The “GLOBAL_AT_VENICE - Research and Training for Global Challenges” - G@V is a new 60-month Marie Skłodowska-Curie - COFUND Project implemented by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice to offer a truly international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral training to 15 Fellows coming from all over the world.
Deadline: June 30, 2021
The aim of the programme is to strengthen high-profile researchers’ curricula, thus providing Europe and the world with a pool of researchers capable of bridging the gaps between academic and applied research, and between research and market. GLOBAL_AT_VENICE officially starts in January 2021 and lasts 5 years. Two calls will be launched during the first and the second year of the programme to recruit brilliant researchers, who will work with the Institute for Global Challenges of Ca’ Foscari on six multidisciplinary research areas.
This major initiative is implemented by Ca’ Foscari together with its corporate partners, including strategic research centres, non-academic networks of spin-offs and small and medium enterprises, where fellows will have the opportunity to do secondment or research and training activity.
About G@V:
- 15 positions available for fellows
- PhD degree required
- Incoming fellowships of 24 months
- Highly competitive salary, plus costs of mobility, family, research and training allowances Interdisciplinary research options
- Connection to our partners’ innovation ecosystem “HR Excellence for Research” labelled institution
As a G@V Fellow you will:
- Enhance skills and networking by working with qualified scholars in an excellent scientific research training path
- Conduct an independent research project of your choice that aligns with the research areas of Ca’ Foscari Institute for Global Challenges
- Join a rich and international environment, meeting more than 60 MSCA Individual Fellows and our ERC grantees
- Foster your research career with additional opportunities within Ca’ Foscari and its network
- Train in transferable skills, in mentoring students and in teaching
- Improve profile and track record through outputs, networking and
- dissemination activities
- Choose a secondment among G@V Partners or an organisation relevant to your research project
Eligibility Criteria
Research Fellows of any nationality on the date of the deadline (5 pm CET 30th June 2021) must meet the following criteria to apply:
- Be in possession of a PhD degree awarded not later than 8 years prior to this call deadline;
- Have at least one major publication without his/her PhD supervisor (either accepted, in press or
- published) at the time of deadline;
- Have not resided or carried out their main activity in Italy for longer than 12 months in the 3-year period before the call deadline in compliance with MSCA mobility rule;
The Global at Venice Fellowship 2021 is open from 15 March 2021 to 30 June 2021, 5 p.m. (Central Europe Time).
Applications must be submitted via the PICA electronic submission system (registration required): https://pica.cineca.it/unive.
For information about the call, the submission procedure and the forms, please refer to the documents below.
 | G@V call for proposals 2021 | 686 K |
| Guidelines for applicants and application forms 2021 | 536 K |
| FAQs for applicants | 284 K |
 | G@V CV form | 9.41 K |
| G@V Project Proposal form | 28 K |
| G@V Career Development Plan form | 29 K |
Contacts
A help desk is active to support candidates for the entire duration of the project. Please e-mail globalvenice@unive.it (project manager: Sara Venerus).