IN3 Resident Investigators Programme

IN3 Resident Investigators Programme. Call for Applications (2012-2013)

The IN3 is inviting applications for four posts (3 posts are open and 1 post depends on budget availability) as resident investigators at the Institute for the academic year 2012-2013. These posts are strictly reserved for UOC post-doctoral faculty, and admissions are by competitive award, the successful candidates being selected by the IN3 Management Committee.

The successful candidates will be able to devote themselves to the projects they presented with their applications on a full-time basis and with full autonomy. Accepting the status of resident investigator entails undertaking the associated professional work at the IN3 building, where they will have offices and logistic, administrative and documentary support, and a budget for pursuing their research work. The subject area concerned in the project submitted must be related to the interdisciplinary area of the information and knowledge society or to information and communication technologies.
 
Resident investigators are expected to take part in IN3 research seminars, to present their work in those seminars and to publish a working paper (IN3 Working Paper Series). They will also have to play an active part in the academic community formed by the researchers themselves, other IN3 researchers, research groups and programmes, Seminars of Reflection and Debate, IN3 PhD candidates and visiting researchers (Visiting Professors, Visiting Scholars,…).
 
Throughout their time as resident investigators, the faculty selected for these posts will continue to be paid their UOC salaries. The UOC will allocate sufficient resources to the courses the resident investigators had been teaching to enable their teaching work to be suitably covered in their absence.
 
A call for applications of this kind will be held every academic year. Faculty selected will not be entitled to reapply within the five years following their resident investigator tenure.
 
The requirements for applications are as follows:
 
•    PhD and full-time lecturer at the UOC
•    Being able to interact in English, given the IN3’s multilingual nature
•    Written permission from the Department Director (Director d'Estudis) to move to the Institute for the period September 1st 2012 to August 1st 2013
 
Applications must include the following documents (email and hard copy):
 
1.   CV in free format with a detailed description of academic activities.

2.    Research project (between 8-10 pages):       

2.1 Title
2.2 Detailed description of the research and working plan
2.3 Definition of the scientific results anticipated from that year of residence and the upcoming three years

3.   Publications:

3.1 List of publications (include link for online papers)
3.2 Two papers you consider the most relevant according to your project

The period for applying will end on April 16th 2012. The successful candidates will be announced on June 15th.
 
Applications and queries may be emailed to Isabel Carol (icarol@uoc.edu). Hard copies must be sent to the following address: Av. Tibidabo 47, Barcelona, 08035.