Descripción del proyecto
Formación posdoctoral y oportunidades profesionales en el País Vasco
Los investigadores noveles sintieron las repercusiones de las medidas de confinamiento debidas a la COVID-19. Con la desaparición de las oportunidades laborales, existe la preocupación de que Europa esté perdiendo una oferta de investigadores cualificados. En este contexto, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos WOLFRAM2 contratará a investigadores noveles excelentes de cualquier nacionalidad y cualquier campo de investigación y los ayudará a desarrollar sus capacidades. El objetivo principal es garantizar que se satisfagan las necesidades del Espacio Europeo de Investigación y que Europa contribuya a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas y a la Estrategia de Especialización Inteligente en Investigación e Innovación del País Vasco. Para ello, el beneficiario, la Fundación Vasca para la Ciencia (Ikerbasque), ofrecerá treinta y seis becas de formación de posdoctorado en veintitrés instituciones asociadas.
Objetivo
Europe is in need of highly skilled researchers: an adequate supply of skilled human resources is vital for the European Research Area (ERA) development. More specifically, the COVID-19 pandemic has particularly damaged the career of early career researchers in Europe since job opportunities for them are rapidly diminishing during the pandemic. We cannot afford to lose a generation of early career researchers since they are the future of European science and technology-intensive economic sectors. WOLFRAM2 will recruit excellent junior researchers and equip them with the skillset to: i) answer to the need of the ERA, ii) fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and iii) contribute to the RIS3 strategy of the Basque Country.
WOLFRAM2, which will run for 60 months, is framed around an already well and successfully established postdoctoral fellowship programme in the Basque region. Within the programme, the beneficiary, Ikerbasque, will offer 36 fellowship positions for incoming postdoctoral fellows of any nationality. Each fellowship/contract will last for 60 months, being implemented in the framework of WOLFRAM2 36 months. The remaining fellowship duration not covered by WOLFRAM2 (24 months) will be fully taken over by the hosting institutions and Ikerbasque on all terms (financial, training and supervision). The fellowship will be carried out at the 23 partner organisations which recruit and host the fellows. Each fellowship will be complemented by a secondment of up to 6 months at institutions outside of Spain, from a different sector, and of the fellows’ choice in line with their career development plan.
WOLFRAM2 offers unique features regarding working and employment conditions, neither provided by other research private foundations or the Spanish government: 5 years contract with the possibility of achieving a permanent position, competitive financial allowances, international and intersectoral secondments.
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MSCA-COFUND - Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)Coordinador
48009 Bilbao
España