Registration is now open for the inaugural annual flagship event - European Research and Innovation Days on 24, 25 and 26 September 2019, and the draft progammes are online. Taking place in the iconic venue KANAL-Centre Pompidou, Quai des Péniches, Brussels, Belgium, it aims to gather Europe’s best and brightest researchers, scientists, innovators and policy makers. The event, which is open to everyone and is free of charge, will feature three...

Career Advancement for Refugee Researchers in Europe - CARe project aims at supporting the labour market integration of at-risk scholars and refugee researchers in Europe by gathering information both from researchers and employers on the labour market conditions. The project focuses on 10 countries: Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. As part of the project, the...

“BRiDGE II Training “MANAGE YOUR RESEARCH CAREER” will be held on 21 October 2019, Vienna, Austria. The training aims at supporting refugee researchers to obtain key career skills and competences then need in order to facilitate the integration and achieve better perspectives for their professional realization in the European job market.   It will be a one-day training, focused on the following topics:       • managing a research career and...

The University of Luxembourg Incubator invites PhD, postdocs and young researchers to its 2nd International Summer School on Knowledge-Driven Innovation and Entrepreneurship, taking place in Centre de Jeunesse Marienthal from July 1st- 5th July 2019. The event will be mastered by Prof. Ted Zoller, speaker on entrepreneurship training and Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.  Local and external...

  The EQUAL-IST Final Conference: “Gender Equality Policies in Research Institutions: Promoting transformative and sustainable changes”, will take place on Tuesday 22 May 2019 in Brussels (09:00-17:00). The EQUAL-IST project will present its project results and gender experts, representatives of the European Commission (project officers, policy officers, policymakers) and academia will discuss about gender equality in research, with a focus on...

  ''EURAXESS was much needed by me at that moment in my life through which I got Marie Curie Interactive Training Networks fellowships. It gave me the exact opportunity I was looking for and my research interests matched with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and ECORISK2050’s goals. It has offered me a place to enhance my career, employability and skills development. I will have the chance to participate in...

The European Commission has published a video showing the EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals in action. Services that offer assistance to refugees and migrants from non-EU countries, such as national authorities and/or NGOs, can use the tool to conduct interviews to record the individuals’ skills, qualifications and experiences. Completing the skills profile is part of the pathway towards integration in the labour market and ...

  The annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference this year will take place on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 September 2019 in Birmingham, UK. It is the only dedicated event that brings together all those with a strategic and practical role in developing researchers and last year's event saw over 400 participants from the UK and internationally. We welcome international proposals for workshops, Special Interest Sessions (SIS) or...

A Webinar on Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) is organised the 21st February 2019 with a target for Widening Countries and Third Countries. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) foster innovation, research business cooperation based on mobility. The MSCA support researchers irrespective of nationality or disciplines. This 1 hour webinar will introduce the MSCA Actions with a specific focus on a current open call “RISE” which...

The Institute of Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) announces 1 April deadline for its next round of applications from professors and researchers facing threats to their lives or careers. Fellowships support temporary academic positions at universities and other higher education institutions anywhere in the world where the scholars can continue their academic work in safety.   Who can apply: Professors, researchers, and public...