The training through the ONISILOS project will provide the fellows with skills associated with identifying and pursuing employment opportunities, getting involved in entrepreneurial activities with emphasis on commercialisation of their research results, enhance their networking skills substantially, as well as academic, and non-academic resume-writing. Secondments will provide the necessary exposure for the fellows to acquire a broad knowledge of different sectors to which they can apply their skills and engage in social innovation activities. The geographical/sectoral mobility will increase their competitiveness compared to their peers and elevate their confidence to boost their career.
The fellows will be educated by the personal training courses and obtain hands–on experience on the methods. These experiences will help establish the fellow as an independent researcher, capable of designing complex research plans and drawing from a diverse set of tools to implement them, in line with the purpose of MSCA-COFUND objectives to promote excellence in research.
The multidisciplinary research programme, in combination with the dedicated CDP will enhance the fellow’s leadership, administration and overall transferable skills, for example through management of the proposed programme, co-supervision of students and participation in grant writing. Through the extensive dissemination and communication routes, the fellows will present their work to a wide range of audiences from the academia and the industry, paving the way for possible job opportunities. Possible collaborations with the non-academic sector may allow the fellows to develop new products or commercially exploit the IPR generated through the fellowship.
Eventually, the fellows will be able to assume leading roles in research groups and become appealing candidates for permanent positions in academia or non–academia.
The ONISILOS project is working to create an extra push and impact to the R&I investment by promoting Cyprus as a European centre of research, innovation, and openness. The mobility of experienced research fellows in and out of the country contributes to the attraction of scientific interest and will create a hub of new projects, new positions in R&I and eventually a culture of research sustainability.
ONISILOS is the first COFUND project ever to be coordinated by a Cypriot institution and it enhances the research profile of the country substantially. In addition, the project enables targeted networking opportunities with key players and institutions worldwide, which can
