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Research Fellowships - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (2024 Call)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024

Calls for Expressions of Interest. Deadline 10th July 2024

European Fellowships

The School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) welcomes Expressions of Interest from postdoctoral researchers with an excellent track record to apply jointly, with a QMUL host supervisor, to the European Commission’s Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024.

What does the fellowship offer?

The Fellowship is a prestigious EU funding scheme which supports mobility, career development and training in Europe and beyond. The fellowship offers a 12-24 months’ highly competitive salary and research/training funds.

About SEF and QMUL

SEF is one of the leading UK Economics and Finance departments, with more than 50 research active Research staff and a vibrant community of PhD students involved in world-class research in applied microeconomics, macroeconomics, microeconomic theory, econometrics, empirical and theoretical finance. Located in London’s thriving East End, at Mile End campus and the doorsteps of the City, the School is hosted in state-of-the-art facilities in the New Graduate Centre.

The UK’s most inclusive Russell Group University according to The Times, Queen Mary is a multi-faculty university with over 28,000 students, 4,400 members of staff and 5 campuses around London. QMUL has a strong history of success with the MSCA Fellowship scheme, with nearly 70 Horizon 2020 individual fellowships awarded to date and ranked 9th in the UK and 18th in Europe for H2020 fellowships and had 15 successfully evaluated Horizon Europe fellowships.

What does the Fellowship entail?

The fellowship will comprise a joint research project between the applicant and the Host Supervisor/Research Group. Fellows will be an integral part of and expected to fully participate to the academic life of the School. The School welcomes applications in all areas of expertise. The fellowship will offer well-structured training involving academic and development components, including placement assistance via the international job market. SEF offers a stimulating and supportive research environment to the fellow, with excellent researcher training and a lively seminar programme, while the candidate should bring previous experience, networks and know-how that can be shared at QMUL. 

The School welcomes applications in all areas of expertise.

Eligibility

  • You can be of any age and nationality, but you must not have spent more than 12 months in the UK in the last 36 months prior to the EC call deadline 11th September 2024
  • You must have a PhD at the date of the EC call deadline 11th September 2024
  • You cannot have more than 8 years of research experience after the PhD was awarded. Years of experience outside research, research outside Europe for reintegrating nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries and career breaks (e.g. due to parental leave) will not be taken into account.

How to Apply

This is a two-step process. Candidates will be internally selected by the School. Selected candidates will then develop a research proposal jointly with the assigned supervisor for submission to the European Commission.

Internal QMUL deadline

Expression of interest for the first step must be submitted to the School Research Manager, Sida Dibra (econ-research@qmul.ac.uk), by 5pm 10th July 2023. The EOI must include:

  1. CV, including a full list of publications (max. two pages)
  2. A research proposal (max. 4 pages)
  3. A statement confirming that the candidate meets the eligibility criteria (described above)

Selected candidates will be invited to prepare their full proposal with their prospective supervisor.

Additional proposal preparation guidance materials, bid reviews and technical submission support is provided by the QM JRMO EU pre-award.

EC Funding Deadline

The EC MSCA-PF (2024) deadline date is 11th September 2024.

The call documents are published on the European Research Executive Agency website under Postdoctoral Fellowships – call 2024.

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