Are you interested in a two-year postdoc stay in Europe with EU funding to work on your dream project? Then the highly prestigious MSCA Individual Fellowships should be on your radar. Deadline: 10 September 2020 The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) contribute to excellent research, boosting jobs, growth and investment by equipping researchers with the new knowledge, skills and international and intersectoral exposure to fill the top...

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and more in general to the public and private sector. The JRC offers access to its non-nuclear facilities to researchers and scientists from EU Member States and countries associated to the EU Research Programme Horizon 2020. For nuclear...

The Commission will support 23 new research projects with €128 million in response to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. The funding under Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme, is part of the Commission's €1.4 billion pledge to the Coronavirus Global Response initiative, launched by President Ursula von der Leyen in May 2020. The 23 projects shortlisted for funding involve 347 research teams from 40 countries, including 34...

Cristina Simón-Martínez who won a Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions individual fellowship in the 2019 call has shared 11 tips on Medium.com about how to successfully prepare and apply for the fellowship. Below, you can read a summary of her advice.   1. Check the criteria Is the fellowship really for you? 2. Gather all available info and guidelines Contact the National Contact Point in your future host country and gather all information from...

Department of Economic History and International Relations. Closing date: 24 August 2020. The Department of Economic History and International Relations is a dynamic and strong education and research department in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. Its International Relations (IR) section aims to be nationally leading and internationally prominent within its field of research and education, focusing especially on the three...

OECD Global Science Forum and Science Europe have published a report on optimising the operation and use of national research infrastructures. The report provides a generic framework for advancing the use and operation of national research infrastructures (RIs), which play a key role in enabling and developing research in all scientific fields and represent a large share of research investment. It presents two guiding models: one for portfolio...

Department : Department of Biomedical Sciences Regime : Full-time Position You will contribute to the University of Antwerp’s three core tasks: education, research and services. Your role also includes organisational and managerial aspects. Education You provide high-quality education in Biomedical Sciences and Biochemistry and Biotechnology at Bachelor and/or Master level. In the master program in Biomedical Sciences (English master program in...

EOSC achieved a major milestone on Wednesday, 29 July 2020, at 10:32 local time in Brussels, when the notary gave his green-inked signature to the Deed of Association of the EOSC Association. Before that, the four founding members CESAER (represented by David Bohmert), CSIC (represented by Elena Domínguez), GÉANT (represented by Cathrin Stöver) and GARR (represented by Angelo Volpi) had carefully listened to the reading, initialed the pages and...

About the University of Oslo The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. With its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally recognised research communities, UiO is an important contributor to society. The Department of archaeology, conservation and history (IAKH) is comprised of three disciplines which in different ways study the past....

On 29 July, the European Commission issued a draft document revealing its plan for integration of health technology capabilities across the EU. Five pharmaceutical and medical technology associations have praised the plan and signed a joint statement welcoming the proposal. The Partnership for Health Innovation seeks to create an EU-wide health research and innovation ecosystem to promote safe, people-centred, and cost-effective health...