Application Guide
Experienced Water Postdoc Fellowship COFUND
Programme “EWPFP COFUND”
Please note that you are only eligible for funding if the following criteria a) to d) are all
met:
Eligibility criteria
a) Formal Qualification
In order to be considered eligible, the applicant has to deliver a complete application within the
deadline. The complete application comprises:
 Proof of possession of a doctoral degree, that was awarded no more than 6 years prior to
application deadline
 Proposed research topics that fall at least within one of the 6 research themes of UNESCO-IHE
 Proof that you have not have lived in the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the 3 years
prior to the application deadline.
 Signed online application package including ethics declaration
Eligible researchers are Experienced Researchers, who at the time of recruitment by the UNESCOIHE, should be in possession of a doctoral degree that has been awarded no more than 6 years ago.
During the evaluation of the career track, eligible career breaks which are properly documented with
official documents of employers, doctors etc. will be taken in consideration. Eligible career breaks
are: maternity, paternity, long-term illness (over ninety days) or care taker leave for a sick relative
(over ninety days), and disabilities over ninety days.
Prolongation of the 6 year timeframe is made for:
 Women and parents with children: one additional year per child can be claimed up to a
maximum of three years (e.g. they can start the program max. 9 years after doctorate degree
award)
 Other justified and documented career breaks are as disease(s), disabilities or care taker leave.
Prolongation of the period of the break will be given (e.g. in case of sickness or caretaker leave of
1 year they can start the programme max. 7 years after doctorate degree award).
These forms of leave need to be documented or confirmed in writing by for example a (medical)
specialist /doctor or (former) employer). Career breaks will be given clear attention on the website of
the programme.
In the event that you finished your doctoral degree but the certificate has not yet been issued,
include an accordant confirmation issued by the PhD Examination Committee to the effect that the
examination procedure has been completed, and all necessary corrections to a thesis made.
b) Rules for mobility
EWPFP Cofund applicants can be of any nationality but at the time of application, researchers must
not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the Netherlands for more
than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.
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c) Cooperating Host
To ensure that researchers can establish access to the respective academic community, proposals
will have to fit with the research profile of at least one of the Chair groups of UNESCO-IHE.
In line with the ‘European Charter for Researchers’, researchers will be free in their choice of the
research topic of their project; their working group and their cooperating host within UNESCO-IHE's
Chair groups.
UNESCO-IHE's overarching chair group research themes are:
d) Ethics statement (table)
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The ethical issues guidelines, which is part of the guide of applicants need to be read, understood
and the form included in the online application package needs to be signed. They are part of the
application papers.
Checklist:
Compile your proposal including supplements as one pdf-document pursuant to the instructions
below:
 Motivation letter - must not exceed two pages.
Containing aspects as a convincing statement of motivation for decision to pursue a postdoctoral
research and teaching/project experience in the proposed UNESCO-IHE Chair group programme
and if applicable for a relevant period at another institution or one of the partners of UNESCOIHE (see UNESCO-IHE website). Description of career aspirations in the field of water and
development. Potential to widen your professional network, potential for setting up new or
deepening existing relations between UNESCO-IHE and public and private institutes/companies
in other countries. Training needs and impact of this training on the career of the fellow. Ideas
for an individual Career Development Plan while staying at UNESCO-IHE.
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Your two page scientific CV - using template below
The research proposal text (supplements excluded) must not exceed ten pages and should be in
line with the template below.
Scan the signed and certified university degree certificate(s), or proof of pending award,
abstract of your doctoral thesis and the Ethics issues table.
Merge the research proposal text with the supplements (your motivation letter, your two page
scientific CV, your research proposal, your university certificates and the Ethics issues table) into
one pdf-document to create the full proposal.
Fill in the online form and then upload the full proposal.
Any questions? We would be happy to help you with your application:
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Any questions regarding your academic integration are to be directed directly to the EWPFP
Cofund programme email address waterpostdoc@unesco-ihe.org
Technical problems (filling in the online forms, uploading letter of application): web@unescoihe.org
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Template proposal
Please also include all the following items in bold type in the layout of proposal.
Name of applicant:
Short title of the funding proposal:
1 Project proposal
Describe the originality of the project or its specificity in a single sentence.
2 Summary
Give a brief and precise summary of the most important aspects of your application (maximum 1,800
keystrokes).
3 Connection with research theme(s) of UNESCO-IHE
Please describe how your excellent and independent project proposal links up with a research
theme(s) of UNESCO-IHE.
4 Project description
4.1 Project objectives
Describe the proposed project objectives.
4.2 State of research and the proposed project
Describe the current state of research in relation to your proposed project and give details of any
preparatory work you have done in connection with the planned project.
4.3 Work schedule including timetable
Please give an account of the steps planned during the proposed funding period. Name and give
details of the methods you intend to apply. Compile a timetable and define milestones for the entire
course of the project. In the event that you are planning to complete a stay abroad, please give
details at this point.
4.4 Project implementation
Please give details of any prerequisites that have to be met in order to implement the proposed
project. Also give details of any necessary infrastructure (e.g. computer equipment, other
equipment, lab time).
5 Gender and Ethics
5.1 Gender aspects
Give details, if any, of the gender aspects of your application. In the event that gender aspects are
relevant for the proposed project, these may be taken into consideration as a selection criterion.
More detailed information is available at: http://genderedinnovations.stanford.edu/index.html
Further detailed information can also be found at:
http://www.yellowwindow.be/genderinresearch/downloads/YW2009_GenderToolKit_Module1.pdf
5.2 Ethical aspects
All proposals must provide ethics information and include an Ethics Issues Table, even if the
applicant believes that there are no ethics issues, or that they have been properly addressed in the
proposal.
The following areas are excluded from funding under FP 7 and hence also for EWPFP Cofund
applicants:
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Research activity aiming at human cloning for reproductive purposes
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Research activity intended to modify the genetic heritage of human beings which could make
such changes heritable (Research related to cancer treatment of the gonads can be financed)
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Research activities intended to create human embryos solely for the purpose of research or
for the purpose of stem cell procurement, including by means of somatic cell nuclear
transfer.
Further information can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/documents/documentation/legal-docs/guide-forapplicants-ethics_en.pdf
6 Cooperation partners (if applicable)
Name all of the partners involved in implementing the proposed project (name, university/institution, if applicable and required.
7 Costs
7.1 Overview of costs
Please provide an overview the research costs.
Your Postdoc salary and associated (e.g. moving expenses) should not be listed in the following table.
Indicative amount per year is 7.000 euro.
Enter the items to be funded with amounts (Consumables/ Equipment/ Travel).*
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Requested research funds
1. Project year
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Consumables
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Travel
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Total amount
*Costs for research assistance are not eligible according to Marie Curie regulations.
7.2 Justification of costs
Please give a short justification for each of the above items applied for.
8 References
Please compile a list of all the references mentioned in your proposal.
9 Applications for funding elsewhere
The UNESCO-IHE allows the submission of similar proposals that already have been or will be
submitted to an external funding agency under the condition that the Programme Coordinator is
regularly informed on the status of the external proposal. Nevertheless, a concurrent funding by
UNESCO-IHE and an external funding agency is not possible. Note also only one application can be
submitted per call per person. It is possible to apply again in the next call after being rejected for the
first time.
Please include details of any other similar application for funding that you have already submitted
elsewhere. If this is not the case, you must include the following declaration in your proposal:
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"I have not submitted an application for funding of the proposed project to any other funding
organization or institution. Should this be the case in future, I undertake to notify EWPFP Cofund
Programme Coordinator at UNESCO-IHE ".
Supplements to the research proposal
A) Motivation letter - must not exceed two pages.
B) Resume of applicant (CV)
Include a chronological description of your academic career to date, listing publications, patents,
awards and, if applicable, experience of applying for external funding on not more than two pages.
C) Scan the signed and certified university degree certificate(s), abstract of your doctoral thesis.
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Official documents in any other language than English, German or French must be
provided together with a certified translation into English.
D) Ethics Issues Table
Please insert here the filled, signed and scanned Ethics Issues Table.
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Ethics table
Research on Human Embryo/ Foetus
YES
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Does the proposed research involve human Embryos?
Does the proposed research involve human Foetal Tissues/ Cells?
Does the proposed research involve human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)?
Does the proposed research on human Embryonic Stem Cells involve cells in culture?
Does the proposed research on Human Embryonic Stem Cells involve the derivation of cells from
Embryos?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL
Research on Humans
yes
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Does the proposed research involve children?
Does the proposed research involve patients?
Does the proposed research involve persons not able to give consent?
Does the proposed research involve adult healthy volunteers?
Does the proposed research involve Human genetic material?
Does the proposed research involve Human biological samples?
Does the proposed research involve Human data collection?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL
yes
Privacy
YES
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Does the proposed research involve processing of genetic information or personal data (e.g. health,
sexual lifestyle, ethnicity, political opinion, religious or philosophical conviction)?
Does the proposed research involve tracking the location or observation of people?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL
yes
Research on Animals
YES
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Does the proposed research involve research on animals?
Are those animals transgenic small laboratory animals?
Are those animals transgenic farm animals?
Are those animals non-human primates?
Are those animals cloned farm animals?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL
yes
Research Involving non-EU Countries (ICPC Countries)
YES
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Is the proposed research (or parts of it) going to take place in one or more of the ICPC Countries?
X
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YES
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Is any material used in the research (e.g. personal data, animal and/or human tissue samples,
genetic material, live animals, etc) :
a) Collected and processed in any of the ICPC countries?
b) Exported to any other country (including ICPC and EU Member States)?
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL
Dual Use
Research having direct military use
Research having the potential for terrorist abuse
I CONFIRM THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES APPLY TO MY PROPOSAL
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yes
Academic CV Template
Name
Gender
Date of birth - place of birth
Address
Phone – Email
EDUCATION
PhD studies:
Most recent/current schooling dates
Degree, department
(Dissertation title; course/degree descriptions)
Master and Bachelor studies
Previous schooling dates
Degree, department
(DISSERTATION)
Title
Abstract
Committee chair/members
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (HONORS AND AWARDS)
Name, (significant info., amount), date
Name, (significant info., amount), date
PROJECT FUNDING (RESEARCH< TRAINING< OTHER)
Name, (donor, short info project content., amount), date
Name, (donor, short info project content., amount), date
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Title, insitute/universityl/organization, city, state
Description
Title, insitute/universityl/organization, city, state
Description
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Title, , insitute/universityl/organization, city, state
Course/s taught, description of duties
Title, , insitute/universityl/organization, city, state
Course/s taught, description of duties
(RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE)
Title, company/organization, city, state
Description
Title, company/organization, city, state
Description
dates
dates
dates
dates
dates
dates
PUBLICATIONS
Bibliographic format
Bibliographic format
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Bibliographic format (where you are at in the process)
Bibliographic format (where you are at in the process)
PRESENTATIONS AND POSTER SESSIONS
Bibliographic format
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Bibliographic format
(PATENTS)
Item, date, number
(RESEARCH INTERESTS)
Research area
Research area
(TEACHING INTERESTS)
Class title or subject
Class title or subject
(PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS)
Title, association
Title, association
AT LEAST 3 REFERENCES
Name and Relationship
Address
Address
Phone #
Email
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