Incoming Research Fellowship Program (Integration Grant) in Armenia

It aims to establish new scientific subdivisions in prospective and cutting-edge research areas in Armenia under the supervision of foreign scientists. The projects approved for funding shall be carried out within 60 months.

Purpose

• Foster domestic and international collaboration;
• Increase the scientific and technical capacity of the respective hosting Organization;
• Involve researchers from the Diaspora and overseas;
• Engage young researchers and PhD students;
• Promote the integration of young scientists into the international research area;
• Improve the scientific environment;
• Create new, competitive, and prospective scientific subdivisions;
• Strengthen the impact of research on socioeconomic development;
• Improve competitiveness in science.

Funding Information

• The grant budget for research fields #1-5 should amount to at least AMD 25,000,000; for research field #6 – at least 15,000,000 AMD.
• The maximum amount of funding for the whole duration of the Project for 5-, 4-, and 3-member Groups, respectively, is as follows:
  • AMD 148,000,000 (one hundred and forty-eight million),
  • AMD 125,000,000 (one hundred and twenty-five million),
  • AMD 102,000,000 (one hundred and two million).
• In the case of the PI’s relocation to the Republic of Armenia with family member(s) – the maximum amount of funding for 5-, 4-, and 3-member Groups, respectively, shall be:
  • AMD 157,000,000 (one hundred and fifty-seven million),
  • AMD 134,000,000 (one hundred and thirty-four million),
  • AMD 111,000,000 (one hundred and eleven million).

Eligibility Criteria

• Group:
  • The Project is developed and implemented by a group of 3-5 researchers (hereinafter ‘Group’) consisting of a principal investigator from abroad (hereinafter ‘PI’) and members of the group (hereinafter together referred to as Group Members).
  • The members of the Group can hold any citizenship at the moment of the submission of the Application.
  • The Group Members should be either citizens or residents of the Republic of Armenia and reside in Armenia during the whole implementation of the Project.
  • The Group shall have a Foreign Partner or Collaborator (hereinafter ‘Collaborator’).
  • The Group shall be represented only by the PI.
• The PI:
  • The Application shall be submitted by the PI of the Group.
  • The PI of the Group shall:
    • Be born after January 1, 1975;
    • Have received a scientific degree after January 1, 2005;
    • Neither have studied nor worked in the Republic of Armenia for a cumulative period of 12 months during the last 4 years by the deadline of the Call (July 31, 2025), except for the PIs of the projects implemented under the PostDoc-Armenia 2023 Program.
  • The PI of the Group shall have publications published during the last 5 years (2020-2025) which meet the following criteria:
    • For research fields #1-5
      • 4 ISD-indexed publications;
      • Have an h-index (Hirsch) of at least 10, according to the Scopus Scientific Database
    • For research field #6
      • 2 ISD-indexed publications;
      • 1 Monograph.
• Foreign Partner (Collaborator)
  • The Group shall have a Foreign partner (Collaborator). 7.2. The Collaborator of the Group shall:
    • Hold a scientific degree;
    • Carry out research activities in any foreign research institution in the Project-related field.
    • At least one of the publications published as an output of the Project shall list the Collaborator as a co-author.
    • During the whole period (60 months) of the Project implementation, the Collaborator must spend a cumulative period of no less than 25 days at the hosting Organization in the Republic of Armenia, as well as host Group Members in their respective foreign scientific institution for a cumulative period of no less than 25 days.
• Organization Eligibility
  • The Organization shall be among those implementing the program funded within the basic funding of scientific and technical activities from the state budget of the Republic of Armenia.
  • The Organization shall provide the Group Members with access to its infrastructure and equipment throughout the implementation of the Project.
  • The Organization shall support the implementation of the Project.
  • The Organization must provide the PI with the scientific board conclusion of the Organization (or, in the case of higher education institutions, that of a particular department) regarding the Project’s relevance, importance, and correspondence to the Organization’s scope of activities.
  • The Organization shall include the PI of the Group in a program of basic funding of scientific and technical activities at least throughout the completion of the Project.

For more information, visit Higher Education and Science Committee.