Brief description: École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is offering fellowships which may be held in any scientific discipline within the EPFL and run for a period of 24 months.
Application Deadline: 1st October 2016 (17:00 hr CET).
Offered annually? Yes
Eligible Countries: All countries
To be taken at (country): Switzerland
Eligible Field of Study: All scientific disciplines
About the Award: EPFL’s international postdoctoral fellowship programme aims to attract experienced researchers of any nationality to the EPFL, to provide them state-of-the art conditions for research, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as future research leaders through a research-intensive training.
EPFL Fellows’ has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. These fellowships may be held in any scientific discipline within the EPFL and run for a period of 24 months. Applications should be made jointly with the Fellow’s mentor, a senior scientist at EPFL. EPFL Fellows conduct their own research in the framework of the proposed project.
Type: Science Research
Eligibility:
- Participation is open for candidates of any nationality
- The applicants must hold a doctoral degree
- The applicant must fulfil the incoming or re-integration criteria:
- (incoming) Applicants 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 deadline for the submission of proposals.
- (re-integration) Applicants 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 deadline for the submission of proposals, and show at least two (2) years of experience in research at the postdoctoral level in any other country by the time they submit the application.
- Have arranged in advance a research plan with a host laboratory at the EPFL.
- There are no restrictions concerning the age, gender or nationality of the candidates.
- Candidates with career breaks or variations in the chronological sequence of their career steps are welcome. These candidates are encouraged to submit evidence-based CVs, reflecting a representative array of achievements and qualifications appropriate to the EPFL Fellows programme. Exceptions to the above rules are possible for women in particular in case of maternity leave, as EPFL has adopted a clear policy of equal opportunities for men and women (e.g. by including the legal provisions related to maternity leave, etc. in the employment conditions).
Selection Procedure: The selection procedure is based on an international peer review process.
Number of Awardees: Several
Value of Fellowship: Successful applicants will be granted a fixed term employment contract at the EPFL, annually renewable, for a maximum 4 years post doc.
Duration of Fellowship: 24-month fellowship.
How to Apply: Interested candidates should visit the Fellowship Webpage to apply
Award Provider: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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