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Arctic MSCA-IF program 2020
Marie Skłodowska-Curie - Individual Fellowships at UiT
What is Arctic MSCA-IF Program?
The «Arctic MSCA-IF program» aims to recruit and support excellent junior scientists from outside Norway who plan to submit applications for independent research fellowships through the mobility program Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) in order to pursue an academic research career. The talented postdocs are selected by UiT supervisors and invited to Tromsø for the Arctic MSCA-IF symposium in May. During the symposium, the UiT supervisor and the postdoc meet and learn how to write a successful MSCA-IF proposal. 10 MSCA-IF projects have been granted UiT since Arctic MSCA-IF program was launched in 2016.
The program is open for all research fields.
Definitions:
- Experienced Researcher (ER): fellowship applicant, Postdoc from abroad. Requirements are listed at the bottom of this document.
- Supervisor: Formerly called «Scientist in charge» (normally professor/associate professor) at UiT who will supervise the ER through his/her fellowship. Selection criteria listed at the bottom of this document.
- Beneficiary: Host institution, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, legal entity.
Arctic MSCA program 2020 will have the following structure:
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Date |
Activity |
Responsible |
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Dec 9, 2019 |
Deadline for UiT supervisors to apply to the program |
Supervisor |
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Dec 17, 2019 |
Final selection of supervisors |
SEFU/faculty |
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Jan 2020 |
EURAXESS advertisements |
SEFU/supervisors |
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Feb 7, 2020 |
Deadline for postdoc candidates to apply |
Candidates |
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Feb 17, 2020 |
Deadline for supervisors to evaluate and propose candidates |
Supervisors |
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March, 2020 |
Proposed candidate evaluated by SEFU (to ensure fit for the MSCA-IF scheme) and selected candidates are invited to Arctic MSCA-IF Symposium (flight tickets and hotel covered by the program) |
SEFU |
|
April, 2020 |
Booking of flight tickets and hotel (G travel) |
SEFU |
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May, 2020 |
Workshop for supervisors |
SEFU/supervisors |
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May 26-28 2020 |
MSCA-IF Symposium |
Candidate/supervisor/SEFU/faculty/Trend2000 |
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June-July, 2020 |
Proposal Writing |
Candidate/supervisor (support from Faculty/SEFU) |
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August, 2020 |
Pre-evaluation of proposal draft by external consultant and SEFU |
Candidate/supervisor/SEFU/Trend2000 |
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August, 2020 |
Input to administrative forms in the electronic proposal system |
SEFU |
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September 9, 2020 |
Deadline for submission – 17:00 CET |
Candidate/supervisor |
The program will cover European Fellowships (EFs): duration 12-24 months.
How to apply to the Arctic MSCA-IF Program as a supervisor?
Find information here and application form here.
Eligibility Criteria for the candidate:
The applicant must be an «Experienced Researcher»; he/she shall, by the time of the deadline (September 9th 2020), be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience. The ER can be of any nationality and shall not have spent more than 12 months in Norway in the 3 years immediately prior to September 9th 2020.
Application details for future ERs:
The program aims to recruit young research talents and the candidates will be selected based on excellence. For most (but not all) research fields there will be a requirement of (at least) one published article as first author in a peer-reviwed journal. The application has to contain a CV (including publication list) and a research outline document (up to 2 pages), which describes briefly possible research actvities the applicant would want to pursue at UiT. Applications are submitted to ArcticMSCA@uit.no
Responsible for the program:
Theresa Mikalsen, Research Services and Education Quality Section (SEFU)
Contact: ArcticMSCA@uit.no
Relevant links:
MSCA-IF work programme 2018/2020
MSCA Guide for Applicants
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Vedlegg :
This page: uit.no/afu/arcticmsca
Contact: ArcticMSCA@uit.no
Responsible:
Theresa Mikalsen
Lenke: AFU-prosjekter