Who is eligible to join the network?
Who is eligible?
a) This network supports the initial training of researchers, typically during the first five years (or full-time equivalent) of their careers in research.
b) The researcher may be a national of a Member State of the European Union, of an Associated Country or of any other third country.
c) The researcher shall not be a national of a State in which the beneficiary's research team appointing him/her is located. At the time of appointment, the researcher may not have lived or carried out his/her main activity in the country of the beneficiary (i.e. the University one applies for) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her appointment.
As an exception to the general rule, a researcher holding the nationality from a Member State or an Associated Country can carry out his/her initial training activities in his/her country of nationality if s/he can provide evidence testifying that s/he has legally resided and had his/her main activity in a non –Associated third country for at least three of the last four years immediately prior to his/her appointment.
Please note that these mobility rules do not apply when a researcher is appointed by an international European interest organisation, an international organisation located in any of the Member States or Associated Countries or the Joint Research Centre. For more information, please click on this link.