To be eligible, each researcher must simultaneously fulfil the following criteria at the time of appointment

• NATIONALITY:
  The researcher must be a national of a Member State of the Community, of an Associated State or in exceptional cases of a third country (please ask to the scientific responsible) giusi@astropa.unipa.it)
  A researcher from a third country having legally resided and/or having her/his main activity in the Community or in Associated State(s) for at least 4 years (in total) out of the last five years immediately prior to his/her appointment is treated as a national of the Member State or Associated State in which (s)he resided for the longest period.
  

• MOBILITY:
  The researcher shall not be a national of the State in which the host institution is located
  In the case of a researcher holding more than one nationality, he/she will be able to be hosted by the institution located in the country of his/her nationality in which (s)he has not resided during the previous 5 years.
  At the time of the appointment, the researcher may not have resided or carried out his/her main activity in the country of the host for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior of his/her appointment. Short stays such as holidays are not taken into account
  As an exception to the general rule, a researcher holding the nationality from a Member State or an Associated State can carry out his/her researcher human resources and mobility activities in his/her country of nationality if (s)he can provide evidence testifying that (s)he has legally resided and had his/her main activity in a third country (a State that is neither a Member State nor an Associated State) for at least four of the last five years immediately prior to his/her appointment
  

• QUALIFICATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
  To be eligible, the researcher must have at least 4 years of research experience (full-time equivalent), including the period of research training, since gaining a university degree giving him/her access to doctoral studies (the degree must entitle the holder to embark on doctoral studies, without having to acquire any further qualification), in the country in which the degree was obtained or must already be in possession of a doctoral degree, independently of the time taken to acquire it.