AgreenSkills
DESCRIPTION DU PROGRAMME
AgreenSkills is open to researchers holding a PhD with up to ten year experience after Master’s degree, career breaks not included. There are no conditions of nationality, or country of origin, the only aim being to attract the best researchers from everywhere in the world.
Incoming researchers (applying in one of Agreenium hosting laboratories in France) must fulfil the following eligibility criteria:
Holding a PhD (or PhD will have been awarded by mobility start date);
Having a maximum of 10 year research experience (after Master’s degree, i.e. the title giving access to PhD);
Not having spent more than 12 months in France within the last 3 years immediately prior to the expected date of recruitment ;
Being able to write and speak fluent English or French;
At least 1 publication in an inter-disciplinary or specialised peer-reviewed journal;
Having 1 publication in an inter-disciplinary or specialised peer-reviewed journal per 2 years of post-doctorate period (patents count as publications) taking into account the breaks;
Your research project is relevant to AgreenSkills fields of interest and must be compliant with the opinion 24 of the European Group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies.
The mobility period should last at least 12 months and up to 24 months.
For more informations: http://www.agreenskills.eu/agreenskills-cms/Applications/How-to-apply
MONTANT/PRESTATIONS
Offer:
> 142 fellow years over 4 years (recruiting from 2012 to 2015);
> Mobility period up to 24 months;
> Access to more than 300 research units, infrastructures and campus facilities spread all over France for incoming mobility;
> Salary conditions almost 60% over and above French state salary for young researchers.
> Extensive career support, training and networking: the AgreenSkills Pass.
DURÉE
It last from 6 to 24 month.
NOMBRE DE BOURSES
Around 35 fellowships offer per year.
PROGRAMME FINANCÉ PAR
ÂGE
You must Have a maximum of ten years research experience after Master’s degree.
NATIONALITÉ
DOMAINES D’ÉTUDES
You can work in more than 300 laboratories in really different areas of research, as examples:
Examples of disciplines covered by AgreenSkills :
• Plant Biology
• Plant Breeding and Genetics
• Plant Health and Environment
• Environment and Agronomy
• Animal Physiology and Livestock Systems
• Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health
• Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems
• Forest, Grassland and Freshwater Ecology
• Nutrition, Chemical Food Safety and Consumer Behaviour
• Science and Process Engineering of Agricultural Products
• Applied Mathematics and Informatics
NIVEAU D’ÉTUDES
You must Have a maximum of ten years research experience after Master’s degree.
MAÎTRISE DE LA LANGUE
English is necessary.
CONDITIONS SUPPLÉMENTAIRES
• Holding a PhD (or PhD awarded by mobility start date);
• Having a maximum of ten years research experience after
Master’s degree;
• Having published in peer-reviewed journals;
• Not having spent more than 12 months in the last
3 years in the country of the host organisation;
• For outgoing fellows: being a researcher working for
an Agreenium member organization.
INSCRIPTION / CANDIDATURE
There are 2 rounds for submissions a year untill the end of 2015.
http://www.agreenskills.eu/agreenskills-cms/Applications/How-to-apply
PROCESSUS DE SÉLECTION
The candidates’ proposals are evaluated by an internal and external selection process according to strict selection criteria focusing on candidates’ professional skills and research potential.
The entire process can be distinguished into several steps:
the eligibility check
a “matching process”
the interview and submission of the application
the evaluation and selection stage
CONTACT
Ph.D. Gilles Aumont and Dr. Odile Vilotte, coordinators : coordinators@agreensills.eu