Call for expressions of interest in Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowships 2018 competition

Overview

We are soliciting applications from researchers wanting to work on the cutting edge of health economics, focusing on research projects that will make a novel, significant and impactful contribution, via the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships scheme.

Individual Fellowships support the acquisition and transfer of new knowledge, while working on research in a European (EU Member States & Associated Countries) context. 

We seek to support leading researchers currently based outside the UK in applying for Individual European Fellowships. As such we are soliciting expressions of interest from researchers wishing to work at CHE in the following areas:

• Methods for economic evaluation in health, in particular:
  • assessing the social value of new interventions in diseases where antimicrobial resistance is a problem
  • developing methods guidance for the evaluation of diagnostics
  • value of information analysis for early technology development decisions
  • methods for the evaluation of public health and social care
  • economic evaluation for policy impact in low-income settings
  • combining econometric methods and decision modelling in evaluations of global health interventions and policies
• Applied health econometric analysis, in particular:
  • interactions between health and /or labour supply
  • health behaviours
  • impact evaluation in global health using quasi-experimental methods
• The economics of healthcare workforces, in particular:
  • motivation for, and consequences of, the movement of health professionals between countries
  • implications of mobility for health care delivery and the funding of medical education and training
  • consequences of mobility for the cultural, ethnic, gender and socio-economic diversity of health care professions

We will provide full support and guidance to successful applicants, selected from expressions of interest received, to develop their proposals to the EU for the Fellowships. All expressions of interest should meet the eligibility criteria of the scheme.

Eligibility

Standard Criteria:

Applications are welcomed from experienced researchers only, i.e. you must be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years equivalent research experience. Researchers can be of any nationality; however, at the date of the deadline (12/09/2018), they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the UK for more than 12 months in the preceding three years. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.

Expressions of interest

Expressions of interest should be sent to Trish Smith (trish.smith@york.ac.uk) by 1pm (GMT) on 21 May 2018. The expression of interest should consist of the following:

• A copy of your CV (following the Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship guidelines – see p. 39 of the guide available here) 
• A two-page outline of the proposed research project, including a brief discussion of motivation, methods and data.

Please send as PDF files with the file name including your surname, first initial, and document title.

Selection process

Expressions of interest will be assessed by a committee of researchers in CHE at University of York. Only applicants that meet the eligibility criteria will be considered. The most promising applicant(s) based on the relative strength of CVs and proposals in relation to the Marie-Curie award criteria and fit with the research strategies of CHE will be provided with further guidance and support for the purposes of submitting a full Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship application. CHE at University of York will serve as the host organisation.

Please ensure that you consult the comprehensive guidance documents on the Marie-Curie website before starting your proposal.

Those applicants we wish to support will be contacted early June 2018.

Timeline