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add this to-do item to your calendarPresident of Ireland Young Researcher Award
Due: Wednesday 17th February 2010
Organisation: Science Foundation Ireland
WWW: www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/closed-calls/president-of-ireland-young-researcher-award
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This award for young researchers from around the world aims to allow them to carry out their research in third-level institutions in Ireland. The award recognizes outstanding engineers and scientists who, early in their careers, have already demonstrated or shown exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of knowledge. Awardees will be selected on the basis of exceptional accomplishments in science and engineering that underpin biotechnology, information and communications technology, and sustainable energy and energy efficient technologies, and on the basis of creative research plans that are built on work that has attracted international attention.
At the end of the programme, SFI requires the host research body to offer a permanent position to the awardee, contingent upon a successful research programme as evidenced by continued SFI funding throughout the programme.
A candidate must have been awarded a PhD or MD within the last eight years (allowances will be made for documented leave) and have completed a minimum of 24 months’ active postdoctoral research. The candidate must not have not previously received an SFI Award (excluding Waltons, Research Frontiers, Young Women in Engineering Scholarship, UREKA supplement). The cadidate must be recognised by the research body upon receipt of the SFI grant as an independent investigator who will have an independent office and research space at the host research body for which he or she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of the SFI grant.
A candidate should have an exceptional record of internationally recognised independent research accomplishments for his or her career stage (as measured by publications in top quality international journals and conferences, invited talks at international conferences, or other academic metrics appropriate to the applicant’s field). The candidate should have demonstrated research independence (or be in the process of establishing independence) and shown exceptional potential to become a research leader of the future.
The applicant is expected to have the capability and authority to mentor and supervise postgraduate students and team members.
A potential candidate for the SFI PIYRA Programme can contact any Irish research body and request consideration by the institution to be nominated. All applications must be submitted from an eligible Irish research body.
The awards provide up to €1 million in direct costs, and are given for a five-year period.
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