Experienced Water Postdoc Fellowship COFUND Programme EWPFP COFUND

Application Guide

Experienced Water Postdoc Fellowship COFUND Programme“EWPFP COFUND”

Please note that you are only eligible for funding if the following criteria a) to d) are all met:

Eligibility criteria

In order to be considered eligible, the applicant has to deliver a complete application within the deadline. The complete application comprises:

a)Proof of possession of a doctoral degree, that was awarded no more than 6 years prior to application deadline of 1 March 2016

b)Proof that you have not have lived in the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to the application deadline.

c)Proposed research topics that fall within at least one of the research lines of the UNESCO-IHE Chair Groups

d)Signed online application package including ethics declaration

a)Formal Qualification

Eligible researchers are Experienced Researchers, who at the time of recruitment by the UNESCO-IHE, should be in possession of a doctoral degree that has been awarded no more than 6 years prior to the application deadline. During the evaluation of the career track, eligible career breaks which are properly documented with official documents of employers, doctors etc. will be taken in consideration. Eligible career breaks are: maternity, paternity, long-term illness (over ninety days) or care taker leave for a sick relative (over ninety days), and disabilities (over ninety days).

Prolongation of the 6 year timeframe is made for:

Parents: one additional year per child can be claimed up to a maximum of three years (e.g. they can start the program max. 9 years after doctorate degree award)

Other justified and documented career breaks are as disease(s), disabilities or care taker leave. Prolongation of the period of the break will be given (e.g. in case of sickness or caretaker leave of 1 year they can start the programme max. 7 years after doctorate degree award).

These forms of leave need to be documented or confirmed in writing by for example a (medical) specialist /doctor or (former) employer.

In the event that you finished your doctoral degree but the certificate has not yet been issued, include an accordant confirmation issued by the PhD Examination Committee to the effect that the examination procedure has been completedand all necessary corrections to a thesis made, including the planned Graduation date. You must have the degree by the time that the contract will be signed.

b)Rules for mobility

EWPFP Cofund applicants can be of any nationality, but at the time of application, the candidate should not have lived in the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the application deadline.

c)Cooperating Host

To ensure that researchers can establish access to the respective academic community, proposals will have to fit with the research lines of at least one of the Chairgroups of UNESCO-IHE.

In line with the ‘European Charter for Researchers’, researchers will be free in their choice of the research topic of their project; their working group and their cooperating host within UNESCO-IHE's Chairgroups.

The research of the Chair Groups of UNESCO-IHE fit within a number of overarching themes that support water management. Chair Groups specific research lines fit within more overarching research themes that encompass global management challenges that act as drivers for much of the research and teaching at UNESCO-IHE.

Research themes

d)Ethics statement (table)

The ethical issues guidelines, which is part of the guide of applicants need to be read and understood.The form should be included in the online application package and needs to be signed. They are part of the application papers.

Checklist

Compile your proposal including supplements as one pdf-document pursuant to the instructions below.

All documents must be in English. In case that the original degrees are in another language than English, German or French, then an official translation of the degrees into English is needed as well.

Motivation letter -must not exceed twopages.

Containing aspects as a convincing statement of motivation for decision to pursue a postdoctoral research and teaching/project experience in the proposed UNESCO-IHE Chair group programme and if applicable for a relevant period at another institution or one of the partners of UNESCO-IHE (see UNESCO-IHE website). Description of career aspirations in the field of water and development. Potential to widen your professional network, potential for setting up new or deepening existing relations between UNESCO-IHE and public and private institutes/companies in other countries. Training needs and impact of this training on the career of the fellow. Ideas for an individual Career Development Plan while staying at UNESCO-IHE.

Yourscientific CV - using template below
The research proposal text (supplements excluded) must not exceed ten pages and should be in line with the template below.
Scan of the signed and certified university degree certificates (Bachelor, Master and PhD), or proof of pending award. If the originals are not in English, German or French, then an official translation needs to be submitted as well.
Scan of theabstract of your doctoral thesis
Scan of the Ethics issues table

Merge the research proposal text with the supplements (your motivation letter, your two page scientific CV, your research proposal, your university certificates and the Ethics issues table) into onepdf-document to create the full proposal.

Fill in the online form and then upload the full proposal.

Any questions? We would be happy to help you with your application:

Any questions regarding your academic integration are to be directed directly to the EWPFP Cofund programme email address
Technical problems (filling in the online forms, uploading letter of application):

Template proposal

Please also include all the following items in bold type in the layout of proposal.

Name of applicant:

Short title of the funding proposal:

1 Project proposal

Describe the originality of the project or its specificity in a single sentence.

2 Summary

Give a brief and precise summary of the most important aspects of your application (maximum 1,800 keystrokes).

3 Connection with research theme(s) of UNESCO-IHE

Please describe how your excellent and independent project proposal links up with the research theme(s) of one or more of the Chair Groups of UNESCO-IHE.

4 Project description

4.1 Project objectives

Describe the proposed project objectives.

4.2 State of research and the proposed project

Describe the current state of research in relation to your proposed project and give details of any preparatory work you have done in connection with the planned project.

4.3 Work schedule including timetable

Please give an account of the steps planned during the proposed funding period. Name and give details of the methods you intend to apply. Compile a timetable and define milestones for the entire course of the project. In the event that you are planning to complete a stay abroad, please give details at this point.

4.4 Project implementation

Please give details of any prerequisites that have to be met in order to implement the proposed project. Also give details of any necessary infrastructure (e.g. equipment, access to specific facilities).

5 Gender and Ethics

5.1 Gender aspects

Give details, if any, of the gender aspects of your application. In the event that gender aspects are relevant for the proposed project, these may be taken into consideration as a selection criterion. More detailed information is available at:

Further detailed information can also be found at:

5.2 Ethical aspects

All proposals must provide ethics information and include an Ethics Issues Table, even if the applicant believes that there are no ethics issues, or that they have been properly addressed in the proposal.

The following areas are excluded from funding under FP 7 and hence also for EWPFP Cofund applicants:

Research activity aiming at human cloning for reproductive purposes
Research activity intended to modify the genetic heritage of human beings which could make such changes heritable (Research related to cancer treatment of the gonads can be financed)
Research activities intended to create human embryos solely for the purpose of research or for the purpose of stem cell procurement, including by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer.

Further information can be found at:

6 Cooperation partners (if applicable)

Name all of the partners involved in implementing the proposed project (name, university/institution, if applicable and required.

7 Costs

7.1 Overview of costs

Please provide an overview the research costs.

Your Postdoc salary and associated (e.g. moving expenses) should not be listed in the following table.

Indicative amount per year is 7.000 euro.

Enter the items to be funded with amounts (Consumables/ Equipment/ Travel).*

Nr. / Requested research funds / 1. Project year / 2. Project year / Total
1 / Consumables
1.1 / € / € / €
2 / Equipment
2.1 / € / € / €
3 / Travel / € / € / €
3.1 / € / € / €
Total amount / € / € / €

*Costs for research assistance are not eligible according to Marie Curie regulations.

7.2 Justification of costs

Please give a short justification for each of the above items applied for.

8 References

Please compile a list of all the references mentioned in your proposal.

9 Applications for funding elsewhere

The UNESCO-IHE allows the submission of similar proposals that already have been or will be submitted to an external funding agency under the condition that the Programme Coordinatoris regularly informed on the status of the external proposal. Nevertheless, successful applicants cannot receive concurrent funding by UNESCO-IHE and an external funding agency. Only one application can be submitted per call per person.

Please include details of any other similar application for funding that you have already submitted elsewhere. If this is not the case, you must include the following declaration in your proposal:

"I have not submitted an application for funding of the proposed project to any other funding organization or institution. Should this be the case in future, I undertake to notify EWPFP Cofund Programme Coordinator at UNESCO-IHE ".

Ethics table Template (must be filled in, signed and added to the full proposal)

Research on Human Embryo/ Foetus / YES / Page
Does the proposed research involve human Embryos?
Does the proposed research involve human Foetal Tissues/ Cells?
Does the proposed research involve human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)?
Does the proposed research on human Embryonic Stem Cells involve cells in culture?
Does the proposed research on Human Embryonic Stem Cells involve the derivation of cells from Embryos?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL / yes
Research on Humans / YES / Page
Does the proposed research involve children?
Does the proposed research involve patients?
Does the proposed research involve persons not able to give consent?
Does the proposed research involve adult healthy volunteers?
Does the proposed research involve Human genetic material?
Does the proposed research involve Human biological samples?
Does the proposed research involve Human data collection?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL / yes
Privacy / YES / Page
Does the proposed research involve processing of genetic information or personal data (e.g. health, sexual lifestyle, ethnicity, political opinion, religious or philosophical conviction)?
Does the proposed research involve tracking the location or observation of people?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL / yes
Research on Animals / YES / Page
Does the proposed research involve research on animals?
Are those animals transgenic small laboratory animals?
Are those animals transgenic farm animals?
Are those animals non-human primates?
Are those animals cloned farm animals?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL / yes
Research Involving non-EU Countries (ICPC Countries) / YES / Page
Is the proposed research (or parts of it) going to take place in one or more of the ICPC Countries? / X / 13
Is any material used in the research (e.g. personal data, animal and/or human tissue samples, genetic material, live animals, etc) :
a) Collected and processed in any of the ICPC countries?
b) Exported to any other country (including ICPC and EU Member States)?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL
Dual Use / YES / Page
Research having direct military use
Research having the potential for terrorist abuse
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL / yes

AcademicCVTemplate

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EDUCATION

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Master studies:

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PhD studies:

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DISSERTATION

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