Proposal Workshop for Postdoctoral Fellowship Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Since 2017, the University of Graz is hosting its highly successful Marie Sklodowska-Curie-Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) workshop in collaboration with expert support from the Austrian National Contact Point (NCP). Over the past years, the Centre for Southeast European Studies and the Field of Excellence “Dimensions of Europeanization” (DoE) have been able to successfully secure 13 Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships. The Field of Excellence seeks to build on this success to attract researchers for a two year stay at the University of Graz. We are currently accepting applications by interested researchers who are eligible for applying.

We are particularly interested in projects that relate to the following five clusters of the Dimensions of Europeanization - but applications for MSC-PF are not restricted to the topics of these clusters:

- European Literatures and their Interactions
- Cultural Memory and Cultural Heritage in the Context of Europeanisation and Digital Transformation
- Migration, Borders and Mobilities in, around and across Europe
- In/Equalities in societal transformation processes
- Knowledge Transfer and Concepts of Europe

Select applicants are offered to apply for a free proposal writing workshop organized by the Research Management and Service Unit of the University of Graz on June 6th and 7th 2023, travel costs (up to 600.00 Euros) to Graz. You also have the option to present and discuss your proposal and to meet your mentor (additional session planned on June 5th 2023). You will also receive intensive support throughout your submission including a proposal check.

Limited number of participants for the workshop! Apply as soon as possible!

To participate, submit a CV, a short research plan, highlighting how it links to “Dimensions of Europeanization” or to a cluster, as well as the name of your mentor to europeanization@uni-graz.at.

Eligibility:

- Approval of a mentor of the Field of Excellence "Dimensions of Europeanization" at the University of Graz (Search for DoE Principal Investigators active in your field here)
- Fulfillment of the eligibility criteria for a PF
- you have not lived in Austria for over 12 months in the past three years prior to the deadline
- you have successfully defended your PhD at the call deadline and not more than 8 years of fulltime equivalent in research since the PhD, with few exceptions
- for reimbursement of the travel costs: Attendance of the workshop (6th & 7th June 2023) and submission of a proposal with the University of Graz as host organization in the 2023 call (Deadline: 13th September 2023)

MSCA – PF:

- 12–24 months, working contract with the host institution
- extra funding for your mobility, family and training costs
- scholarship with high reputation and visibility
- optional: max 6 months non-academic placement