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All visiting researchers need to match themselves with a academic host who would take responsibility for looking after them in terms of their time in the Department and the research they are completing. Potential visitors applicants should be referred to https://www.york.ac.uk/environment/our-staff/find-an-expert/ Find an Expert to find staff that match their areas of interest.
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Bench fees are costs which visiting academics are required to pay, in order to cover the costs that the University will incur in hosting them. These are £250 a month or £3000 a year. These can be funded through grants held by the visiting researcher or covered by the visiting researcher themselves.
NB. We do not intend for these costs to be prohibitive and there may be ways in which we can help.
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