COFUND Fellowships for Transnational Academic Careers

Project Information

BREMEN TRAC

Grant agreement ID: 600411

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2013

End date 31 January 2018

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 2 982 978,00

EU contribution € 1 193 191,20

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAET BREMEN
Germany

Objective

"The ‘BREMEN TRAC – COFUND Fellowships for TRansnational Academic Careers’ programme will enable incoming researchers to conduct an independent research project in a highly competitive and vibrant research landscape. With no thematic restrictions, research topics and hosting institutes at the University of Bremen can be freely chosen.
BREMEN TRAC explicitly targets excellent researchers residing outside Germany and offers two-year fellowships with a standard salary and an additional research allowance to early stage postdocs. In addition, international TRAC fellows coming to Bremen will avail themselves of a broad range of support measures testifying to Bremens reputation as a talent incubator.
BREMEN TRAC can capitalize on experiences with our own long-established and highly competitive postdoctoral programme: Selection committees and judgement criteria based on merit are already in place and administrative procedures will be easily adapted. External peer review already is a crucial element in the selection of the fellows.
The existing programme has considerably been extended in scope two years ago. However, it has always been geared towards national applicants. BREMEN TRAC will offer nearly as much additional positions, but explictly to international researchers. This will contribute to fostering transnational mobility of highly promising researchers in the ERA at an early career stage.
TRAC Fellows will greatly benefit from being integrated in a dense interdisciplinary research network with the University of Bremen at its center, offering stimulating research to connect to. Furthermore the university campus offers them ample opportunities for engaging in research cooperations with non-university institutes of excellence, e.g. including institutes of the Max Planck Society (MPG) or the Fraunhofer Society (FhG). The university’s close cooperation with the region’s private sector provides the chance to engage in R&D activities"

Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2012-COFUND - Marie-Curie Action: "Co-funding of regional, National and International Programmes"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2012-COFUND
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Funding Scheme

MC-COFUND - Co-funding of Regional, National and International Programmes (COFUND)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET BREMEN

Administrative Contact

Silke Reinold (Mrs.)

• EU contribution: € 1 193 191,20
• Address: Bibliothekstrasse 1 ; 28359 Bremen ; Germany
• Region: Bremen › Bremen › Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data