START Postdoctoral Programme

Cofunded by FP7 Marie Curie Actions - Next deadline is June 15, 2012

The Icelandic Centre for Research (Rannis) announces the launch of the START Postdoctoral Fellowship programme. The programme is administered by Rannis through the Icelandic Research Fund (IRF), in partnership with the European Commission Framework 7 Programme (People) under “Marie Curie Actions”. 

The START Programme targets career development of early post docs and promotes international mobility of researchers. The START Programme is open to researchers from all fields of research.

Eligible researchers will have completed their PhD within the last five years prior to the proposal deadline (15 June 2012).

Programme Areas 

Outgoing fellowships
This scheme enables highly qualified scientists and scholars who have primarily been trained in Iceland to undertake 18 months of research at a host organisation outside of Iceland, with a 6 month return period at a host organisation within Iceland.

Incoming fellowships
For researchers of all nationalities who intend to pursue research at an Icelandic host organisation. Country of residence, for a minimum of 2 out of 3 years prior to proposal deadline, can be any country except Iceland.

Reintegration fellowships
This scheme is open to all nationals of EU Member States or any Associated Country* returning from a research stay in a Third Country**, intending to pursue research in Iceland.  Proposers must have been residents of a Third Country, for a maximum of 5 years, minimum of 2 out of 3 years prior to the proposal deadline.

Fellowships without mobility (funded solely by the IRF)
For researchers of all nationalities who wish to pursue research in Iceland, without mobility.  

Guide for proposers for the grant year 2013.

Proposal forms and appendices.

Guidelines for electronic submission of proposals to the Icelandic Research Fund for the grant year 2013.

Submission of proposals using electronic ID 

Submission of proposals using password obtained from Rannis  

*Associated countries:  Croatia, FYROM, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Albania,   Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

**Third Countries:  Any country that is neither a EU Member State nor an Associated country.

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