We are currently seeking expressions of interest from EU post-doctoral researchers who are interested in joining with the UCD College of Human Sciences to make applications as potential European Commission Seventh Framework Programme Marie Curie Intra-European Fellows.
The objective of the Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for career development is to improve the prospects of the researcher reaching and/or reinforcing a position of professional maturity, diversity and independence or to permit them to resume their career.
These actions are directed exclusively at experienced researchers, namely who are in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience. Experienced researchers of any nationality are eligible to apply.
In order to comply with the mobility rule, researchers must move from a Member State or Associated Country to UCD. They must not have resided or carried out their main activity in Ireland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the proposal submission date.
Intra-European Fellowships aim at providing advanced training tailored to researchers' individual needs. They have a bottom-up approach, that is, all fields of interest to the EU are eligible for funding. The main current research area(s) in the UCD School of Politics and International Relations are as follows:
Justice, Human Rights and Citizenship-
The normative foundations of justice and the conditions for maintaining a liberal state in circumstances of pluralism; citizenship and the constitution of membership over time; the significance of cosmopolitan values for national sovereignty and global distributive justice.
Nationalism, Ethnicity and Conflict-
National and group identity formation; micromacro linkages between individual identities, group behavior and institutional structures; institutional strategies for preventing or resolving identity-based conflict.
Representation and Public Policy: Irish and Comparative Perspectives.-
State structures, political reform, and democratization; public opinion, voting and lobbying; the design and implementation of public policy.
European and International Integration.
The role of state, non-state and supranational actors in integration; the evolution of supranational institutions and
identities; the dynamics of intergovernmental negotiation and multi-level governance.
Political Economy and International Development
The determinants of economic development in industrialized and developing countries; the impact of globalization
on economic development, social and ecological sustainability; the politics of international trade and finance.
We are seeking potential applicants whose research activities correspond to these fields of interest. Proposals will be submitted to the European Commission jointly by the individual experienced researcher and the UCD academic who is going to supervise the researcher during the duration of the project. The closing date for submission of proposals to the European Commission is Tuesday 17 August 2010.
Intra-European Fellowships have a minimum duration of 12 months up to a maximum of 24 months (full-time equivalent). The grant agreement will be between the European Commission Research Executive Agency and University College Dublin. Funding is provided for advanced training (including complementary skills) and trans-national mobility, on the basis of the "personal career development plan" established by the experienced researcher with her/his supervisor in UCD.
The financial support for Intra-European Fellowships includes a salary for the researcher and a contribution towards research-related costs. Additionally, UCD receives contributions to overheads and management costs.
Full details of the scheme are available at: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7DetailsCallPage&call_id=244#infopack
Please ask potential applicants to e-mail an expression of interest (maximum 2 pages) together with a one page CV to Elva.Hannan@ucd.ie by Wednesday 23rd June 2010.
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow, University College Dublin, Ireland
