Early Stage Researcher

we seek:

• A master degree or equivalent in life sciences subject (biological or biochemical sciences, biomedical,  immunology, nutrition or similar);
• Preferred knowledge within the area of allergy, immunology, biostatistics, and/or protein-chemistry as well as have experience working with in silico in vitro or in vivo models
• Excellent proficiency in oral and written English language,
• The ability to work in a multidisciplinary team. Excellent communication skills and cooperation skills are required,
• An inquisitive mindset, accuracy, and self-reliance. You are required to be flexible and mobile, including willingness to travel to other partner institutions for 1-4 month lab exchanges (secondments),
• High interest in training opportunities by supervisors from different institutes, disciplines, and sectors,
• High motivation to contribute to disseminating results and outreach to specialists and the general public.

The positions are part of the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie project ALLPreT (No 101072377).

Specifid requirements are mentioned in the individual vacancies of each position, available on: Recruitment Ph.D positions - AllPreT

We offer

A Ph.D position part of an innovative and international EU funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral-Network (project ALLPreT - No 101072377)

The position is for a period of 3 years. The goal is to complete the project with a PhD degree 

you will take part in all training, networking, and collaborative tasks offered by the ALLPreT project, which include developing technical and soft skills (organisation of meetings, grant writing, presentation for different audiences, etc

In ALLPreT, each recruited Ph.d candidate will have two mandatory exchanges (secondments) with partner organisations for a duration of several weeks to months to learn new techniques integral to their projects. During the secondments, the researchers will keep their contract with their host organisation, while the travel and subsistence expenses are paid for. During their secondment, researchers receive supervision and training at the premises of the receiving organisation. Secondments are differentiated from short visits, i.e. of a few days and are mandatory. 

At the time of commencing their employment, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their (recruiting) host organization for more than 12 months in the 3 years (36 months) before their recruitment date.

Applicants must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research career and have not been awarded a doctoral degree on the first day of their employment contract. This research experience is measured from the date when they obtain the degree which formally entitles them to embark on a doctorate (either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited), even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged. Research experience is measured on the first day of the researcher's employment contract.

Applicants prove they are in possession of a Master’s degree, approved by the prospective hosting organisation (necessary checks should be done by candidate at time of contact with prospective host);

The MSCA DN eligibility criteria apply and will be verified during the application process. For more information on MSCA, please see: Home | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (europa.eu)

Application procedureuitklapper, klik om te openen

Candidates can apply for a position via the ALLPreT website. On the website all individual vacancies per position are available. The deadline for applying is 31 October 2022.  Applications received via other channels or after the deadline are not taken into account.

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. This includes:

• A motivation letter (1-page maximum), please include in your letter alternative ESR positions of interest to you if not selected, if any.
• A CV
• Any additional requested files as indicated in the individual ESR descriptions!

Please note that candidates can apply to a maximum of two ESR positions.

Researchers (Ph.D candidates) will be selected following an open, transparent, merit-based, impartial, and equitable selection procedure. ALLPreT pays special attention to Gender Equality in research and to applications of scientists with refugee status (cf. the science4refugees program).

The consortium commits itself to adhere to the principles set out in the European Charter for Researchers and the 'Code of Conduct for the recruitment of researchers (Charter and Code) to the MSCA Green Charter and will take into account the MSCA Guidelines for inclusion of researchers at risk.