ADvanced ManufacturIng REsearch Fellowship Programme in the Basque – New Aquitaine Region

ADvanced ManufacturIng REsearch Fellowship Programme in the Basque – New Aquitaine Region (ADAGIO) is a cross-border Programme aimed at enhancing the research and innovation (R&I) capacity and high-quality human resources of the regions of New Aquitaine and Euskadi in the selected field within their respective Regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3), the European Cross-Border strategies and the Research Strategy and talent attraction of the Euroregion New Aquitaine – Euskadi – Navarre.ADAGIO is a highly competitive, merit-based fellowship programme aimed at incorporating postdoctoral talent in the area of Advanced Manufacturing, to enable them to conduct their own excellent research projects, in order to produce a positive effect not only in terms of excellent science and talent attraction but also by strengthening the cross-border regional economy and society and promoting international networking.ADvanced ManufacturIng REsearch Fellowship Programme in the Basque – New Aquitaine Region will bring in 15 experienced researchers to develop a 36 month stay through 2 open calls at international level, over its 60 months of implementation.

The fellows will freely decide whether to carry out a 36 month advanced research project in one of the hosting institutions or to combine it with a more applied research path oriented towards market needs, by doing up to 12 months secondments (with a minimum of 3 months) in at least one of the extensive group of highly innovative and cutting edge industrial partner organisations with strong expertise in the programme´s selected specific areas or in another partner organisation of their choice to be added during the implementation of the Programme.

The postdoctoral fellows will have a full trans-national mobility experience and access to the research facilities of the organisations partnering the programme.