PhD-Students Recruitment Results

In the network are recruited

• 12 students for 3-year PhD-positions in a fixed team.
• 5 students for 3-years PhD-positions divided in 2 successive 18 months positions (for a PhD under co-direction of two different teams)
• 2 students for 18-months of their 3-year PhD-positions under co-direction with a team from outside the network

As already mentioned, the duration of the positions in the ITN are 3 years or 18 months respectively, but not exceeding September 30th, 2012. The PhD researchers enjoy a full salary employment contract with all social securities (assurances) of European standard; moreover, different surcharges as, e.g., mobility allowance, travel allowance and career exploratory allowance will be paid (see Guide for Applicants) for these issues).

The PhD researchers appointed in our ITN are listed in the following table.

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Call for Post-Docs

The network offers the recruitment of

• 6 Post-docs at 6-month positions (for each of the participating teams one position).

The vacant post-doc position in Iasi with specific information can be found on Euraxess' site by following the link.

Also the post-doc positions of the teams in Manchester, Milano and Marrakech have been already advertised. For actual information, please visit the central web site of the ITN or contact the named teams directly. The e-mail addresses can be found at the page How to contact us?.

The postdoctoral researchers already appointed in our ITN are listed in the following table.

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Eligibility Conditions for Post-Docs

The eligibility conditions for recruitment are the following:

• Applications of researchers of any nationality are welcome (young researchers from EU-states, associated EU-states and ICPC-countries, but not from the recruiting country).
• The research experience may not exceed 5 years at the time of the appointment (full time equivalent).
• The candidate must not have spent more than 12 months during the last 3 years in the country of the team for which he would like to be recruited; he must not be of the same nationality as that of the team which recruits.
• Only the 5 European teams of the network can recruit students coming from outside of the European Community.
• The recruitments will be realized on a competitive basis (based on a dossier and, if necessary, on an interview).
• The rules for the recruitment in the Guide for Applicants (Section 2.3. Eligible Researchers); the definition of ICPC and the classification of the countries you can find also in that guide, at the page 5 and 6.

The 6 Post-Docs will enjoy full salary employment contracts with all social securities (assurances) of European standard; moreover, different surcharges (for instance, travel allowance) will be paid.

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Applications for Postdoctoral Positions

Applications (in English) should include:

• CV (with personal and professional addresses, e-mail address, birth date and place, nationality, photo, scientific education, in particular also a list of the attended Bachelor and Master courses)
• Certificates of the Diplomas/Degrees obtained (Bachelor's, Master's, PhD or equivalent graduate studies)
• The official Academic Record (or transcript of grades) for the relevant degrees mentioned above e.g. BA, M.Sc. etc. Where applicable, please make the grading system explicit.
• The PhD Thesis (or an equivalent thesis) accompanied by the referee's report, if available
• A letter of Intention mentioning the scientific experience, knowledge, competences, goals. It should also include an expressed option for the ITN team(s) desired by the candidate.
• Letters of Recommendation (at least one). In the event that the candidate has not yet obtained his/her PhD degree, a letter of recommendation from their thesis supervisor is required.

Candidates for post-doc positions are invited to contact only the scientist-in-charge responsible with the recruitment for the respective host institution. All e-mail addresses can be found on the page How to contact us?.

According to the European gender politics we encourage in particular the candidacy of women.

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Visiting Scientists

Positions of visiting scientists for periods of 1-2 months are available in all teams. Interested scientists with outstanding past achievements in international training and collaborative research (VS >10: Visiting Scientists with more than 10 years of research experience) as well as younger scientists with a research experience between 4 and 10 years (VS <10) are invited to contact the coordinator or the corresponding team responsible for further information on the conditions of the appointments.

Visiting scientists of the Jena team with more than 10 years of research experience are

• Monique Jeanblanc from the University of Evry, France
• Yuri Kabanov from the University of Besancon, France
• Esko Valkeila from the Aalto University School of Science and Technologie, Finland

Call for a Visiting Scientist for the Jena Team

The Jena team offers a one-month position for a visiting scientist. The vacancy can be filled from now on (according to an individual arrangement) but latest by May 01, 2012. It is expected that the visiting scientist presents a mini-course on a research subject closely related with the ITN-project. Interested researchers are invited to contact us: hans-juergen.engelbert@uni-jena.de.

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Invitation for Application for all Kinds of Available Positions

We invite all interested students, young researchers as well as experienced researchers to contact us for further information and to candidate for the above positions. It will be a pleasure for the responsible persons of the six teams of the project to answer to your questions, you can contact them with the e-mail addresses indicated on the web page How to contact us? of the ITN site in Iasi (link to the corresponding web page of Iasi).

Candidacy of Women

According to the European gender politics we encourage in particular the candidacy of women.

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