Being a postdoc at

A perspective from postdocs…

Lausanne?

Population ~130’000 French-speaking 35min from geneva (airport)

Lausanne

SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH AT EPFL… is broad and top-level WWW.EPFL.CH

BEING A POSTDOC AT EPFL in life-sciences sv-postdoc.epfl.ch

HOW TO JOIN EPFL?

MARIE-CURIE ACTION COFUND

40% 60%

THE PROGRAM FUNDS 12 FELLOWSHIPS/CALL

MAXIMUM DURATION OF 24 MONTHS

OPEN TO ANY NATIONALITY

ANY SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE WITHIN EPFL

YOU MUST HOLD A PHD OR 4 YEARS OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

YOU SHOULD HAVE HELD YOUR PHD LESS THAN FIVES YEARS AGO YOU MUST NOT HAVE RESIDED OR CARRIED OUT YOUR MAIN ACTIVITY IN SWITZERLAND FOR MORE THAN 12 MONTHS IN THE PAST 3 YEARS

MOBILITY TRAVEL ALLOWANCE (1000 EUR) RESEARCH COSTS (3500 EUR)

INCLUDES PENSION AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

FAMILY ALLOCATIONS

STARTING SALARY ~70’000 EUR/YEAR

FIXED TERM EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR MAX. 4 YEARS (OF WHICH 2 FUNDED THROUGH COFUND) ACCIDENT INSURANCE

MATERNITY LEAVE (4 MONTHS)

YOUR POSTDOC SALARY FOR 2 YEARS!

WHAT DOES IT COVER?

RESEARCH PLAN CONFIRMATION LETTER BY THE HOST LABORATORY

CV

2 REFERENCE LETTERS INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEW PROCESS

SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES ARE INVITED FOR INTERVIEW

ONLINE APPLICATION: http://research-office.epfl.ch

FIND A PROFESSOR OR SENIOR SCIENTIST AT EPFL

CALL CLOSES OCTOBER 1ST 2014 (17:00 CET)

START EARLIEST APRIL 1ST AND LATEST AUGUST 1ST 2015

HOW TO APPLY?

HTTP://sv-postdoc.epfl.ch

http://research-office.epfl.ch

Come talk to us or Contact us!

Questions ?

Aitana Neves da Silva Verena Pfeiffer

WWW.EPFL.CH

HTTP://sv-postdoc.epfl.ch