The Central European Initiative (CEI) strongly supports trans-national mobility of scientists and researchers across its area. With this purpose, the CEI Research Fellowship Programme was established under the aegis of the CEI Science & Technology Network and launched in 2005. Since its inception, it has funded more than 20 fellows who had the possibility of carrying out research in one of the Network's Lead Institutions.
Building upon this success and the growing demand for scientific cooperation stemming from its member countries, the CEI-ES decided to strengthen its Research Fellowship Programme by merging its own resources with those provided by the European Commission through the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (Marie Curie Actions). The synergy between the Community action and the regional impact of the CEI, as well as the financial resources made available by 5 partner institutions, provide the right framework for strengthening the CEI Research Fellowship Programme, of which CERES represents the natural evolution.
CERES is based on a network of 5 research institutions/centres of excellence and foresees a total of 30 fellowships to be distributed in the time-frame 2009 – 2012 among “experienced researchers” (i.e. post-docs) from CEI countries.
The Programme officially started on 1st April 2009 and will function through annual calls of proposals to be assessed by a Selection Committee established ad hoc.
11 post-doctoral fellowships are made available in the context of the CERES Programme.
CERES is promoted by the CEI through its Executive Secretariat as Programme Coordinator in cooperation with 5 Programme Partners (partner institutions) located in Trieste. These institutions cover a wide spectrum of fields of scientific research, allowing a considerable freedom of choice as to research topics in line with the bottom-up approach pursued by all Marie Curie Actions.
For more information on the areas of research, please refer to the CERES Guide for Applicants.
Depending on the nature of their research projects, candidates can choose among the following host institutes and laboratories:
International Centre for Theoretical Physics ABDUS SALAM (ICTP);
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA);
Synchrotron ELETTRA;
Cluster in Biomedicine (CBM);
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB).
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Complete applications must be sent via e-mail to the following address: ceres@cei-es.org by 31 May 2010. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the host institutions’ PI / Group Leader of their choice to obtain a prior agreement on their proposed research project.
Research Fellowship Programme - CERES
