Cooperation Associate (COAS) & Visiting Scientist (VISC)

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Eligibility

COAS should be employed by an Institute/University as a Student, Technician, Engineer or Physicist. The home Institution should have a valid Collaboration Contract signed with CERN (K-contract). An addendum to the collaboration agreement should also set up to cover activities done for the group.

VISC Should be either Engineer or Physicist employed by an Institute/University/firm. A valid Collaboration Contract is needed in case of CERN subsistence.

Please find below the COAS & VISC information provided by the User's Office:

COAS registration requirements

VISC registration requirements

Employed or enrolled as a student

Employed or pensioner

Physicist – Engineer – Technician - other

Physicist - Engineer

University – Institute – Research Laboratory - other

University – Institute – Research Laboratory

Existing collaboration agreement

Existing collaboration agreement in case of subsistence payment

 

Status

First registration

Extensions

COAS

Up to 3 years

Up to 5 years at a time

VISC

Up to 1 year

Up to 1 year at a time

 

Registration within SY Department:

You are required to provide your group secretary with the following: Requests for COAS and VISC appointments.docx (cern.ch)

Click here to access the HID form.

Your group secretary will then contact the main SY secretariat which is in charge of registering new members or extending contracts.