Deadline: 11 February 2014
The Irish Research Council is inviting applications for the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Schemes, Enterprise Partnership Scheme Postdoctoral Fellowship and International Career Development Fellowship co-funded by Marie Curie Actions (ELEVATE Fellowship) for 2014. The main purpose of the Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme is to support qualified applicants in all disciplines intending to pursue a research project. The fellowship can be of one year or two years, depending upon the nature of the research project of the applicant.
Applicants who need support to prepare doctoral dissertation for publication through a variety of high quality published outputs like monographs, peer-reviewed articles, edited volumes, can apply for the one year fellowship. Those who develop either a new research project or a research project that demonstrates a significant development of the subject of the doctorate through a variety of appropriate, feasible and clear published outputs can apply for the two year fellowship.
Eligibility Criteria –
Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellows and Enterprise Partnership Scheme Postdoctoral Fellows
- Must have been awarded their doctoral degree within the five year period before the called deadline. Graduation date will be considered.
- All the requirements for the award of a doctoral degree, including a viva/thesis defense, where such is required, but have not yet graduated. For the purposes of this condition the original viva/thesis defense date and not the graduation date will be taken into account.
- Have authored or co-authored at least one published peer-reviewed research publication or demonstrable equivalent intellectual property output or provided samples of their written research work as such – a copy of the table of contents from their doctoral thesis and one chapter from their doctoral thesis and one further sample of written research work, as the applicant sees fit.
- Must not hold or have held a Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship or Enterprise Partnership Scheme Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- Must not have been employed as a postdoctoral researcher for more than 5 years at the closing date of the call.
Please read Terms and Conditions to be clear of the requirements and eligibility to apply for the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Schemes, Enterprise Partnership Scheme Postdoctoral Fellowship and International Career Development Fellowship co-funded by Marie Curie Actions (ELEVATE Fellowship) programs.
For more information, visit The Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowships 2014 Announcement page.
