European Research Council (ERC) Grantees Recruitment

Associate or Full Professor for ERC Advanced Grantees (AdG) with UNITUS as Host Institution

University of Tuscia (UNITUS) aims at creating a favorable environment and an appropriate socio-ecosystem for world-class academics. To provide outstanding researchers with both short- and long-term perspectives, UNITUS offers the possibility of Associate or Full Professor to successful Advanced Grantees of the European Research Council (ERC) (for candidates with track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years) with UNITUS as Host Institution, following favorable evaluations from the Department and the University Recruitment Committee, and the award of the National Scientific Qualification as Associate or Full Professor from a National Evaluation Committee.

If you were awarded for an Advanced Grant (AdG) to the ERC and are interested in joining UNITUS’s research community, you can apply to the call available here.

If you have submitted a proposal for an Advanced Grant (AdG) to the ERC (Call ERC-2020-AdG) and are interested in joining UNITUS’s research community, please contact us at talent@unitus.it in order to get support throughout the process as soon as possible.

If you have not submitted a proposal for an AdG to the ERC and are interested in submitting to the Call ERC-2021-AdG with UNITUS as a Host Institution, please contact us at talent@unitus.it in order to get support throughout the process as soon as possible.

Requirements for an ERC AdG application:

• Track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years.
• Excellent track record of invited presentations to peer-reviewed, internationally established conferences and/or international advanced schools.
• Ground-breaking, novel, and innovative research project.

Requirements for the Associate or Full Professor and recruitment procedure:

• UNITUS offers the possibility of Associate or Full Professor to successful AdG of the ERC who sign their first Grant Agreement with the UNITUS as Host Institution.
• The appointment requires the National Scientific Qualification for Associate or Full Professor.
• The appointment requires the successful completion of a selection procedure (analogous to standard faculty appointments) by the respective Department.
• As a first step, interested candidates are requested to get in touch with the team of Talent Valorization and Attraction who is going to provide further information on UNITUS’s hiring procedures.
• On initiative of one of its departments, the respective department head starts a selection procedure for the appointment to the Associate or Full Professor after the ERC application is approved for the second stage of the evaluation process.

Insights:
National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale - ASN). From 2012 onwards, academics, scientists, and scholars can have a new position or be promoted to Associate Professor or Full Professor through a specific procedure: the National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale - ASN). ASN implies a nationwide selection to obtain an official qualification called “abilitazione”, without which it is not possible to access to the highest academic positions. Yearly official calls ("concorsi nazionali") are issued by the Ministry of University and Research for various academic recruitment fields (“raggruppamenti concorsuali”), and are open for 4 months. Applications are examined by committees composed by experienced Full Professors. The Qualification is valid for 9 years.

UNITUS is an equal opportunity employer and intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty members. Furthermore, UNITUS provides newly appointed professors with various types of support, such as a fully funded Ph.D. scholarship and welcoming services.

If you intend to apply with UNITUS as Host Institution for an ERC AdG, we can provide assistance for the preparation of your ERC grant proposal. Please contact us at talent@unitus.it.

Principal Investigators have the right to require the transfer of their research project to a new beneficiary, as long as the research objectives of the project are preserved. Grant portability empowers researchers and gives them freedom to bring their research and research team with them.