It is with great pleasure that we announce that at the session of the YERUN General Assembly held today, September 16, 2021, the Rector of the University of Rijeka, Prof. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Ph.D., was unanimously elected the new president of YERUN. Rector Prijić-Samaržija’s two-year presidency starts on September 17, 2021. Coordination of member universities is led with the help of the YERUN central office in Brussels, and the President is supported by the Executive Board.

The YERUN Research Mobility Awards (YRMAs) are competitive awards for early career researchers (Ph.D. students and post-docs) equivalent to Euraxess Research Profiles R1 (up to the point of Ph.D.) and R2 (Ph.D. holders, post-doc or equivalent who are not yet fully independent or until 8 years since completion of Ph.D.) from YERUN Universities. This year, the programme will support researchers to establish a new research collaboration in a virtual format. The programme provides a platform to:

It is a pleasure to announce that the University of Limerick (UL) and the University of Rijeka (UNIRI) have officially become YERUN members! This joyful event, which marks the beginning of a new exciting era for YERUN, follows the General Assembly’s decision of October 2020 to initiate the network’s first enlargement process. YERUN warmly welcomes the new perspectives, inspiring practices, and fresh energies that these two new members will bring to the network. For YERUN, the Un...