Open call for Young researcher Awards
14 Feb 2011
Science Foundation Ireland has recently announced that the SFI President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) call is now open, and is accepting Expressions of Interest from 14 February 2011.
The President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) is Science Foundation Ireland's most prestigious award to recruit young researchers currently based around the world to carry out their research in third level institutions in Ireland.
This premier programme emphasises the importance that Science Foundation Ireland places on the early development of academic careers. The award recognises outstanding engineers and scientists who, early in their careers, have already demonstrated or shown exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of knowledge.
Awardees will be selected on the basis of exceptional accomplishments in science and engineering that underpin Biotechnology, Information and Communications technology, and Energy, and on the basis of creative research plans that are built on work that has attracted international attention. The programme also intends to encourage entrepreneurial efforts that couple the Research Body and Irish-based industry in appropriate ways.
The SFI PIYRA programme will operate on a rolling call basis, commencing 14 February 2011.
See full details here:
http://www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/open-calls/president-of-ireland-young-researcher-award/
