MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Cardiff University's College of Physical Sciences & Engineering

  • Cardiff
  • Temporary
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Offer DescriptionCardiff University is seeking talented and ambitious researchers from diverse backgrounds to join our research community.We are the sixteenth largest university in the UK and at the heart of the beautiful and thriving youngest capital city in Europe. We are a member of the research-intensive Russell Group of UK universities and our world-leading research confirmed us as a top 20 university in the UK for quality, impact and environment in the most recent major independent assessment. Wales is well positioned to welcome early career international researchers, with the Welsh Government committed to international learning exchanges that support reciprocal and long-term relationships with our European partners.Cardiff University's is looking to host talented postdocs as MSCA Postdoctoral Fellows who will work with our scientists on meaningful projects.The fellowship is designed to help early career researchers launch successful academic careers. You will gain valuable research experience while making influential contacts and boosting your profile. We will offer you a comprehensive package of support to ensure that you get the most out of your time at Cardiff while working in a thriving research environment which attracts and supports leading academics from around the world.We particularly welcome expressions of interest from high quality researchers in the following research themes:Research is a big part of what we do at WSA as it leads to new understandings that are important in their own right, but also informs our teaching and impacts the outside world. We welcome research interest in the following areas:
  • Low Carbon Energy and Storage in the Built Environment
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Building Performance Evaluation
  • People and the Built Environment
  • Architectural Computation
  • Architectural Design and Practice
  • Urban Design Theory and Practice
  • Cultures of the City, Landscape and Environment
  • Architectural History and Theory
  • Visual Cultures
  • Cultures of Practice and Pedagogy
  • Heritage and Conservation
Our research expertise, state of the art facilities and strategic partnerships enable us to tackle the important scientific challenges of the 21st century. Our strategic research sections focus on the following key themes that allow us to respond to the grand scientific challenges and help our research deliver global impact. We welcome research interest in the following areas:Our longstanding, strong and dynamic research culture has given rise to our international reputation for world-class research. We welcome research interest in the following areas:
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Data Analytics and Machine Learning
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  • Formal Argumentation Theory
  • Privacy
  • Human-centred Computing
  • Cybersecurity
  • Systems and Scalability
  • Computer Vision
  • Multimedia Computing
  • Healthcare Technologies
  • Geometric Computing and Graphics
  • Internet of Things, Edge & Cloud Computing
Our internationally recognised research is making new discoveries and positive impacts on the world we live in. Our commitment to research excellence is supported though strong research groups, state-of-the-art facilities and key collaborations. We welcome research interest in the following areas:
  • Global environmental change, palaeoclimate and climate systems
  • Analytical geochemistry
  • Hazards, risk, and resilience
  • Cold climates
  • Oceans in a changing world
  • Environmental literacy
  • Hazards and geosciences for sustainable development
  • Understanding biosphere-hydrosphere-cryosphere-geosphere interactions
  • Physical landscape; hydrologic, tectonic and aeolian dynamics
  • Climate change impacts
  • Magmatic, volcanic and hydrothermal processes
  • Tectonics and geophysical processes
  • Natural resources and sustainable geoscience
  • Applied environmental geoscience
  • The long-term evolution of the Earth and its global systems
  • Greening of our Planet
The School of Engineering is highly regarded as one of the best schools in the UK in terms of the quality of its research and the impact it is having on industry, society and the economy (Research Excellence Framework 2014). We welcome research interest in the following areas:We conduct internationally excellent research in mathematical sciences, and aim to improve society and economy through the application and impact of our research. We strive to be a supportive, inclusive and fair institution where everyone achieves their maximum potential, and develop a new generation of research leaders through recruitment and career progression of a diverse range of outstanding scholars.Research interests in the following areas are particularly welcome:
  • Applied algebraic topology
  • Analytic number theory
  • Computational PDEs
  • Financial mathematics
  • Geometric analysis
  • Mathematical biology
  • Mathematics of complex fluids/materials
  • PDEs and kinetic theory
  • Quantum information
  • Spectral theory
  • Statistics, particularly data analytics
  • Stochastic analysis, stochastic PDEs
  • Stochastic/statistical operational research
For information on our research please visitWe are renowned for the quality of our research and for its impact across industry, society and the economy. Our research groups are at the very cutting edge of research whether it be in Astronomy, Brain Imaging or Condensed Matter.We welcome research interest in the following areas:
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Photonics
  • Gravitational Waves
  • Astronomy and Astronomy Instrumentation
  • Brain Imaging
RequirementsResearch Field All Education Level PhD or equivalentSkills/QualificationsApplicants must have an excellent track record and an exciting research project idea that will make an original and significant contribution to their research field.Specific RequirementsAll domains of research are eligible for funding.Please contact your nominated supervisor to determine if they are prepared to support an application prior to submitting an Expression of Interest. You will need to identify the supervisor yourself - you may already know a CU academic from meetings or conferences, or you can have a look at Cardiff University's webpages where you can view the research profiles of our academic staff.Expressions of Interest will be evaluated by the relevant Academic School based on the project's alignment with the school/supervisor's research interests, and its potential for meeting the MSCA-PF scheme's evaluation criteria (excellence, impact and quality/efficiency of the implementation).Additional InformationEligibility criteriaResearchers must have:
  • a doctoral degree by 11th September 2024
  • a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date that the researcher was in possession of a doctoral degree to the 11th September 2024
Researchers must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies etc.,) in the country of the beneficiary (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships), or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before 11th September 2024.Researchers can be of any nationality. However, researchers going to a third country (as part of a Global Postdoctoral Fellowship) must be nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries. Long-term residence means a period of legal and continuous residence within EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries of at least five consecutive years.Additional commentsIf you are interested in applying for a MSCA-PF at Cardiff University, then we can offer support and guidance throughout the application process. For further details and to submit your Expression of Interest, please refer to thePlease note: there are two types of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships:European Postdoctoral Fellowships:
  • Open to researchers moving within Europe, or coming to Europe from another part of the world
  • Take place in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country
  • Last between 1 and 2 years
  • Researchers of any nationality can apply
  • For example, 2 year postdoc at Cardiff University
Global Postdoctoral Fellowships:
  • Fund the mobility of researchers outside of Europe
  • Last between 2 and 3 years
  • Fellow must spend the first 1 to 2 years in an organisation in a non-associated Third Country, followed by a mandatory return phase of 1 year to an organisation based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country
  • Only open to nationals or long term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries
  • For example, 3 year postdoc with Cardiff University, with the first two years at a US-based university, and the final year at Cardiff University
Work Location(s)Number of offers available 50 Company/Institute Cardiff University Country United Kingdom GeofieldWhere to apply WebsiteContact CityCardiff WebsiteStreet30-36 Newport Road Postal CodeCF24 0DE E-Mailmsca@cardiff.ac.ukSTATUS: EXPIRED

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