Fellowship Programme TALENTS³ - first Call for proposals

Τhis is to announce the publication of the first Call for Proposals within the Fellowship Programme TALENTS³, developed by AREA Science Park with the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region financial contribution through the European Social Fund.

The Fellowship Programme TALENTS³ offers:

- 7 incoming research grants to carry out projects at one of the scientific institutions belonging to the CER - Coordination Network of research institutions of Friuli Venezia Giulia or at one of the enterprises established in the regional territory and implementing R&D activities. The activity is addressed to researchers resident abroad in the territories part of the EUSAIR (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece) and of the EUSALP (Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein) macro-regional strategies.

- 7 outgoing research grants to carry out projects at a foreign scientific institution or enterprise developing R&D activities, located in the territory of the macro-regional EUSAIR Strategy (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece) or of the macro-regional EUSALP Strategy (Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein), with mandatory return to Friuli Venezia Giulia region; the activity is addressed to researchers resident in Friuli Venezia Giulia. In every funded project, 2/3 of the activity will take place abroad (outgoing phase) and 1/3 of the activity will take place in one of the scientific institutions of the CER - Coordination Network of research institutions or enterprises of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (return phase);

The Call for Proposals will expire on October, 8th 2015, h 3.00 p.m. (Italian local time).

Candidates are free to choose a research topic within one of the five scientific areas. Moreover, proposals shall be coherent with the Smart Specialisation Strategy of Friuli Venezia Giulia region.

In attachment you can find a brochure about the Programme. A dedicated webpage is www.welcomeoffice.fvg.it/talents3 to download the call. A Help Desk is activated through the following e-mail address: talents@area.trieste.it

For more info see the document attached