With the aim to strengthen world-class research activities in Umeå, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR) and Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), the two national Centres of Excellence, in collaboration with other research centres will launch the third and final call of the 'Excellence by Choice' Postdoctoral Programme (EC Postdoctoral Programme). The programme is funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Kempe Foundation and Umeå University with Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier as patron and mentor of the programme.
The programme will fund postdoctoral fellowships and organize activities to strengthen networking and collaborations. This call aims to recruit 7 postdocs on fellowships through an international call. The programme will grant each fellowship 672,000 SEK over a 2-year term (28 000 SEK/month), as well as additional 320,000 SEK for running costs and 25,000 SEK for career development of the postdoc.
Please read the new "Guidelines for EC Postdoctoral Programme 230504". When you apply, it suggests that you understand the guidelines and accept the terms and conditions.
Who can participate?
• Main PI active affiliated with UCMR or UPSC with a position at Umeå University or SLU, Co-PI with a faculty position at Umeå University or SLU. Additional collaborations with an institution in Sweden or an international institution are encouraged.
• A PI can participate in only one project as a main PI or a Co-PI.
• The main PI and Co-PI should clearly demonstrate synergy (how their expertise complement with each other in the proposed new collaborative project) and statement from the main PI on their active role in UCMR and UPSC.
• The main PI must have on-going or new peer-reviewed project grant(s) obtained as the main applicant from VR or ERC.
• The main PI and Co-PI should explain how the new project idea is different from the ongoing projects and project applications.
• The main PI and Co-PI who currently are receiving support from the 'EC' postdoc programme are not eligible.
What do I need to do to participate?
Step 1: Please provide the following information:
• Project title
• A very short summary (max 2 sentences) of the project idea that a postdoc candidate should be developing.
• Abstract of the project (max 2 000 characters including blank spaces) that describes in brief the following:
-The background of the project
-What is to be done: purpose and aims
-How the research will be carried out: project organisation and scientific methods
-What is important about the planned research
The abstract shall provide a summary picture of the purpose and implementation of the research. Please use wording to ensure persons with another subject specialisation can understand the information.
• A statement (max 2 000 characters including blank spaces) about the main PI's research activities within the UCMR and UPSC community and how the expertise of the main PI and Co-PI complements each other in the proposed new collaborative project. Describe the project's novelty.
• Information about your current research project support from the funding agencies, i.e., a copy of the project summary with facts about the grant (project number, period, project title, abstract).
• A statement (max 2 000 characters including blank spaces) about how the new project idea is different from the ongoing projects and project applications in the PIs' laboratories.
Template and deadline:
We invite all eligible Principal Investigators to submit the aforementioned documents using the enclosed template to Ingrid Söderbergh (ingrid.soderbergh@umu.se@umu.se) no later than 27 August 2023.
Write "EC Programme project idea" as the subject.
Template for application