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The Paris DYNAMO Fellowship Programme

Project description

Training experienced researchers in energy conversion

Energy conversion encompasses a wide range of applications – from agronomy to medical research as well as the climate impact on the biosphere. The EU-funded FP-DYNAMO-PARIS project will use interdisciplinary methods to address fundamental scientific questions in energy conversion. The project will recruit promising experienced researchers (ERs) with a selection process combining excellence and inclusivity, provide them with professional opportunities to advance their scientific projects, and allow them to meet future challenges and career requirements. FP-DYNAMO-PARIS will offer opportunities to expand ER skillsets with outreach programmes and appropriate training, including training at the University of Padova, entrepreneurship courses, technology transfer, and mentoring on gender balance issues and leadership.

Objective

FP-DYNAMO-PARIS will tackle fundamental scientific questions in the field of energy conversion using interdisciplinary approaches. Over the decades, this field has encompassed increasingly large applications from agronomy to medical research and now climate impacts on the biosphere. These new research themes bring new challenges of increasing urgency, requiring the training of a new generation of researchers capable of leading scientific progress in such complex and interdisciplinary fields.
The DYNAMO consortium is structured to answer this challenge by providing young researchers with a human environment that will foster their growth as future leaders. This will be done through an almost century-long interdisciplinary tradition, combined with strong links to international and non-academic partners.
FP-DYNAMO-PARIS goal is to bring new conceptual advances in environmental and health sciences, by recruiting promising experienced researchers (ERs) with a selection process combining excellence and inclusivity; by providing them with a professional opportunity to further their scientific projects, personal skill development and networking opportunities to reinforce their profiles; and by allowing them to face the challenges and requirements of their future career positions when they have research teams of their own. To achieve this, their research activity will be accompanied by opportunities to expand their skillset with outreach programmes and dedicated training, including a retreat at the University of Padova, courses on entrepreneurship and technology transfer, as well as mentoring on gender balance issues and leadership.
From gene expression and genome organization to the final assembly of the macromolecular photosynthetic complex, ERs will explore the energy conversion machinery developed by microorganisms across evolution and will be trained in state-of-the-art techniques to become experts in a broad variety of disciplines needed for successful careers.

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-COFUND - Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2020

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Coordinator

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
Net EU contribution
€ 1 397 640,00
Address
RUE MICHEL ANGE 3
75794 Paris
France
Region
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris
Activity type
Research Organisations
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Total cost
€ 2 795 280,00