The ADAPT Centre is excited to invite expressions of interest for the competitive and career enhancing 2-year European Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF), a Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action.
We invite applications from experienced researchers in the areas of Digital Health, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Multimodal Data, Medical Imaging, Digital Pathology, AI Anthropomorphism, Misinformation, Disinformation, Bias, Human–Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Embodied Conversational Agents, Natural Language Processing, Linked Data, Digital Humanities, Multi-Agent Systems, Agentic AI, Secure 5G and 6G Architectures, Privacy-Preserving Communications, Federated Learning, Adversarial Machine Learning, Quantum AI, Sustainable Communications, Explainable AI, Trustworthy AI, Healthcare Data Integration, Precision Medicine, Oncology AI, Neurodegenerative Disease Modeling, Responsible AI, AI Ethics, Differential Privacy, Blockchain for Data Governance, Knowledge Graphs, Educational Technology, Ethics, Artificial Intelligence in Education, Large Language Models, Deep Learning, Network Security, Green AI, AI for Sustainability, Digital Transformation, Remote Sensing, Climate Change, EdTech, 6G, Data Privacy, Edge Intelligence, Wireless AI, and Evaluation.
ADAPT’s world-leading academics looking to supervise fellows can be found by downloading the PDF document for this MSCA opportunity.
As part of this prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship you will
1. Have full autonomy to develop a novel proposal aligned with your research career guided by a world leading academic supervisor in your field and an expert research development team.
2. Join the Marie Curie Alumni Association, a major platform for researchers to contribute to shaping science policy in Europe, providing career development opportunities and supporting the wider research community on topics affecting research and researchers’ lives.
3. Expand the reach of your research through the MSCA programme which is proven to increase citation publication rate in comparison to other schemes.
4. Be provided with a generous Mobility and Living Allowance as well as a Family Allowance (where applicable) to enable your relocation to Ireland, the European hub of digital innovation.
Why ADAPT?
● Contribute to the ADAPT research agenda that pioneers and combines research in AI driven technologies: Natural Language Processing, Video/Text/Image/Speech processing, digital engagement & HCI, semantic modeling, personalisation, privacy & data governance.
● Work with our interdisciplinary team of leading experts from the complementary fields of, Social Sciences, Communications, Commerce/Fintech, Ethics, Law, Health, Environment and Sustainability.
● Leverage our success. ADAPT’s researchers have signed 105 collaborative research projects, 77 licence agreements and oversee 16 active commercialisation funds and 52 commercialisation awards. ADAPT has won over 105 competitive EU research projects and obtained over €50 million in non-exchequer non-commercial funding. Additionally, 22 spinout companies have been formed. ADAPT’s researchers have produced over 3000 journal and conference publications and nearly 173 PhD students have been trained.
About the ADAPT Centre
The ADAPT Centre, funded by ResearchIreland, focuses on developing next generation digital technologies that transform how people communicate by helping to analyse, personalise and deliver digital data more effectively for businesses and individuals. ADAPT researchers are based in eight leading universities: Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, University College Dublin, Technological University Dublin, Maynooth University, Munster Technological University, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, and the University of Galway.
ADAPT’s research vision is to pioneer new forms of proactive, scalable, and integrated AI-driven Digital Media Technology that empower individuals and society to engage in digital experiences with control, inclusion, and accountability with the long-term goal of a balanced digital society by 2030. ADAPT is pioneering new Human Centric AI techniques and technologies including personalisation, natural language processing, data analytics, intelligent machine translation, human-computer interaction, as well as setting the standards for data governance, privacy, and ethics for digital content.
Application Process and Support Offered
Candidates interested in applying for a PF with the ADAPT Centre and any of its affiliated host institutes must fill out and submit the “Expression of Interest” form available on this link
Candidates will be selected based on eligibility, experience, alignment with ADAPT priorities and proposed supervisor’s research interest. The final decision to support a candidate will ultimately be taken by the supervisor and a contract will only be issued if and only if the submitted proposal is selected for funding by the European Commission.
The selected candidates will receive support from ADAPT’s Research Development Team in writing their applications and join a number of working sessions to develop a strong and competitive proposal.
Stages of the EoI process and indicative timeline:
Call for EoIs opening 18 March 2026 Submission of EoIs to ADAPT Between 18 March – 30 April 2026 Review of EoIs Throughout April and May. Supervisor to candidate meetings will take place to assess alignment of research interests. Candidates will be informed of the outcome by end of May. Working sessions and support from ADAPT in proposal development June – July 2026 Submission of full draft proposal to ADAPT 4th August 2026 MSCA PF submission deadline 9 September 2026
Funding
Each candidate will apply to the scheme with an ADAPT Centre Supervisor who belongs to one of the 8 institutions affiliated to the Centre, this will be the candidate’s host institution.
Should the proposal be successful, the candidate will receive a contract of employment for the period of 2 years, fully funded by the European Commission.
The beneficiary receiving EU funding (The ADAPT Centre through its host Institutions) recruits the researcher (Candidate) for the total period of the fellowship (24 months’ duration). This recruitment will only happen if the proposal is selected for funding by the European Commission.
Annual Gross Salary (made up of the living and mobility allowance) is expected to be in the approximate range of €85k for Ireland-based MSCA fellows.
The EU provides the following support:
● a living allowance
● a mobility allowance
● if applicable, family, long-term leave and special needs allowances
In addition, funding is provided for
● research, training and networking activities
● management and indirect costs
Eligibility
Candidates must:
1. Have successfully defended their thesis or have been formally awarded a PhD degree at the time of the deadline.
2. Have a maximum of eight years’ experience in research, from the date of the award of their PhD degree. Note that years of experience outside research and career breaks will not count towards the above maximum, nor will years of experience in research in countries outside of the EU, for nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries who wish to reintegrate to Europe.
3. Should comply with mobility rules: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (Ireland) for more than 12 months in the 36 months (3 years) immediately before the call deadline. Special mobility rules apply for career break and researchers’ at risk.
Full details including information on ADAPT Supervisors can be found by downloading the PDF document in relation to this MSCA opportunity.
Closing date is 30th April 2026, late applicants will not be accepted.
