Eligibility Criteria

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Applicant Requirements for Level 1

Junior Fellowship applicants

At the time of the call deadline, applicants must be a maximum of 4 years from date of award of the (first) doctoral degree

Exception the above rule in line with the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF) call:

 

  • Maternity leave (18 months, 548 days per child born after PhD award date, or the exact maternity leave duration, whichever is longest)
  • Paternity leave (exact duration per child born after the PhD award date)
  • Research in a non-associated TC (only for nationals or long-term residents of MS or AC, wishing to reintegrate in Europe)
  • Time spent not working in research
  • Long-term sick leave (periods > 30 days)
Applicants must be Experienced Researchers as per the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions definition:

They must be in possession of a doctoral degree.

Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis and fulfilled the formal requirements for the doctorate but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will be considered as PRs and will be eligible to apply.

Those candidates require that the doctoral award has formally been awarded prior to start of their fellowship

Applicants can be of any nationality and must either have working proficiency of the English language or must be fluent in English

Applicants whose first language is not English may be required to provide evidence of their proficiency in the English language.

Individual-driven mobility Requirement:
Candidates shall not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Ireland for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior to the call deadline

The following periods are not taken into account:
a) compulsory national service
b) time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention
c) short stays (such as holidays), i.e., the researcher did not reside or did not have their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country during that period

Applicant Requirements for Level 2

Experienced Fellowship applicants

At the time of the call deadline, applicants must be in possession of a doctoral degree and four or more years’ postdoctoral research experience.

Applicants can be of any nationality and must either have working proficiency of the English language or must be fluent in English

Applicants whose first language is not English may be required to provide evidence of their proficiency in the English language

Individual-driven mobility Requirement:
Candidates shall not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Ireland for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior to the call deadline

The following periods are not taken into account:
a) compulsory national service
b) time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention
c) short stays (such as holidays), i.e., the researcher did not reside or did not have their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country during that period