Dear All
Just wanted to bring to your attention a significant opportunity for availing of 16 Fellowship opportunities in Ireland. These are in the area of assistive technologies for people with ID and Autism and each worth up to e260,000 for a three year period. All the major Irish Universities are involved and can host fellowships for the duration (2 years and the final year spent back in the Fellow's home institution. Applicants must have a doctoral degree or 4 years full time research experience. An overview of the programme is presented below.
I only recently became aware of the scheme and the deadline is actually November 30th but it may be possible if anyone is interested to extend the deadline. If anyone is interested let me know and I'm put them in touch with the right people. I'm also including some links to extra information on the scheme.
There will be a further call for an additional 16 fellowships next year also.
Please see http://www.assistid.eu/
Assistive Technologies for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism, IE<https://www.researchprofessional.com/funding/funder/1483616/>
Assistive Technologies for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism, IE
Assistive Technologies for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism (ASSISTID) invites applications for its fellowships (http://www.assistid.eu). These enable postdoctoral researchers to assume leadership roles in intellectual disability research and the services that provide for the education, social inclusion and employment of people with autism or an intellectual disability. Projects may address any area of ASSISTID, which includes, but is not limited to, applied Behaviour Analysis and Autism; Augmentative and alternative communication; Assistive technologies and innovative learning; Intellectual disability research Ethics and rehabilitation; Intellectual disability policy and law; Multimedia development; rehabilitation and counselling in employment for intellectual disability. For the incoming mobility scheme, one supervisor shall be appointed; For the outgoing mobility scheme, two supervisors are appointed, one at the outgoing host organisation and one at the return host organisation.
Fellows may be of any nationality but must be fluent in English. They must be experienced researchers and be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience by the application deadline. The host organisation for the incoming mobility scheme is one of the Irish universities participating in the DOCTRID research institute - please see (http://www.assistid.eu/host-institutions/). The host organisation for the outgoing mobility scheme is one of the non-Irish based university partners in the DOCTRID RI: MSU, UMMS, Ulster University, QUB, or in another university or a private sector partner worldwide with a proven high international research standard.
16 incoming fellowships, each worth up to €85,916 per year, are available over two years. Four outgoing fellowships, each worth up to €86,844 per year, are available over three years.
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Closing date 30 Nov 14
Deadline information Applications due by 5pm Dublin time.
Date added 08 Sep 14
Award type Travel for research purposes; Postdoctoral training fellowships
Award amount max €260,532
Award amount min €163,976
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Type of institution University
Funder involvement Funding
Ian Grey, Ph.D, D.Clin. Psych
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Psychology
Trinity College, Dublin
086 8054141
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