Research Program for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities: European Union finances with 9 milion euros

Overview

The new Marie Curie research programme in the field of autism and intellectual disabilities is started. The programme, called ASSISTID, is the first and largest of it’s kind in Europe. Quality international candidates of a wide range of disciplines including ABA, rehabilitation, computer science and engineering are invited to partecipate. The first call for fellows is open now and you can find out more clicking on this link . The deadline for sending applications is 30th of November 2014.

Fellowships

The programme has 40 fellowships: two calls of 20 fellowships each. The first call starts in september and ends in november 2014. The second from june 2015 to august 2015. Fellowships are assigned in the following criteria: 16 incoming fellowships and 4 outgoing fellowships with compulsory return phase. The duration is of 24 months for incoming fellowships and 36 months for outgoing fellowships. Research Area: Assistive Technologies for autism and intellectual disability.

Benefits

The programme, that is the first and largest of its kind in Europe has the following benefits: international mobility; Expert training on dedicated personal project; Acceptance into a network of leading multidisciplinary researchers in the field; Secondments to academic or private sector partners; Training workshops and Research Forum for fellows; Competitive salary with benefits.

Requirements

Only experienced researcher are required with a doctoral degree or at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience.

Any other information visiting www.assistid.eu.