EMPAPOSTDOCS-II Research and Career Advancing Fellowship Programme 2018, Switzerland

There are two mobility schemes in the EMPAPOSTDOCS-II programme, the incoming mobilityscheme 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

• 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.

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

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.

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 wishes to make a significant contribution to the European Research Area by training excellent researchers with scientific and transferable skills to enable them for a successful career. The program offers attractive working conditions in an excellent research institute with high-end infrastructure and a thriving working environment. 

Applications can only be submitted together with an Empa-based mentor. You will find the list of mentors in the box to the right. Only one proposal per individual researcher will be evaluated. If you are interested in applying, search for a suitable mentor and contact the EMPAPOSTDOCS-II programme manager Dr. Juliane Sauer postdocs@empa.ch with your CV and mention the module/topic and potential mentor of your preference.

The programme will run from 2017-2022. There are three calls for applications June 1st 2017, June 1st 2018 and June 1st 2019, all with deadlines on August 31st.  For the first two calls, a maximum of 20 fellowships will be granted. Successful candidates can start their fellowship on March 1st 2018 / 2019/ 2020.

For any question or further inquiries please do not hesitate to contact us under postdocs@empa.ch 

You can also check our FAQ in the box to the right.

On 19 March 2018 Empa once again welcomed 20 postdocs who receive funding by the EU's COFUND program. The junior scientists in the EMPAPOSTDOCS-II group who hail from Europe, Asia and Australia bring their expertise from universities around the globe to the table in Empa's research network and are looking to gain new experiences for their further careers.

The fellows are involved in practically every walk of Empa research: novel batteries, additive manufacturing (AM), carbon-based electronics, noise-absorbing metamaterials, nanocomposites, synthetic skin, wound-healing gels, textiles, concrete research and monitoring greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Empa CEO Gian-Luca Bona advised the new Empa researchers to network as well as possible: "Leave your labs and talk to colleagues about the problems you face. Research is not predictable - and someone out there might well have a smart idea on how you could proceed."

The EMPAPOSTDOCS-II programme has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement number 754364.

 

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