Postdoctoral Collaborative Research Fellowships for a Responsive and Innovative Europe - CAROLINE MSCA COFUND (Call 2)

CAROLINE – ‘Collaborative Research Fellowships for a Responsive and Innovative Europe’ will provide experienced researchers with an opportunity to obtain a prestigious research mobility and career development Fellowship. Successful candidates will carry out research either in Ireland or abroad and will gain inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary exposure through this programme.

CAROLINE will attract experienced researchers from any discipline to conduct research relevant to the themes of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for shared economic prosperity, social development, and environmental protection. The 17 goals within Agenda 2030 are relevant for researchers across all academic disciplines and will be of interest to researchers with diverse career objectives in mind, including those within academia, civic society, and industry.

All fellowships will be hosted by an Irish Higher Education Institution (HEI) or Research Performing Organisation (RPO), with international and inter-sectoral mobility. List of eligible HEIs/RPOs is available at http://research.ie/assets/uploads/2017/05/eligible_heis_rpos_in_ireland.pdf.

There will be two types of fellowships:

International Fellowships (Three-Year duration), 15 in Call 2l

Researchers awarded with an International Fellowship will spend the first two years based with a partner NGO or IO outside Ireland, with a mandatory return year at the host RPO in Ireland. The researcher can propose additional secondments to other organisations, where this is clearly beneficial to their training or research project. Secondments of up to 6 months to partner organisations other than the main NGO/IO can be proposed. This flexibility is to ensure ongoing training and development in a non-academic environment and to facilitate inter-sectoral transfer of knowledge.

Irish Fellowships (Two-Year duration), 10 in Call 2

Researchers awarded with an Irish Fellowship will be hosted by an RPO in Ireland for two years, with a main mandatory secondment during this time to NGO or IO partners in Ireland for research and/or training. Additional secondments of up to 3 months will be considered under these Fellowships.

Training Programme

To broaden and enrich skills base of CAROLINE Fellows, the IRC will host research and career training programmes. This will support Fellows to develop their communication skills, work effectively with diverse stakeholders and understand how to translate research into policy and practice, as well as project and enhance the impact of the work they do.

Details of the scheme are available on our website.