The ApogeeBio programme, supported by the European Commission, intends to launch 3 international calls from 2021 to 2024. These calls for a total of 24 fellowships concern experienced researchers with hosting possibilities both in the academic and the private sectors of life sciences and the environment.
In the 2nd call for postdoctoral fellowships launched by Genopole and supported under H2020-MSCA-COFUND programme, there are 12 positions open with a salary of up to 3000 € net/month for 24 months strictly dedicated to international mobility toward the Genopole campus.
What?
As a fellow, you will have access to attractive positions among 14 academic laboratories and a potential of 77 companies, all located at the Genopole biocluster. You will benefit from an excellent research and innovation environment including high-end infrastructures, as well as training and networking opportunities that will enhance your career development potential. The research fields proposed are all applied to health/life sciences or to environment and biodiversity; they include:
- Gene and cell therapies;
- Human and environmental genomics;
- Biophysics, structural and molecular biology, chemistry;
- Computational biology including bioinformatics, biostatistics, machine learning and AI;
- Systems and synthetic biology, biotechnologies;
- The management of innovation including intellectual and industrial property and ethics.
Regarding personal and career development, our partner ABG Asso, will propose jobs and career workshops covering the job market across Europe both in the academic and in the private sectors, and Science-Accueil will propose French courses and acculturation sessions for foreign researchers.
ApogeeBio will also propose training classes including practical sessions as well as seminars and workshops in research related disciplines and in transferable skills.
Who?
Eligibility criteria.
The following eligibility criteria must be met by the applicant:
- Diploma : On the date of application, the candidate should be in possession of a PhD degree or have 4 years-experience as researcher; he/she must have at least one publication in the first 3 authors (either accepted, in press or published).
- Seniority: Candidates can apply within 4 years from obtaining their PhD degree or from the end of their 4 years research experience. This time limit is considered at the application deadline and is extended by one year per pregnancy, parental leave or national service.
- Research topics: Total freedom is given to the applicant to design the research project and to choose the most appropriate host institution among partners; it is their responsibility to contact the potential hosting teams (listed on ApogeeBio website).
- MSCA Mobility Rule: Researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, research mobility, internships....) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months, successive or not, in the 3 years immediately before the application deadline. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not considered in this mobility rule, they are allowed. A declaration of honor on mobility rules will be requested.
How?
It is the applicant's responsibility to contact first the hosting teams according to their research field to propose a project, before apply on ApogeeBio submission platform - submission in English (open via https://apogeebio.genopole.eu/calls/)
Deadline: 28 February 2023.