Tampere University was launched in 2019, when the University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology merged to become Finland's second largest university. Our focus areas are technology, health and society. The new university aims at scientific excellence and societal impact in research. The University regards the competence of staff as its most important strategic asset and supports its development. For further information, please visit www.tuni.fi/en.
As a university-level initiative to boost the scientific excellence, the new Tampere Institute for Advanced Study is being launched. The purpose of the Institute is to help researchers from all scientific fields to focus on conducting the highest quality of research and thus advance to the next stage in their careers. To this end, the Institute grants fixed-term Postdoctoral, Senior and Professorial Fellowships.
The Tampere Institute for Advanced Study is a university-level research community which offers the most competitive researchers the opportunity to focus on their own research and take it to the next level as well as broaden their research horizon. The Institute grants Fellowships to researchers in all scientific fields represented at Tampere University. Thematic or other priorities are not set for the research. The Institute also invites leading international researchers for short visits, collaborates with similar institutes and organizes scientific events.
The Tampere Institute for Advanced Study calls for applications for nine (9) two-year fixed-term positions of Postdoctoral Research Fellows. The Fellowships will start either on 1 August 2021 or as agreed.
Who?
Eligibility of applicants and evaluation of applications
Applicants for the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships must have completed their doctoral degree no more than five (5) years before the application closing date.
Applications for these Fellow positions are evaluated only on the basis of scientific quality and ambition of the work plans presented in the application documents.
Applications will be assessed against the following key evaluation criteria.
- High academic quality and innovativeness of the work plan
- Feasibility of the work plan (including, for example, current and/or planned international cooperation)
We are also calling for applications for two-year fixed-term Senior Research Fellowships (in a separate job posting). An applicant shall submit only one application for the researcher position that best fits their current academic career path.
What?
We offer a research-inspiring work environment with an excellent up-to-date infrastructure and a collaborative work community in three modern campuses. We also offer a wide range of staff benefits, such as occupational health care, flexible working hours, excellent sports facilities and several restaurants and cafés on campuses. Please read more about working at Tampere Universities.
Salaries are based on the job requirement level and personal performance appraisal according to the Finnish University Salary System. The basic salary of Postdoctoral Research Fellow is placed on the job requirement levels 5-6 (teaching and research staff category) and Senior Research Fellow on levels 6-7. The personal performance component is between 6% and 50% of the basic salary depending on the prior experience and achievements.
The university is prepared to pay each Fellow, according to their work plan, reasonable additional costs, such as travel, publishing, and infrastructure operating costs. Please note that the appointed Fellows are expected to participate in the postgraduate education of their field (up to 5% of total working hours). The positions are based in Tampere, where the appointed Fellows are expected to be mainly physically present when the current epidemic situation subsides.
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Deadline: 25 April 2021.