Deadline: August 31, 2018 00:00 CEST| Apply here
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Eligibility: The applicant must be an experienced researcher: at the time of the application deadline be in possession of a doctoral degree, irrespective of the time taken to acquire it, not have finished her/his PhD more than six years before
Location: Zurich, St. Gallen or Thun, Switzerland

EMPAPOSTDOCS-II Fellowship 2018

EMPAPOSTDOCS-II offers a highly competitive living allowance, research cost contribution and mobility package.

Salary at Empa is defined based on function, experience and performance.

EMPAPOSTDOCS-II is an individual-driven research and career advancing fellowship which follows a bottom-up approach and offers incoming and re-integrating international mobile researchers a 2-year full employment contract at Empa.

It allows experienced researchers from all over the world to set up and implement a research project and get the opportunity to work on their own research idea at one of the 30 research laboratories of Empa.

The following research areas welcome applications:

• Nanostructured Materials
• Sustainable Built Environment
• Health and Performance
• Natural Resources and Pollutants
• Energy

Projects can be carried out in the three sites of Empa at Zurich, St. Gallen or Thun depending on the location of the lab. The fellows can choose their topic and destination within this frame.

Who should apply?

You should apply if you are:

• ready to contribute to Empa’s scientific excellence with your research project
• looking for a career booster
• curious to experience an international research and living environment of the highest standards

Who is eligible?

There are two mobility schemes in the EMPAPOSTDOCS-II programme, the incoming mobility scheme and the re-integration scheme.

Regardless of the mobility scheme, the main eligibility criteria for the Empa Postdocs programme are the following:

The applicant must:

The point of time of reference for these dates is the call closure.

• Be an experienced researcher: at the time of the application deadline be in possession of a doctoral degree, irrespective of the time taken to acquire it.
• Not have finished her/his PhD more than six years before.

For the incoming mobility scheme, a specific eligibility criterion is that the applicant must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in Switzerland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the application deadline.

Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account. For the re-integration scheme, the specific eligibility criteria are:

• The researcher originates from the EU-27 or Associated Countries
• The researcher has been active in research in a third country for at least three years and in the last 12 months immediately prior to the application deadline.

Interested in applying for the EMPAPOSTDOCS-II Fellowship 2018? Register your participation by following the registration link and taking the suggested steps.

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