WHAT IS CITI-GENS?
The Collaboration in Training and Innovation for Growing, Evolving and Networked Societies (CITI-GENS) programme at Queen’s University Belfast is a MSCA COFUND Doctoral Training Programme. It will recruit and train 20 outstanding international early stage researchers (ESRs) who will be transformed into a professional and skilled cohort addressing global challenges aligned to the themes of the Belfast Region City Deal innovation ecosystem: Information Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Life Sciences and the Creative Industries.
In seeking to address societal challenges in new ways and with new technologies, the CITI-GENS ESRs will engage with methodologies at the forefront of current practice in innovation, notably design thinking. Adopting the 3i approach, ESRs chosen for CITI-GENS will combine their advanced disciplinary excellence with capacity for genuinely interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international quality research involving the capacities of QUB and our non-HEI partners.
Why should I apply to CITI-GENS?
The Collaboration in Training and Innovation for Growing, Evolving and Networked Societies (CITI-GENS) programme at Queen’s University Belfast is a MSCA COFUND Doctoral Training Programme. It will recruit and train 20 outstanding international early stage researchers (ESRs) who will be transformed into a professional and skilled cohort addressing global challenges aligned to the themes of the Belfast Region City Deal innovation ecosystem: Information Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Life Sciences and the Creative Industries.
Here are some reasons why you should apply!
1. Queen's University Belfast is a research intensive University, excellence in research and innovation, and making a positive global impact, are central to what we do. Read more about our research here.
2. The CITI-GENS programme is hosted by the award winning Graduate School at Queen's University Belfast. The Graduate School is an intellectual and social hub for all postgraduates that connects students across disciplines to one another, and to mentors, thought leaders, and employers both within the university and beyond.
3. You'll be part of a cohort of research students, creating a community and exciting learning environment.
4. You will benefit from an interdiscplinary supervisory team offering a unique perspective on your project and preparing you for work across disciplinary boundaries in your future career. You will also have an external partner from a non academic organistion on your project, offering an intersectoral experience, often in the form of secondments/placements. See individual project descriptions for partner information.
5. As an MSCA Fellow you will be in the unique position of being an employee of the University as well as a student, you can read more about the employment contact here.
6. You will benefit from a bespoke training package with your cohort devised to enhance your future employablity. Read more about the training programme here.
7. The project will be led by two leading academics within the University, Professor Margaret Topping, Dean of the Graduate School and Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh, Senior Lecturer and former Director of Graduate Studies at the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics.
8. Queen's University Belfast already hosts a successful MSCA DTP called SPaRK and you can hear what some of them have to say about the programme here and also read more about the programme, including their profiles, projects and partners here.
9. MSCA encourages mobility, so you will be part of an international cohort adding to the already vibrant international postgraduate community at Queen's University Belfast.
10. Belfast is a modern capital city, welcoming, easy to get around and an affordable place in which to live and study. Learn about why you need to study/work here.
Eligibility Criteria
The following criteria must be met, in order for applications to be shortlisted for evaluation. The criteria are set by The Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions in Horizon 2020, Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND).
Early Stage Researcher: ESR’s must be, at the time of recruitment (understood as the call deadline: 10th July 2020), in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers and must not have been awarded a doctoral degree. This is measured from the date when the researcher obtained the degree entitling him or her to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited, even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged.
Mobility Rule: Researchers shall not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline (10th July 2020). Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.
In relation to the CITI-GENS Programme, the country of the host organization is United Kingdom, of which Northern Ireland is a part.
All applications will be checked to ensure that eligibility requirements have been met and ineligible applicants will be informed by 24th July 2020.
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