Career-FIT: Career Development Fellowships in the IERC

Call 1 is now closed.

Call 2 will open in March 2018.

An excellent development and training opportunity will soon be available for experienced researchers to work with the IERC and gain experience in translating research into practice. The priority areas of the IERC are (a) Smart Cities and Sustainable Communities, (b) Low carbon Heating and Cooling, (c) Monitoring, Measurement and Analysis of Energy and (d) Embedded and Distributed Generation Systems

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions COFUND

A total of 50 Fellowships will be awarded in 2 Calls over 5 years.

Call 1 will open on 30th January 2017 with a deadline for applications of 31st March 2017. Awarded Fellowships will run for 3 years from 30th September 2017 to 31st August 2020.

Call 2 will open on 01 March 2018 with a deadline for applications of 30th April 2018. Awarded Fellowships will run for 3 years from 30 October 2018 to 30 September 2021

Applicant Eligibility

Experienced researchers are eligible, i.e. those researchers in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience at the time of recruitment.
Applicants of any nationality are welcome to apply – note eligible researchers are those who have not been in Ireland for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to recruitment.
Applicants must be able to communicate through the English language.

Evaluation Criteria

Excellence
Impact
Quality and Efficiency of Implementation

Why Apply?

Excellent development and training
Prestigious
Collaborative
Contractual Security
Excellent salary, plus family allowance
Inter-sectoral mobility
Acquisition of skills
Gain experience translating research into practice – widening career options

Interested candidates should send their CV details by 17:00 GMT, February 24th 2017. For further information please contact Martin O’Connell (EU Programme Officer) at martin.oconnell@ierc.ie

An expression of interest form can be found here