Belgium: Marie Sklodowka Individual European Fellowship

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The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence ACTORE (The Antwerp Consortium on the Organization of Rulemaking and Multi-level Governance in Europe) at the University of Antwerp seeks expressions of interests from potential postdoctoral researchers wishing to apply for a Marie Sklodowka Individual European Fellowship.  

Selected candidates will receive dedicated support from one or more of the ACTORE professors (depending on the topic of the application) to develop their proposal and application for submission to the European Commission on 12 September 2018 (17.00 o’clock Brussels local time). Involved professors are:

• for ACIM (Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multilevel Politics): Jan Beyers, Peter Bursens, Dirk De Bièvre

• for PA&M (Public Administration & Management): Koen Verhoest, Wouter Van Dooren

• For G&L (Government & Law): Patricia Popelier, Johan Meeusen, Esther van Zimmeren

ACTORE brings together scholars from 3 research groups: law (G&L), public administration (PA&M) and political science (ACIM), with multidisciplinary expertise in multi-level and multi-actor organization of the EU. More details on ACTORE and the research groups can be found on www.actore.eu .

Only postdoctoral candidates with a good track record in terms of research and publications are asked to apply.

The Marie Sklodowka Curie Individual Actions (MSCA) are prestigious fellowships funded by the European Commission. They offer a generous allowance for 1-3 years including mobility, family and research allowance. Applicants can be from any country, must hold a PhD (or equivalent), and must not have resided or carried out their main activity in Belgium for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the MCIF deadline on 12 September 2018. For more information about these fellowships see in attach and onhttps://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/msca-if-2018.html

 

How to apply?

 

Candidates are invited to submit their Expression of Interest to peter.bursens@uantwerpen.be  by 10 July 2018.

• The Expression of Interest should include 1) Your CV limited to a maximum of 5 pages 2) A 2-3 page research proposal 3) a motivation letter identifying research synergies with ACTORE members.  Please see the document in attach for more details. 

• Results will be announced by 17 July 2018.

 Please note: You are sending an Expression of Interest that you wish to work with us to apply for a Marie Sklodowka Curie Fellowship. You are not applying for a University of Antwerp Fellowship.