • “Recruiting, Retaining, and promoting culturally different employees” by Lionel Laroche and Don Ruthford (book)

 

Keywords to use in your online search

expat; researcher mobility; mobility grants; visiting researcher; fellowships; cross-cultural communication; cultural dimensions; cultural intelligence;  returning scientists; government initiatives in STEM; global recruitment 

Articles and additional resources

Researcher Mobility research

Articles

 

Reports