2020 researchers: Train To Move (T2M) is a new transnational mobility fellowship programme promoted by the Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO) with the active support of the banking foundation Compagnia di San Paolo (CSP). T2M is cofounded within the FP7 People specific programme – COFUND Actions.
With the general aim of contributing to foster excellent research in Europe to face the challenges of contemporary society, it is designed to create favourable conditions for transnational mobility of high skilled researchers and to promote transectoral mobility between public/academic and private/non-academic sector.
T2M is exploited through 2 calls for proposals.
T2M programme is open to researchers of any nationality, in possession of MSc degree, that at the time of the call deadline, are either in possession of a PhD from no more than 7 years or demonstrate to have, in the last ten years, a track record of at least 4 consecutive years of full time equivalent research experience up to 10 years. Moreover eligible researchers need to comply with the mobility rule, that is they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Italy for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the closing date for submitting proposals. Short stays such as holidays are not taken into account. Mobility can be from EU Member States, Associated Countries or from other Third Countries. Fellowships will last 24 months.
Fellows will be hosted at UNITO, one of the most prestigious Italian universities. UNITO will provide fellows with access to research groups working in 26 highly equipped hosting departments carrying out research in all research fields, except Architecture and Engineering. Fellows will furthermore benefit from the vivid regional context where the University is placed and from the long lasting collaborations amongst the public and private stakeholders.
Why apply for a T2M Fellowship?
T2M programme is a great opportunity to acquire international experience while boosting research and career development skills.
UNITO is amongst the oldest universities in Italy and it will host fellows in its 26 highly equipped departments. The hosting departments cover all scientific research disciplines, except Engineering and Architecture and offer 1,329 total research labs and 34 open air labs, including greenhouses, botanic garden, fields, 70 university libraries, with a total of 2,000,000 volumes, 100,000 antique volumes and 28,000 periodicals. Specific descriptions of hosting departments’ research interests and available infrastructures are to be found in the dedicated section on the programme web site (Section: Hosting Departments).
If you are among the selected fellows, you will be offered the best employment conditions available according to the current Italian Law on Research and Education. The contract scheme provided for T2M fellows is the Research Grant (“Assegno di Ricerca” – art 22 L. 30/12/2010, n. 240) with a duration of 24 months.
The Research Grant includes social security coverage and social benefits: contribution to pension funds (“gestione separata INPS”), health and accident insurance (through an insurance system adopted by UNITO), parental leave (5-months INPS allowances).
Each research contract will include the following categories of expenses:
– living allowance: corresponding to the gross salary paid in monthly instalments to fellows, inclusive of all social security coverage as previously specified;
– mobility and travel allowances: corresponding to 8,000 € for mobility on average and 1,000 € for travel. This allowances consist in a monthly payment of a fixed amount, to cover fellows’ expenses linked to their mobility (i.e. relocation, family expenses, travel expenses, language courses etc.)
– contribution to research costs: a flat rate covering expenses necessary for carrying out research projects. This contribution covers consumables, participation in conferences, training courses, travels and publications, etc.
The deadline for this call for proposals is on 5th May 2015 h. 17.00 (Italy local time).
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