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RESEARCH VACANCIES related to Marie Curie Research Training Network on 
Advanced Modelling of Ground Improvement on Soft Soils (Contract 
MRTN-CT-2004-512120).

Advanced Modelling of Ground Improvement on Soft Soils (AMGISS) is a 
Marie Curie Research Training Network funded by the European Commission 
through the specific research and technological development programme 
"Structuring the European Research Area". The Network consists of six 
universities with active research programmes in the engineering 
behaviour of soft clays and their academic and industrial partners. The 
coordinator of the contract is the University of Glasgow (United 
Kingdom) and the other contractors are the Graz University of Technology 
(Austria), the University of Stuttgart (Germany), the Helsinki 
University of Technology (Finland), the Norwegian University of Science 
and Technology(Norway) and the ETH Zurich (Switzerland).

The key task of the network is research training. The four-year research 
programme, which will start in February 2005, concentrates on:
A) Modelling and implementation
B) Practical application
C) Dissemination, knowledge transfer and publicity

For more information, see the Network's web-page 
http://www.civil.gla.ac.uk/amgiss

The Network aims to develop advanced numerical modelling techniques for 
analysing the coupled hydro-mechanical behaviour of ground improvement 
systems on soft soils. This will entail advanced constitutive modelling, 
laboratory testing, centrifuge modelling, numerical implementation and 
numerical modelling, moving increasingly towards three-dimensional 
numerical tools. As a part of the Network, there will be several 
research vacancies (Marie Curie Fellowships) available for Early Stage 
Researchers and Experienced Researchers in the member institutions. 
Applications from female candidates are particularly encouraged.

During the first year the following positions need to be filled:

1. Early Stage Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) at the University of 
Glasgow (the United Kingdom) for 36 months. Deadline for applications is 
17th of December 2004.
For detail see (http://www.civil.gla.ac.uk/amgiss under Vacancies). If 
you encounter problems in accessing the web-site, please email 
[log in to unmask] and ask for the application info.

2. Early Stage Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) at the Technical 
University Graz (Austria) for 36 months. Deadline for applications and 
further details will be announced in March 2005.

3. Experienced Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) at the University of 
Stuttgart (Germany) for 24 months. Deadline for applications and further 
details will be announced in March 2005.

4. Early Stage Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) at the University of 
Stuttgart (Germany) for 12 months. Deadline for applications and further 
details will be announced in October 2006.

5. Early Stage Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) at the Helsinki 
University of Technology (Finland) for 36 months. Deadline for 
applications and further details will be announced in March 2005.

6. Experienced Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) at the Norwegian 
University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway for 24 months. 
Deadline for applications and further details will be announced in March 
2005.

7. Early Stage Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) at the ETH Zurich 
(Switzerland) for 36 months. Deadline for applications and further 
details will be announced in March 2005.

8. Early Stage Researcher (Marie Curie Fellow) at the ETH Zurich 
(Switzerland) for 12 months. Deadline for applications and further 
details will be announced in March 2005.

The Marie Curie Fellows will be appointed either on a stipend or an 
employment contract depending on the duration of the appointment and the 
host country. The contributions to the benefit of the researcher 
consists of flat rate contributions outlined in the Work Programme for 
Marie Curie Activities, which can be downloaded from the Network’s web-page.

The same general terms apply to all appointments:

Nationality: The researcher can be a national of a Member State of the 
European Community, of an Associated State or of a Third Country. 
However, no more than 64 months of the contracts above can be filled by 
Third Country nationals. A researcher from a third country having 
legally resided or/and having his/her main activity in the Community or 
in Associated State(s) for at least 4 years (in total) out of the five 
years immediately prior to his/her appointment is treated as a national 
of the Member State or Associated State in which he/she has resided the 
longest period.

Mobility: The researcher shall not be a national of a State in which the 
contractor’s research team appointing him/her is located. In the case of 
a researcher holding more than one nationality, he/she will be able to 
be hosted by a contractor located in the country of his/her nationality 
in which s(he) has not resided during the previous 5 years. At the time 
of appointment, the researchers may not have resided or carried out 
his/her main activity in the country of the contractor for more than 12 
months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her appointment.

Early Stage Researcher: means a researcher in the first 4 years 
full-time equivalent) of their research activity, including the period 
of research training, since gaining a university (or equivalent 
institution of higher education) degree giving access to doctoral 
studies in the country in which the degree was obtained (the degree must 
entitle the holder to embark on doctoral studies, without having to 
acquire any further qualifications) and who have not yet obtained a 
doctoral degree.

Experienced Researcher: means a researcher having at least 4 but no more 
than 10 years of research experience (full-time equivalent) since 
gaining a university degree giving them access to doctoral studies (the 
degree must entitle the holder to embark on doctoral studies, without 
having to acquire any further qualifications) in the country in which 
the degree was obtained or already in possession of a doctoral degree, 
independently of the time taken to acquire it.

For enquiries and clarifications regarding the general conditions, 
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Dr Minna Karstunen

Department of Civil Engineering
Rankine Building (Oakfield Avenue)
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8LT
Scotland, UK

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