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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.