VI.1)Presentation and submission of applications:
Documents required:
Applicants must provide evidence of their ability, skills, experience and competence to perform the work by means of:
— a motivation letter of no more than 1 page (max. 500 words), in which the applicant is asked to elaborate on his/her personal incentive(s) for applying, and to clearly indicate in which of the 6 main fields of activity of the CULT Committee (see paragraph 1.1.) he/she would consider himself/herself able to provide the requested forms of expertise (multiple entries possible),
— a full curriculum vitae specifying knowledge of languages, academic qualifications and background, as well as expertise and experience relevant to this call for expression of interest. The curriculum vitae should follow the basic structure of the Europass template, and should be set out as follows:
1. personal information;
2. work experience (in the scientific/academic field);
3. education and training;
4. level(s) of (foreign) language competence;
5. personal skills and competences (with scientific/academic relevance);
6. additional information pertinent to this call for expression of interest (ongoing or planned research projects, awards received, etc.),
— a full record of their publications (starting with the most recent) on research subjects relevant to this call for expression of interest, in particular contributions to peer-reviewed journals and monographs accepted for publication after a similar review process by the publishing house in question. The applicant is also asked to name the 5 publications he/she deems most important, should the publication records contain more than 5 entries,
— a list of remunerated projects/services carried out in the past 5 years which are relevant to this call for expression of interest (if any), clearly indicating the recipients and their contact details, sums involved, dates and place of work,
— a description of the expert's scientific/academic network in connection with his/her research, for example in the form of a list of conference presentations, consultancy projects, collaborations, membership of research networks, think tanks or advisory groups, etc.,
— doctoral and postdoctoral students working in the field who have less than 6 years of proven professional experience must also provide the following:
• attestation proving their enrolment in a structured full-time doctoral programme of at least 3 years (minimum requirement: second year of doctoral studies) or their pursuit of a remunerated full-time postdoctoral project,
• an outline (max. 1 000 words) of their doctoral thesis or postdoctoral research project, which must explicitly deal with one of the areas specified in paragraph 1.1 and have a clear European focus,
• at least 2 academic reference letters, at least one of which must be provided by a tenured/full professor.