EDGE is Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Action, led by Trinity College Dublin on behalf of 10 academic institutions from across Ireland. EDGE will offer 71 prestigious Fellowships for experienced researchers (post-doctoral or equivalent) relocating to Ireland over three calls for proposals. EDGE is also a training and development programme for scientific excellence, offering a unique combination of interdisciplinary research themes, career development opportunities and industry engagement to the community of Fellows we recruit.
The Fellowships are for postdoctoral candidates wishing to relocate to Ireland, establish a more permanent base here or return after working overseas. Therefore, at the time of recruitment defined for the call (from 5th April 2020), researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Ireland for more than 12 months in the previous 3 years. The deadline for 4th call applicants is 5th April 2020, 23:59h.
We welcome applications from candidates who have had career breaks and are looking to return to a research-based career and from candidates who have had a non-traditional career path including those who have built up research experience but who may not have a PhD (see Eligibility Criteria).
The Fellowships are available in one of three ICT driven Research Themes (Future Nteworks and Communications, Digital Content & Media Technologies, Advanced Materials and Bioengineering)
See here for detailed information on research themes and supervisors.
Awards will be made at three experience Levels with associated compensation. Each Fellowship on Call 4 is 18 / 24 months (Depending on availability to start). We also invite applicants from difficult situations to contact us, as we do not want your personal circumstances to prevent you from applying – please see our page on Researchers at Risk.
Eligibility Criteria
The ‘time of recruitment’ for Call 4 was defined in the call documents as 30th June 2020, and is the date on which the decision to award the Fellowships was made. The actual start of each Fellowships will be some time after, once employment offers have been made by the host institutes, eligibility confirmed and working permissions obtained.
Applicants
May be of any nationality
Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
Must comply with the Transnational Mobility Rule: at the time of recruitment by the host organisation, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Ireland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date: April 5th 2020 (fourth Call). Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account
Must be Experienced Researchers as per the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions definition: at the time of recruitment, applicants must be in possession of a doctoral degree or, if the applicant has does not have a doctoral degree, they should have at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience (Full-Time Equivalent Research Experience is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree which would allow them to pursue a PhD)
Must, in addition, at the time of recruitment, either:
Have less than 4 years’ additional postdoctoral research experience to be eligible for a Level 1 fellowship
Have 4 or more years’ additional postdoctoral research experience to be eligible for a Level 2 fellowship
Have 6 or more years’ additional postdoctoral research experience to be eligible for a Level 3 fellowship
The additional postdoc experience is full time, measured from the date that the PhD was secured through successful defense, or from when the 4 year full time equivalence was obtained.
Proposals
Must be complete and in English
Must be received on or before the call deadline through the online application system
Only one application per applicant may be submitted per call (resubmissions from unsuccessful applicants from earlier calls are encouraged)
Proposals must adhere to the ethical standards applicable to the EDGE programme
Must be within an EDGE research area and identify an EDGE Supervisor
The selected Supervisor must agree they are willing to supervise the project
Host Organisation
Fellowship must be based in one of the ten EDGE third-level institutes listed, which will normally be the institute of the Supervisor