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INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE - OPPORTUNITY FOR SABBATICAL

At the University of Primorska (hereinafter UP) we are aware of the importance of in-depth training in the field of research activities. Therefore, in accordance with Article 64 of the Act on Higher Education (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 32/12 and amendments), and with the aims of strengthening the excellence of globally established research groups, support for promising, above-average researchers, and acceleration of international research integration to achieve top results, within the medium-term development strategy of UP 2021-2027, goal 1.4.1 “establishing the foundations for the implementation of the Sabbatical - preparation of legal bases and instructions for the implementation of the Sabbatical” and within the action plan of the Human Resources Strategy for researchers, activity 12 “Developing a policy on the Sabbatical”, researchers are invited to express their interest in the opportunity for a Sabbatical by applying to the present internal tender.

 Tender conditions

 To this tender we invite higher education teachers (D) or researchers/scientific workers (H) who can fullfill the following conditions for application:

• a valid habilitation title of a higher education teacher or scientific worker, which is classified as R2 (at least 3 years after the first election), R3 or R4 in the European framework of the four stages in the development of a researcher's career,,
• concluded full-time/part-time employment contract for a fixed/indefinite time, which goes beyond employment only for supplementary work,
• employment at the University of Primorska continuously for the last 6 years (that is, from 1 January 2016)
• fulfilled condition for the head of the research program, in accordance with Article 5 of the Rules of Stable Financing of Scientific Research Activity of UP.

 Application content

 The application should contain:

• letter of motivation (with contact information and researcher's signature),
• the proposed semester for taking the Sabbatical (first / second semester of the academic year 2023/2024),
• opinion of the dean/director of the parent member (with the signature of the dean/director),
• Sabbatical programme,
• a written invitation from the host organization (with the signature of a competent person in the host organization).

 The Sabbatical programme must:

• describe the starting points and state the goals of the Sabbatical,
• describe the content and course, including the time and place of carrying out the Sabbatical activities,
• indicate the expected results,
• justify the contribution to the researcher's progress in the field of research, the pedagogical field and/or other fields of work,
• describe the benefits of the programme for colleagues, students, members and/or the university, especially how the researcher will transfer the acquired knowledge and experience after the end of the Sabbatical.

Researchers who meet the above-mentioned conditions express their interest by submitting an application in electronic form (with digital signatures or scanned manual signatures) to the email address: kadrovska@upr.si with the subject line “Opportunity for Sabbatical”. Application deadline : 31 March 2023 by 12 o'clock.

Application deadline: 31 March 2023

You can find more information about the call here: Invitation to participate - oportunity for Sabbatical