Postdoctoral staff with a permanent position at CIBERDEM is eligible to apply for a fellowship from the Ciberdem Outgoing Mobility Programme (COMP) to take trans-national placements at worldwide research centers fitting the major research areas covered by the consortium. Non-permanent postdoctoral staff is also eligible, but only when a return phase is foreseen, that is, only when researchers will return to their current CIBERDEM institution after the completion of the COMP fellowship for at least half of the time of the fellowship duration.
Please note that applicants must accomplish with the FP7 definition of mobility, as follows: At the time of the relevant deadline for submission of proposals, researchers must not have resided or carried out their research activity in their host country for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the deadline.
Candidates to the COMP fellowships must fill the application form with:
Complete applications will be submitted for evaluation by the Selection Committee. All applicants will receive notification of the outcome of the evaluation of their applications individually by letter. Final results (list of successful and reserve applicants) will be then published herein. This will take place within two months after the deadline for each call.
COMP fellowships will have a duration of 6 to 12 months. The total number of awarded fellowships will vary depending on the applications received and their duration.
Fellow COMP researchers will mantain their current CIBERDEM contracts along the duration of the fellowship and will also receive mobility and travel allowances, which will be individually determined for each applicant according to the financial guidelines of the Marie Curie Actions of FP7 (roughly 6000 to 9600 €/year and 250 to 1500 €/year respectively). In addition, the fellowship will provide funding for research costs up to 7200€.
They will follow the typical working conditions of their respective hosting institutions, in terms of hours and annual leave. Regarding healthcare coverage, CIBERDEM will determine if there is a bilateral agreement between the social security systems of Spain and that of the destination country (such as the one that exists within European Community countries) that will provide coverage abroad. Otherwise CIBERDEM will seek and provide alternative solution.
Please note that all the candidates must either be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience at the corresponding deadline for submission of proposals.
Eligible applications will be forwarded to the Selection Committee, which will be integrated by the Scientific Director of CIBERDEM, three members of the International Scientific Committee of CIBERDEM and three international experts, external to CIBERDEM, experienced in the diabetes field. Each application will be reviewed by two members of this committee, and the final score will be obtained by consensus. If any evaluator has a potential conflict of interests with an applicant, another member of the Selection Committee will take care of the corresponding evaluation.
The evaluators will score the applications according to the following criteria:
Successful applicants and reserve applicants will be chosen by the Selection Committee based on the final score obtained (90%) and the strategic needs of the CIBERDEM consortium (10%). The final ranked list will be published afterwards, and applicants will be contacted with detailed information regarding their selection process.
