APEX postdoctoral fellowship in Ireland : Marie Sklowdowska-Curie Cofund
Designation/Position- APEX postdoctoral fellowship in Ireland
Marie Sklowdowska-Curie Cofund invites application for APEX postdoctoral fellowship in Ireland from eligible and interested candidates
About- The APEX Fellowships are open to experienced researchers of any nationality, resident anywhere in the world (provided the mobility eligibility criteria are met), seeking a prestigious career development fellowship in research of the gut microbiota and their role in human health and disease.
Research/Job Area- Applicants choose their research area (within the remit of APC), APEX supervisor, and secondment organisation in the non-academic sector.
Location- Ireland
Eligibility/Qualification–
To be considered eligible, applicants must fulfill the following criteria:
- Applicants may be of any nationality
- Applicants must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Applicants must be Experienced Researchers
-An experienced researcher must at the application deadline be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience in academia or industry. Full-Time Equivalent Research Experience is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree entitling him or her to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited, even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged.
- Mobility Requirements: International mobility is a core element of the APEX programme.
-Applicants must be incoming fellows to Ireland and fulfill the mobility requirements:
-Applicants may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, study) in the Republic of Ireland for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to the Call deadline.
-For Career Restart and Reintegration: Applicants may not have resided or carried out their main activity in the Republic of Ireland for more than 3 years in the 5 years immediately prior to the call deadline.
- Secondment Eligibility
-Eligible secondment hosts are research performing non-academic organisations located anywhere in the world.
-Secondments must be 3 to 6 months in duration and can be a single period or split into short stays.
-Secondments must be relevant to the fellow’s project and career development.
All fellows will be hosted in an APC academic host organisation (University College Cork or Teagasc Moorepark ) and will be required to complete a mandatory secondment in a relevant industry host.
Job/Position Description-
APEX is a postdoctoral fellowship Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) COFUND programme, based at APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork (UCC), and cofunded by H2020.
APEX is a new intersectoral training, career development and mobility fellowship which focuses on the research strengths and expertise of the Institute in the area of gut microbiota and their role in human health and disease.
The aim of APEX is to develop the next generation of scientific leaders who will gain hands on experience developing cross-disciplinary and entrepreneurial skills through individual research projects.
The APEX programme will offer 20 prestigious two-year postdoctoral fellowships for incoming mobility across two calls over the 60 months duration of the programme. Call 1 is now closed and Call 2 will open early January 2019. Fellowships will be targeted at experienced researchers. (An experienced researcher must at the application deadline be in possession of a doctoral degree OR have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience in academia or industry).
All fellows will be hosted in an APC academic host organisation (University College Cork or Teagasc Moorepark ) and will be required to complete a mandatory secondment in a relevant industry host.
Fellowships will be offered in the four thematic APC research areas of ‘Microbes to Molecules’, ‘Diet and Microbes at the Extremes of Life’, ‘Brain-Gut-Microbiota Axis’ and ‘Host-Microbe Dialogue’. Adhering to the MSCA principle of ‘individual-driven mobility’, APEX applicants will have the freedom to choose their research topic (within the remit of the APC), their supervisor and their secondment organisation. Secondments will be relevant to the fellows’ research project and their career development.
How to Apply-
- Send an Expression of Interest to the APEX Programme Manager APEX@ucc.ie
- Expression of Interest template can be found here EoI
- Follow the application process steps Preparation of APEX application
Last Date for Apply– Open Position
Call 2 Important Dates *
| 2019 INDICATIVE CALL SCHEDULE | |
| Call 2 announcement | 22nd January 2019 |
| Deadline for proposal submission | 9th April 2019 |
| Call outcome | July 2019 |
| Fellowship start date | October 2019 |
For more information, contact Ms Oonagh Cahalane, APEX Programme Manager: email: APEX@UCC.ie; telephone +353 21 4901393 or visit http://apc.ucc.ie/apex/
