About The Fellowships
About the Fellowship
We will recruit up to 26 fellows across two calls. The Fellows will be offered a two-year contract, based at the University of Limerick. Each Fellow will be required to complete an industrial placement of between 3-6 months.
Fellows will agree an appropriate industrial placement with their academic supervisor, and will receive support from the host centres and PROCESS management team to secure a secondment host. A suitable representative from the secondment organisation will be identified to act as the non-academic supervisor to oversee and support project activities.
Steps to Apply
- Check your eligibility.
- Complete a Stage 1 - Register Your Interest form.
- Our Project Manager will review your application and inform successful applicants to move on to the next stage.
- Contact your preferred academic supervisor(s) from our list of Principal Investigators.
- Start preparing your proposal. Our Guide for Applicants will give you detailed advice on what is required, including mandatory template information.
- Contact and obtain the support of your preferred non-academic secondment host(s).
- Obtain Letters of Support from your proposed academic supervisor and hosting research centre, as well as a Letter of Reference from each of two referees.
- Prepare your CV and gather any other supporting documents.
- Submit your proposal.
- Fellowship offers.
Benefits for Fellows
- Access to a state of the art research environment.
- Tailor-made scientific training to develop Fellows with skills and experience to become scientific leaders of tomorrow.
- Development of skills that will be directly transferable to industry.
- Relevant placements in the dairy and pharmaceutical sectors.
- An attractive and supportive working environment.
Expectations for Successful Applicants
All those who are accepted as a Fellow will be required to:
- Attendance ONE of the six available Summer/Winter training schools
- Completion of at least THREE of the Technical or Transferable Skills Courses available through the 'Succeed and Lead' programme and other workshop
- Involvement in at least FOUR dissemination events (e.g. oral/poster presentations at conferences/technical meetings)
- Involvement in at least THREE public outreach events (e.g. National Science Week, school outreach programmes, contact PM for more information)
- Delivery of at least TWO scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals with a minimum Impact Factor of 2 during the course of the Fellowship.
Additionally, Fellows will be required to provide reports to the Project Manager, on the following:
- Career Development Training Plans – to be drafted with your Supervisory Team, and reviewed and updated where necessary every quarter.
- Data Management Plans – to be drafted, reviewed and updated every quarter.
- Biannual Progress Reports – detailing scientific progress and financial status.
