The University of Luxembourg is looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to make a difference, to apply for the Young International Academics for interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowships, to be based at the Institute for Advanced Studies - Luxembourg (IAS).
YIA candidates are international talents implementing their own research projects through a bottom-up approach. Spread over two calls, the YIA programme invites in the first call a total of 5 postdoctoral fellows with 36-month contracts each.
To be selected in this programme, which is open to all disciplines, candidates will have to bridge at least two distinct fields in bold, original, and high impact research.
What is offered
- Contract type: 36 months fixed-term contract
- Work hours: Full time 40 hours / week
- The monthly gross salary is EUR 6 756 (+ mobility allowance + family allowance if applicable. For salary costs, mobility allowance and family allowance eligibility criteria, please refer to the guidelines document: Downloads & Links - Young International Academics "YIA" (uni.lu))
Who is eligible
- any age and any nationality
- early-career researchers having successfully defended their doctoral thesis at the call deadline
- must have defended their doctoral thesis before the call deadline but no more than 8 years before the call deadline.
- cannot have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Luxembourg for more than 12 months in the three years before the deadline of the call.
- must have identified 2 eligible UL professors in 2 different disciplines within the 3 Faculties or 3 Interdisciplinary Centres of the UL. The supervisor must be either an assistant, associate or full professor having a valid employment contract for the full duration of the postdoctoral fellowship (affiliated professors are excluded as main supervisor). The co-supervisor can be a professor of UL or an affiliated professor of UL having a valid appointment for the full duration of the postdoctoral fellowship.
- must be fluent in English.
Deadline: 30 November 2023
Watch the webinar about the Young International Academics call: