CONEX-Plus FIRST CALL

First Call CONEX-Plus:

• Publication Date: July 1st, 2019
• Deadline Date: Septiembre 30th, 2019 

Second Call CONEX-Plus

• First call for applications CONEX-Plus, June 25th, 2019.

The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is launching a fellowship programme for incoming mobility, called CONEX-Plus. This fellowship programme aims to accelerate the training and career development of international Experienced Researchers, based on the so-called triple ‘i’ dimension (International aspects, Intersectoral exposure and Interdisciplinarity).

All fellows will benefit through the training programme with dedicated modules on relevant transferable skills and Industry Training Blocks.

The strategic research areas are identified in the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) of the Madrid Autonomous Region:

1. Advanced Materials, Manufacturing Technologies and Space 
2. Energy, Environment and Transport (including Aeronautics) 
3. Health and Biotechnology
4. Information Technologies and Communications 

In addition, projects in the research area of Social Sciences and Humanities may be proposed, as long as they are applied to the aforementioned areas of the RIS3 strategy.

Fellows will implement a three-year project, freely chosen by them, in one of the 27 departments of UC3M, supported by a UC3M supervisor.

The project performance has to be underpinned by a secondment in a high level non-academic organization, allowing for maximum benefit of the fellowship in their career development.

• Research at UC3M

• The applicant must be in possession of a doctoral degree
• The applicant must be an Experienced Researcher (ER) with 0 – 6 years of research experience

CONEX-Plus invites applications for 3 types of fellowships:

The UC3M supervisor will support the fellow to propose and implement a research project that will widen their research experiences, deepen their research skills and accelerate their career development. They will set up a Career Development Plan (CDP) at the start of the fellowship.

• UC3M Supervisors

In order to significantly add to the impact of the Fellowship, fellows are required to undertake a secondment to one or several non-academic organizations with a duration between 2 and 12 months

After a first compulsory secondment to a non-academic organization, an optional secondment to an academic organization may be proposed.

Secondments may be proposed to a host organization included in the List of Partner Organizations, or to another host organization, provided that this latter has a proven high international research standard. 

While secondments can take place within the same sector, inter-sectorial secondments are highly encouraged.  

Applicants are advised to discuss suitable secondments with their UC3M supervisor.

List of Partner Organizations

For this first call the CONEX- Plus programme offers:

• 20 fellowships to Experienced Researchers
• All fellowships have a duration of 3 years

Incoming researchers will benefit from a world-class university. UC3M offers a theoretical, practical, applied and innovative research environment, which will ensure that researchers can achieve their full potential.

All fellowships will receive a competitive salary of either 41,200 euros or 45,500 euros if family allowance is included.

For more information, please see the Call Text.