Horizon Europe - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - TClock4AD Doctoral Network - 17 Dual degree 3-year PhD Positions available

As part of the HE-MSCA-Doctoral Network, TClock4AD consortium is recruiting 17 PhD students.

TClock4AD is a research training network, which aims to face Alzheimer’s drug development challenges by exploiting:

1. the innovative idea of Targeting Circadian Clock Dysfunction
2. excellent expertise and advanced technologies at leading Universities, research centers, enterprises, hospitals, and patient associations across EU and beyond.

Among the 17 double PhD degrees, 15 will comply with the MSCA rules and will be delivered to Marie Curie Fellows. The 2 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) recruited by UK-based Associated Partner Teesside University will not be Marie Curie Fellows.

Application deadline: May 31^st, 2023

Requirements

Canddiates must:

• hold a Master’s degree (specific degrees depending on the positions) with excellent academic transcripts;
• be highly motivated, outstanding students with optimal interpersonal and communication skills;
• prove full proficiency in spoken and written English.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for all positions (DC1-17), the applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• not be already in possession of a doctoral degree
• comply with the MSCA mobility rule: not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior to their recruitment.

Applicants who will complete their Master’s degree by the deadline for enrolment in the PhD programme are also entitled to apply*

*Local eligibility criteria apply depending on each position and beneficiary institution. Please check the individual position description on the website https://site.unibo.it/tclock4ad

Benefits

• Enrolment in two doctoral programs leading to a double degree (by two different Universities of the consortium)
• A PhD thesis co-supervised by 2 main supervisors (Supervisor #1 and Supervisor #2) from 2 different institutions and access to 2 research environments in different countries
• Further intersectoral and international experience through a 2-month secondment at partner organisations
• The opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team within a world-wide consortium of research institutions and industrial partners
• An extensive network-wide training program
• DC1-15 are funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of the European Union’s “Horizon Europe 2022” research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101072895.
• The MSCA programme offers competitive and attractive working conditions. The successful candidates will receive a salary in accordance with the MSCA regulations for doctoral candidates. Gross salary will consist of a Living Allowance (= € 3.400/monthly, correction factor to be applied per country) and a monthly Mobility Allowance of €600. An additional family monthly allowance of €660 is applicable depending on family situation (for additional information see the EU MSCA website). Please be aware that these amounts are subject to taxes, the exact salary will be confirmed upon employment.
• DC16 and DC17 are funded by UKRI (EPSRC: EP/X030091/1) and hosted at Teesside University, UK. The salary will be £54,341 per year including on-costs with a fixed-term contract (maximum of 36 months). An additional family monthly allowance is applicable.

For more information, see the project's website: https://site.unibo.it/tclock4ad

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