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[Call for expressions of Interest] MSCA-Postdoctoral Fellowships

Published: 30/05/2023

The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) welcomes Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships applicants!

The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships aim to enhance the creative and innovative potential of postdoctoral researchers who wish to acquire new skills through training and international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality.

Postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to review the list of CIMNE research themes and methodologies to identify the research area that align with their interests.

Research themes

  • Adaptation to Climate Change
  • Mobility, Cities, and Territory
  • Energy and Environment
  • Industrial processes
  • Health

Research methodologies

  • Discretization techniques
  • Physical and mathematical models
  • Data driven technologies
  • High performance computational techniques

We invite researchers to submit their expression of interest here. The applications will be managed through the Project Management Office of CIMNE. If you have any questions, please WRITE US! (fellowships@cimne.upc.edu).

Eligibility

Please confirm that you meet the eligibility criteria for this call before applying

  • Supported fellows must be in possession of a doctoral degree before call deadline (11 Sep 2024)
  • At the call deadline, hold a PhD and a maximum of 8 years’ full-time research experience after PhD. Years of experience outside research and career breaks (e.g. maternity leave) are not taken into account
  • That rule of the 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research after the PhD can be extended (in days) for reasons such as maternity leave (18 months – i.e. 548 days for each child born after the PhD award date unless the applicant can document a longer parental leave prior to the call deadline; paternity leave (the documented duration of paternity leave taken after the PhD award date); long-term illness (for medical reasons documented by a medical certificate); national service (documented by a certificate); and refugee status.
  • Should comply with mobility rules: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships), or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline
  • Any nationality
  • Not having resided or carried out main activity in Spain for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline (11 Sep 2024).

How to apply

We invite researchers to submit their expression of interest through this form, including the information required and attaching an only document with the next documents: 

  • PhD certificate (only for candidates who have defended their thesis)
  • CV, including track record and selected list of publications
  • Motivation letter, including your preferred starting date

If it sounds good for you, please, write us before 30 April 2024 (internal deadline).



MSCA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AT A GLANCE

The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are supported by the European Union and carried out in Europe. The scheme also encourages researchers to work on research and innovation projects in the non-academic sector and is open to researchers wishing to reintegrate in Europe, to those who are displaced by conflict, as well as to researchers with high potential who are seeking to restart their careers in research.

Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.

TYPES OF GRANTS

Postdoctoral Fellowships either can take place in Europe (i.e. in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country) or in a Third Country not associated to Horizon Europe:

  • European Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe. The standard duration of these fellowships must be between 12 and 24 months.
  • Global Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to European nationals or long-term residents who wish to engage in R&I projects with organisations outside EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries. These fellowships require an outgoing phase of minimum 12 and maximum 24 months in a non-associated Third Country, and a mandatory 12-month return phase to a host organisation based in an EU Member State or a Horizon Europe Associated Country. 

WHAT DOES THE FUNDING COVER?

The financial support for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships includes a living allowance, a mobility allowance, and a family allowance (if applicable). The living allowance is a fixed amount meant to cover the subsistence costs of the fellow during the fellowship. The mobility allowance is meant to cover the expenses related to the fellow's mobility. On the other hand, the family allowance is meant to cover additional expenses incurred by fellows who have family obligations.

The salary conditions of the MSCA are quite competitive in terms of cost of living in Spain.


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