EU Marie-Curie CHIRON research training fellowships

CHIRON logoCHIRON is a Marie-Curie EU-funded project provided research training fellowships for graduates who wished to start a research career in the field of IT applications to the research, conservation, and presentation of tangible Cultural Heritage. The project consisted of a joint training program and individual research carried out by fellows within a co-ordinated framework at participating partner institutions. No further fellowships are offered under this programme.

Partners

There are seven partners:

  1. PIN scrl - Servizi didattici e scientifici per l'Università di Firenze (project Co-ordinator), Italy
  2. The University of the Aegean, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, Greece
  3. The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Israel
  4. The University of Brighton, School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences, United Kingdom
  5. The Ename Center For Public Archaeology And Heritage Presentation, Belgium
  6. The Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule Zurich, Computer Vision Laboratory, Switzerland
  7. The University of York, Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom

University of York

The Department of Archaeology, University of York, has two fellowships available for each of the academic years, 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08. Each fellowship will be of 12 months' duration, commencing in October, and applications are invited each year, to be received by the closing date of 1st May of the year in which the fellowship is to commence. Fellows will appointed as research fellows within the Department of Archaeology and will be paid a salary of c.£23,000 per annum, plus expenses.

The central aim of the research agenda being led by York is within the areas of digital preservation and access, but within this CHIRON fellows will be able to pursue any of the following areas of ICT application:

Applying for a fellowship

At the start of their fellowship, applicants may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior. Under EU rules they must also be at the beginning of their research career with less than 4 years' active research experience.

Applicants to York may be registered for a PhD at another insitution or they may register as a research student in York, or for the MSc in Archaeological Information Systems. The expectation is that the six-month intensive taught programme will normally provide a foundation for the candidate's own research within a field related to digital preservation and access. This can be tailored to suit an ongoing research degree at another institution, for example by developing an e-publication and e-archive related to the fellow's research, as appropriate.

To apply for a York-based fellowship you should therefore:

  1. Visit the CHIRON web site for full details.
  2. Advise Holly Wright of your application and research interests.
  3. Apply to the CHIRON co-ordinator at PIN, Dr. Sorin Hermon for a fellowship, with a letter of application and a copy of your CV, which should also be sent to Holly Wright.

Marie Curie logoAny York-specific enquiries should be addressed to the Research Manager: Holly Wright

Further details

For a full list of the areas of research interests of each of the CHIRON partners, click here

Last updated by JDR; Mar 2007