What's in a Case for Support?

Your case should explicitly address the questions below as well as describing briefly the research are in which the visitor works. You must explain why the visitor should be considered to be a "distinguished" visitor. For a senior visitor, the distinction may relate to reputation and a recognised body of work. For a more junior visitor, we would expect to see evidence of an accelerating career trajectory and exceptional achievements for their career stage.

The questions that your case should address are:

1. Which research themes does the visit relate to? [it is desirable but not essential that the visit is related to one or more of the SICSA themes]

2. How will the visit benefit researchers at the institution being visited?

3. What other research groups in Scotland might benefit from the visit?

4. How will the visitor interact with SICSA researchers outside of the institution being visited?

5. What funding are you requesting from SICSA [the amounts that I suggested should be seen as limits]? What other sources are contributing to funding for the visit?

In essence, if you are seeking the full amount of SICSA funding which has been suggested, then we will expect to see significant value for the SICSA community, and not just the institution being visited.  On the other hand, if you are supporting the visit mainly from other sources and simply require some SICSA top-up funding, simply inviting other SICSA partners to a seminar would be seen as acceptable interaction.