Yufe4Postdocs
Torun, Poland
Bremen, Germany
Rijeka, Croatia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Colchester, United Kingdom
Kuopio, Finland
Getafe, Spain
Maastricht, Netherlands
About the employer
Yufe4Postdocs (Y4P) is an ambitious training programme co-funded by Horizon Europe’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme. It is part of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) Alliance, which brings together nine young research-intensive universities from across Europe. They are collaborating to contribute to a more competitive, innovative and united Europe.
YUFE4Postdocs aims to train future proof researchers, building bridges between academia and society. It features a novel evaluation procedure based primarily on qualitative judgement and offers an attractive training including interactive stakeholder engagement seminars and a variety of joint transferable skills training sessions.
The YUFE universities are pleased to announce two calls for postdoctoral research positions in all disciplines, with a project addressing one or more urban opportunities and challenges. Postdocs will carry out their projects anchored in a YUFE host university of their choice. They will define and develop their projects within YUFE focus area’s: Sustainability; Digital Society, Citizens Wellbeing; and European Identity.
In total, 51 positions are offered for researchers appointed across nine universities. Selected YUFE postdocs can conduct a research training project in a broad range of disciplines. Target audience of both calls are promising researchers that have obtained their PhD a maximum of 6 years before the call deadline.
The programme offers a number of benefits for postdoctoral researchers. These include:
- Attractive employment conditions, including 36-month appointments
- A three-pillar training programme on community engagement, stakeholder interaction, Open Science and Open Innovation
- Personalised supervision and career guidance
- Support from stakeholder organizations involved as Associated Partners. Six business organizations and ten city and regional councils will contribute to the training program.
- Implementation by an EU-wide, experienced consortium
Key information is in the YUFE4Postdocs leaflet.
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YUFE4Postdocs Call
Are you an early career postdoctoral researcher wanting to create impact with your research while interacting with potential stakeholders of your research?And do you want to further develop your skills in Open Science and Open Innovation?Then you ...