PS24177 - ESRC Postdoctoral Fellows (PDF) Development Programme

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday 6th September 2024 - 11:00am.

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement

We are inviting bidders to set out an approach to deliver a one-year development programme for PDFs, building on the success of the previous three years (as described above). The programme will run for one academic year, starting October 2024, recruiting one cohort of up to 30 PDFs to participate in all scheduled activities within the programme, whilst also opening-up some of these as free-standing elements to the entire cohort of 2024 ESRC PDFs. The programme must be a flexible offering giving ESRC-funded postdoctoral fellows awarded in the 2024 intake two options:

We welcome innovative ideas, but the design of the development programme must contain a series of themed/focused events with a policy challenge as a core component and build on the success of the previous three years' of the programme, as well as similar initiatives, such as the Crucible model (see below) that have come to be considered an important innovation in the researcher development and leadership space.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria as set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply

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Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

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