Guest Lectures

• The foreign guest lecturer is to make a substantial and structural contribution to the curriculum in order to strengthen the international dimension, as well as for for non-mobile students.
• The guest lecturer can also be invited in the framework of a summer or winter school within Antwerp Summer & Winter University
• Broad publicity (e.g. via website, poster, Blackboard) is expected.
• The guest lecturer would be from a country (nationality or residence) on the VLIRUOS Global Minds country list (see below).
• Both guest lecturers for physical mobility and digital guest lectures are eligible.
• The guest lecturer is to give at least 3 contact hours.
• The guest lecturer is to give at least one public lecture for a wider audience.
• The subject of the guest lecture must be development-relevant.
  

Guest lecturers can only be invited with the support of an academic or lecturer at UAntwerp who is affiliated with a faculty within the institution. They should contact their respective faculty. Each faculty has a budget of 2,500 euro per academic year to spend on international guest lecturers from the Global Minds country list if the aforementioned conditions are met. Institutes that organise at least one bachelor, master or advanced master programme have a budget of 1,000 euro. The following costs are eligible for the subsidy payment:

Physical guest lectures:

• Travel costs (including visa costs) (plane: economy class) with a maximum of 1000 euro per guest lecturer
• A maximum of 200 Eur per night (for hotel costs) 
• A per diem of 100 Eur per night in Belgium (for meals and local expenses) 
• Each guest lecturer from the South must be insured during his/her stay in Belgium. The insurance is fully reimbursed.

Digital guest lectures:

• An honorarium of maximum 150 euro per hour can be paid. Note: an honorarium can be taxed by the home country. It is important that those concerned are informed of this in advance.
• In addition, costs for internet or certain facilities can be reimbursed (e.g. transport to a place with a good internet connection).
• Investment costs (e.g. purchase of a router) are not eligible.

Guest lecturers cannot apply for funding directly. Instead, the funding is paid to the organizing faculty or institute at UAntwerp, based on the submission of a report at the end of the guest lectureship, provided that the maximum budget has not been exceeded. 

Candidates interested in funding for a guest lectureship should contact their existing network or academic contacts at UAntwerp to check with the faculty whether funding is available.