EU Scholarships and Academics in Europe

In this post, our Fastepo Team will provide you with general information about the European Union (Eu) as well as the PhD and Academic EU Funded in Europe. In addition, we listed the available Fully Funded Scholarships and Academic Jobs funded by the European Commission (Euraxess) in different European countries such as Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Macao with details and deadlines.

Or below you will find a list of EU-funded PhDs and academic positions in different countries:

Scholarships and Academic Positions funded by the European Commission (Euraxess)

Here you can find a list of available funded PhD and Academic vacancies with EU funding in Europe, including Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Macao.

EU Scholarships and Academics in Belgium

The following list contains funded Scholarships and academic vacancies with EU funding in Belgium.

Title: Science, Art & Peace Awards

ORGANISATION NAME: Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Belgium

Funding Type: Funding and Mobility Incoming

Deadline: Open

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE: Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

February 24, 2022, marked the return of war in Europe. The Royal Academy of Belgium has firmly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It has expressed its strong solidarity with Ukrainian scholars and artists, as well as with Russian scholars and artists who have condemned this war. The Royal Academy has also pledged its support to the Union académique internationale (UAI) and the Alliance of European Academies (ALLEA), that have condemned the war in Ukraine categorically. Furthermore, the Royal Academy would like to stress the necessity of maintaining a collegial bond with dissident Russian scientists and artists who are still in their country, in order to ensure that they are not further isolated.

Our collective attitude towards this war is fundamental because this is the future of peace in Europe, if not in the world, that is currently at stake. This exceptional situation justifies the mobilization of the Academy’s intellectual and financial resources in support of the moral values it has always championed moral values it has always championed (academic freedom, independence of science from political powers, international scientific and artistic collaboration, etc.).

Duration

This call is continuously open.

There is no time limit for the use of this funding.

Eligibility

These special awards are dedicated to scholars or artists from Ukraine, who have been directly affected by the war, or from Russia, who have expressed their opposition to the invasion of Ukraine

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Title: Belgian National Trainee Programme by ESA

ORGANISATION NAME: European Space Agency

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Belgium

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes

RESEARCH FIELD: Professions and applied sciences

CAREER STAGE:
First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Description

As a trainee at ESA, you will gain your first professional experience in research, planning and development. You are in the best place to do so. You will work in interdisciplinary teams of scientists from the 22 ESA member states, scome of them world leaders in their field.
You need to fulfill the following requirements:

– Belgian citizenship
– To have completed a technical or science university degree, Master’s degree (completed no more than two years ago) or a PhD
– Occasionally – depending on the specific vacancy – also an economics or law degree
– Very good command of English – knowledge of another foreign language, especially French, is an advantage
– Eagerness to work in an international environment
Every year we announce approximately 3 NTP positions. You will receive a monthly bursary from the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) for the total duration of employment – 12 to a maximum of 24 months. You will be based at one of the ESA sites (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, UK, the Netherlands or even Belgium). This is a great opportunity to achieve a successful career in the space sector – all you have to do is decide where you want your mission to take you.

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Title: BEWARE FELLOWSHIPS 2

ORGANISATION NAME: SPW Wallonie

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Belgium

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

BEWARE Fellowships 2″ aims to attract 75 qualified researchers to the Walloon companies where they will spend half of their stay while the other half will be at a university, a university college or a research centre.

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Title: ERCIM – Alain Bensoussan Fellowship Programme

ORGANISATION NAME: ERCIM

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Belgium

Deadline: The deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Professions and applied sciences

CAREER STAGE: Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Description

Mobility of researchers between consortium partners (can be industry-academy or academy-academy or academy-Public sector )

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Title: FWO PhD fellowships

ORGANISATION NAME: FWO

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Belgium

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

The FWO wants to optimally promote international collaboration, as a lever for excellence. To this end, the FWO has signed a collaboration agreement with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). This programme supports researchers who wish to carry out scientific research at a Japanese institute recognized by JSPS, for a specified period of time. The programme is open to the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. There are two scholarships per year. Whilst most host institutions are state research institutes, there are 12 museums taking part and other types of institutions such as an industrial promotion.

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Title: IOF Industrial Liaison Network (Ghent University)

ORGANISATION NAME: Ghent University

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Belgium

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

Each of the Business Development Centres at Ghent University (of which there are about 25) have appointed a PhD graduate with business and academic work experience in order to build bridges between a particular (academic) research expertise and corresponding industries. They are business developers with a close connection to the academic experts, a deep academic knowledge in the field as well the business acumen required to exploit the economic potential of this knowledge

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Croatia

Below is a list of funded Scholarships and Academic vacancies in Croatia that are funded by the EU.

Title: PoC Public – Proof of Concept programme for scientists and researchers

ORGANISATION NAME: Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO)

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Croatia

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

PoC public is implemented and financed by Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO)
The main aim of PoC Public is to enable creation of new, knowledge based companies in Croatia with a high potential for growth and development – spin-offs from universities and research institutes. The programme supports pre-commercialisation of technologies being developed at Croatian universities, research institutes and other higher education and research organisations.
Specific objective of PoC Public is to provide co-financing to public universities, research institutes and other research organisations for pre-commercial activities in product development with a focus on proof-of-concept.
Co-funding is provided for the following activities:
– checking and protection of intellectual property
– production of a functional prototipe
– demonstration of technical feasibility
– other activities (market analysis, strategy for development and commercialisation)

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Title: Programme III: Colaborative Research and Development – IRCRO

ORGANISATION NAME: Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO)

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Croatia

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

The IRCRO scheme is managed by the Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO).
The IRCRO scheme provides co-financing to support collaboration of SMEs with public scientific and research organisations (universities, institutes, …; at least 50% state ownership) in carrying out R&D projects, aimed at developing new products, processes or services. Collaboration takes the form of a contract research and development, done by the scientific/research organisation for the SME, and all intellectual property rights concerning the results of the project belong to the SME.

The main aims of the IRCRO scheme are stimulating SMEs to increase their R&D activities, stimulating cooperation between companies and scientific/research institutions, and maximising usage of knowledge and infrastructure of scientific/research institutions.

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Czech Republic

Below is a list of funded Scholarships and Academic vacancies in Czech Republic that are funded by the EU.

Title: International mobility of researchers

ORGANISATION NAME: Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Czech Republic

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

The call for proposals/measure is part of the OP Research, Development and Education, its Priority Axis 2, Specific Objective 5. The scheme is aimed particularly at supporting international mobility of researchers (post-docs, junior, senior) notwithstanding the sector which the researcher is to move to. It supports following activities: stimulating researchers to ccome to Czechia in order to establish a research team here and carry out new/specific research, re-integration/attraction of Czech researchers into Czech research institutions, international exchange of researchers between Czech and foreign organisations.
For the organisation the researcher can ccome from may be also a foreign company, the scheme can (in theory) be relevant for intersectoral mobility.
The scheme has been developed, managed and implemented by the MA OP Research, Development and Education (OP R&D&E) which is part of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth.
The scheme is focused on specialisation domains as listed in the National RIS3 or in its regional annexes.

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Title: Knowledge Transfer Partnership (Partnerství znalostního transferu)

ORGANISATION NAME: Ministry of Industry and Trade

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Czech Republic

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Description

It is a Czech adaptation of the UK scheme Knowledge Transfer Partnership. The scheme was piloted in Czechia as part of the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation 2007-2013. The objective of the KTP is to strengthen cooperation between academia and industry, to improve/increase number of linkages between academia and industry and to motivate universities to beccome more open to the needs of industry.
The programme stimulates transfer of knowledge by supporting post-graduates and post-doc researchers work in companies while being employed by the university and supervised by university experts.
The pilot scheme has been then developed into a full national programme funded by ERDF programme OP Enterprise and Innovation for Competitivness 2014-2020. It is now linked to the National RIS3 specialisation domains (though they are rather broad anyhow). The KTP has been developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, its part dealing with the operational programme strategy, while it is implemented by the implementation department and administered by the Agency for Enterprise and Innovation which is subordinated to (and established by) the Ministry in order to implement Operational programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness (OP EIC).

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Denmark

Here is a list of funded Scholarships and academic vacancies in Denmark that are funded by EU funds.

Title: The Industrial PhD Programme (Erhvervs PhD)

ORGANISATION NAME: Innovation fund Denmark

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Denmark

DEADLINE DESCRIPTION: The deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE: First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Description

InnovationsFonden, Programraadgiver ErhvervsPHD, ErhvervsPostDoc. The 3-year PhD programme is managed by the Innovation Fund Denmark aims to offer doctoral training in cooperation with the industry sector. It is a three-year research project and research training programme with an industrial focus conducted jointly by a private company, an industrial PhD student and a university. Universities and students of all nationalities may be accepted. The student is employed by the company and enrolled at the university. Public organisations and institutions may also apply for approval of an Industrial PhD project in cooperation with a university, as long as the project lives up to the general requirements described in the programme guidelines.

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Title: Industrial Postdoc Programme (Industrial Postdoc Researcher in the Public sector )

ORGANISATION NAME: Innovation fund Denmark

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Denmark

DEADLINE DESCRIPTION: The deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE: Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Description

The main Industrial Postdoc scheme is for private sector enterprises, but if an organisation is not categorised as being part of the private sector according to the guidelines, it can instead apply for an Industrial Postdoc Researcher in the Public sector . The purpose of the Industrial in the Public sectorscheme is to (1) support innovation and development in the Public sectorthrough focused and application-oriented research projects (2) develop researchers with knowledge about research and development in the Public sectorand (3) build networks and support knowledge exchange between Public sectororganisations and research institutions. A drawback however compared with the main Industrial Postdoc programme, which is funded by the Innovation Fund Denmark, is that no funding is available normally for Public sectorIndustrial Postdoc projects.

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Italy

The list below contains EU-funded Scholarships and Academic vacancies in Italy.

Title: CORIMAV

ORGANISATION NAME: Department of materials science – Bicocca University

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Italy

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Natural sciences

CAREER STAGE: Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Description

Since 2001, thanks to an agreement between the University of Milano-Bicocca and Pirelli Company, the Corimav Consortium for research on materials funds three scholarships per year for the industrial curriculum of the doctorate in Materials Science. Such Ph.D. positions often foster research activities related to tyres, but also more general topics such as nanotechnology and simulations of materials. Pirelli Company’s experts lecture on management and intellectual properties at the Ph.D. school of Science and present seminars on specialized topics. Prof. Gianfranco Pacchioni is one of the two members representing the University Milano Bicocca in the Board of the CORIMAV Consortium.

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Title: PhD Italents

ORGANISATION NAME: CRUI

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Italy

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:
First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Description

PhD Talents is three-year pilot project managed by CRUI (on behalf of the Ministry of Education) in partnership with Confindustria (i.e. the most important employer organisation in Italy). The project aim is to facilitate connections between universities and private sector companies, by supporting the inclusion of PhD students in companies to carry out innovative research projects.
The project has been developed in three main steps:
1. Matching demand and supply (i.e. company requirements and the PhD students skills and competences)
2. Management and monitoring of the process
3. Organisation of transversal activities
The employment contract of the PhD students are co-financed for three years by the project (80% the first year, 60% the second year, 50% the third year).

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EU Scholarships and Academics in the Netherlands

The list below contains EU-funded Scholarships and Academic vacancies in the Netherlands

Title: Flagship Data Science for Health

ORGANISATION NAME: TUE

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Netherlands

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Professions and applied sciences

CAREER STAGE:

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

It is a strategic partnership between TU/e (managed by the DSC/e) and Royal Philips Research for responsible research and innovation on methods, techniques, tools and best practices related to Data Science in the context of Health & Healthcare. It is composed by several programs. In the context of the Flagship’s specific research & innovation programs there is a close collaboration between a number of research groups at Royal Philips Research and a number of research groups of various departments of TU/e.

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Title: Industrial Doctorates

ORGANISATION NAME: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Netherlands

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE: Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Description

It is a dcomestic scheme being implemented and is specifically targeted at Dutch companies or foreign companies with subsidiaries in Holland. It targets different types of PhD in different fields, but is headed to young researchers (in this case they cannot apply by themselves, professors should be the applicants) and to researchers that make part of research groups from companies.

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Poland

The list below contains EU-funded scholarships and Academic vacancies in Poland.

Title: Harmony (Harmonia)

ORGANISATION NAME: National Science Centre

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Poland

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

HARMONIA is a funding opportunity designed for scientists wanting to carry out research in the following forms:
– in cooperation with foreign partners,
– within the framework of international programmes or initiatives announced under bi- or multilateral cooperation,
– utilising large-scale international research infrastructure.
Duration: 12, 24, 36 months. This funding scheme is implemented by National Science Centre. Only one project under this scheme included cooperation between science and the other sector – public finance units.

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Title: Industrial PhD programme (Doktorat wdrożeniowy)

ORGANISATION NAME: Ministry of Science and Higher Education

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Poland

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Professions and applied sciences

CAREER STAGE: First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Description

Programme is implemented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The program consists of financing full-time doctoral studies in which the training will take place in cooperation with the doctoral student’s employer. The funds are intended for: 1) Co-financing the costs of using the research infrastructure to carry out research conducted by a doctoral student 2) Financing of a doctoral scholarship during the doctoral program foreseen in their program, no longer than 4 years.

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Title: Leader (Lider)

ORGANISATION NAME: National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR)

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Poland

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE:

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

The purpose of the LIDER Programme is to help young scientists learn how to plan research on their own, manage and lead their own research team while carrying out projects likely to be implemented on the market.
The LIDER Programme is also aimed at encouraging scientists to cooperate with businesses while performing economically valuable and implementable studies and research and enhancing mobility and exchange between research sectors, universities and research units.
This scheme is managing by The National Centre for Research and Development.

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Portugal

The list below contains EU-funded Scholarships and Academic vacancies in Portugal.

Title: UT Austin-Portugal

ORGANISATION NAME: Portuguese Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT))

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Portugal

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD:
Professions and applied sciences

CAREER STAGE:

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

This programme arise from an agreement between the Portuguese Government and the University of Austin (USA) aiming at promoting and financing exploratory scientific projects proposed by teams of specialists and researchers in areas related to Research of Emerging Technologies.

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Title: PhD Research Studentships

ORGANISATION NAME: Portuguese Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT))

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Portugal

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE: First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Description

The 2021 grant competition supports researchers, in any area of knowledge, who intend to carry out research activities leading to the attainment of the academic degree of Doctor.

The PhD Research Scholarships are intended for candidates enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attainment of the academic degree of Doctor, or candidates who meet the necessary conditions to enroll, and who intend to develop research activities leading to the attainment of this degree in all the areas of knowledge.

Research activities can be carried out in any environment of production and dissemination of knowledge, national or international, including higher education institutions, R&D units, Associate Laboratories, Collaborative Laboratories, Technological Interface Centers, State Laboratories and other public institutions of research, hospitals and health care units, other entities integrated in the Public Administration where R&D activities are developed, as well as Private non-profit institutions whose main object is R&D activities.

Likewise, companies, namely those whose activity has been recognized as of scientific interest, or consortia in which any of the entities referred to in the previous paragraph participate, will also be considered as host institutions.

It is emphasized that research activities can be carried out in collaboration with different host institutions, public and private, including companies and public administration, promoting institutional collaboration as well as transdisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity.

The work plan may take place entirely or partially in a national institution (scholarship in the country or mixed scholarship, respectively), or take place entirely in a foreign institution (scholarship abroad).

The duration of the scholarships is, as a rule, annual, renewable up to the maximum number of months requested in the application, and scholarships cannot be awarded for a period of less than 3 consecutive months or more than 48 months.

In the case of a mixed scholarship, the period of the work plan that takes place in a foreign institution cannot exceed 24 months.

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Slovakia

Below are vacancies for Scholarships and academic positions that are EU-funded in Slovakia.

Title: Multilateral Research and Development Cooperation in Donau Region

ORGANISATION NAME: Slovak Research and Development Agency

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Slovakia

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Formal sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences and Social sciences

CAREER STAGE: Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Description

This mobility scheme is in principle small international mobility grant scheme implemented in cooperation with Czechia, Austria and Serbia. The scheme is part of the Donau Strategy, its priority area 7 “Knowledge Society”. It has no sectoral focus or specific target groups other than researchers/research organisations intending to establish cooperation with their foreign counterparts.
The objectives of the programme are “… (i) to enhance research in the participating countries by providing financial means to mobility of researchers in the framework of joint research projects, (ii) to contribute to research capacity development in the region, (iii) to support cross-border research cooperation, (iv) to enable young researches (up to 35 years) to work in an international environment and strengthen their research carrier.
Majority of participants are from academia though in Austria private organisations may participate in case carry out research and development activities. Therefore, in principle, intersectoral mobility may be also supported though it is probably very unusual.
The scheme has been designed in cooperation of R&D agencies or of ministries responsible for R&D in the respective countries.
There is no sectoral focus of the scheme and no particular target group has been selected.

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Sweden

The following list includes EU-funded Scholarships and Academic vacancies in Sweden.

Title: Flexit Programme

ORGANISATION NAME: Riksbankens jubileumsfond

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Sweden

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD: Humanities

CAREER STAGE:

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Leading Researcher (R4) (Researchers leading their research area or field)

Description

Flexit was set up in 2009 and seeks new, flexible solutions to spread research and researchers outside higher education institutions (HEIs). The main purpose is to: 1) build bridges between humanities and social sciences (HSS) research and companies and organisations outside academia and 2) facilitate knowledge exchange and encourage contacts so that more non-academic organisations can perceive and profit from the expertise of postdoctoral HSS specialists and 3) to highlight alternative career opportunities for HSS researchers. The main purpose of the project is to strengthen the ties between Humanities and Social Sciences research and the private sector, which is commonly regarded as the weakest link in the ‘knowledge triangle’. In the long term, RJ seeks to influence the academic merit system so that academia values experience from the business world more highly, and vice versa. Experience to date has been very good, both for the host establishments and for the researchers. In the new version of Flexit, the hope is to enhance academic institutions’ involvement in the programme and bridge-building. After an evaluation of the Flexit pilot project, RJ has opened the programme to senior researchers as well and organised the positions so that the researcher is employed at the host establishment (company or organisation) for two years, followed by a year at an HEI. Accordingly, applicants must have established affiliations to their departments by the time of application. The companies and organisations taking part in this Flexit call are Bräcke diakoni, Welfare Department, City Office, City of Malmö, Culture Administration, City of Gothenburg, Norrbottens Kommuner, R&D&I, Education Administration, Piteå Municipality and Spotify. In 2017, there are i.e. six in-house research positions at companies or organisations (‘host establishments’) in Sweden available through Flexit.

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Title: Industry Doctoral Student

ORGANISATION NAME: The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Sweden

Deadline: Deadline may be subject to changes.

RESEARCH FIELD:
Professions and applied sciences

CAREER STAGE: First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)

Description

The program is aimed at persons who have not yet been admitted to a doctoral studies program. The company employee, embarking on PhD-training shall have at least 80% position at the company for the entire period of the grant. Two persons shall serve as supervisors for the doctoral student during the period of the grant – one at the higher education institution (HEI) and one at the company. The supervisors shall be well established within their respective line organizations. The supervisor at the HEI is the applicant (sends in the application and ensures that it meets the requirements) and assumes the role of project leader (responsible for reporting to SSF and to the company) if the project is granted funding. The HEI where the project leader is employed administers the grant. There shall be a mandatory designated steering group consisting of at least the two supervisors for the project.

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EU Scholarships and Academics in Macao

The following list includes EU-funded Scholarships and Academic vacancies in Macao.

Title: The UM PhD Scholarship (MPDS)/Assistantship, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)

ORGANISATION NAME: Uiniversity of Macao, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

ORGANISATION COUNTRY: Macao

FUNDING TYPE: Funding, Travel Grants

DEADLINE DESCRIPTION: Various

RESEARCH FIELD: Natural sciences, Professions and applied sciences

CAREER STAGE: First Stage Researcher (R1) (Up to the point of PhD)Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)

Description

Univerisity of Macau(UM) was founded in 1981. Through 38 years of development, UM is now not only the best university, but also the only public comprehensive university, in Macao. English is the main medium of instruction at UM. UM is ranked among the top 400 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University and QS World University Rankings is also rising steadily to No 443 in 2019.

-The UM Macao PhD Scholarship (MPDS):

provides each awardee with a monthly stipend of MOP20,000 (approximately equal to USD2,400) and a conference or research-related travel allowance up to MOP10,000 (approximately equal to USD1,200) per academic year (August to July) for a period up to 4 years. The unused travel allowance in any academic year cannot be carried forward to the next academic year.

-The UM PhD Assistantship:

provides each new recipient with a starting monthly stipend of MOP12,500 (approximately equal to USD1,500). For recipients who are graded ‘excellent’ (grade 5) in the progress reports of the previous academic year, the monthly stipend will increase by MOP500 in the next academic year starting from the subsequent August, up to MOP14,000 (approximately equal to USD1,700) per month within the normative study period.

What is funded

-The UM Macao PhD Scholarship can be supported by UM centralized funding.

-The PhD assistantship can be supported by either UM centralized funding or principal investigator (PI)’s research funding.

Duration

-The maximum duration of MPDS is 4 years (12 months per year, maximum 48 months);

– The maximum duration of UM-funded assistantship (i.e., from UM centralized funding) is 4 years (12 months per year, maximum 48 months).

– The maximum duration of PI-funded assistantship is subject to the budget availability of the PI concerned and student’s performance.

Eligibility

Anyone seeking full-time PhD students in the UM, irrespective of their country of origin, prior work experience and ethnic background, should be eligible to apply.

The applicant should have bachelor or master degree with proven academic records, including degree certificate(s), academic awards, publications, etc. The top-ranked applicants with outstanding academic achievements or potential will be selected for the Scholarship.

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