Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, it is totally free of charge.

Manage your personal information.

Registration at EURAXESS is free and comes with a lot of benefits. Once you have registered, you will be able to access your My EURAXESS private area, where you can fill in your profile and CV and set your preferences.

Registering is quick and simple: create your own account in just a few clicks!

 

Manage your recruiting process

As a research institution, university or business, through My EURAXESS you can manage your profile and collaboration preferences, but also post job, funding and hosting offers, search for the best candidates and much more!

Register today to join the EURAXESS community!

Your account is composed of the email and password you choose to create a profile on EURAXESS. You need to provide a valid e-mail address when registering. You will then receive a link to set your password.

No, we offer a password recovery service. Please enter here the e-mail address used for registration, and you will receive an e-mail with guidelines to reset your password.

Delete your account from the "User Profile" menu.

If you encounter any issues, please contact our help desk.

No, browsing job, funding or hosting offers does not require registration.

Yes, publishing job, funding or hosting offers is only possible through an organisation profile. To create one, you will have to start by creating an individual account and then an organisation account.

 

EURAXESS sends job offers to other job platforms. In your organisation profile, the option to send your offers to other job platforms is set as default, but you can change it in case you prefer not to.

 

The application is handled solely by the employer, who is also fully responsible for the eligibility criteria, recruitment and selection processes.

 

The authoring organisation is entirely responsible for the vacancies published on our platform. EURAXESS does not perform any background checks on the employers posting job opportunities. Nevertheless, the team responsible for approving the vacancies makes sure that certain requirements are respected (i.e. no discriminatory language, a functional URL, etc.) to ensure the quality of the opportunities we post.

EURAXESS does not perform any background checks on applicants, nor on the employers posting job opportunities. Employers and applicants are encouraged to request reference information from each other as needed to establish qualifications, credentials and overall fit between employer and applicant.

EURAXESS cannot interfere with nor influence such a process in any way. All hiring and compensation for work performed by the applicant is handled directly by the employee and the employer. Employers and applicants are encouraged to request reference information from each other before any contractual binding.

This section is useful for:

• Researchers looking to develop their career and would like to find resources and information to guide their path.
• Institutions willing to set up or expand their career development services for researchers.

Yes. All training material, tools and other resources have been developed by the EURAXESS members and/or are offered free of charge to researchers and organisations.

Yes. If you are a researcher with no career development experience, we have a specific section for you to find tools and resources to get you started.

The Industry and Entrepreneurship section will guide you in your move to industry. You will also find information about the valorisation of your research results and moving towards entrepreneurship.

Yes. We invite you to contact the EURAXESS Career Development Centres to receive free and tailored information and advice about career development.

Yes. If you have registered, whether you are an individual or an organisation you will be able to search for both individuals and research organisations/businesses.

 

To find an individual, please use the FIND MEMBERS search.

 

To find an organisation, please use the FIND ORGANISATION search.

 

Yes. All registered users, whether they are individuals or research organisations/businesses, can search for public CVs.

 

Yes. You can subscribe to pages displaying a "Receive updates" button to be notified of content updates.

Please note that subscription is limited to registered users only, therefore you first need to register a profile via the My EURAXESS section which is available once you log in.

For questions on administrative issues, we suggest getting in touch with the EURAXESS Service Centres. You can search for the closest EURAXESS Service Centre here.

 

For questions related to career development, we suggest getting in touch with the EURAXESS Career Development Centre.

You can search for the closest EURAXESS Career Development Centre here.

 

You have come to the right place! You can read about topics such as accommodation, medical care, social security and many others here.

 

The directive (EU) 2016/801 addresses the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing.

A researcher is defined as: a third-country national holding an appropriate higher education qualification which gives access to doctoral programmes, and who is selected by a research organisation to carry out a research project for which the above qualification is normally required.

There is a distinction in the procedure for:

• long-term admission, for researchers intending to stay in Europe for more than three months and
• short-term visas, for entry of less than three months.

The directive sets clearer, more consistent and transparent rules, such as:

• Procedural guarantees: The 60-day time limit for Member State authorities to decide on a visa application or residence permit will make the application process more straightforward and transparent.
• Access to the labour market: Researchers will be allowed to remain up to 12 months in the territory after finalisation of their research to identify new job opportunities or set up a business. This will not amount to an automatic right to work, as granting a work permit remains a national responsibility.

Simpler and more flexible rules: Will increase the possibility for researchers, students and remunerated trainees to move within the EU for their projects. Family members of researchers will also be granted certain mobility rights.

The procedure is available for researchers in both public and private organisations. Students are also eligible, but special conditions apply.

Individual European countries do not have identical rules of procedure, they need to be verified for each country.

Find more information about Entry Conditions for each country.

N.B: Ireland and Denmark are not taking part in the adoption of this Directive.

1. Once you have obtained a researcher's residence permit, you will have equal status to that of nationals of your host country in terms of pay and working conditions, access to goods and services, recognition of professional qualifications and social security.
2. A residence permit may be granted to your family members for the duration of your residence permit.
3. You can take up a teaching position. EU Member States may set a maximum number of teaching hours or days.

Europe is a vibrant, dynamic setting for the research community and EURAXESS can help to make your relocation a smooth process!

To obtain a residence permit (for a period of more than three months) from the relevant national authorities, a researcher will have to meet the following requirements:

• possess a valid travel document (e.g. passport or national identity card, as determined by national law; if required, an application for a visa or a valid visa or, a valid residence permit or a valid long-stay visa; EU Member States may require the period of validity of the travel document to cover at least the duration of the planned stay).
• possess a signed hosting agreement
• provide evidence that the researcher does not pose a threat to public policy, security or health, as certified by their local authority
• fulfil the demand made by some EU Member States that require the researcher to have a statement of "financial responsibility" issued by their research organisation, under which they will pay any costs incurred if the researcher stays beyond the given time.

The hosting agreement is an agreement issued by a public or private approved research organisation in an EU Member State to undertake a research project. The research organisation can only sign a hosting agreement with a researcher if there are funds available for the research and they are satisfied with the researcher's scientific skills. In addition, the researcher must have sufficient financial means and health insurance.

Only a research organisation approved by the EU Member State can sign a hosting agreement. A list of approved research organisations can be found for the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain.

To view templates of hosting agreements, please click on the following examples: Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain and Sweden. For the remaining countries, the lists can usually be found on national websites (Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Research or Ministry of Education).

Once a researcher has a formal hosting arrangement with a research institution, he/she will be granted a residence permit for at least one year and does not need a work permit. However, you must still apply for an entry visa.

Once awarded the residence permit, a researcher may carry out his/her research, not only in the country of his/her residence permit, but also in another EU Member State where the scientific visa is eligible.

If a researcher would like to, for example, participate in a research conference or carry out a part of his/her research in another EU Member State for up to 3 months, no new application process is needed. If the stay is longer than 3 months, a new Hosting Agreement will need to be signed with an organisation in the new country.

The UK does not participate in the scientific visas package but offers alternative procedures for visiting researchers to take part in conferences, attend meetings and give talks. In addition, work routes are available for individuals intending to carry out paid research in the UK. More information is available on the UK visas and immigration website gov.uk

All EU Member States except Denmark and Ireland.

The national EURAXESS Centres will be able to assist you with details on entry requirements.

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All EU Member States except Denmark and Ireland.

The participating Member States are:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

The national EURAXESS Centres will be able to assist you with details on entry requirements.

There is no standardised procedure for the application of short-term visas.

You can find country-specific information on the EURAXESS national portals or you can contact the national EURAXESS Service Centres to assist you with details on entry requirements.

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