Dear Colleagues:
This is for diffusion among your recent PhD graduates with background, potential and a keen interest in one or more of the following topics: inclusive organising; food organising; place-based organising entrepreneurial learning; entrepreneurship as practice; entrepreneurship in contexts of poverty.
We would like to receive applicants’ expressions of interest for participating to the international Postdoc Talent Programme at Wageningen University, The Netherlands by April 1st, 2019. Please refer to the call for proposals below. We will first screen the received applications at the Business Management and Organisation (BMO) level. Afterwards, the chosen applicant will submit a full proposal (attached) by July, 1st.
Wageningen University is a globally leading institution that connects theory and practice in the domain of sustainable agricultural and food systems. Within it, our Business Management and Organisation group carries societally engaged and high-impact research in the domain of organizsation studies, entrepreneurship and innovation with a strong focus on sustainable transitions in and around food and agriculture.
All in all, Wageningen provides an ideal environment to conduct cutting-edge engaged scholarship on social issues in management topics applied to food and agriculture.
Please send any inquiry and expressions of interest to Dr. Domenico Dentoni at
domenico.dentoni@wur.nl<mailto:
domenico.dentoni@wur.nl>.
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Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS) Postdoc Talent Programme - Call for proposals
The Postdoc Talent Programme offers talented researchers from abroad the opportunity to start a career at Wageningen University & Research. Applications should demonstrate the added value of the grant for the applicant’s career and the value of the applicant’s expertise for Wageningen UR.
What can be applied for?
Talented eligible researchers can apply for a two-year position within one of the Wageningen University research groups. The position may result in an application for personal funding. The grant consists of € 68,000 per year to be spent on salary costs for two years full-time employment for the applicant of which € 16,000 per year must be covered by the research group involved.
Applications should include a recommendation letter from the chair holder at Wageningen University to explain how the applicant’s expertise will be of value to Wageningen UR. The letter must also show the commitment of the group to co-fund this project. Wageningen Graduate Schools will select the best 4-5 applications on the basis of the selection criteria. Because of the limited number of fellowships available, there is a maximum of one application per chair group/chair holder.
Submit your application (application form + chair holder’s recommendation letter) electronically to
Ingrid.Vleghels@wur.nl<mailto:
Ingrid.Vleghels@wur.nl> with a copy to the host chair holder and the Executive Secretary of the chair holder’s graduate school. Please find the application form enclosed.
Who can apply?
The applicant is a postgraduate who:
- Has a PhD degree from a Dutch or non-Dutch university;
- Currently works outside the Netherlands;
- Has a competitive CV suitable for applying for prestigious personal grants;
- Has international experience for at least two years.
Please contact Ingrid Vleghels (
ingrid.vleghels@wur.nl<mailto:
ingrid.vleghels@wur.nl>) to check eligibility before writing the proposal.
Deadline for application is 1 June 2019
Selection criteria:
1. Quality of the applicant
2. Quality of the proposal
3. Scientific or societal impact
Criteria will be weighed equally.
Procedure and timeline
Deadline for application:
June 1, 2019
Awarding grants:
July 2019
Projects should start within 6 months after granting of the proposal (January 2020 at the latest).
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