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Advance your research career at University College Cork, Ireland
Career research opportunities now occupy a pivotal place in the European research landscape, providing access to high-level training opportunities and facilitating the development of long-term research career
plans. The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences at University College Cork, Ireland is eager to work in conjunction with early career and experienced postdoctoral researchers on applications to
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship and
Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship programmes (deadline 14th August 2013).
The College offers the possibility of working in an environment with comprehensive coverage of subjects in the humanities and social sciences, and aims to provide a range of supports to individuals seeking to
consolidate and extend their profiles as individual researchers.
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) and the Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship (IIF) programmes provide funding to early career and experienced researchers to:
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develop personal 12 or 24 month career development and training plans that will assist in achieving a prominent independent position
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develop advanced research, financial management and organisational skills needed to complete an individual research project
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promote knowledge transfer and research collaborations between researchers in host and home institutions and contexts.
To find out more and to make the first step in preparing an application, please contact
Dr Allen White, Research Officer College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC +353 21 490 2438 ([log in to unmask]).
The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences will assist international applicants in their efforts to reach a good match between the research interests of the host Marie Curie scientist in charge
and those of applicants themselves. The College will assist also in designing and preparing applications to a high quality and standard.
To find out more about the research in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences in UCC, see
here
The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
is comprised of 11 Schools (Applied Psychology;
Applied Social Studies;
Asian Studies; Education;
English; Geography and Archaeology;
History;
Irish Learning; Languages, Literatures and Cultures;
Music and Theatre;
Sociology and Philosophy) and two disciplines (Classics and
Politics). Research in the College is often multidisciplinary in nature and this is reflected in the number of centres and institutes that promote interdisciplinary perspectives and approaches in the College, including
ISS21, a research institute in the social sciences.
In the most recent Research Quality Review (2009), the activities of all Schools in the College were assessed on the basis of international peer review and the standing of the College as an international research institution was confirmed
in a high number of ‘outstanding’ and ‘excellent’ ratings.
The College is an integral part of University College Cork (UCC) which is one of the premier research universities in Ireland and is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide.