SMASH Open Call 1 - 2023 • SMASH

SMASH is an innovative, intersectoral, career-development training program for outstanding postdoctoral researchers, co-funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND program. SMASH is open to researchers around the world who are interested in developing cutting-edge machine learning applications for science and humanities. During the five years of the SMASH project (2023-28) and over three planned calls, SMASH aims to hire 50 individuals for 2-year full-time postdoctoral contracts with highly attractive conditions. Fellows will be hosted by five leading Slovenian research institutions: the University of Nova Gorica, the University of Ljubljana, the Jožef Stefan Institute, the Institute of Information Science*, and the Slovenian Environment Agency*. Applicants should propose ambitious research projects in one of SMASH's five key research areas, that are centered on the use of cutting-edge machine learning, or more broadly, artificial intelligence techniques, to address some of the world's most challenging questions in: Applicants should choose the SMASH host institution and supervisor with whom they will coordinate the project proposal preparation.