EURAXESS Brazil & LAC Funding opportunities

2019

June

Issue 23

Dear readers,

"EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion" is a European Commission initiative focused on researcher mobility and career development.

Among other activities, EURAXESS supports individual researchers in finding jobs or funding opportunities to make their research stay in Europe a reality.

On the EURAXESS Portal, we encourage you to consult the:

• EURAXESS Job database that lists thousands of vacancies from more than 40 European countries and other regions of the world.

• And the Funding database allowing you to search for the funding programme you need for your mobility or research cooperation project.

Funding organisations, including from Brazil and other Latin American and Caribbean countries can publish their jobs, funding opportunities and scholarships on the portal – for free - to increase their visibility and reach the best candidates worldwide.

To help you identify these opportunities, EURAXESS LAC regularly publishes open calls to fund researchers' mobility and cooperation with European teams. The list combines funding opportunities open to both Brazil and other LAC countries.

The jobs, grants and fellowships announced are organised by funding organisations (including private ones). In section 1, you’ll find calls funded by the European Commission, in section 2, calls launched by individual EU member states or associated countries with or without LAC partners, and in section 3, calls promoted by LAC institutions. All of them are open to researchers from at least some Latin America and the Caribbean countries. In section 4, you’ll find all the calls that were listed in previous editions of this document and that are still open.

We remain at your disposal to discuss any queries you may have regarding your mobility projects.

Your EURAXESS LAC Team

EURAXESS LAC Funding opportunities is a list of open calls to fund researchers’ mobility, compiled by the EURAXESS LAC team.

The information contained in this publication is intended for personal use only. It should not be taken in any way to reflect the views of the European Commission nor of the Delegations of the European Union in the region.

Please email brazil@euraxess.net or lac@euraxess.net with any comments on this list, contributions you would like to make, if you think any other colleagues would be interested in receiving this document, or if you wish to unsubscribe.

Editors: Charlotte GRAWITZ, EURAXESS LAC, Representative, Ingrid LE VAN and Daniel COSTA, Programme Officers.

Did you know?

Individual researchers from Brazil and other LAC countries can upload

their CVs on the portal, register their searches and create alerts to be

informed when a vacancy matching their profile has been published.

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Contents

Grants & Fellowships ........................................................................................... 6

1 European Union ............................................................................................. 6

Many Horizon 2020 calls of interest or specifically targeting Brazil or Latin America are still open ........................................................... 6

European Innovation Council (EIC) prizes ........................................ 7

1.2.1 Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid ....................................... 7

1.2.2 Fuel from the Sun: Artificial Photosynthesis ...................................... 7

1.2.3 Early Warning for Epidemics ............................................................. 7

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) (post doctoral, to and from Europe) ............................................................ 7

Selection of institutions willing to host Post-doc MSCA Individual Fellows (MSCA IF) ............................................................................... 7

1.4.1 AUSTRIA – University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria ............... 7

1.4.2 BELGIUM – Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) ................................................................................ 8

1.4.3 POLAND – Silesian University of Technology ................................... 8

1.4.4 SPAIN – Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) ............... 8

1.4.5 SPAIN – Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM) .............................. 9

ERC Advanced Grants for frontier research in Europe ................... 9

ERCIM – Alain Bensoussan Fellowships (incoming) ....................... 9

EMBO Fellowships on Life Sciences (incoming / outgoing) ......... 11

1.10.1 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships ........................................................ 11

1.10.2 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships ....................................................... 12

CERN fellowship programme (Incoming)........................................ 12

Fully funded PhD positions offered by MSCA Innovative Training Networks ............................................................................................. 13

1.12.1 MSCA ITN DiManD – PhD positions in Digital Manufacturing and Design Developmen (Industry 4.0) .................................................. 13

1.12.2 MSCA ITN DohART-NET – PhD positions in Embryology/Cell Biology ............................................................................................. 13

1.12.3 MSCA ITN – PhD positions in Physics, Optics, Laser applications, Optical engineering, Metrology and measurement .......................... 13

1.12.4 MSCA ITN HealthAge – PhD positions in Mechanisms in Health and Disease ............................................................................................ 14

1.12.5 MSCA ITN ORBITAL – PhD positions in drug delivery technologies that can help treat posterior segment diseases of the eye .............. 14

1.12.6 MSCA ITN PROTECT – PhD positions in Climate change and food safety ............................................................................................... 15

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1.12.7 MSCA ITN SWEET CROSSTALK – PhD positions in Chemistry & Biology ............................................................................................. 15

EURAXESS Jobs ................................................................................ 16

2 EU Member States and Associated Countries ............................................ 17

National EURAXESS Portals ............................................................ 17

AUSTRIA - Vienna International Postdoctoral Programme in life science or related .............................................................................. 17

BELGIUM - BAILLET LATOUR Health Prize Call for nominations 17

DENMARK – Industrial PhD and post doc Programmes (Incoming) 18

FINLAND - calls for funding under the Finceal Plus Bridges Partnership Support Instrument ...................................................... 18

FRANCE (Outgoing) - French-Brazilian Chairs in the Federal University of Uberlândia ................................................................... 18

FRANCE (French Government) – ARGENTINA (MECCyT) – ECOS call for projects .................................................................................. 19

GERMANY - Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (P.R.I.M.E.) ...................................................................... 20

GERMANY - Falling Walls Fellowships for Journalists ................. 21

GERMANY - Falling Walls Venture 2019 .......................................... 21

GERMANY (University of Freiburg) – Fellowships on autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS) ............................................................. 21

GERMANY (ZiF) – ZiF call for establishing interdisciplinary Research Groups ............................................................................... 22

GERMANY (Goethe University) – Goethe Goes Global Scholarship for research oriented Master’s programmes .................................. 22

GERMANY (Max Planck Institute for Medical Research) – Post-doc positions at the Department of Chemical Biology .................. 23

GERMANY- COLOMBIA: PROCOL DAAD-COLCIENCIAS ............. 23

HUNGARY – Fellowships in social sciences and humanities at IAS CEU .............................................................................................. 24

2.18.2 Fritz Thyssen Junior Fellowships ..................................................... 24

ITALY (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) – PhD scholarships in Computer Science ............................................................................. 24

ITALY – Eisenhower Fellowship Programme at NATO Defence College in Rome ................................................................................. 25

LATVIA - Incoming Post-doctoral Research Aid Programme for individual researchers....................................................................... 25

PORTUGAL – COLOMBIA (ICETEX) Masters Scholarships for Colombians (Incoming to Portugal) in Portugal ............................. 26

SWEDEN (SCAS) incoming fellowships programmes ................... 27

2.25.1 SCAS General Fellowship Programme ........................................... 27

2.25.2 SCAS Fellowships at the Natural Sciences Programme ................. 27

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SWITZERLAND (swissnex Brazil) – Academia-Industry Training Programme (AIT). ............................................................................... 28

SWITZERLAND – ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme (Incoming) ..................................................................... 28

SWITZERLAND - Institutional Seed Money Grants for Swiss-Latin American cooperation projects ........................................................ 28

UK - Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships (incoming) ......... 29

UK (Newton Fund) – BRAZIL (Confap/FAPESP) – Researcher Links Workshops ............................................................................... 30

UK (Newton Fund) – BRAZIL (Fiocruz/FGV) – Institutional Links on Impact and Evidence-based Policies (Health and Neglected Diseases) ............................................................................................ 30

UK (King’s College London) – BRAZIL (FAPESP) – Call for joint research projects ............................................................................... 31

UK – Wellcome Trust Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Science .................................................................................... 31

UK (Crick) – Incoming postdoctoral career development fellowships for clinicians in medicine and cancer research ......... 31

PRIVATE (Bayer Science & Education Foundation) - Incoming and outgoing fellowships ................................................................. 32

3 Latin American and the Caribbean .............................................................. 33

BRAZIL (FAPESP) – Seed funding SPRINT Call for Proposals..... 33

CHILE (CONICYT) – Becas Chile postdoctoral fellowship abroad (outgoing) ........................................................................................... 33

COLOMBIA - University of Antioquia – ICETEX Postgraduate scholarships for foreigners (Incoming to Colombia) ..................... 34

4 Calls still open .............................................................................................. 35

European Union ................................................................................. 35

EU Member States and Associated Countries ............................... 35

Latin America and the Caribbean .................................................... 39

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Grants & Fellowships

1 European Union Many Horizon 2020 calls of interest or specifically

targeting Brazil or Latin America are still open

The European Union’s Horizon 2020 – Work programme 2018-2020, including preliminary information on all calls to be launched until 2020 has now been published.

SEE HERE FOR CALLS SPECIFICALLY OPEN TO BRAZIL. Read HERE CONFAP and the EU Delegation to Brasilia’s list of calls potentially interested for Brazil.

SEE HERE FOR CALLS SPECIFICALLY OPEN TO LAC RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONS

Horizon 2020 is the EU funding programme for research and innovation running from 2014 to 2020 with a €80 billion budget. H2020 supports scientifically-excellent research, innovation, and technological development, through collaborative and innovative research projects as well as grants and fellowships to individuals set out in the Horizon 2020 work programme. The vast majority of this funding is allocated on the basis of competitive calls open to applications from researchers, businesses and other interested organisations located in any of the EU Member States or countries associated to Horizon 2020.

It is open to the world, so Brazilian and LAC researchers and institutions are very welcome to get involved.

The final Work Programme for Horizon 2020 covers the budgetary years 2018, 2019 and 2020, representing an investment of around €30 billion.

Access all open calls on the Horizon 2020 Funding & tender opportunities Portal. One can filter by keyword, programme part, focus area, cross-cutting priority.

Organisations from any sector and country, including LAC countries can

participate in H2020 projects.

Only organisations from the Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Mexico and

Trinidad and Tobago are not eligible for direct automatic funding by the

European Commission, unless clearly stated in the call. It is suggested that

Brazilian and Mexican organisations check their local co-funding schemes to

support their participation (here for Brazil, and here for Mexico).

Please, note that all Latin American and Caribbean individual researchers

are eligible to funding by MSCA and ERC.

Useful links:

Horizon 2020 Participant

Portal.

International cooperation

ALL H2020 calls are open to international and more specifically Brazilian and other Latin American and Caribbean participation.

For more details on funding of applicants from non-EU countries, click here.

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European Innovation Council (EIC) prizes

Each EIC Horizon Prize has an ambitious goal to solve a major challenge facing society, without detailing how this should be achieved or who should achieve it. These prizes are open to anyone willing to think outside the box across sectors and disciplines. The prize is awarded to whoever best meets the challenge.

1.2.1 Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid

The challenge is to develop innovative and more cost-effective solutions to be used in a humanitarian aid context, based on frugal application of advanced technologies. Prize value: €5 million. Deadline: first quarter of 2020.

1.2.2 Fuel from the Sun: Artificial Photosynthesis

The challenge is to build a functional prototype of an artificial photosynthesis-based system which is able to produce a useable synthetic fuel. Prize value: €5 million. Deadline: first quarter of 2021.

1.2.3 Early Warning for Epidemics

The challenge is to develop a scalable, reliable and cost-effective early warning system to forecast, monitor and ultimately prevent outbreaks of one or more vector-borne diseases. Prize value: €5 million. Deadline: 1 September 2020.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

(post doctoral, to and from Europe)

More below, still open section

Selection of institutions willing to host Post-doc

MSCA Individual Fellows (MSCA IF)

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (MSCA-IF) call is open until 11 September 2019. It allows successful candidates to work on a research project and enjoy advanced training for up to 24 months. The programme provides a competitive salary, mobility and family allowance plus a budget for research and training costs.

To apply for the fellowship, Latin American and the Caribbean-based researchers have to secure the approval of a research organisation in Europe that is willing to host him or her for the duration of the MSCA IF fellowship. The host institution can be public or private, from the academy or not.

We selected some hosting offers below, but remember to regularly check EURAXESS portal with hosting offers as well.

1.4.1 AUSTRIA – University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria / School of Informatics, Communications and Media cordially welcomes Expressions of Interest (EoI) from researchers to apply to the MSCA Individual Fellowship scheme. Applications will be supported by a host supervisor.

The time in the university will include an individual research project combined with advanced training, ranging from presentation skills and project management to proposal writing (including for ERC Starting Grants), and two-way knowledge transfer both in the research area and in transferable skills.

Main research areas at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria’s School of Informatics, Communications and Media are

The EIC pilot aims to support

top-class innovators,

entrepreneurs, small

companies and researchers

with bright ideas and the

ambition to scale-up

internationally.

MSCA-IF aims at supporting

the international mobility of

researchers to and within

(European Fellowships) and

beyond Europe (Global

Fellowships) as well as

helping to attract the best

foreign researchers to work in

the EU. The grant usually

covers two years' salary, a

mobility allowance,

research costs and

overheads for the host

institution.

Check everything about the

current call here.

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• Software Technology & Applications

• Media & Knowledge Technologies

• Informations & Communication Systems.

EoI should be submitted to Prof Gabriel Kronberger (researchjobs59@fh-ooe.at).

Deadline: 29 June 2019.

1.4.2 BELGIUM – Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)

ILVO, the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, located in Belgium, is looking to host experienced researchers at post-doc level in the framework of Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowships.

Recently, some important management decisions have been made to orientate the research at ILVO in a holistic framework of systems thinking as well as to combine ILVO's tacit knowledge with new technological approaches like genomics, metabolomics, (remote) sensing technology, precision farming, innovative food/feed production technology, new breeding technologies, modelling as well as participatory social sciences approaches.

This means that a lot of the research at ILVO is conducted in Living Labs, such as a Food Pilot, fishing vessels, modern greenhouses and animal farming units, and in the context of inter- and transdisciplinary research.

Candidates should contact the respective contact persons if they are interested in a specific item or research unit.

Deadline: 16 August 2019.

1.4.3 POLAND – Silesian University of Technology

The Silesian University of Technology is searching for enthusiastic and experienced researchers of any nationality interested in submitting a joint application for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2019.

The mission of the Silesian University of Technology, as a prestigious European technical university, is to conduct innovative scientific research, educate highly qualified staff, and influence the development of the regional and local communities.

The University is a key player in the fields of innovation and new technologies, thanks to scientific cooperation with various sectors relevant to economy.

Check their complete chart of offers per faculty and subject here.

1.4.4 SPAIN – Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)

The Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) seeks to support postdoctoral researchers wishing to apply for a Marie Sklodowka Curie Individual European Fellowship. We are interested in working with postdoctoral candidates who already have a strong publication record, and whose research agenda complements one or more of the institute’s areas of strength in international studies. Specifically, we are eager to support Marie Sklodowka Curie candidates working on:

• Security and conflict

• Inequality and development

• Global governance

• EU foreign policy

• The politics of regulation, or

• The governance of diversity

Research units that are

looking to host MSCA-IF

researchers at ILVO:

• Technology and

Food Science Unit

• Plant Sciences

• Animal Sciences

• Marine Sciences

• Social Sciences Unit

The Silesian University of

Technology was granted the

HR Excellence in Research

logo, which is a sign of

recognition by the European

Commission of the

university’s efforts to

implement the principles

adopted in the European

Charter for Researchers and

the Code of Conduct for the

Recruitment of Researchers.

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Candidates are invited to submit their Expression of Interest to Matthias vom Hau (mvomhau@ibei.org).

Deadline: 5 July 2019.

1.4.5 SPAIN – Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM)

The Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM) welcomes expressions of interest from excellent postdoctoral researchers interested in applying for a European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA IF), with a research project to be carried out at one of the CRM groups:

• Complex Systems, Principal Investigator (PI) Alvaro Corral (acorral@crm.cat)

• Computational & Mathematical Biology, PIs Tomás Alarcón (talarcon@crm.cat) and Josep Sardanyès(jsardanyes@crm.cat)

• Computational Neuroscience, Pis Alex Roxin (aroxin@crm.cat) and Klaus Wimmer (kwimmer@crm.cat)

• Harmonic Analysis and Approximation Theory, PI Sergey Tikhonov (stikhonov@crm.cat)

• Industrial Mathematics, PI Tim Myers (tmyers@crm.cat)

• Mathematics of Development and Evolution, PI Isaac Salazar (isalazar@crm.cat)

If you are interested, please email the Principal Investigator of the potential host group at CRM, including a CV and a brief description of the research topic which would be the focus of the proposal.

Selected candidates will be informed by 30th June 2019 of the next steps in the submission process (training, reviews, etc). They will then be supported by CRM staff to co-write and develop a joint proposal.

Deadline: 20 June 2019.

ERC Advanced Grants for frontier research in

Europe

More below, still open section.

ERCIM – Alain Bensoussan Fellowships (incoming)

ERCIM, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, offers fellowships for PhD holders from all over the world. Fellowships are of a 12 months duration, spent in one of the leading European Research Institutes which makes up part of the ERCIM network.

Researchers must have obtained a PhD degree during the last 8 years (prior to the application year deadline) or be in the last year of the thesis work with an outstanding academic record. Nevertheless, before starting the grant, a proof of the PhD degree will be requested. Not only researchers from academic institutions can apply, but also scientists working in industry.

Topics cover most disciplines in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Applied Mathematics. (see list of topics covered here)

Deadline: 30 September 2019

The CRM, established in

1984, has as a mission

statement to “improve

research and advanced

training in Mathematics, in

collaboration with Universities

and other research

institutions in Catalunya”.

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Eucor – The European Campus – Doctoral training

programme on Quantum Science and Technologies

(QUSTEC)

QUSTEC is a doctoral training programme set up by the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Eucor – The European Campus.

The programme offers 39 early stage researcher (ESR) positions and outstanding training opportunities within the field of Quantum Science and Technology, in a highly international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral setting. The ESR positions each last 48 months and culminate in the award of a doctoral degree.

The doctoral research will be carried out at one of the following institutions:

• University of Basel, Switzerland

• University of Freiburg, Germany

• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

• University of Strasbourg, France

• IBM Research – Zurich, Switzerland

QUSTEC aims to address some of the grand challenges in Quantum Science today: The principles of quantum mechanics, which govern physics, chemistry, material science and computing at the atomic scale have already led to a wave of new technologies. In new applications, quantum technologies provide a massive leap that can be a decisive factor for many European industries and markets in the 21st century.

WHO? Applicants must be, at the date of the respective call deadline of QUSTEC, in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree. Open to all nationalities.

Deadline: 19 August 2019.

European University institute (EUI, Italy) – incoming

fellowships in social sciences and humanities

1.8.1 Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship

Fellowships last for up to ten months in one of the EUI's four Departments (Economics, Law, History and Civilization, Political and Social Sciences) which in turn invite fellows to participate in departmental activities (seminars, workshops, colloquia, etc.).

Fellows are encouraged to make contact with researchers sharing their academic interests, may be involved in the teaching and thesis supervision tasks of EUI professors, and associated with one of the research projects being carried out at the EUI.

Deadline: 30 September 2019 (or 30 March depending on the department)

1.8.2 Max Weber Fellowships for junior post-docs

Max Weber fellowships are designed for junior post-docs who would like to pursue an academic career, concentrate on their own research and enhance their academic practice in a multidisciplinary environment. The Programme awards 1, 2, and exceptionally 3 year long fellowships in the fields of political and social sciences, economics, law and history.

5 universities from Germany,

France and Switzerland

compose Eucor and

crystallise the skills of some

15,000 researchers, 11,000

doctoral candidates and

115,000 students in a region

that is economically strong

and research intensive in the

heart of Europe. Their aim is

to build a scientific space with

a clearly defined profile,

without walls or borders and

with international outreach.

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WHO? Open to eligible applicants who are within 5 years from the completion of their PhD, from anywhere in the world. Application procedure for fellowships 2020-21 will open in July.

Annual deadline: 18 October.

1.8.3 Jean Monnet Postdoctoral Fellowships

To carry out one year research (renewable once) at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) in one of the following Centre’s main research themes:

- Integration, Governance and Democracy; - Regulating Markets and Governing Money; and - 21st Century World Politics and Europe.

WHO? Open to scholars who have obtained their doctorate more than 5 years

prior to the start of the fellowship, i.e. 1 September 2019 for the academic year

2019-20. Application procedure for fellowships 2020-21 will open in July.

Annual deadline: 25 October.

European Southern Observatory (ESO) fellowships

and studentships

The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere - European Southern Observatory (GERMANY, CHILE) offers the following opportunities:

• Postdoctoral Fellowships offer outstanding early-career scientists the opportunity to further develop their independent research programmes in an exciting scientific environment with close contact to the activities and staff at ESO. Duration: 3-4 years Annual deadline: 15 October.

• ESO Studentship Programme: These positions are open to students enrolled in a university Ph.D. programme, preferentially but not necessarily in an ESO member state in astronomy or related fields. Students accepted into the programme work on their doctoral project under the formal supervision of their home university, but they come to ESO to work and study under the co-supervision of an ESO staff astronomer, normally for a period of between one and two years. Studentships may be hosted either at ESO's Headquarters in Garching (Germany) or at ESO's offices in Santiago (Chile), where up to two positions per year are provided for students enrolled in South American universities. Annual deadlines: 15 November; 31 May

EMBO Fellowships on Life Sciences (incoming /

outgoing)

The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) brings together more than 1800 leading researchers within 29 Member states and promotes excellence in the life sciences.

1.10.1 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships

Support up to two years postdoctoral research visits to laboratories throughout Europe and the world (no restriction). International exchange is a key feature in the application process. Applicants should possess a doctoral degree.

List of ESO member states.

Occasionally postdoc or

graduate student positions

are opened for some specific

projects. These are

announced on the ESO

recruitment page.

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Deadline: applications are accepted throughout the year, with 2 cut-off dates on the second Fridays of February and August.

1.10.2 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships

Fund research visits of one week up to three months between laboratories in EMBC Member States, Associated Member States or Cooperation. In LAC, the only eligible country is Chile.

The aim is to facilitate valuable collaborations with research groups applying techniques that are unavailable in the applicant's home laboratory.

Applicants must be active researchers at any stage in their career with a minimum of one year of research experience at the PhD-student level. On completion of the fellowship applicants must return to their home laboratory for at least six months.

Deadline: rolling basis

CERN fellowship programme (Incoming)

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) Fellowship Programme allows graduates from universities or technical institutes in a wide range of applied sciences, computing and engineering to boost their careers in one of the largest scientific experiments in the world, at the cutting edge of technology, developing their technical skills, knowledge and expertise.

CERN offers different categories of fellowships in line with different levels of education and experience. Those currently open are:

• Senior Fellowship, for PhD holders or researchers with at least four years’ experience post-MSc (or equivalent diploma which gives access to doctoral programmes), and a maximum of 10 years’ experience.

• Senior Research (Theoretical & Experimental Physics) Fellowship, for researchers in the fields of theoretical and experimental physics holding a PhD and up to ten years’ experience in their field.

These fellowships are open to nationals of a CERN Member or Associate

Member State. A limited number of positions are also available to candidates

from Non-Member States.

• Junior Fellowship, for nationals of Member or Associate Member States with a BSc or MSc degree and no more than 4 years’ experience after completing their highest diploma.

• Post Career Break Fellowship, for researchers with the profile of either a Junior or Senior Fellow and have been on a career break for personal reasons (for example for family or caring responsibilities, health issues) for at least two years (for members citizens only)

CERN also participates in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions which fund individual fellowships. All open opportunities are listed on CERN website here.

Deadlines for all programmes: 2 September 2019

As part of its collaboration

with the European

Commission, CERN

subscribes to the principles of

the European Commission’s

European Charter of

Researchers and Code of

Conduct for the Recruitment

of Researchers. These

principles are best practice

guidelines, designed to

promote equal rights and

obligations for individual

researchers throughout

Europe by specifying the

roles, responsibilities and

entitlements of researchers,

as well as those of funders

and/or employers of

researchers.

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Fully funded PhD positions offered by MSCA

Innovative Training Networks

1.12.1 MSCA ITN DiManD – PhD positions in Digital Manufacturing and Design Developmen (Industry 4.0)

The Digital Manufacturing and Design (DiManD) Innovative Training Network (ITN) is a European Training Network (ETN) programme that will provide high-quality multidisciplinary, multi-professional and cross-sectorial research and training to high-achieving early stage researchers in the area of Industrie 4.0.

DiManD aims to develop a high-quality multidisciplinary, multi-professional and cross-sectorial research and training framework for Europe with the purpose of improving Europe’s industrial competitiveness by designing and implementing an integrated programme in the area of intelligent informatics driven manufacturing that will form the benchmark for training future Industrie 4.0 practitioners.

The research programme breaks with traditional approaches to research and is predicated on three key research challenges: big data analytics; industrial Internet of Things; and autonomous systems control, which are at the core of the Industrie 4.0 vision. The research will be accompanied by a holistic training programme that provides the 14 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) with a multidisciplinary skillset comprising computer science, psychology, physics and engineering.

Deadline: 29 June 2019.

1.12.2 MSCA ITN DohART-NET – PhD positions in Embryology/Cell Biology

DohART-NET is a Periconceptional Programming of Health Training Network and it aims to promote efficient disease prevention and potential therapeutic intervention to overcome adverse diseases pathways. It integrates preclinical (animal and stem cell models), bioinformatics and network science to identify and validate mechanisms that play key role in the pathogenesis of diseases.

A major aim of the Network is to train and promote qualified researchers with embryology, cell biology, developmental biology, animal models, bioimaging, molecular biology, genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, high-throughput bioinformatics, mathematical modelling and managerial skills, capable of working in academic research or in industry, and with experts in different disciplines operating in different countries.

Deadline: 14 July 2019.

1.12.3 MSCA ITN – PhD positions in Physics, Optics, Laser

applications, Optical engineering, Metrology and measurement

The overall aim of the GREAT (Grating Reflectors Enabled laser Applications and Training) project is to train a cohort of 15 Early-Stage Researcher (ESRs) through the completion of interconnected individual projects which will deliver innovative approaches for development and use of Grating Waveguide Structures (GWS), from design to implementation in several laser systems.

GWS results from the combination of sub-wavelength gratings and planar waveguides. This combination results, by means of an appropriate design of the overall GWS resonances, which are more efficient than current grating-only

DiManD comprises a well-

balanced consortium that

spans six European countries

and incorporates academic

and industry sectors to

promote international,

interdisciplinary and inter-

sectoral aspects of ESR skill

development.

This highly multidisciplinary

training program is based on

the technological excellence,

expertise and joint research

activities of network members

in the mentioned fields.

The GREAT network will

provide each ESR with key

learning opportunities along

with project specific exposure

to important modelling

methods, world-leading

fabrication tools, or systems

development.

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devices, unique optical components that are enabling for a range of applications.

The ESRs will be embedded within leading international institutions and trained to work collaboratively to deliver ground-breaking research solutions and novel systems, whilst responding to real-world problems. This is a crucial skill, particularly since there is an overall lack of qualified specialized personnel in this field, with a growing number of active companies worldwide.

Applicants must be in the first four years of their research careers at the time of appointment and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.

Deadline: 30 June 2019.

1.12.4 MSCA ITN HealthAge – PhD positions in Mechanisms in Health and Disease

The HealthAge consortium was carefully designed to create a joint European program of excellence in training and research with a core intellectual focus on the functional role Lifespan Regulation Mechanisms in Health and Disease.

15 PhD positions are available for highly motivated Early Stage Researcher (ESR). It is offered:

• a comprehensive, interactive and international training programme covering innovative and state-of-the-art approaches to the field of Lifespan Regulation Mechanisms in multiple organisms.

• a series of research-specific, complementary and soft skills, that involve both the academic and industry sectors and are tailor-made to prepare young researchers for their future careers.

• a competitive salary, which is adjusted for their host country.

• a mobility allowance and a family allowance (where applicable) as part of the employment package.

Applicants should be within four years of the diploma granting them access to doctorate studies at the time of recruitment and can be of any nationality.

Deadline: 1 October 2019.

1.12.5 MSCA ITN ORBITAL – PhD positions in drug delivery technologies that can help treat posterior segment diseases of the eye

The ORBITAL (Ocular Research By Integrated Training And Learning) network is an EU-funded Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovation Training Network (MSCA-ITN). This ITN will recruit and train 15 early stage researchers (PhD students) across Europe to develop drug delivery technologies that can help treat posterior segment diseases of the eye, e.g. age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. In so doing, ORBITAL aims to improve the quality of life and clinical outcomes for patients with these conditions.

The network is built on an intersectoral consortium (academia, industry, clinicians, patient advocacy groups and hospitals) composed of 23 members from Europe, Canada and the US. The goal is to train researchers to PhD level, ensuring that they have a clear focus on patient needs and interdisciplinary skills. We will have a strong focus on outreach, dissemination, patient and public engagement.

The selected early stage researchers will be exposed to a broad scientific landscape across a range of varied and complementary disciplines, all under the overarching discipline of ocular drug delivery. Engagement with patients, patient groups and clinicians, throughout the entirety of the training programme

The research is structured

into three functionally-

linked thematic areas:

1) Functional insights into

lifespan regulation

mechanisms; 2) Longevity

assurance pathways in

development and disease; 3)

Novel approaches against

age-related diseases and

progeria.

By 2040, the number of

Europeans suffering from

early and late stage Age-

Related Macular

Degeneration (AMD will have

increased to over 26 million.

In light of these figures, there

is a lack of researchers with

the necessary

interdisciplinary skills to

combat such increasing

burdens. The ORBITAL ETN

programme has the primary

objective of recruiting brilliant

early stage researchers

(ESRs) and developing the

next generation of research

leaders and drivers.

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will ensure that patient-oriented solutions are at the centre of all research activity.

Deadline: 28 June 2019.

1.12.6 MSCA ITN PROTECT – PhD positions in Climate change and food safety

The overarching aim of this Innovative Training Network (ITN) is to provide high-level training in Predictive mOdelling Tools to evaluate the Effects of Climate change on food safeTy (PROTECT). The project will provide sound scientifically based knowledge for management options and decisions on new and emerging food safety threats due to climate change.

The goals of the network will be achieved by a unique combination of “hands-on” research training, non-academic placements, summer schools and workshops on research-related and transferable skills facilitated by the academic and non-academic composition of the consortium. The research work consists of 3 technical work packages with 8 individual research projects each looking at a specific aspect of predictive modelling and the influence of climate change on food safety.

WHO? The project is currently recruiting 8 post-graduate researchers with specialization in Food Science, Biostatistics, Food Microbiology, Biosystems and Food Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical and Environmental Engineering or related discipline.

Deadline: 28 June 2019.

1.12.7 MSCA ITN SWEET CROSSTALK – PhD positions in Chemistry & Biology

Sweet Crosstalk is a multidisciplinary European Training Network built to address the challenge of understanding, at a molecular level, how glycans are involved at the human mucosa–microbiota interface, and how this correlates with human well-being.

Eligibility: Candidates are in the first four years of their research careers upon the starting date of their appointment to an ESR/PhD position and have not been awarded a doctoral (PhD) degree.

Funding: Highly competitive & attractive salary and working conditions in accordance with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action regulations for Early Stage Researchers

Duration: 3-4 years.

Deadline: 21 June 2019

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EURAXESS Jobs

There are currently around 15122 research job positions (all over Europe, but

also in other countries and in all disciplines) announced on the EURAXESS

Jobs database. Opportunities can be viewed by country, level of seniority, field

or research or via free text searches.

Please note that these jobs also include doctoral positions, including those

funded by the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA – ITN & Cofund) and by

the European Research Council (ERC). Using the “European Research

Program” filter, these opportunities can be easily found.

Find many other calls funded by the European Commission, Member states and associated countries and Brazil/LAC in the still open section below

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2 EU Member States and Associated Countries National EURAXESS Portals

The latest information on open calls for national grants and fellowships in the 40 member countries of the EURAXESS network can be accessed on the respective national EURAXESS portals:

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK.

AUSTRIA - Vienna International Postdoctoral

Programme in life science or related

VIP2 is a three-year postdoctoral fellowship program that is open to candidates with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, engineering, computer science, and bioinformatics. VIP2 will have three international calls and recruit 45 fellows (15 in each call).

Eligibility: Applicants must hold a PhD in life sciences or related disciplines such as physics, engineering, chemistry, or mathematics. Funding: All VIP2 fellows will be hired under full-time employment contracts (40h) by the institute of the respective host lab.

Deadline: 15 June 2019.

BELGIUM - BAILLET LATOUR Health Prize Call for

nominations

This personal award is intended to recognize outstanding scientific achievements in biomedical research for the benefit of human health and to encourage the laureate in the pursuit of his/her career. The Prize is open to scientists of all nationalities who have not received an equivalent Prize for their personal use.

Exceptionally, the Prize may be shared between two persons who have collaborated over a long period. The laureate will be selected by an international Selection Panel in February 2020.

The themes for the following years will be Metabolic Infectious Diseases (2021), Neurological Diseases (2022),...

Deadline: 30 September 2019

Find out about all the free services EURAXESS provides to researchers and employers. You can save time and money by using more than 550 EURAXESS Centres and contact points around Europe to help you with a range of issues including visa requirements, work regulations, taxation and social security.

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DENMARK – Industrial PhD and post doc

Programmes (Incoming)

The Industrial Researcher Programme invests in Industrial PhD and Postdoc projects. In both project types the candidate is employed in a private company and enrolled at or collaborates with a public sector research organisation. The candidate works on the same project at both places. Innovation Fund Denmark invests in research projects within all research fields, provided the research project is of a high quality and is commercially relevant to the company.

An Industrial PhD candidate must hold a master’s degree.

An Industrial Postdoc candidate must have obtained a PhD degree within the past five years.

It must be the project’s company supervisor/mentor who creates the application.

Deadlines for Industrial Postdoc and reg. Industrial PhD: 24 September 2019; Public sector Industrial Researcher projects: 8 October 2019.

FINLAND - calls for funding under the Finceal Plus

Bridges Partnership Support Instrument

FinCEAL Plus BRIDGES is a project financed by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture in 2019-2020 with the purpose of supporting collaboration between the Finnish research community and their counterparts in Africa, Asia and the LAC regions.

Through the Partnership Support Instrument, researchers based in Finnish institutions can apply for one of the following funding modalities:

1. Open Travel Grants,

A portion of the funding is reserved for PhD students. PhD students who are at middle or late-stage of their PhD studies will be given priority.

2. Event Grants

to support the planning of workshops, seminars, conferences or other types of events related to the SDG’s and science, technology, and/or innovation cooperation with Africa, Asia or the LAC region.

3. Research Visit Grants.

to invite partner researchers from the target regions for short-term visits. The invited expert should be either a senior researcher (already has a PhD) or a senior staff member. The joint research activity should be relevant to one or more of the SDG’s.

Applications can be sent in at any time, but applicants are advised to apply for funding at least 2 months before their planned activity. All funded activities must take place between 1 April and 31 December 2019.

FRANCE (Outgoing) - French-Brazilian Chairs in the

Federal University of Uberlândia

The Federal University Uberlândia (UFU) and the French Embassy launched a call for applications for 2 French Chairs. The call is open to professors or researchers from French higher education and research institutions in all research areas. The chairs must be co-directed by a Brazilian professor.

DURATION: Between 30 to 60 days, from early August until end November 2019.

Deadline: 21 June 2019.

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FRANCE (IRD) – Jeunes Équipes Associées à l’IRD

Programme (JEAI) Global South including LAC

The « Jeunes Équipes Associées à l’IRD » (JEAI) programme is designed to promote and strengthen new research teams in developing countries including Latin America and Caribbean countries (LAC) through partnerships with IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) research units.

This programme promotes the set up and/or the strengthening of research teams in developing countries.

The ‘new team’ (Jeune Equipe) concept is to be understood from the point of view of its date of creation. There is no absolute link with the age of the team members. It is however strongly recommended that these teams include a significant amount of early career researchers.

Joint research and capacity-building activities with the partner research unit lead to build a collective scientific dynamic, the goal of which is to guarantee a long lasting research team.

Eligibility:

- Research team composed at least of three researchers - Must be located in a developing country - Must be associated with an IRD research unit that has research topics

related to development Funding: Up to €50 000 for three years.

Deadline: 28 June 2019

FRANCE (French Government) – ARGENTINA

(MECCyT) – ECOS call for projects

Based on partnership and transparency, the ECOS programme is designed to support projects of excellence in scientific collaboration. It funds exchanges between researchers in the form of short-term assignments and specialisations for doctoral and postdoctoral students participating in the selected projects.

Collaborations on a joint scientific project with a Argentinian partner are currently being selected. Doctoral training has to be included in the collaboration.

Three-year projects will be selected in the following areas:

- Health and society: infectious, emerging, rare diseases. - Nanosciences and nanotechnology, science and information technology - Migrations, urbanization, and social inequality - Agro-economy and sustainable food.

The Argentinian partner must submit his project simultaneously to MINCyT.

Deadline to submit projects: 1 July 2019.

Note that tripartite projects with groups from Chile and/or Uruguay can be funded. Check the calls for more details.

Note that a similar call with Chile was expected to close on 13 June 2019. More here

The IRD is a French public

establishment operating

under the joint authority of the

French Ministry for Higher

Education, Research and

Innovation and the French

Ministry for Europe and

Foreign Affairs.

JEAI objective is not to fund

individual grants, nor to

support already achieved

teams. It aims to reinforce the

experiences of researchers

from developing countries in a

research and capacity-

building programme, in order

that JEAIs become world-

class centres of excellence in

their field and get integrated

in national, regional or

international networks.

Institutional partners in

France: Ministry of Europe

and Foreign Affairs and

Ministry of Higher Education,

Research and Innovation.

Institutional partners in

Argentina: Ministerio de

Educación, Cultura, Ciencia y

Tecnología de la República

Argentina MECCyT.

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GERMANY (DAAD) – Development-Related

Postgraduate Courses (EPOS)

The EPOS programme offers individual scholarships to participants from developing countries so that they may study development-related postgraduate courses at selected universities in Germany.

The scholarships offer foreign graduates from all disciplines and with at least two years' professional experience the chance to take a postgraduate or Master's degree at a state or state-recognised German university, and in exceptional cases to take a doctoral degree, and to obtain a university qualification (Master's/PhD) in Germany.

What is supported?

Individual scholarships exclusively for Postgraduate courses in Germany that are listed on the "List of all Postgraduate courses with application deadlines" that include

- Depending on academic level, monthly payments of 850 euros for graduates or 1,000 euros for doctoral candidates

- Payments towards health, accident and personal liability insurance cover

- Travel allowance, unless these expenses are covered by the home country or another source of funding

Duration: 12 to 36 months (dependent on study programme)

Deadlines vary according to each programme.

GERMANY - Postdoctoral Researchers International

Mobility Experience (P.R.I.M.E.)

Postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities, who see their long-term career perspectives in Germany, will be given the opportunity to combine employment at a German university with a research stay abroad.

Funding is provided through an 18-month temporary job position at the selected German University, in which 12 months have to be spent abroad and 6 months (re-integration phase) at a German university. The re-integration phase is mandatory. The German university administrates the salary during the whole funding period

Applications may be submitted before completion of the PhD. However, the PhD must be completed before the start of the funding period.

Deadline: 30 August 2019.

Scholars from many LAC

countries are eligible under

the EPOS programme,

including from Argentina,

Brazil, Columbia, Mexico.

Check the list here

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GERMANY - Falling Walls Fellowships for

Journalists

The Falling Walls Foundation is offering two types of Fellowships for science journalists:

1. The Falling Walls Science Fellowship for journalists

Eligibility: aimed at journalists and bloggers with at least three years of experience who hope to advance their knowledge in the area of sciences. Freelance and full-time journalists or bloggers can apply.

Funding: Travel expenses (economy class), hotel accommodation for 3 nights, conference fees and meals (breakfast at hotel, catering during the Falling Walls events.

Date: 7–10 November 2019.

2. The Berlin Science Week Fellowship.

Eligibility: Science journalists with a minimum of three years professional journalism/blogging experience in which they have written about the science topics.

Funding: Hotel accommodation for 4 nights, free tickets to the Falling Walls events on 8/9 November, free meals during the events and participation at the Berlin Science Week. The fellowship does not cover travel expenses to and from Berlin.

Date: 6–10 November 2019.

Deadline: 30 June 2019

GERMANY - Falling Walls Venture 2019

Falling Walls Venture is an international platform showcasing the most promising research-based start-ups from all over the globe.

Eligibility: Falling Walls Venture is open to entrepreneurs and scientists whose start-ups are based on scientific research. Each start-up must be endorsed by a nominating institution. This can be a university or a research institution.

Funding: Travel and accommodation stipend included for start-up presenter.

Date: 7 – 10 November 2019.

Deadline: 30 June 2019

GERMANY (University of Freiburg) – Fellowships on

autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS)

The Cluster of Excellence living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS) at the University of Freiburg launches an open call for 5 Hermann Staudinger Doctoral Fellowships.

LivMatS develops completely novel, bioinspired materials systems that adapt autonomously to various environments and harvest clean energy from their surroundings. The intention of these purely technical - yet in a behavioral sense quasi-living - materials systems is to meet the demands of humans with regard to pioneering environmental and energy technologies. The societal relevance of autonomous systems and their sustainability will thus play an important role in their development.

The research program of livMatS is characterized by highly interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from a broad range of fields including

Falling Walls Labs in

LAC

Falling Walls Labs are open to outstanding scholars, researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs, young professionals, and innovators. All disciplines are welcome.

Candidates present their research work, business model, or initiative to peers, a high-calibre jury made up of experts from academia and business, and the general public - in 3 minutes each. Winners of local editions go to Berlin to participate in the live finals. More here

Local editions:

Falling Walls Lab Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Organised by the DWIH São Paulo, in partnership with EURAXESS Brazil, and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) to host the Brazilian stage. EURAXESS Brazil will award an extra prize to the Brazilian winners to visit the research institute of their choice in Europe during their participation in the finals in Berlin (November 2019)

Candidates from all areas of knowledge can apply for the Falling Walls Lab Belo Horizonte until 31 July 2019. More http://bit.ly/FWL2019BH

Falling Walls Lab Argentina. Deadline: 7 July 2019.

Falling Walls Lab Chile. Deadline: 12 July 2019

Falling Walls Lab Fortaleza, Brazil, In partnership with EURAXESS Brazil. Deadline: 31 July 2019

Falling Walls Lab Mexico. Deadline: 20 July 2019

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engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, psychology, the humanities, and sustainability sciences.

WHO? The Cluster invites applications from exceptional candidates in the fields specified above who are committed to interdisciplinary research in a cutting-edge environment.

Deadline: 21 June 2019.

GERMANY (ZiF) – ZiF call for establishing

interdisciplinary Research Groups

The ZiF is Bielefeld University's Institute for Advanced Study and fosters outstanding and innovative interdisciplinary research projects. The ZiF is an independent thematically open research institution and is open to scholars from all disciplines and all countries.

The ZiF offers the opportunity to establish an interdisciplinary Research Group in the academic year 2021/22. For several months up to one year fellows reside at the ZiF and work together on a broader research theme. ZiF provides funding, support by a research group coordinator, and a professional infrastructure (i. e. accommodation, conference facilities).

The Research Group may be applied for in two different formats: (1) Research Group with a duration of 10 months and a budget of 500.000 € (2) Research Group with a duration of 5 months and a budget of 250.000 €.

Applications for organising a ZiF Research Group may be submitted by any scholar from Germany or abroad. In the initial phase, a draft proposal for a Research Group (up to 5 pages) is required. In a second phase, invitations to submit full proposals will be issued.

Draft proposals should be received by 1 October 2019 at the latest.

GERMANY (Goethe University) – Goethe Goes

Global Scholarship for research oriented Master’s

programmes

For a period of five years (2016-2020) Goethe University’s Master scholarship programme will be offering 20 scholarships per year for various MSc and MA courses with a special emphasis on research. All areas of knowledge available.

WHO?

• You are well versed in your academic discipline and particularly interested in research?

• You hold or are on track for an excellent or above-average Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from a university outside Germany?

• You are looking for an interesting Master's programme and are considering a PhD in the long run?

• You want a platform to exchange ideas with other international researchers about the topics you are passionate about?

• You are seeking hands-on experience in research under the supervision of excellent professors in a renowned university with state-of-the art facilities?

• You need a stepping stone to start a successful, international career and funding for your Master's programme?

Then you should apply for Goethe Goes Global Master's scholarships! A monthly stipend of 1,000€ for the standard period of study in a Master programme at Goethe-University (generally 2 years) is offered.

Deadlines depend on the Master’s programme, check them here.

Research Groups aim at a

long term interdisciplinary

collaboration. They provide

the frame in which scholars

from various disciplines work

together on a broader

research theme. For an

extended time, generally one

year, they work and live at

the ZiF.

The purpose of the

scholarship is to foster your

academic career, to enable

you to become involved in

existing research projects and

to actively support you during

your Master’s degree studies.

A Master’s degree is the

prerequisite for starting a PhD

in one of Goethe University’s

seminal research units.

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GERMANY (Max Planck Institute for Medical

Research) – Post-doc positions at the Department of

Chemical Biology

Postdoctoral positions (2 years or longer) are available at the Department of Chemical Biology (Prof. Kai Johnsson) of the Max Planck Institute of Medical Research in Heidelberg. The goal of the project is the development of lead compounds against new nociceptor-selective protein targets suitable for pain therapy.

The successful candidates will develop novel approaches for the selection of small molecules from encoded combinatorial libraries (phage display, DNA display) that specifically bind to complex protein targets. Molecules generated through these approaches will subsequently be evaluated in innovative, disease-relevant biological assays.

Priority will be given to candidates with previous experiences with encoded combinatorial libraries (phage display or DNA display), or in the fields of protein engineering and chemical biology.

Deadline: 30 June 2019.

GERMANY- COLOMBIA: PROCOL DAAD-

COLCIENCIAS

The PROCOL programme supports international mobilities between Colombian researchers who are part of the SNCTI entities and their peers in Germany, within the framework of the development of joint research and innovation projects.

This call is addressed to entities that are part of the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation (SNCTI) and that present projects of Colombian researchers with current recognition by COLCIENCIAS at the closing of the call, and researchers in training (PhD students from Colombia), that are endorsed by SNCTI entities and are interested in being part of the Banco de Elegibles for the development of research and innovation projects in conjunction with Germany.

Funding: The scholarship covers support for the financing of airline tickets and living expenses.

Eligibility: Aimed at researchers, university professors, master's, doctoral and postdoctoral graduates from all areas of knowledge who plan to carry out a joint research project with a Colombian research group endorsed by COLCIENCIAS.

Colombian binational groups can submit their applications to COLCIENCIAS and Germans through the DAAD-Portal here.

Duration: 2 years.

Deadline: 3 July 2019

The Max Planck Society

conduct basic research in the

natural sciences, life

sciences, and humanities.

Since its foundation in 1948,

eighteen Nobel laureates

have emerged from its ranks.

The Max Planck Society with

its 84 Max Planck Institutes

and facilities is the

international flagship for

German science: in addition

to five foreign institutions, it

operates another 17 Max

Planck Centers worldwide.

More jobs can be found at:

https://www.mpg.de/jobboard

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HUNGARY – Fellowships in social sciences and

humanities at IAS CEU

The Institute for Advanced Study at the Central European University (IAS CEU) offers the following fellowship opportunities in social sciences and humanities:

2.18.1 Junior/Senior Core Fellowships

Fellowships are available in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities, broadly defined.

Fellowships run for the full 9-month period (Oct-June), for the 3-month short fall semester (October-December), the 5-month fall semester (Oct-February) or the 6-month spring semester (Jan-June).

Eligibility: Applicants must hold a PhD or equivalent in the social sciences or humanities at the time of their application. Junior fellows must have obtained a PhD degree issued in 2011 or later. Candidates who obtained their PhD before 2011 are considered “senior” and must apply for the senior fellowship.

Each year some 15 fellows are selected.

Senior fellows receive 2,600 €/month and junior fellows receive 1,500 €/month to help support their stay in Budapest.

2.18.2 Fritz Thyssen Junior Fellowships

2,000 €/month fellowships are available in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities.

Fellowships run for the whole academic year (10 months, September 1- June 30) or for the Fall or Winter semesters (6 months, Sept 1 to Feb 28 or Jan 1 to June 30).

Junior fellowships are renewable for another year in exceptional cases and only after an external review process.

Applicants must hold a PhD or equivalent in the social sciences or humanities at the time of their application.

Both deadlines are 7 October 2019.

ITALY (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) – PhD

scholarships in Computer Science

The main goal of this programme is to train future scientists with a strong professional background who are capable of working in an international and highly competitive environment, such as the Information Technology (IT) sector. This also involves the ability to communicate ideas clearly and efficiently orally and in writing and the ability to work in groups.

Research areas at the Faculty of Computer Science spans three main research areas, which are being developed by research groups on a long-term basis (specific themes can be seen here):

• Information and database systems engineering

• Knowledge representation and databases

• Software and systems engineering

WHO? The prerequisites for admission to doctoral programmes include having acquired an appropriate educational degree, and/or have worked in the PhD course fields, in particular being able to demonstrate a deep knowledge of the fundamental techniques and methods used in computer science. Qualifications

IAS CEU is part of the

Network of European

Institutes for Advanced Study

(NetIAS). It brings together 24

Institutes for Advanced Study

across Europe. It was created

in 2004 to stimulate a

dialogue on IAS practices and

possible forms of cooperation.

Within the whole network,

more than 500 researchers

are hosted every year for up

to one full academic year.

See the list of participating

Institutes here.

In order to conclude the

programme successfully, the

PhD student has to elaborate

a research topic

independently and this

research must contribute

significantly to current

knowledge in the area of

computer science.

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in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information or Electronic Engineering are preferable.

Deadline: 7 July 2019.

ITALY – Eisenhower Fellowship Programme at

NATO Defence College in Rome

The NATO Defence College currently offers 8 fellowships each year in the field of defence and security policy research related to NATO and its partners. The objective is to promote research and policy analysis in areas of particular interest to the NATO Member States, as well as to countries that are part of the Partnership for Peace (PfP), Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) and Other Military Cooperation (OMC) / Partners Across the Globe (PAG) frameworks.

Each Fellow will receive between 8,000 € – 16,500 € to be used for his/her stay in Rome and his/her travel expenses.

Each fellowship will last for 3 or 5 months, during which the fellow will be located at the NATO Defence College, in Rome, Italy.

Deadline: 31 July 2019.

LATVIA - Incoming Post-doctoral Research Aid

Programme for individual researchers

The purpose of the programme “PostDoc Latvia” is to develop the skills of new scientists and to increase the scientific capacity, ensuring the possibilities for new scientists to start a career in scientific institutions and with enterprises, as well as improvement of research competencies, renewal of human resources and increase in the number of qualified specialists.

Eligibility: Latvian or foreign researchers who have acquired doctorate not more than 10 years before the deadline for submitting the research application.

Funding: Full time employment contract with salary 2 731 € per month including all taxes & other research expenses. Duration: 36 months.

Deadline: 15 July 2019.

NETHERLANDS (NWO) – BRAZIL (FAPESP) –

Joint call for proposals “Healthy Ageing”

This call of proposals focuses on "Healthy Ageing". The funded projects must seek to understand the biological determinants of the heterogeneity of the ageing process, developing instruments to allow stratification of target groups and hence the development of personalised and/or stratified prevention and optimized treatment strategies, while maximizing the functional capacity, independence, and quality of life of older persons.

Proposals must be jointly written, in one side, by researchers affiliated with higher education or research institutions in São Paulo State, and, in the other side, by researchers from Dutch universities and research institutes eligible for NWO funding.

NWO and FAPESP will provide budget to fund 2 proposals. For the 2019 call, the available budget at NWO is ca. 1.4 million euros and FAPESP will match in terms of research efforts. It is envisaged that applications will display a balanced partnership, not specifically in monetary terms but with equivalent research commitment and efforts from both sides.

Candidates for the

NDC/Eisenhower Defence

Fellowships must be citizens

of a NATO member state:

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria,

Canada, Croatia, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Estonia,

France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Iceland, Italy,

Latvia, Lithuania,

Luxembourg, Montenegro

(upon accession), the

Netherlands, Norway, Poland,

Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,

Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, the

United Kingdom, and the

United States.

It is expected that research

activities be conducted on

both sides, including the

exchange of researchers, and

that the project and the

intellectual contribution is

evenly balanced between São

Paulo and the Netherlands.

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Deadline: 3 September 2019.

PORTUGAL – COLOMBIA (ICETEX) Masters

Scholarships for Colombians (Incoming to Portugal) in

Portugal

Under the agreement signed with the ICETEX, the Government of Portugal funds 80% tuition fees of its Masters programmes in areas of study considered to be priorities for Colombia's post-conflict strategy, for up to 2 Colombian students in participating Portuguese universities.

Duration: 1 year

Eligibility: The programme is aimed at Colombian citizens born or resident in Caquetá (in the municipalities of El Paujil and Montañita), university professionals in careers directly related to the priority areas for Colombia's post-conflict strategy and aligned with the Sustainable Development Objectives (SDS).

• Applicants must be between 23 - 65 years old,

• Have a minimum average of undergraduate grades of 3.7 / 5.0;

• Have at least 1 year of professional experience in the area of the programme to be performed,

• Applicants must have a good knowledge of Portuguese and/or English, with a minimum score: TOEFL CBT: 123, paper: 437, IBT: 41, IELTS: 4.0, MET: B1 and/or Portuguese: B1.

Deadline: 22 July 2019

SPAIN - Ikerbasque Group Leaders 2019 (incoming)

Ikerbasque offers 10 permanent research positions for Group Leaders willing to develop a long-term scientific career in the Basque Country. This call is open to both young group leaders and senior experienced group leaders. The evaluation committee will only consider the strongest candidates with excellent leadership capabilities and an outstanding research record. Researchers are expected to perform independent research. They should be capable of attracting competitive funding and establishing their own research groups.

Applications from women are especially welcome.

WHO?

• The applicants must have their PhD completed before January 2011.

• Researchers with a permanent position in the Basque Country are not eligible under this call.

• Acceptance letter by potential host institution is mandatory.

Deadline: 17 September 2019.

Check out more upcoming

scholarships for Colombians

in Europe under ICETEX’

programme here

These positions are financed

by the Basque Government,

the European Commission

and the host institution where

the researcher will develop

her/his research.

Ikerbasque also offers

permanent research positions

to grantees of the European

Research Council.

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SWEDEN (SCAS) incoming fellowships

programmes

2.25.1 SCAS General Fellowship Programme

The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) offers a General Residential Fellowship Programme open to scholars from all countries. The programme gives fellows the opportunity to concentrate on their own research interests, free from the teaching and administrative obligations of ordinary university life. Fellows are, however, expected to be active members of the scholarly community of the Collegium and to participate in seminars and academic events beyond their own fields of specialization.

WHO? At the time of application, the candidate must have held a PhD (or equivalent degree) for at least three years. Early career scholars must have a promising track record of independent achievements beyond the post-doctoral level, including significant publications, and be active in international fora.

Senior candidates (those who have held a PhD for at least ten years) must have demonstrated a track record of significant and original research achievements over a sequence of years and be active at the international forefront of their research fields.

Scholars may apply for a full academic year or one semester.

Applications may be submitted two to three years in advance of the period for which candidates wish to come. However, the deadline for the academic year 2020/21 is on 1 July 2019.

2.25.2 SCAS Fellowships at the Natural Sciences Programme

The programme is aimed at advancing cutting-edge research in the natural sciences, as well as at bridging the gap between these and the humanities and social sciences. The programme initially runs over five years.

The focus of the Natural Sciences Programme is on research that involves synthesis, data analysis and conceptual and theoretical work. There are no research laboratories at the Collegium, but in its immediate vicinity there are extensive such facilities. However, it is envisaged that scholars while in residence will primarily use such facilities as resources for intellectual encounters and dialogues rather than to conduct their own research. There are four thematic foci of the programme:

• Theoretical Biology

• Human Brains and Societies

• Measurable Man

• Exoplanets and Biological Activity on Other Worlds

The two core components of the programme are residential fellowships and a series of symposia. Fellowships are normally awarded for either one academic year or one semester, although short-term visits (at least three months) are possible. Such a short-term visit must still be realized within the frames of either the autumn or spring semester though.

WHO? At the time of application, the candidate must have held a PhD (or equivalent degree) for at least three years.

Deadline: 31 October 2019.

The Collegium is a scholarly

community where Fellows

pursue research of their own

choosing in a context of

interdisciplinary dialogue and

cooperation. The ambition is

to provide an optimal

research environment. SCAS

hosts senior scholars from all

over the world as well as

early-career scholars, mainly

from the Pro Futura Scientia

Programme, most of them

nominated by Swedish

universities but many with a

scholarly background from

other countries.

The Natural Sciences

Programme of the Swedish

Collegium is a newly

launched research

programme funded by The

Erling Persson Family

Foundation and The Knut and

Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

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SWITZERLAND (swissnex Brazil) – Academia-

Industry Training Programme (AIT).

Swissnex Brazil in collaboration with in collaboration with the University of St.Gallen (CLS HSG), the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications (MCTIC), announce the sixth training camp for Brazilian and Swiss entrepreneurial researchers.

AIT is a program that aims to aid researchers-entrepreneurs from Switzerland and Brazil in the development of their projects and studies into the market and industry. The Training Camp offers an opportunity for the applicants to strategize, featuring workshops in business plan writing, market-entry scenarios, funding strategies and pitching classes as well as a thorough understanding of Brazilian and Swiss market opportunities.

The programme consists consists of two training camps in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) and in Switzerland, with activities of immersion in the environments of innovation and entrepreneurship of both countries. An Innovation Grant will be awarded to one breakthrough project.

Deadline: 21 July 2019.

SWITZERLAND – ETH Zurich Postdoctoral

Fellowships Programme (Incoming)

The programme supports incoming fellowships for postdoctoral researchers at the ETH Zurich. The program is intended to foster high-potential, young researchers who have already demonstrated excellence in terms of internationally competitive achievements in the early stages of their professional careers.

Applications have to be made jointly by the candidate and their host who must be an ETH Zurich Professor and who will act as a mentor of the fellow. The duration of an ETH Fellowship is two years and cannot be prolonged.

Applicants must have defended their doctoral degree within two years of the submission deadline from an institution other than the ETH Zurich or the University of Zurich.

Next deadline: 1 September 2019.

SWITZERLAND - Institutional Seed Money Grants

for Swiss-Latin American cooperation projects

The goal of the Seed Money Grants is to strengthen or initiate scientific exchange between researchers from Swiss and Latin American institutions in all disciplines by enabling them to jointly undertake preliminary research and organize meetings, conferences, or workshops.

Seed Money Grants are particularly useful to develop joint project proposals to be submitted to large funding agencies in Latin America, Switzerland, and Europe or to combine already existing and independently funded projects in Switzerland and the partner countries in order to create long lasting cooperation.

For the period 2017-2020, the Leading House will support new cooperation endeavors with all potential partners in the region. Scholars from Switzerland are invited to propose mono- or interdisciplinary research projects in any Latin American country, involving bilateral or multilateral partnerships.

swissnex Brazil is a platform

for the exchange of

knowledge and ideas in

science, education, research,

and innovation. Through our

public events and study tours,

we highlight the best of Swiss

and Brazilian ingenuity and

create opportunities for

networking among our

diverse group of professional

contacts in Rio de Janeiro,

São Paulo, and beyond. We

offer the resources to help

international guests, start-

ups, university outposts,

entrepreneurs-in-residence,

and other visitors succeed.

Program supported under

FP7: This project has

received funding from the

European Union’s Seventh

Framework Programme for

research, technological

development and

demonstration under the

grant agreement 608881

(2015-2019).

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Funding: Grants between CHF 10,000 and CHF 25,000 will be awarded.

Seed Money Grants are meant to pay project related costs, travels, organization of workshops, conferences, consumables, accommodations, fieldwork, but are not designed to pay salaries, tuition fees, outsourced services and hardware.

Eligibility: The call is open for activities in all scientific disciplines and fields for mono- or interdisciplinary research projects.

A Swiss Principal Investigator/Researcher holding a position in an eligible Swiss Institution must act as the main applicant and is qualified to submit the proposal.

Applications that include Master and PhD students must be submitted by their supervisors. Researchers of federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teachers’ education, as well as public research institutions are entitled to apply.

The Principal Investigator/Researcher in Latin America must be affiliated to an accredited university or a public research institute and must hold a faculty or scientist position or a doctoral degree besides bringing along several years of research experience.

In addition to the Latin American and the Swiss Investigators/Researchers, other collaborating partners, including researchers affiliated to international organizations and think thanks may also qualify to participate if they have a solid track record of research and publications.

Deadline: 16 June 2019.

UK - Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships

(incoming)

The Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships are awarded to UK institutions that wish to invite an eminent researcher from overseas for an extended stay in the UK to enhance the knowledge and skills of academic staff or the student body within the host institution.

Applications will be considered in all subject areas with the following exceptions: studies of disease, illness and disabilities in humans and animals, or research that is intended to inform clinical practice or the development of medical applications.

Applications must be made by a member of academic staff, based in a UK university or other higher education institution, who will be responsible for co-ordinating the visit. The host academic’s employing institution must also agree to administer the grant, if awarded, and to provide appropriate facilities for the Visiting Professor.

The scheme covers maintenance, travel expenses and research costs. Visiting Professorships last for between 3 and 12 months. Applications are invited for a minimum of £10,000 and a maximum of £150,000.

Deadline: 10 October 2019.

The State Secretariat for

Education, Research and

Innovation (SERI) has

mandated the University of

St.Gallen as Leading House

for the bilateral collaboration

with partner institutions in

Latin America for the period

2017-2020, and to explore

new research in the region.

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UK (Newton Fund) – BRAZIL (Confap/FAPESP) –

Researcher Links Workshops

Researcher Links provides researchers with travel grants and funding for workshops. The British Council runs in Brazil Researcher Links in partnership with Confap and FAPESP. Researcher Links workshop grants provide financial support to orgnise workshops for early career researchers.

These workshops are coordinated by recognised senior researchers in their field of activities. The two coordinators (one British and one Brazilian researcher) will be able to identify four other leading researchers, two from each country, to participate as mentors, and the other participants should be early-stage researchers from both countries (between 12 and 17 from each country). The workshops should be in English and last 3 to 5 days.

The amount available for the funding of each workshop is up to £ 44,000. Workshops must take place between 1 February 2020 and 31 January 2021.

Prospective applicants from participating countries currently without UK collaborators should note that Universities UK International (UUKi) is offering match-making service to help connect Newton partner country researchers to potential UK partners. Applicants wishing to use this service should complete UUKi’s Partner Request Form. Their partnership request will also be included in UUKi’s Opportunities for Collaboration webpage.

Deadline: 9 August 2019.

UK (Newton Fund) – BRAZIL (Fiocruz/FGV) –

Institutional Links on Impact and Evidence-based

Policies (Health and Neglected Diseases)

The Newton Fund Institutional Links Programme is designed to establish links beyond the level of the individual researcher and innovation practitioner, opening up opportunities for sustainable, solution-oriented research and innovation collaborations between academic groups as well as with the private and third sector.

Grants can cover costs which support research and innovation collaboration, including: human resources costs; travel costs associated with exchange of researchers, students and staff from partners and other organisations; the costs of organising meetings, seminars and training; and other activities to establish and strengthen collaborative links.

The objective of the call is to stimulate partnerships that will unite researchers on public health and neglected diseases with researchers on evidence-based think tanks for public policies.

Proposals will be jointly submitted by two PIs: one from a UK institution (Higher Education Institution, research centre, catapult or other research not-for profit institution), one from Fiocruz or FGV (with the expertise on public health, neglected diseases, on evidence-based public policies).

WHO? Brazilian researchers affiliated to Fiocruz or FGV are eligible to apply.

Deadline: 9 August 2019.

The Fund aims to promote

the economic development

and welfare of either the

partner countries or, through

working with the partner

country, to address the

problems of low-income and

vulnerable populations.

The Newton Fund Team in

Brazil sits with the UK

Science and Innovation

Network, in the aims to

promote scientific and

technological collaboration

between Brazil and the United

Kingdom.

Researchers from other

institutions can be a part of

the research teams, and the

reach and extension of the

network engaged will be

counted favourably in the

review of the proposals.

Successful projects’ start

dates will be 17 February

2020.

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UK (King’s College London) – BRAZIL (FAPESP) –

Call for joint research projects

FAPESP and King’s College London announce a new call for joint research projects. The aim is to promote and strengthen collaboration between researchers affiliated with King’s College London and researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in São Paulo State.

King’s College London is prepared to fund selected projects with a total of up to USD 25,000 per project/per year. FAPESP is also prepared to fund for the equivalent amount of up to USD 25,000 per project/per year in São Paulo State.

For applicants from São Paulo State, the collaborative proposal must be submitted to FAPESP as a Regular Research Award (Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular). The maximum project duration is 24 months, non-extendable.

Deadline: 9 August 2019.

UK – Wellcome Trust Research Fellowships in

Humanities and Social Science

The Fellowship supports postdoctoral researchers in health-related humanities and social sciences who do not hold established academic posts.

The funding is targeted to researchers who want to carry out an extended period of research on their own project. Applications from either researchers in the early stages of their careers or more established researchers are accepted. You must have an eligible sponsoring organisation that will administer your fellowship for the full duration of the award.

An award will not usually be above £275,000. It should cover a basic salary (determined by your host organisation), personal removal expenses and research expenses.

Deadline: 2 July 2019.

UK (Crick) – Incoming postdoctoral career

development fellowships for clinicians in medicine and

cancer research

Applications are invited for Crick and Crick–Cancer Research UK postdoctoral career development fellowships for clinicians at the Francis Crick Institute (the Crick).

Eligibility: Applicants should have completed a medical degree, or equivalent clinical professional qualification, and a research PhD.

Funding: Successful candidates will receive a salary commensurate with their current experience.

Duration: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time postdoctoral research experience.

Deadline: 14 June 2019.

This is the third edition of the

call for proposals for

collaborative research by

FAPESP and King’s College

London, and is open to

proposals in all fields of

knowledge.

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PRIVATE (Bayer Science & Education Foundation)

- Incoming and outgoing fellowships

The regular Bayer Fellowship Programme is geared toward students and trainees in scientific and medical disciplines. Its goal is to support the next generation of researchers and teachers as they engage in “Science for a Better Life”. Note that the project to be supported must be innovative and international.

It is open to applicants from German-speaking countries wishing to go abroad and foreign applicants who want to go to Germany.

The programme comprises the following areas:

- Otto Bayer Scholarship: life sciences - Carl Duisberg Scholarship: medicine - Jeff Schell Scholarship: agro sciences - Kurt Hansen Scholarship: science teachers - Hermann Strenger Scholarship: apprentices

Deadline: 14 July 2019

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3 Latin American and the Caribbean BRAZIL (FAPESP) – Seed funding SPRINT Call for

Proposals

SPRINT (São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration) calls offer seed funding to support the exchange of researchers. The new call details the conditions to submit proposals for the mobility of researchers with the following European institutions that hold cooperation agreements with FAPESP:

• CNRS, France

• Imperial College London, United Kingdom

• Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

• University of Manchester, United Kingdom

• University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Eligibility: Principal investigators within the following funding lines:

Regular Research Awards (excluding mobility projects), Thematic Projects, Young Investigators, Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (CEPIDs/RIDCs), Public Education Research Program, Research in Public Policies, and Research Partnership for Technological Innovation (PITE). Co-Principal Investigators of ongoing Thematic Projects, CEPIDs/RIDCs and PITEs are also eligible to apply.

The call is also open to proposals from researchers whose partners are from institutions with which FAPESP does not have a current agreement. In that case, the principal investigator must present to FAPESP evidence of availability of matching funds.

Deadline: 29 April 2019

CHILE (CONICYT) – Becas Chile postdoctoral

fellowship abroad (outgoing)

Enables doctoral graduates in any area of expertise to start or continue their postdoctoral training at any institution of excellence abroad.

WHO? Chilean or foreign researchers with permanent residence in Chile who hold a doctoral degree with an acceptance letter from a foreign university or research centre to start or continue postdoctoral training.

Postdoctoral programmes may vary between 6 months and 2 years. Support is provided on an annual basis with the possibility of renewal up to a maximum period of study of two years.

After finishing the fellowship: It is required that the beneficiary return to Chile within a year of completing the fellowship programme for double the time of the fellowship duration (residents in the Metropolitan Region of Chile) or for a period of time equal to the duration of the fellowship (residents in other regions of Chile).

Deadline: 15 July 2019

The SPRINT call for

proposals has the purpose of

promoting the engagement of

researchers affiliated to

institutions of higher

education and research in the

State of São Paulo in

partnership with

researchers abroad in order

to: further develop

qualitatively the on-going

research projects and work

cooperatively aiming at the

elaboration of joint research

projects of medium and long

term.

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COLOMBIA - University of Antioquia – ICETEX

Postgraduate scholarships for foreigners (Incoming to

Colombia)

The University of Antioquia, through ICETEX' Reciprocity Programme for Foreigners in Colombia, grants scholarships to foreigners who wish to engage in postgraduate programmes in different areas of knowledge of the University of Antioquia.

WHAT?

Financial aid offered to foreign (non -Colombian) citizens of all nationalities in all areas of knowledge

ELIGIBILITY

They are aimed at foreign professionals who do not have dual nationality (Colombian), who are not residing in Colombia and who have been admitted to master's or doctorate programmes of the Catalogue of Academic Offer General Call 2019.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

- Not have Colombian nationality. - Not be residing or have begun studies in Colombia. - Not be older than 50 years old. - Have an average of 4.0 over 5.0 or its equivalent in the Colombian scale to

apply for the call. - Have a professional or bachelor's degree. - Present the certificate of Spanish language proficiency exam (DELE), with a

minimum level B2 or another certificate that guarantees the level of Spanish proficiency (spoken and written).

Deadline: 28 June 2019

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4 Calls still open European Union

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships to support the international mobility of researchers to and within (European Fellowships) and beyond Europe (Global Fellowships), as well as helping to attract the best foreign researchers to work in the EU. IF are for experienced researchers to undertake their own research project at a host organisation in another country. Eligibility: Applicants need a doctoral degree or at least four years’ full-time research experience by the time of the call deadline. Funding: All research areas can be funded. The grant provides an allowance to cover living, travel and family costs. Duration: 2 years. Deadline: 11 September 2019

ERC Advanced Grants for frontier research in Europe: Long-term funding to pursue ground-breaking high-risk projects, designed to support excellent Principal Investigators, who are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. This action is open to researchers of any nationality who intend to conduct their research activity in any European Member State or Associated Country. Three main research domains: Physical Sciences & Engineering; Life Sciences; Social Sciences & Humanities. Deadline: 29 August 2019.

ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2019: Additional ERC funding scheme for researchers who already got an ERC grant, which is either ongoing or where the project has ended less than 12 months before the publication date of an ERC Proof of Concept call. The grants are worth up to €150,000 for a duration of up to 18 months. More information here. Next deadlines: 19 September 2019

Erasmus+ Joint Master Degrees (JMD) are offered by an international consortium of higher education institutions. Students from anywhere in the world at master's level can apply for these degrees and one of the approx. 15 student and 4 guest lecturers scholarships. Deadlines: various (depending on each consortium’s rules for application. Most consortia will require applications to be submitted between October and January, for courses starting the following academic year.)

EU Member States and Associated Countries

AUSTRIA - Helmut Veith Stipend for Women in Mathematics and Computer Science (Master’s, incoming): awarded annually to motivated female students in the field of computer science who pursue (or plan to pursue) one of the master’s programs in Computer Science at TU Wien taught in English. Deadline: 30 November 2019.

AUSTRIA – Marietta Blau PhD Grant (Outgoing): Financial support for doctoral or PhD students of Austrian universities to carry out the abroad part (6-12 months) of their doctoral programme: the grant enables scientific research worldwide. Monthly grants of 1,500 Euros are given under this programme. The next application deadline is 1 September 2019.

AUSTRIA - ÖAW offers 38 000 Euros PhD Fellowship for all nationalities and in all areas of research (including outgoing mobility). Open to doctoral candidates of all ages writing their thesis at an Austrian university. No deadline for submission.

AUSTRIA - Institute of Science and Technology call for professors for internationally accomplished scientists in all areas. Deadlines: On-going for Professor applications.

(Click on the blue links or see

previous EURAXESS LAC

lists of funding opportunities

for more details)

Resources for your

application to Marie

Sklodowska-Curie Actions

(MSCA) calls:

MSCA - What's in it for

Brazilian and other LAC

researchers and

institutions?

Contacts:

Marie Curie Alumni

Association Brazil Chapter

MSCA National contact point

(NCP) in Brazil: Ms. Elisa

Natola, CONFAP

elisa.confap@gmail.com

MSCA National contact points

(NCPs) in other LAC

countries and in

Europe: http://bit.ly/Horizon_N

CP

Check out our Guide on how

researchers from LAC can

benefit from the ERC funding

and cooperation schemes at

http://bit.ly/FocusERC_CELA

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AUSTRIA - Lise Meitner Programme for Scientists from Abroad. WHO: Highly qualified scientists of any discipline with an invitation from an Austrian research institution. Applications accepted continuously, no application deadlines.

AUSTRIA - Erwin Schrödinger Outgoing Fellowship (Outgoing) including a return phase. Post-doctoral fellowships at leading foreign research institutions for young and especially highly qualified post-doc scientists of any discipline. Applications accepted continuously, no application deadlines.

BELGIUM (Wallonie-Bruxelles) - Ulysse incoming Mobility (Incoming) For a highly qualified researcher to lead a research team at Wallonie-Bruxelles Federation (WBF) university. Employment contract for 3 years. Deadline: rolling basis.

BELGIUM (Wallonie-Bruxelles) – 1 to 3 months Incoming (IN.WBI) and outgoing (WBI.World) doctoral and postdoctoral scholarship for Excellence in a University of Wallonia-Brussels in Transport and logistics; Mechanical engineering; Life sciences; Agro-industry; Aviation-space; Environmental technologies. Deadlines: 1 May 2019; 1 October 2019( short-term stays)

BELGIUM (Wallonie-Bruxelles) - F.R.S.-FNRS Post-doctoral temporary incoming fellowship* (up to 3 years) for a non-Belgian PhD holder (with maximum 6 years of experience). Deadline: rolling basis

BELGIUM - FWO outgoing mobility opportunities. Grants supporting international contacts between research groups.

- Travel Grants for Short Stays Abroad (Max. 1 month, outgoing)

- Grant for participation in a conference abroad - Grant for participation in a workshop or course abroad

- Travel Grants for Long Stays Abroad (31 days to 12 months) for researchers affiliated with a university in the Flemish community or belong to the scientific staff (of the Dutch-speaking community) of a federal or Flemish scientific institute.

Deadline for all grants: no later than 3 months prior to the departure date.

BELGIUM (Flanders) - Scholarships for incoming Master. Full scholarships funded by VLIR-UOS to follow a training or Master programme at a Flemish university or university college. Applicants must apply to the master programme of their choice, mentioning they also apply for a scholarship. Open to national and resident of one of the 54 eligible countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Deadline: depends on the Master programme.

ESTONIA - Mobilitas Pluss Support for study visits and training abroad for 100 researchers to attend international training events of both ETAg and its partners abroad. Deadline: Continuous

ESTONIA – Dora Plus programme (incoming / outgoing). Outgoing: Support to short-term study mobility for Master’s students and doctoral students from higher education institutions in Estonia. Incoming: Foreign Master’s students and doctoral students for short-term teaching and research work in Estonia (1-10 months). Applications: On-going

FINLAND - EDUFI fellowships (incoming) open to PhD students who will be doing their Doctorate (or Double Doctorate) at a Finnish university. Visiting PhD students and researchers who are doing their Doctorate degree at a foreign university can also be eligible. The scholarship period may vary from 3 to 12 months. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

FINLAND - CIMO Fellowships. WHO? Young doctoral level students and researchers from all countries and from all academic fields. No application deadline.

The Erwin Schrödinger programme is co-funded by the European Union.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

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FRANCE (Institut Pasteur): Postdoctoral Grants: 2-year postdoctoral grants for both French and foreign scientists in institutes of the Institut Pasteur International Network located outside mainland France. Deadline: 13 July 2019. Study grants: designed to promote and facilitate participation of the scientists in the Institut Pasteur International Network (RIIP) in courses provided at Institut Pasteur in Paris, training workshops organised by RIIP member institutes, and other courses recognised by the International Division.

FRANCE – INRIA The "Internships" Programme (Incoming): Research training experience for students from all over the world; Undergraduate, masters or PhD students come and spend a few months in an Inria research team; 2-6 months with fixed remuneration around 500€ per month. Deadline: check on website

FRANCE – 15 Postdoctoral Fellowships on Biology and Information Technologies open to all nationalities at the French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA). No specific application deadline: The positions are open until they are filled by appropriate candidates.

GERMANY - German Chancellor Fellowships for tomorrow's Leaders (Incoming): targeted at university graduates from Brazil, among other who have an international outlook and initial leadership experience. Fellowships give them the opportunity to spend one year in Germany networking with other prospective leaders from abroad and to explore new solutions to the global issues of our times. Deadline: 15 September 2019.

GERMANY - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Sofja Kovalevskaja Award (incoming, 5 years): to support particularly promising young researchers from abroad and spend five years building up a working group and working on a high-profile, innovative research project of your own choice at a research institution of your own choice in Germany. The award is valued at up to €1.65 million. Deadline: 31 July 2019.

GERMANY - 2 Short-term programmes for visiting professors at Technical University of Munich – TUM. Nominations of visiting professors may be submitted on an ongoing basis, but at least 4 weeks before the intended stay at TUM.

GERMANY (DFG) – LAC institutions - Bi-lateral cooperation activities joint and co-funded research projects in all scientific fields. Deadline: on-going

GERMANY - Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards of EUR 45 000 and up to one year cooperating on a long-term research project with specialist colleagues at a research institution in Germany by the Humboldt Foundation. Rolling call for applications with two reviews panels per year. In spring and autumn.

GERMANY – Incoming Emmy Noether Programme*. WHO? Outstanding postdocs/junior researchers with 2 to 4 years postdoctoral experience. No application deadlines.

GERMANY – Gerda Henkel Foundation post-doctoral 1 to 24 months Research Scholarships in humanities to carry out an independent research project alone. Applications are welcome at any time.

GERMANY - DLR-DAAD Research Incoming Fellowships* in the fields of Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research open to foreign doctoral and postdoctoral students as well as senior scientists. Deadlines depend on the current offers.

The DFG Office Latin

America now offers

comprehensive information

about the DFG and its

programmes in Spanish and

Portuguese.

GERiT - German Research

Institutions is a database

including more than 25,000

universities and non-

academic research

institutions in Germany. You

can search by location,

research field and profile of

the institution. The database

also offers information about

doctoral programmes.

For those interested in FU

Berlin, check their open PhD

positions here.

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GERMANY - Humboldt INCOMING Fellowships* for researchers at different stages in their careers: - Humboldt Incoming Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers (6-24 months) for researchers from abroad who have completed their doctorate in the last four years; - Humboldt INCOMING Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (6-18 months research projects) for Assistant Professors or Junior Research Group Leaders from abroad who completed their doctorate less than twelve years ago; Georg Forster Research Fellowship (HERMES) for Postdoctoral Researchers (6−24 months research project) for postdoctoral or experienced researchers from developing or transition countries who have completed their doctorate in the last 4 (post-doc)/12 years (experienced researchers). Deadline: any time during the year.

*GERMANY - BRAZIL Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship (Incoming, postdoc). Exclusive to researchers from Brazil; All disciplines are included. Several calls available. Next deadlines: 29 November 2019, 29 May 2020

GERMANY- DAAD Reintegration of German scientists* with the goal of reintegrating into the German scientific community after having spent at least 1 year abroad. Deadline depends on current offers

IRELAND - ELITE-S Fellowship Programme (ICT/postdoc/Incoming): 16 prestigious two-year fellowships in Regulations and Compliance, Content Analytics and Content Preservation, Data and Process Management, Interoperability. Candidates must have a Doctoral degree or 4-year Full-time research experience. Deadline: 15 July 2019.

IRELAND – SFI incoming Research Professorship* open to researchers in academia or industry. Applications on a rolling basis.

ITALY - EURAC Federal Scholar In Residence (Incoming, short-term): funds a research stay of up to 3 weeks at the Institute for Comparative Federalism of the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC); Aims at weaving experts and their networks in order to develop and advance comparative federal and regional studies. Deadline: 1 July 2019.

ITALY - Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori :Incoming, short-term visits (3-6 months) of foreign researchers in experimental, translational and clinical research. Deadline: Applications are accepted at any time.

NETHERLANDS (KNAW) - Evert Willem Beth Foundation: funding for research and symposiums. Subjects must be: modern logic, philosophy of science, history of logic, history of the philosophy of science and scientific philosophy in general. Students as well as researchers can apply. Continuous application.

NETHERLANDS – NWO ASPASIA Programme linked to Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Vidi and Vici. Aspasia is a grant linked to the Vidi and Vici competitive grant scheme. The highest performing female candidates in the NOW’s Vidi and Vici rounds will be approached by NWO after the round if they are not yet an associate professor (in case of Vidi) or full professor (in case of Vici). No deadline nor application form.

NETHERLANDS – NWO visitor’s travel grant* for foreign senior researchers to stay in the Netherlands for a maximum of 4 months. Continuous application.

NORWAY – The Research Council of Norway: Personal Visiting Researcher Grant for international researchers with qualifications at the professor level. Deadline: on-going.

Interested in Germany?

Check scholarships and

grants in the country in the

DAAD database!

The current offers are published under DLR-DAAD Fellowships - Current offers

Curious about all scholarships

available in the Netherlands?

Check out the complete

current opportunities list here.

You can filter the scholarships

by your country of origin.

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POLAND (Foundation for Polish Science) - IDEAS FOR POLAND for Winners of the “ERC Starting Grants” competition who intend to pursue scientific research in Poland. Rolling basis.

PORTUGAL (Outgoing) - Grants for Sabbatical Leave: Grants by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) are designed for PhDs on sabbatical leave. All research fields and nationalities are eligible. 3 months – 1 year. Deadline: The call is on-going

SPAIN (Botín Foundation) - Awards for Sustainable Water Management: three prizes for innovation and the dissemination of ideas, projects and technologies with proven results for sustainable water management. Any person under 40 years of age may apply, either individually or as the owner (representative) of a team, of any nationality. 3 modalities available. The age limit does not apply to category C of this edition of the awards. Deadline: 31 July 2019.

SPAIN - Programme for International Cooperation on Industrial Research and Development (Unilateral): Industry-driven and close to market R&D Projects between Spanish companies in collaboration with entities (companies, research centers, universities, other R&D-performing organizations) of the following countries (among others): Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru. Duration of projects will be from 1 to a maximum of 3 years. Deadline (cut-off date): 17 September 2019.

SPAIN - Extensive list of national, regional and private sector recruitment and funding opportunities for those looking for a research job or funding to carry out research in Spain.

SPAIN – COLOMBIA (ICETEX) Masters Scholarships for Colombians (Incoming to Spain) at Esden Business School: aimed at university professionals who have professional experience in the area of the programme. 80% of tuition fees covered. Deadline: 8 July 2019.

SWITERLAND – ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowships (Incoming): for researchers in all disciplines covered by ETH. WHO? Applicants must have defended their doctoral degree within two years of the submission deadline. Deadlines: 1 September 2019.

SWITZERLAND (Swiss National Science Foundation - SNSF) – outgoing fellowships for Swiss nationals or permanent residents: International Short Visits, fund incoming / outgoing short term mobility and small joint research project. Continuous application

TURKEY - TÜBITAK ‟2221” Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave who would like to give workshops/conferences/lectures, or conduct R&D activities in Turkey. Three types of visits are granted within this programme: Short-term (up to 1 month), Long-term (up to 12 months) and Sabbatical Leave (from 3 months to 12 months). All types of grants cover monthly stipend and travel costs. Deadline: rolling basis.

UK - The Royal Society International Exchanges (Incoming and outgoing) supports one-off visit or bilateral travel in natural sciences with all countries. Special collaborative cost-share programme with Argentina (CONICET). Deadlines: 30 May & 2 October 2019

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BRAZIL (FAPESP) - Research Internships Abroad (BEPE) to support short and medium term research internships abroad for recipients of FAPESP fellowships in the State of São Paulo. Deadline: on-going

BRAZIL (FAPESP) - Visiting Researcher Programme offers full or partial support for the hosting of experienced investigators with a PhD,

Read our Focus on Spain

here & Everything you need

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opportunities in Spain here.

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associated with foreign research institutions for 2 weeks to 12 months. Proposals can be submitted at any time by investigators associated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo.

BRAZIL (FAPESP) – GERMANY (DFG) joint funding opportunities for research collaboration : Joint Research Grants to perform a German-Brazilian research project of up to three years; Joint coordinated programmes:, such as “Research Training Groups”, “Research Units” as well as “Collaborative Research Centers”. Deadline for both grants: rolling.

BRAZIL (FAPESP) - UK (BBSRC) – pump-priming awards for new collaborations between research groups in the State of São Paulo, Brazil and BBSRC funded research groups in the UK. Priority will be given to applications in the area of food security and/or Bioenergy and Industrial Biotechnology. Applications must be made by a Principle Investigator (PI) currently in receipt of BBSRC research funding. Deadline: anytime.

BRAZIL - Visiting professor programme at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo (IEA/USP). On-going.

CHILE (CONICYT) – Becas Chile 2019 (outgoing): Special call for teachers working at a State-funded or co-funded school (public or private) wishing to obtain a Master’s degree in the different areas of education at an institution of excellence in any foreign country. Deadline: 3 July 2019

MEXICO (CONACYT) - Scholarships for Foreign Students in Mexican Postgraduate Programmes (Incoming to Mexico) Scholarships to foreign students interested in studying a postgraduate degree in Mexico: doctoral, masters or specialty in all areas of knowledge. Deadline: Open all year round

MEXICO - CORPORATE (LUMNI Chile, Colombia, Mexico) – Funding for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies abroad: LUMNI company funding for studies abroad in exchange of a fixed percentage of students’ future income, for a fixed time, to be agreed upon the student and LUMNI. Deadline: Open all year round.

MEXICO (Fundación Beca) – Partial Postgraduate scholarships for LAC students in Europe (Outgoing): Partial funding for postgraduate programmes in several European universities through scholarships and study aids Deadline: Open all year round.

MEXICO (CONACYT) PhD abroad 2019 Scholarships (outgoing)

Masters degrees and doctorates abroad; Research fields: all fields, see details of specific themes and areas on page 2 of link above. Deadline: 14 June 2019

MEXICO (CONACYT) FINBA 2019 scholarships abroad (Masters)

Masters degrees and doctorates abroad in:

Processes of environmental sustainability related to the management of Fine

Arts;Engineering and technology processes related to the development of Fine

Arts;Fine Arts. Deadline: 28 June 2019

FAPESP visiting researchers, in 2014, 199 proposals received funding out of a total of 243 submissions evaluated.

If you would like FAPESP to assist you in finding a potential host in the State of São Paulo feel free to ask for information to Regina Oliveira, Science Manager, at roliveira@fapesp.br.

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