The MathInGreaterParis Fellowship Programme, co-funded by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2020 offers 15 fellowships in the framework of the European Horizon 2020 programme “Marie Sklodowska-Curie Co-funding of Regional, National and International Programmes”. This is a 3-year call for applications for 2-year postdoctoral fellowships in Mathematical Sciences and theoretical Computer Science in the “Greater Paris Region" (Ile-de-France in French), in France.
Deadline is 30 November 2023
The aim of the COFUND MathInGreaterParis is to put the know-how and efforts of its participants together and to unite and renew the international postdoctoral programmes in Paris Region. Research projects will be hosted in one of the laboratories of MathInGreaterParis network in the Paris Region area:
FSMP network: Fondation Sciences Mathematiques de Paris
FMJH network: Fondation mathématique Jacques Hadamard
Federation Bezout network: Labex Bezout Federation.
The novelty of MathInGreaterParis training is that in addition to a well-established research-oriented training, an innovative training for becoming "ambassador of mathematics" will be provided.
Selected fellows will be invited to question themselves on the expectations of the extra-academic world, namely, companies, institutional partners, young people, general audience.
The "learning by doing approach" will be enforced in the program: fellows are expected to interact with their environment in order to adapt and learn. We wish to train them on communication with society.
A 3-i secondment will be financially supported: fellows have to spend minimum 10 days (in two years) in a professional immersion in line with their research project in:
- an international secondment: this means a in laboratory out of France
and/or
- an Interdisciplinary secondment: this means in a laboratory of a different discipline: biology, chemistry, medicine, etc…
and/or
- an Inter-sectorial secondment: this means in a non-academic sector: industry, private company, public non-academic institution, bank etc...
Fellows will be employed under the French “Contrat de travail” terms, hence they will benefit from:
- Social and medical security for the applicants and its accompanying family members.
- Maternity/ paternity leaves (with potential contract extension on request), unemployment and retirement rights.
Fellows will receive a financial support for a period of 24 months:
- They will get 4 500 euros per month as living allowance. To this amount corresponds a gross salary between 3000€ and 3200€, depending on the organization that employees the fellow.
- They will get 150 euros per month as financial support for their 3-i secondment project. This amount, funded by the co-funding partners will be managed by the host organisation and personally appointed to the researcher.
Eligibility criteria
Mobility rule: Researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the deadline of the co-funded programme’s.
Experienced Researcher: Candidates must have a doctoral degree or an equivalent experience, at the time of their enrolment. More precisely, at the date of their recruitment they must be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience. (We specify that: “Full-time equivalent research experience” is measured from the date when the researcher obtained the degree entitling him/her to embark on a doctorate even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged.)
Selection process
Candidates will have to provide documents and fill specific information online, mainly:
Motivation letter
Curriculum vitae with complete track record
List of publications
Description of results and scientific project (max 6 pages).
Letter of recommendation by the PhD advisor and/or one or two letters of recommendation thoroughly assessing the candidates' work, two or three letters in total. These letters will be submitted by the qualified professional via a direct link. (In case of a four years of full-time equivalent research experience a letter can come from the equivalent research supervisor.)
End of January/beginning of February 2024: Final results, a list of around 15 selected fellows is established.
Between September 1st and November 1st, 2024: Fellowships start.