CAROLINE Postdoctoral Fellowships, Irish Research Council, Ireland (2017)

The mission of the Council is to enable and sustain a vibrant and creative research community in Ireland.

The Council is an associated agency of the Department of Education and Skills and operates under the aegis of the Higher Education Authority. The core function of the Council is to support excellent research across all disciplines and career stages. The Council also has a particular role in supporting research with a societal focus, and has established partnerships across government and civic society.

The Council promotes diverse career opportunities for researchers by partnering with enterprise and non-academic sectors in general.

CAROLINE fellowships will be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in the grant agreement in respect of the fellowships scheme signed by the Research Executive Agency, under the power delegated by the European Commission, and by the Higher Education Authority. The applicable model grant agreement H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2015 is available for consultation on the European Commission’s website.

The Council offers two types of CAROLINE fellowships.

Irish fellowships - Home host organisation with a mandatory secondment to an NGO/IO in Ireland
International fellowships - 36 months NGO/IO outside of Ireland for years 1 & 2 and in home host organisation in year 3

Applicants may only apply for one fellowship.

Further details:
http://www.research.ie