Each year there are many fellowship opportunities, mostly postdoctoral positions, for individuals. Submissions must be done in conjunction with a host institution / academic member of staff.
UCD College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences invites expressions of interest from prospective fellowships candidates / applicants across the College’s 5 Research Themes of Critical Infrastructures, Energy Systems, Nanobio Science & Engineering, Computational Modelling and Bioengineering.
A sampling of the fellowship programs is listed below along with their submission deadlines.
Please send expressions of interest to the respective Research Theme Champion and/or School as soon as possible in advance of fellowship application deadline(s) to allow sufficient time to discuss your proposal.
| Programme | Details | Sponsor Deadlines |
| FP7 ERC Advanced Grant |
http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&topicID=66 ERC Advanced Grant calls for proposals are published annually in autumn with deadlines in spring |
Wednesday 24th February 2010 |
| FP7 ERC Starting Independent Research Grants |
http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&topicID=65 ERC Starting Independent Research Grant calls for proposals are published annually in summer (normally late July each year) |
Autumn 2010 |
| IRCSET Postdoctoral Fellowship Schemes |
http://www.ircset.ie/tabid/64/default.aspx 2010 calls are closed, call dates for 2011 to be issued |
EMBARK Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme Wednesday 10th February 2010 IRCSET Postdoctoral schemes: TBD |
| SFI President of Ireland Young Researcher Awards (PIYRA) |
http://www.sfi.ie/content/content.asp?section_id=516&language_id=1 SFI PIYRA is a rolling call, proposals can be submitted at any time |
Rolling call no deadline |
| SFI Starting Independent Research Grants (SIRG) |
http://www.sfi.ie/content/content.asp?section_id=739&language_id=1 SFI SIRG 2009 call for proposals is closed, future call dates to be issued. |
TBD |
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