Project description
Promoting international interdisciplinary research at the University of Luxembourg
The Young International Academics postdoctoral programme (YIA) is a career development programme funded by the MSCA and hosted by the University of Luxembourg (UL) to nurture early-career postdoctoral applicants to advance their interdisciplinary/intersectoral research. YIA candidates are international talents implementing their own research projects through a bottom-up approach. Spread over two calls, the YIA is inviting a total of 10 postdoctoral fellows with 36-month contracts each over a programme-lifespan of 5 years. A unique feature of the YIA is its integration into UL’s Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), which promotes excellence and interdisciplinarity in research. For YIA fellows the IAS provides an excellent environment for interdisciplinary research and mentoring by IAS fellows as well as an international approach promoting diversity and excellence.
Objective
The Young International Academics postdoctoral programme (YIA) is a career development program proposed by the University of Luxembourg (Uni.lu) to nurture early-career postdoctoral applicants to gain momentum in interdisciplinary/intersectoral research. YIA applicants are international talents willing to propose and realize their own interdisciplinary research projects through a bottoms-up approach. YIA will welcome, in two calls, a total of 10 postdoctoral fellows with 36-month contracts over 5 years. YIA is open to all disciplines and sectors, involving Uni.lu in the drive towards an increased interdisciplinarity and intersectorality, which are strategic for Uni.lu for the country and for Europe. A unique aspect of YIA is its integration into Uni.lu’s Institute for Advanced Studies-Luxembourg (IAS) created in 2019 to promote interdisciplinarity and outreach towards the society. This integration provides the YIA fellows with (1) a supervision for interdisciplinary and intersectoral research with more than 350 potential (co)-supervisors, and with about 350 potential public-private partners, (2) peer and cross-generational interactions/mentoring through the IAS fellows, invited distinguished senior scientists, early career researchers, and a mandatory academic or industrial secondment, and (3) a truly international flavour in an environment that cherishes diversity and excellence. YIA fellows recruited at Uni.lu are offered competitive contracts with mobility fellowships and access to excellent research infrastructures. A professor of Uni.lu provides supervision for the primary discipline of the applicant’s project and a co-supervisor covers the complementary discipline/sector. The YIA fellows are offered an “à la carte” training including mandatory courses, to suits the fellow’s career aspirations, increase the fellow’s interdisciplinarity and employability. The YIA programme will support a rapid ramp into a long-term Uni.lu funding of postdoctoral IAS fellows.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Coordinator
4365 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
Luxembourg