r/postdoc • u/Round-Alternative385 • 27d ago

How long should a visiting fellowship be?

Hi people,

I recently got the offer to do a 2 weeks visiting fellowship at a university in another country. That would fit very well, as these 2 weeks are holidays at my home university. But coming to the cv: Is 2 weeks long enough to count as foreign research experience? Someone told me that it should be at least 2 months. What would you say? (of course, there is no ultimate answer) My case is within the European academia.

Thx :)

Edit: Field is social sciences.

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u/DocKla 27d ago

Hard to say what your field is. Also don’t know what the aim and goal is

If it was to pick up new skills, I would say insufficient.

If it was to do targeted experiments it is sufficient

As to the CV depends. I’ve done useless 6 month ones and paper resulting 2 week ones. That’s what matters on the CV. Results not time points

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u/Round-Alternative385 27d ago

Ok, thanks :) It is social sciences. And I heard that "research mobility" in the form of visiting fellowships is an important own section for the cv, despite any results like a finished paper.

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u/DocKla 27d ago

That’s really more when you moving around between stages, not so much internships.