ADMIRE · Advanced Materials Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

Advanced Materials Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

Advanced materials science is one of the key enabling technologies identified by the European Commission as boosting European competitiveness, creating jobs, and supporting growth, as exemplified by the forthcoming EU Advanced Materials Act. The Advanced Materials Research (ADMIRE) Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme is an innovative Fellowship programme, providing interdisciplinary and intersectoral training in strategic priority areas of advanced materials research, aligned with the strengths of AMBER, the Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland Centre in Advance Materials and Bioengineering Research. The principal areas of research include materials for health, materials for energy, materials for information and communication technologies and engineered functional materials, including sustainable materials and technologies. The overall objective of ADMIRE was to train the next generation of research leaders in Europe in advanced materials science. The training programme equiped the Fellows with the skills and flexibility to develop independent careers in their field of research in academia or industry. The ADMIRE programme provided funding for 13 Fellowships in Ireland, with Fellows being recruited through two calls for proposals. ADMIRE Fellows were ultimately based in three of the nine academic partners of AMBER, and had access to the full range of state-of-the-art facilities and expertise across the full network of research Performing Organisations. Principal investigators across AMBER’s academic partners acted as supervisors and mentors for the Fellows. Where appropriate, AMBER’s industry partners hosted fellows during secondment periods and will contribute to industry relevant training in the ADMIRE programme. Fellows had complete freedom of choice in their supervisor, host institution and research topic, provided it aligned with the existing research priorities within AMBER, and the supervisor is an AMBER principal or funded investigator under the Research Ireland definitions. ADMIRE will impact Europe - and the world - through the development of a cohort of junior research leaders who will have a unique grasp of both their own research domain and the wider implications for their research for society. These cross-disciplinary Fellows will have the skills and capacity to manage multidisciplinary, academic and industrial research problems. Through the extensive research and training opportunities, the ADMIRE Programme will foster the Fellows' transition to independent research careers. This will guarantee that novel, cross-cutting materials research will be developed - both within and beyond the ADMIRE Programme - to address the big issues and grand challenges for society in areas such as healthcare, regenerative medicine, energy generation and consumption, communications and information technology, all underpinned by a deep understanding of the need for sustainability.

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