COFUND-CERN · Cofunding of the CERN Fellowship Programme
FP7 — People (Marie Curie Actions)
- Duration
- 2009-04-01 → 2013-03-31
- EU contribution
- €4,996,414
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MC-COFUND
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Results in brief
Cofunding of the CERN Fellowship Programme
For more than 50 years, CERN has operated a trans-national Fellowship programme which is widely considered to be a successful high-level research and training programme in particle physics and in related disciplines of physics and engineering. It offers scientists and engineers challenging opportunities for career development. CERN-COFUND is an extension of the existing Senior Fellowship programme, co-funded by Marie Curie Actions. These fellowships have been branded "CERN-Marie-Curie COFUNDed Fellowships in Particle Physics and Advanced Technologies”. CERN-COFUND Fellowships are awarded exclusively to the top 10% of applicants to the CERN Fellowship programme. Successful candidates are offered 3-year contracts instead of the standard 2-year duration. A feature of this Fellowship is the opportunity for the Fellow to spend all or part of a year outside CERN at a 'host' institute to develop in their field of research. In order to assist Fellows in their career development search, the attached documents are provided as branding and input to facilitate international mobility for the third year: a letter for prospective employers to explain about CERN-COFUND (see example in attachment "attestation_WAGNER.pdf") as well as a certificate stating that the Fellow has been a COFUND Fellow at CERN (see example in attachment "attestation_WAGNER2.pdf"). The existence of COFUND at CERN is mentioned specifically on CERN's EU Office web page: http://cerneu.web.cern.ch/cerneu/eu_projects/fp7/#COFUND-CERN
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Project objective
For many years, CERN has operated a trans-national Fellowship programme, offering scientists and engineers challenging opportunities in particle physics research, and in related fields of physics and technology. The COFUND action offers CERN a timely opportunity to enhance the mobility element of this programme, which is open to nationals of all countries. This opportunity comes at a time when the startup of the Large Hadron Collider makes CERN one of the most exciting places to work for the global physics and technology community. Mobility will be enhanced through the opportunity to spend up to one third of the Fellowship in external institutions, including industrial laboratories. The employment conditions will be improved by offering three-year appointments rather than the standard two-year terms of CERN Fellows. These improvements, enabled by the COFUND action, will further increase the competitiveness of CERN’s Fellowship Programme. In particular, they are expected to trigger a strong reintegration effect on European researchers presently based in the US. Applicants will propose their own research projects. Selection will be based on the scientific potential of the proposal, and on the demonstrated excellence of the candidate. Working on frontier research and technology projects and profiting from the unique facilities available at CERN, the co-funded Fellows will deepen their knowledge in their own field and acquire international visibility and reputation. They will broaden their skills using the numerous training opportunities and through their exposure to an interdisciplinary and multi-national environment. Inter-sectorial skills will be fostered through CERN’s industrial collaborations and technology transfer projects. Fellows will spend at least two thirds of their Fellowship at CERN. We consider this provision to be justified by the size of CERN, the diversity of the research and training opportunities, and by the uniqueness of CERN’s facilities.
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Participants
- ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE · GENEVE 23CoordinatorSwitzerland
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