Call for Expressions of Interest - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (MSCA IF)
Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey) is keen to host Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) fellows who hold the potential to work with us on cutting-edge research projects that will make an original and significant contribution to our academic excellence. Besides all academic disciplines in life, social and educational sciences, it especially encourages applications in the areas of medicine, pharmacy and health sciences.
Hacettepe University has been designated as one of the ten select Research Universities in Turkey (among 207 universities) in 2017. Our University is specialised in transdisciplinary research linking medicine and health with life sciences, engineering and social sciences. According to the THE World University Rankings 2020 by subject, Hacettepe University has been ranked at 251-300 band, being the first among other Turkish Universities in Health Sciences.
The University aims to identify potential international candidates with the required research profile to work with us through to submission of a full application to the MSCA Individual Fellowship scheme in September 2020. It will provide support and guidance to applicants who successfully go through the internal selection process and the following internal deadlines (to be communicated to applicants in due course).
The University priorities diversity in creating impact in the scholarly world. It warmly welcomes those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our academic networking and enriches social life on our beautiful campus. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe.
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships 2020 Guide for Applicants is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/guides_for_applicants/h2020-guide-appl-msca-if-2018-20_en.pdf
Interested researchers are required to email their application documents (a 500-word research summary and a CV) to Project Support Office (po@hacettepe.edu.tr) by Friday 29 May 2020.
Scheme details
- Internal evaluation deadline: 29 May 2020
- MSCA deadline: 9 September 2020
- Research topic: Any
- Duration: 12-24 months
Eligibility
- a PhD or equivalent research experience
- compliance with the rules of mobility: researcher must not have lived or worked in Turkey for more than 12 months during the three years up to the closing date of the call (9 September 2020)
Funding coverage (per month):
- living allowance (€4,880)
- research, training and networking costs (€800)
- mobility allowance (€600)
- management and indirect costs (€650)
- family allowance (€500)
Panels and Local Academic Support
Interested applicants are welcome to email the contact persons below to discuss their research ideas and receive guidance in finding their best fitting supervisors within the University.
- Chemistry: Professor Süleyman Ali Tuncel (atuncel@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Social Sciences & Humanities: Professor Sunay İl (suil@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Economic Sciences: Associate Professor Ayşen Sivrikaya (aysens@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Information Science & Engineering: Professor Ebru Sezer (ebru@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Engineering and Technology: Professor Murat Köksal (koksalm@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Environmental & Geosciences: Professor Gülen Güllü (ggullu@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Food Sciences: Professor Remziye Yılmaz (remziye@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Health and Medicine: Professor Burçin Şener, MD, Vice Rector (bsener@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Biological Sciences: Professor Çağatay Karaarslan (cagatayk@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Mathematics: Associate Professor Sinem Onaran (sonaran@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Physics: Professor Semra İde, PhD (side@hacettepe.edu.tr)
- Media and Communications: Professor Emre Toros (emretoros@hacettepe.edu.tr)