Talent4Iberia

Talent4Iberia — Description

Career development of international talents of the energy research fields in the Iberian Peninsula

Talent4Iberia is an International Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for talent attraction to Extremadura offering interdisciplinary and intersectoral fellowships with a duration of 3 years each for the mobility and training of 10 postdoctoral researchers of any nationality to develop R&D activities in Energy Storage , with the purpose to boost their employability and career opportunities in an exceptional research environment.

The programme design relies on the objectives posed by the Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialization (RIS3) of Extremadura region. Furthermore, Talent4Iberia is a demand-driven research programme addressing the significant challenges Europe faces in the fields of Renewable Energy.

The Programme will select and recruit research fellows who will propose the development of research projects in the field of Energy Storage, prioritizing the following research lines:

  1. Line 1 Electrical energy storage
  2. Line 2 Hydrogen and power-to-X
  3. Line 3 Thermal energy storage

Talent4Iberia is coordinated by the Council of Education, Science and Vocational Training of the Regional Government of Extremadura (Spain), the unit with competences in research policies and programmes in the region, and counts with the participation of:

3 host institutions for the recruitment of the 10 postdoctoral research fellows

21 associated partners offering secondments and networking

FUNDECYT CIIAE
Foundation FUNDECYT Science and Technology Park of Extremadura - Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (Fundecyt-CIIAE)
13 universities
UEx
University of Extremadura (UEX)
4 companies dedicated to the energy sector
CITYEX
Centre for Scientific and Technological Research of Extremadura (CICYTEX)
4 research centres

21 associated partners offering secondments and networking

13 universities
4 companies dedicated to the energy sector
4 research centres
From 15 different countries: 8 EU Member States ( SpainSpain, EstoniaEstonia, FinlandFinland, GermanyGermany, ItalyItaly, PortugalPortugal, SloveniaSlovenia, SwedenSweden), 1 HE Associated Country ( NorwayNorway), and 4 Other Third Countries ( AustraliaAustralia, ChileChile, SwitzerlandSwitzerland, United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates).