MSCA – Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 – Earth Sciences

Leading Research Group SpaceOs at Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (UPWr) welcomes expressions of interest from experienced researchers (PhD holders) to apply jointly to the EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2021 (MSCA-PF-2021).

Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (UPWr) is one of the best specialised research universities in Poland and was ranked 12. among all Polish universities in the Excellence Initiative – Research University, competition in 2019. One of the key disciplines dynamically developing is Earth Sciences within the Institute Geodesy and Geoinformatics (IGG). In recent years IGG host a large number of excellent projects related to Earth Sciences: such as European Plate Observing System (EPOS-PL and EPOS-PL+) developing observation and processing infrastructure for high-class geodynamic research such as: gravimeters, radiometers, GNSS stations, InSAR processing for CubeSats, GNSS processing facility for induced seismicity and deformations. These large-scale infrastructure investments are matched with successful project applications by one of the best researchers in the field:

Prof. Krzysztof Sośnica is leading a research team actively involved in precise orbit determination, global geodetic parameters retrieval, relativistic effects, his team is also hosting an associated processing centre of the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS).

Eligibility (*):

• The postdoctoral fellows must hold a doctoral degree (no longer than 8 years prior 15. September 2021 - the call deadline).

• Periods of inactivity in research (e.g. unemployment, periods of employment outside research, parental or sick leave) do not count towards the time of research experience.

  The postdoctoral fellow may be of any nationality. No age restrictions apply.

• The postdoctoral fellow cannot have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Poland for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the call.

*Information still subject to change. The final MSCA Work Programme is not published yet

Pre-application procedure:

Interested applicants are invited to send the expression of interest consisting of:

• a one-page cover letter outlining research area, project idea and how he/she could contribute to research profile of SpaceOs Leading Research Group

• a CV (including a publication list)

Please send the expression of interest by 30th May 2021 to witold.rohm@upwr.edu.pl

If you have any administrative questions, please contact the International Research Office at UPWr: international.research@upwr.edu.pl

The selected applicant will develop his/her MSCA-PF proposal in cooperation with the future supervisor. There will be also a training workshop at the second half of June 2021. Additionally, individual consultations and review of the MSCA-PF proposal will be offered.