Fellows Initiative Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway (2017)

Career development for junior scientists at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.

The Faculty of Natural Sciences at NTNU has set up the FINS initiative to support excellent junior scientists from outside Norway who plan to submit applications for independent research fellowships (such as Marie Sklodowska Curie Action (MSCA) Individual Fellowships, etc.) in order to pursue an academic research career.

Application process
Applications submitted to the FINS initiative by interested junior scientists will be assessed by the different departments involved in FINS regarding previous academic achievements and potential for future research activities as well as compatibility with research activities of NV faculty members. The assessment process may include interviews with faculty members via Skype. Afterwards a shortlist of candidates will be drawn up. People on the short list will be invited to visit Trondheim (all reasonable travel and accommodation expenses will be covered). This will give the candidates the opportunity to present their past research achievements, discuss future research / career plans with potential supervisors from the NV faculty, receive an introduction into MSCA fellowship writing and get to know one of the most popular places to live and work in Norway. Afterwards the candidate and their respective academic mentors from the NV faculty will write jointly MSCA fellowship applications with an expected submission deadline middle of September 2017 and possible start date for taking up the fellowship (if successful) earliest in April 2018.

The NV faculty appreciates that applications for MSCA fellowships are highly competitive and sometimes even an outstanding candidate may not be successful with an application. Therefore the faculty board has decided to support the FINS initiative with a postdoctoral position fully funded for two years. This position will be awarded to the applicant with the highest score for the MSCA application submitted that is not funded by the European Union.

Further details:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk