HERA Network funds two young researchers to attend Early Career Researcher Event

The network HERA - Humanities in the European Research Area - will hold from September 23 to 26, 2018, in Slovakia, the event Early Career Researcher (ECR)with the aim of offering 60 young researchers the chance to get to know each other, share their research ideas, reflect on their work and engage in self-development opportunities. The network will fund the participation of two Portuguese scientists who express their interest by August 24th.

The ECR event will offer a series of workshops as part of the Joint Research Program (JRP III) "Uses of the Past". Participants are invited to present a poster of their research work and will have the opportunity to discuss it in a multidisciplinary environment.

HERA is a network of national funding agencies targeting the humanities community in Europe. It aims to establish new innovative agendas with the aim of increasing the contribution of the Humanities to the European Research Area, as well as to debates on issues of particular relevance to European society.

The two Portuguese researchers selected by the network will be guaranteed accommodation and meals, as well as a plane or train ticket worth up to €200. Transfers to the venue are also covered.

Researchers are eligible, preferably up to 35 years old, who are carrying out their doctorate or a post-doctorate, provided they obtained their doctorate less than 7 years ago and are carrying out research within the categories of the theme "Uses of the Past.

Expressions of interest, accompanied by a CV and an abstract of the poster, should be sent to the following email address nuno.moreira@fct.ptby 5pm on August 24th.