Call Expression of Interest MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships at UNIGE – N. Archaeometry

Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry (DCCI)

Organisation / Company University of Genoa Department Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry (DCCI) Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Description - Call for Expression of Interest for a joint application under the upcoming Call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

University of Genoa, UNIGE, located in Genoa, ITALY, welcomes postdoctoral researchers of any nationality, with an excellent track record, to apply to the European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026. Our University has been beneficiary of several MSCA-PF in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

The Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of funding scheme of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme, dedicated to excellent research promoting international mobility, as well as interdisciplinary and intersect oral exchanges.

MSCA fellowship grant provides a competitive salary plus mobility and family allowances if applicable, as well as a contribution to cover research, training and networking costs. The research projects will have 2- or 3-years duration.

Selected candidates will be provided with special support for proposal writing and development
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The University of Genoa will organize in May the fifth edition of the Masterclass MSCA@Uni Ge. Selected candidate researchers will have the opportunity to attend a 2-days online intensive training and coaching course on how to write a successful proposal. This masterclass is a pathway of support to candidates and their supervisors in preparing project proposal, including prescreening activity of the draft proposals and the organisation of dedicated B2B meetings, by the European Research Office of Uni Ge, National Contact Point and other experts.

The masterclass will take place in Spring
2026
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Research on metal objects from archaeology, the history of art, and contemporary art is based on modern chemical and materials science technologies, which enable the collection of valuable information on the evolution of technology and aesthetics while also contributing to the preservation of the objects. In other words, the archaemetric investigation and the diagnostics preserve both the materials and the ephemeral immaterial knowledge.

The candidate will be hosted as a researcher to whom we will offer full assistance and open cooperation.

The METAL research group includes two professors, two research assistants, and four Ph.D. students. Their laboratory features portable instruments for on-site investigations and lab equipment for chemical, electrochemical, metallurgical, and mechanical testing. It also supports replica and alloy production for research. As part of the European Alliance Ulysseus, the lab collaborates closely with other European institutions such as the Central Institute of Restoration in Rome, LEIZA in Mainz, and UMR 6034 Archéosciences Bordeaux.

An expression of interest shall be sent to prof. Paolo Piccardo ( paolo.piccardo , ORCID:

-0810) within 15th April 2026.
Your file should contain the following elements:

For MSCA-PF 26 call (opening foreseen on 10th April 2026), at the deadline for the submission of proposals (9th September 2026) postdoctoral candidates shall have a maximum of 8 years of postdoctoral research experience and must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Italy (for European Fellowship) or in the Third Country of the outgoing phase (for Global Fellowship) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the above mentioned deadline.

Info on MSCA PF available at the following link: