Call for Applicants

Career-FIT: Career Development Fellowships in the National Technology Centre Programme of Ireland

 

Objectives and description

ENTERPRISE IRELAND invites applicants to its new Marie Skłodowska-Curie cofunded trans-national programme that offers an opportunity for experienced researchers to develop their careers in market focused applied research in Ireland’s Technology Centres, with an enterprise secondment (of 6-12 months in an Enterprise Ireland client company) during the Fellowship (of 36 months).

 

Covering a wide range of academic and industry areas aligned with Ireland’s Smart Specialisation Strategy, the 15 Technology Centres were established to encourage greater efficiency in the interaction between researchers, industry, and the public sector, in research that promotes economic growth by its direct relevance to industry agendas. Each multidisciplinary Centre offers excellent facilities and equipment for Fellow use: experienced scientific staff to support the Fellow’s research and extensive enterprise relationships on which market focused applied research can be progressed.

 

Career-FIT is a postdoctoral fellowship programme, part-funded by Horizon 2020 and part funded by Enterprise Ireland. A key feature of Career-FIT is the opportunity for experienced researchers from outside Ireland to develop their careers in market focused applied research through 3 year fellowships with secondment into industry through Ireland’s Technology Centres.

 

The aims of the fellowships are to support suitable highly qualified experienced researchers to:

·         conduct research relevant to the Technology Centres;

·         engage in collaboration with suitable companies;

·         experience and benefit from international mobility;

·         avail of relevant training and career development opportunities;

·         increase their chances of gaining a future senior research position, especially in the private sector.

 

Research proposals should relate to the domain areas of Ireland’s Technology Centre Programme INSERT LINK:

·         Cloud, analytics and learning technologies

·         Energy

·         Manufacturing and materials

·         Food and health

·         Business processes and financial services

 

Eligible participants - Minimum conditions

Experienced researchers are defined as those who are in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience.

 

Eligible applicants are those of any nationality or residency who have not been in Ireland for more than twelve months in the three years prior to the time of recruitment.

 

Financial conditions

Each Fellow will receive an annual gross salary (i.e. before tax and statutory deductions) of ? 56,191 (or ? 61,608 with family allowance). Additionally, each Fellow will receive a mobility allowance and the host institution will be provided with overheads.

 

Deadline of applications' submission

There will be two calls under the Career-FIT programme. The first call has an application deadline of 31 March 2017 at 17:00 (CET).The second call will open in 2018.

 

There will be 25 fellowships awarded in each call.

 

Further information

Please find attached the call documentation.

 

Please refer all queries to the Enterprise Ireland Career-FIT Help Desk at:

Dr Imelda Lambkin,

Enterprise Ireland

Telephone: +353-1-727 2665

E-mail: careerfit@enterprise-ireland.com using the Subject Line: 2017 Call query

 

More information: http://www.horizon2020.ie/career-fit/

 

 

Kind regards,

Rosemary STREVINIOTI
Acting Executive Director

Head of Brussels Office
European Office of Cyprus
Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor
B-1000 Brussels
Tel./Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85
E-mail: strevinioti.rozamaria@ucy.ac.cy

 

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