Job Opportunities: Sorry, All CRYSTAL2PLATE are now filled (April 2010)!
The core of the CRYSTAL2PLATE Initial Training Network are cross-disciplinary research projects that address the fundamental question: “How mantle convection produces and is modified by plate tectonics” by combining case studies with new developments in seismology, geochemistry, and laboratory, theoretical, and numerical modelling of the mantle from the cm- to the global scale. Each project involves at least two different disciplinary approaches and is co-supervised by senior scientists from different institutions.
ESR : Early-stage researchers = PhD = 36 months fellowships. Eligibility conditions: less than four years research experience, starting at the date of obtaining of the Master degree.
ER: Experienced researcher = Postdoc = 24 months fellowships. Eligibility conditions: less than five years research experience, starting at the date of obtaining of the Master degree AND a PhD or more than 4 years of research experience, starting from the obtention of the Master degree.
Employment conditions:
- Full employment contract with social security
- Net monthly salary ranging from €1750 to 2100 depending on the country of the host institution (correction for variations in cost of life) and on the family status at the time of recruitment
- Yearly travel allowance of €250-1000 (fixed amount that depends on the distance between the country of origin and the host institution)
- A career exploratory allowance of €2000 (single payment)
- Guaranteed funding for the research project and training activities
Each ESR and ER will have a personalised training program mutually agreed on recruitment, which will directly reflect his/her personal training needs and career objectives.
Application Procedure
Candidates should apply via our internet application procedure. Once the application is received, they will receive an email asking for their CV and academic credentials (mark sheets and degree statements).
For additional informations please mail us @ crystal2plate@gm.univ-montp2.fr
All CRYSTAL2PLATE positions are conditionned to the general EC Marie Curie programs mobility conditions:
- Researchers cannot be nationals of than the country of the primary host organisation where they will carry out their project;
- Researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the primary host institution for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment
Recruitment Calendar
- March to May 30, 2009: Applications open. Contacts between applicants and supervisors.
- Early June 2009: Selection of the first successful candidates.
- June to July 10, 2009: Second session of applications for the positions that have not been filled.
- July 15, 2009: Results of the 2nd session of applications.
- August, 2009: Open call for the positions that have not been filled yet.
- October 2009 -January 2010: Start of the projects