As one of the best ways to achieve technology transfer, euCognition sponsors under Work Package 1 "Outreach" short-term exchanges/visits of research staff and post-graduate students. It particularly targets (but not exclusively so) persons who are not presently supported by on-going EU-funded research projects.

The following guidelines apply for these exchanges/visits:

• The work to be done during the exchange must have cognitive systems as its focus.
• Visits by people who are not members of euCognition will receive priority treatment, as will visits by people to members with whom they do not presently have a formal (funded) collaboration.
• Visits by people who are already part of an EU-funded consortium will only be supported in exceptional circumstances and with strong justification.
• Members who are already funded by IST Cognitive Systems projects must provide a letter from the project coordinator stating that the costs of the visit are not payable under their project contract.

euCognition will reimburse travel costs subject to the normal guidelines and will make a contribution to subsistence and accommodation costs on the following basis:

• Visits of ten days or less: EUR 150 per day (normal rate)
• Visits longer than 10 days: EUR 150 for the first 10 days, EUR 75 per day thereafter
• Visits longer than 90 days will be subject to negotiation

Successful applicants must submit a short report setting out the concrete outcome of the visit with their request for reimbursement of costs.

Applications for exchanges/visits can be submitted anywhere filling the standard network action form (doc) or network action form (pdf).