INTERNATIONALIZATION. The Sahlgrenska Academy’s Guest Professorship Program – Sahlgrenska Visiting Professorship – is now about to start. The program can provide co-financing when recruiting guest professors for at a tenure of at least one year and at most three years. The aim of the Guest Professor Program is to stimulate a high quality of international exchange.
Sahlgrenska Visiting Professorship is a five-year strategic investment involving the advertising and appointment of a number of part-time, time-limited positions. The positions will be posted in 2017 and 2019. This year, the application period will start on Monday, January 30, and end on Wednesday March 15.
The program has a high level of ambition requiring an active recruitment process. Recruitment is based on a nomination procedure where a representative for the host research group applies for funds for a guest professor. It is important that the person proposed as a guest professor has the strong support of a research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
The application must include:
- The CV of the person nominated including what position (and scope) the nominee holds.
- A background to the nomination, e.g. a description of the research environment in which the nominee will be active, and the value that the proposed guest professor would bring to the Sahlgrenska Academy.
- A description of the nominee’s previous and current activities, not only within the field of research but also within the field of education.
- A description of how research cooperation will be carried out (a research plan) consisting of no more than 3 pages.
- Expected results (e.g. applications for funding, clinical cooperation, exchanges with other research groups at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
- A budget of estimated costs, as well as a clear description of any partial funding from an institution.
- A certificate that the nominee has been approached and has accepted to become a guest professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
- A declaration of intent from the institution including verification that the Head of Department supports the application.
The application must be put together as a (1) pdf file and e-mailed to human resources officer Åsa Carlström (asa.carlstrom@gu.se)
The objectives of the program
The aim of the Guest Researcher Program is
- to strengthen and develop internationalization in the Academy’s research environments
- to stimulate the exchange of knowledge and experience between research groups
- to inspire continued exchange between research groups with a high level of international reputation
- to stimulate the quality of research
- to contribute to increasing the number of publications in internationally highly ranked journals
- to stimulate cooperation within research that can generate large grants
The scope and duration of the program
The program is directed to researchers at such a level that the job title will be that of guest professor. The Sahlgrenska Visiting Professorship Program will run for a period of 5 years during which a number of positions will be advertised. Positions will be published on two occasions in 2017 and
2019. The position can vary not only with regard to scope but also time span, but should be 1-3 years in duration and 10-30 percent of a full-time position, allowing for a distribution between institutions. The institution may also partially fund a guest professor to increase the scope and/or length of stay.
Thus, the number of positions is determined by the scope of the positions. The appointment as guest professor may not be extended within the framework for the program. Any deviations from this will be financed by the host
institution.
Assessment criteria
The ambition of the Guest Professor Program implies that the applicant must have a very high degree of scientific merit and skill. The requirement for international qualifications shall be assessed with regard to the character and tradition of the subject.
Assessment criteria and eligibility requirements
In order to accepted as a guest professor, the person in question shall:
- meet Academy requirements for appointment to professor
- be nominated by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, who must show how planned activities shall be shall be implemented
- be internationally recognized and a leading researcher within his/her field
- have scientific publications of high quality and of a significant scale
- present documented current research activities of a high quality
- carry on research within a field of relevance for the Academy
- have at position at a foreign university or research institute that is at least 50% of a full-time position
- a host research group is identified at the Academy.
Assessment criteria
The Guest Professor
- shall clearly contribute to and add value to the research group where the primary activities shall take place
- should add value to other research groups at the Sahlgrenska Academy
- shall contribute to strengthening research-based education
- shall increase the likelihood of generating research grants
- shall be able to contribute to long-term cooperation linked directly to both research cooperation and to the mobility of doctoral and postdoctoral students.
Timetable and procedure
Since the guest professor program involves offering one or more appointments, the program follows the Gothenburg University recruitment rules. Ultimately, the University President makes the decision regarding guest professors.
- Nominations January 30 – March 15, 2017
- External peer evaluation, March – April 2017
- Teacher Proposal Board, May 2017
- Proposal for priority between candidates, May 2017
- Decision by Faculty Heads, June 2017
- Decision by President, June 2017
