VINNOVA offers 100 Marie Curie Incoming Fellowships for
research within the Mobility for Growth programme in Sweden. The call
targets internationally experienced researchers currently working outside
Sweden who have a doctorate (or at least four years’ full-time equivalent
research experience) in collaborating with private and/or public sector
organisations. For highly experienced researchers (more than ten years’
full-time equivalent research experience) collaboration is optional. The
grant is intended to fund half the salary of the researcher (project leader)
for the duration of the project. It also covers additional relevant and
justifiable costs relating to mobility. The application deadline is
16 March 2016.
Study Subject(s): The overall objective is to
contribute significantly to private-public or public-public sector
collaboration and mobility as well as career development for highly qualified
future leaders, in all sectors of the economy, with innovation skills in
applied and needs-driven research.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for undertaking a research project.
Scholarship Provider: VINNOVA co-financed by the European Union through the Marie Curie Action
Scholarship can be taken at: Sweden
Course Level: Fellowships are available for undertaking a research project.
Scholarship Provider: VINNOVA co-financed by the European Union through the Marie Curie Action
Scholarship can be taken at: Sweden
Eligibility:
-The call, VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming targets internationally experienced researchers currently working outside Sweden who have a doctorate or at least four years’ full-time equivalent research experience in collaborating with private and/or public sector organisations. For highly experienced researchers (more than ten years’ full-time equivalent research experience) collaboration is optional.
-The call targets international researchers interested in transnational mobility as a career development option, as well as Swedish private or public R&I organisations (as host organisations) which promote and invest in key people and value-collaboration between private and public sectors as a pathway to success.
-The call promotes gender equality, as noted in VINNOVA’s mission statement. Under representation of gender among female and male researchers can be given strategic priority in areas where there is great need to equalise such imbalances.
-The Swedish-based organisation is the applicant and formal recipient of the grant but the researcher should be the project leader for the research project and the main author of the application.
-Current or former VINNMER Fellows may not apply to VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming.
-At the call deadline, the individual researcher must either hold a doctorate (regardless of the time taken to complete doctoral studies) or have at least four years’ full-time (or equivalent) research experience. This may include the research training after the degree/diploma which allowed them to embark on a doctorate in the country awarding the degree/diploma, or in the host country (regardless of whether a doctorate was planned).
-At the proposal submission deadline, the researcher must not have resided or conducted his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Sweden (the country of the host organisation) for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior to the call deadline.
-The call, VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming targets internationally experienced researchers currently working outside Sweden who have a doctorate or at least four years’ full-time equivalent research experience in collaborating with private and/or public sector organisations. For highly experienced researchers (more than ten years’ full-time equivalent research experience) collaboration is optional.
-The call targets international researchers interested in transnational mobility as a career development option, as well as Swedish private or public R&I organisations (as host organisations) which promote and invest in key people and value-collaboration between private and public sectors as a pathway to success.
-The call promotes gender equality, as noted in VINNOVA’s mission statement. Under representation of gender among female and male researchers can be given strategic priority in areas where there is great need to equalise such imbalances.
-The Swedish-based organisation is the applicant and formal recipient of the grant but the researcher should be the project leader for the research project and the main author of the application.
-Current or former VINNMER Fellows may not apply to VINNMER Marie Curie Incoming.
-At the call deadline, the individual researcher must either hold a doctorate (regardless of the time taken to complete doctoral studies) or have at least four years’ full-time (or equivalent) research experience. This may include the research training after the degree/diploma which allowed them to embark on a doctorate in the country awarding the degree/diploma, or in the host country (regardless of whether a doctorate was planned).
-At the proposal submission deadline, the researcher must not have resided or conducted his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Sweden (the country of the host organisation) for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior to the call deadline.
Scholarship Open for International Students: Experienced
researchers of all nationalities are eligible for these Marie Curie Incoming fellowships.
Scholarship Description: The call VINNMER Marie Curie
Incoming is for funding incoming mobility of experienced researchers in
possession of a doctorate or at least four years’ full time equivalent research
experience. The researcher should be outside Sweden at the time of the
application and spend at least 67 percent of the project duration
in Sweden. The aim of all international collaborative projects between
organisations from the private and/or public sectors is to strengthen the qualification
opportunities for the researcher.
Number of award(s): At least 100 researchers are
expected to be made VINNMER Marie Curie Fellows throughout the Mobility for
Growth programme.
Duration of award(s): Fellowships are awarded for 12-36
months.
What does it cover? The grant is intended to fund half
the salary of the researcher (project leader) for the duration of the
project. It also covers additional relevant and justifiable costs relating
to mobility. The grant covers: Max. 50% of salary incl. Swedish employment
fees. The grant may also cover (relevant and reasonable) additional costs
relating to mobility: Travel, Per diem, Increased living costs, Extra
support for fellows with families e.g. school fees, Training and conference
fees, Financial support for PhD students mentored by the researcher in the
international organisation to enable mentoring at the Swedish organisation
(max. SEK 50 000/year/student for travel costs, subsistence and accommodation)
and other relevant costs (to be specified).
Selection Criteria: The following criteria will
determine VINNOVA’s decision on financing of project proposals:
-Relevance
-R&I Quality
-Feasibility
-Exploitability/Utilisation
-Assessment of need for better gender balance in higher positions (such as professors, research director and the like) can be carried out when documentation is provided. Proposals within areas with a high level of need for better gender distributions can result in strategic decisions which promote the underrepresented gender so as to equalise gender imbalances.
-Relevance
-R&I Quality
-Feasibility
-Exploitability/Utilisation
-Assessment of need for better gender balance in higher positions (such as professors, research director and the like) can be carried out when documentation is provided. Proposals within areas with a high level of need for better gender distributions can result in strategic decisions which promote the underrepresented gender so as to equalise gender imbalances.
Notification: Decisions will be made by 20 June 2016.
How to Apply: Applications are submitted electronically
through the application service to VINNOVA’s e-Services Portal.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application
deadline is 15 March 2016.
Read more: VINNOVA Marie Curie Incoming Fellowships, 2016 Scholarship Positions 2015 2016
http://scholarship-positions.com
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