Call for Expression of Interest for MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships at UNIGE – N. 35 Early math skills: investigating learning processes and identifying useful educational tools

Call for Expression of Interest for a joint application under the upcoming Call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024

University of Genoa, UNIGE, located in Genoa, ITALY, welcomes postdoctoral researchers of any nationality, with an excellent track record, to apply to the European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postodoctoral Felloships 2024. Our University has been beneficiary of several MSCA-PF in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

The Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of funding scheme of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme, dedicated to excellent research promoting international mobility, as well as interdisciplinary and intersectoral exchanges.

MSCA fellowship grant provides a competitive salary plus mobility and family allowances if applicable, as well as a contribution to cover research, training and networking costs. The research projects will have 2- or 3-years duration.

Selected candidates will be provided with special support for proposal writing and development.

The University of Genoa will organize in May the fifth edition of the Masterclass MSCA@UniGe. Selectedcandidate researchers will have the opportunity to attend a 2-days online intensive training and coaching course on how to write a successful proposal. This masterclass is a pathway of support to candidates and their supervisors in preparing project proposal, including  prescreening activity of the draft proposals and the organisation of dedicated B2B meetings, by the European Research Office of UniGe, National Contact Point and other experts.

The masterclass will take place on 28th and 29thMay2024.
More information: Masterclass MSCA@UniGe

MSCA domain: Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC);

Research Group

Polo Bozzo is a fervent research unit of Developmental and education psychology within the Department of Education Sciences (https://polobozzo.unige.it/en).  The Polo Bozzo research team investigates the acquisition of fundamental psychological skills (such as language, self-regulation, literacy, and math skills). Specifically, we study both domain general skills (executive function, working memory) and domain specific factors involved in learning processes. Additionally, we develop assessment, and intervention resources feasible for education and clinical context. The unit collaborates with teachers and schools from prekindergarten to secondary education.

Research Project Description

Investigate how child-enviroment interaction affect learning in math domain in preschool years; develop open access tools to support early math acquisition

Application

An expression of interest shall be sent to prof. Laura Traverso (laura.traverso@unige.it, ORCID ID 0000-0002-4831-4258) within 23^rd April 2024.
Your file should contain the following elements:

• A short CV
• A one-page research proposal
• One/two letters of reference (optional)

For more information, please contact prof. Laura Traverso (laura.traverso@unige.it).

Eligibility

For MSCA-PF 24 call, at the deadline for the submission of proposals (11/09/2024) candidates shall have a maximum of 8 years of postdoctoral research experience and must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Italy or more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the abovementioned deadline.