Call for postdoc candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences and glaciology

UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established «The Arctic MSCA-PF program» (uit.no/project/arcticmsca) to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skƚodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) to pursue a career in research. We invite applications from promising young researchers within the field of Geosciences and glaciology. The selected candidate will write a proposal for a 24-month MSCA-PF at UiT together with Associate Professor Monica Winsborrow. This is an opportunity to accelerate your research career while living in the urban research city of Tromsø, uniquely located at the top of the world surrounded by some of Europe’s last pristine wild nature.

This call is one of 70 from pre-selected supervisors at UiT The Arctic University of Norway through the “Arctic MSCA-PF program”. Successful postdoc candidates will be invited for a three-day MSCA-PF symposium June 4-6, 2024 (hybrid physical/digital event, see details at uit.no/project/arcticmsca/program-structure). At this event, the candidates will present their past research achievements, discuss future plans with their potential supervisor and learn how to write a successful MSCA-PF application. The selected candidates will, jointly with the supervisor, write the MSCA-PF application by the deadline of September 11, 2024.

In this call we search for talented, young researchers within the field of Geosciences and glaciology as presented by Associate Professor Winsborrow​​​​​​​:

Monica Winsborrow is an Associate Professor at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. She is also assistant director of iC3: Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate- a Norwegian Research Council funded Centre of Excellence, which aims to determine the impact of changing polar glaciers and ice sheets on Earth´s carbon cycle and marine ecosystems. Monica has worked extensively across the Arctic, studying land- and sea- scapes for information about the vast ice sheets that covered these areas under past ice ages. Her research seeks to understand the processes and mechanisms that controlled the waxing and waning of ice sheets during past periods of climatic change. Such knowledge is vital if we are to better predict the response of today’s ice masses to future change. Monica is passionate about building supportive, stimulating research collaborations to address critical issues in Polar science. 

Please send your CV (max 3 pages) and describe a research project that will strengthen and complement the presented research (max 2 pages) to monica.winsborrow@uit.no by Feb 16th 2024. Mark your application "Arctic MSCA". Successful candidates will be contacted in late March 2024.