Project description
Supporting postdoctoral fellowships focusing on cleantech
For the purpose of promoting excellence and competitiveness in Europe regionally and internationally and having experts who can offer sustainable solutions, it is essential to encourage researchers and students in achieving their goals by giving them the necessary tools and ways to do so. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the C4W project will develop an innovative programme working together with Belgian and Finnish universities for the purpose of offering post-doctoral fellowships on cleantech technology. The programme will rely on the achievements of the C2W COFUND and offer young researchers all the modern means to achieve their goals.
Objective
Cleantech4Wallonia/VAASA (C4W) is an MSCA COFUND programme jointly led by the University of Mons (UMONS) in Belgium and the University of Vaasa (UVAASA) in Finland. It will support 25 postdoctoral fellowships, each lasting 30 months, with a strong thematic focus on cleantech. The programme builds on the successful experience of the Come2Wallonia (C2W) COFUND, aiming to further reinforce research excellence and innovation capacity in both regions.
UMONS and UVAASA bring together complementary strengths as mid-sized institutions: UMONS hosts 10 research institutes, over 1,100 senior researchers and 650 PhD candidates, with recognised expertise in industrial decarbonisation and entrepreneurship training; UVAASA contributes 4 schools and 4 research platforms, with 400 senior researchers and 300 PhD candidates, embedded in a dynamic, business-oriented energy ecosystem. Both universities are full members of the EUNICE European University Alliance, which spans 10 institutions, ensuring strong European integration and dissemination of results. They also co-lead the Erasmus Mundus SMACCs master programme on Smart Cities.
C4W is designed to equip experienced researchers with interdisciplinary and applied cleantech skills through an ambitious mobility scheme, including a mandatory secondment of at least three months in a cleantech-related organisation. In addition to scientific training, the programme offers a dedicated entrepreneurship track, based on the jointly developed “Entrepreneurial Pathway”, composed of 26 specialised training modules.
By fostering long-term research careers and innovation-oriented mindsets, C4W will strengthen the institutional visibility of its partners, promote scientific excellence, and facilitate impactful cleantech solutions. Fully aligned with the MSCA COFUND objectives, the programme offers a dual European springboard for high-impact careers, intersectoral mobility, and sustainable regional development.
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-Cofund-P - HORIZON TMA MSCA Cofund Postdoctoral programme
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7000 Mons
Belgium
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