Fellowship for postdoctoral position in company
Call for projects closed Call for applicants closed Interview and/or deliberation closed Results announced
The call is closed.

Call description

NeuroSchool, the Graduate School in Neuroscience of Aix-Marseille University (AMU), is offering to fully fund a one-year post-doctoral fellowship.

This one-year salary is intended for young neuroscience graduates who have completed their PhD at AMU (less than 3 years of experience after the thesis at the time of hiring) and who wish to work in a company linked to neuroscience in the South region. Its main objective is to promote the professional integration of young doctors.

As a company, if you are interested in this program, we invite you to submit a research project that we will propose to the candidates for this postdoctoral fellowship.

Traditionally, this call for tenders takes place in 3 stages.

  • the call for projects (until November 15, 2021)
  • call for applications (until January 3, 2022 : delayed until 30 January 2022)
  • auditions

From an administrative point of view, the postdoc hired in this way is an agent of Aix Marseille University and the company that hosts him or her undertakes to sign a hosting agreement, the model of which is available here.

 

Call for projects - CLOSED

Companies are invited to propose a one-year neuroscience project for a postdoc by downloading the attached file. The files are to be retrieved below and sent to the following address: neuroschool-candidature@univ-amu.fr.

The deadline for sending your project is midnight on November 15, 2021.

Excellence projects will be selected by the committee according to the following criteria:

  • quality and feasibility of the project
  • employment opportunities at the end of the contract
  • supervisors’ skills
  • the added value of in-company training.

The selected projects will be posted on our website at the end of November, 2021.

Call for applications - CLOSED

Candidates can download the projects in the “files to download” section.

They will have to justify their choice(s) of project in an application file which will include:

  • a resume;
  • a cover letter explaining their choice(s) and the complementarity between their academic background and the selected company;
  • two letters of recommendation.

The deadline for submitting applications is delayed until 30 January 2022, at midnight, to be uploaded on our website.

Important: An applicant who wishes to apply with a project other than those proposed is free to do so. He must then submit his application for this new project in coordination with a company of his choice. The project and the application will then be examined jointly.

Interview

The selection committee will select a maximum of ten applications in agreement with the project leaders. The opinion of the project leader on the candidates will be taken into account for their retention in the selection procedure.

Each candidate will be interviewed individually by the end of February 2022 (likely slightly delayed).

The final decision will be taken following the hearing, and the successful candidate will be able to start as soon as the administrative formalities have been completed.

An administrative delay being necessary, hiring will probably not start until May or June 2022.

Results

No applications were selected for this call.

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