General information

Who can apply?

The Fellowships are available for PhD holders from all over the world.

What is the duration?

Fellowships are generally of 24 months duration, spent in two of the ERCIM institutes.

A fellowship of 12 months duration spent in one institute might be offered.

How to apply?

Only online applications are accepted.
Next deadline for application: 30 April 2012
The application form will be online one month prior to the application deadline

Which topics/disciplines?

The topics focus on the ERCIM institutes' scientific fields of competence.
See http://fellowship.ercim.eu/topics

Where are the fellows hosted?

Only ERCIM members can host fellows. For information about the possible hosting institutes, see "ERCIM members" and follow the links to the homepages of the individual members, or contact the national contact for the ERCIM Fellowship Programme for a specific insitute.

When an ERCIM member is a consortium (such as AARIT, CRCIM, PEG, PLERCIM, SARIT, SpaRCIM, Irish Universities Association) the hosting institute might be any of the consortium's members.

When an ERCIM Member is a funding organisation (FNR for Luxembourg; FWO/FNRS for Belgium), the hosting institute might be any of their affiliates.
Fellowships are proposed according to the needs of the member institutes and the available funding.

See also the list of current and former fellows.

What are the conditions?

• have obtained a PhD degree during the last 8 years (prior to the application deadline) or be in the last year of the thesis work with an outstanding academic record
• be fluent in English
• be discharged or get deferment from military service
• the fellowship is restricted to two terms (one reselection possible)
• have completed the PhD before starting the grant (a proof will be requested).

We encourage not only researchers from academic institutions to apply, but also scientists working in industry.

In order to encourage mobility:

• a member institute will not be eligible to host a candidate of the same nationality.
• a candidate cannot be hosted by a member institute, if by the start of the fellowship, he or she has already worked for this institute for a total of 6 months or more, during the last 3 years

Two types of contracts
The fellows are appointed for 12 or 2x12 months either by a stipend (an agreement for a reasearch training programme) or a working contract. The type of contract and the monthly allowance (for stipends) or salary (for working contracts) depend on the hosting institute (see table above).

It should be noted that the stipend (Fellowship Agreement) does not constitute a contract of employment. As such, no contributions are made, on behalf of the fellow, in respect of unemployment insurance or either state or private retirement schemes. The fellow will not, therefore, be entitled to any unemployment or retirement benefits under the Fellowship Agreement.

For the entire period of 12 or 24 months, the fellow will receive a monthly allowance or salary (depending on the type of contract) which may vary depending on the country. Costs for travelling to and from the institutes will be paid under conditions determined by the contract.

This allowance/salary will be transferred to the fellow's personal bank account.

Allowances for the round 2012-2013-2:

Country	Consortium	Monthly allowance (net) in euro (approximatively)	Contract type
Austria	AARIT	2400 at minimum	Working Contract
Italy	CNR	1980	Stipend Contract
Czech Republic	CRCIM	1300 at least	Working Contract
Netherlands	CWI	2400	Stipend Contract
Luxembourg	FNR	Between 2900 € and 3500 € depending on the family status of the fellow	Working Contract
Greece	FORTH-ICS	2000	Stipend Contract
Germany	Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft	2380	Stipend Contract
Belgium	FNRS/FWO	2200	Working Contract
France	INRIA	2130	Working Contract
Norway	NTNU	3550	Stipend Contract
Poland	PLERCIM	1250	Stipend Contract
Portugal	PEG	2245	Stipend Contract
Switzerland	SARIT	Between 2700 and 3200	Working Contract
Sweden	SICS	2550	Stipend Contract
Spain	SpaRCIM	2100 € at minimum	Working contract
United Kingdom	STFC	2246	Stipend Contract
Hungary	SZTAKI	1230	Stipend Contract
Finland	VTT	2925	Stipend Contract
Cyprus	UCY	1900	Working Contract

Depending on the hosting country and the type of contract the net allowance might not take into account deductions such as income tax, trade union dues, deduction for a retirement fund or social security. We strongly recommend to the fellows to consult the host organisation for these details before signing the contract.

 

Insurance
For working contracts, the fellow is covered by social insurance according to the national regulation of the hosting country.

For stipends the fellow is covered by a personal insurance by EGIDE, Centre International des Etudiants et Stagiaires, except for Switzerland (see http://www.egide.asso.fr/), the cost of which is paid by ERCIM-EEIG. The insurance covers medical transportation costs if needed, payment of a lump sum for invalidity or death, personal liability. Female fellows are informed that all expenses related to pregnancy are not covered by this insurance. The insurance does not cover the fellow's family. The fellow will have to conform strictly to the modalities required by EGIDE to obtain benefit of this insurance.

Available for download:
Detailed information on the EGIDE insurance.

Costs for travelling to and from the institutes
Costs for travelling to and from the host institutions will be reimbursed on the basis of an economic class airplane ticket or first class train ticket. Travel by car will be reimbursed on the basis of a first class train ticket. No moving expenses are allocated. The limit is 500 euro per trip (2 trips for the 12 months scheme, 3 trips for a 2x12 months scheme).

Participation in scientific conferences
The Fellow is encouraged to attend and to submit papers to scientific conferences during his or her fellowship. ERCIM-EEIG will cover registration costs and travelling expenses up to a maximum sum calculated at a rate of 100 Euro per month under the condition that the fellow has an accepted paper at the conference.

Fellowship seminar

Fellows have to participate once at the yearly fellowship seminar organised by ERCIM. The seminars will offer training on a range of non-scientific skills which could cover topics such as personal development courses, IPR issues, communication, presentation and mentoring techniques, career development, etc. Travel and accomodation expenses are covered by ERCIM (up to a limit of 1000 euro)

Why to apply for an ERCIM Fellowship?

The Fellowship Programme enables bright young scientists from all over the world to work on a challenging problem as fellows of leading European research centers. In addition, an ERCIM fellowship helps widen and intensify the network of personal relations and understanding among scientists. The programme offers the opportunity to ERCIM fellows:

• to work with internationally recognized experts
• to improve their knowledge about European research structures and networks
• to become familiarized with working conditions in leading European research centres
• to promote cross-fertilization and cooperation, through the fellowships, between research groups working in similar areas in different laboratories.

How are the fellows selected?

Each application is reviewed by one or more senior scientists in each ERCIM institute. ERCIM representatives decide on the candidates to whom Fellowships are offered, taking into account the following criteria:

• Scientific expertise of the applicant
• Quality of scientific publications
• Relevance of the fellowship research agenda
• Interest/ added-value for the consortium
• Previous mobility / professional experiences

The number of available positions varies from call to call and depends mainly from the needs of the member institutes and their available funding.

Equal Opportunities
ERCIM is committed to ensuring equal opportunities and promoting diversity. People seeking employment within the ERCIM consortium are not discriminated against because race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status or disability.

Further information

For general questions about the Fellowship Programme, please contact fp-infoercim.eu

Contacts for questions about a particular hosting institute:

Consortiums	National contact	Tel	Email
AARIT	Edgar R. Weippl	+ 43 1 5053688	eweippl@sba-research.org
CNR	Brunella Falchi	+ 39 05 03 152 878	Brunella.falchi@isti.cnr.it
CRCIM	Vaclav Matyas	+ 42 05 49 495 165	matyas@fi.muni.cz
CWI	Dick Broekhuis	+ 31 20 592 4188	Dick.Broekhuis@cwi.nl
FNR	Ulrike Kohl	+ 352 26 19 25 32	ulrike.kohl@fnr.lu
FORTH-ICS	Dimitris Plexousakis	+ 30 281 039 16 37	dp@ics.forth.gr
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft	Bettina Touré	+ 49-2241-14-2271	bettina.toure@izb.fraunhofer.de
FNRS/FWO	Pierre Wolper	+32 4 366 20 99	Pierre.Wolper@ulg.ac.be
INRIA	Michel Loyer	+ 33 1 39 63 53 39	michel.loyer@inria.fr
NTNU	Lena Haugen	+ 47 73 593 418	Lena.Haugen@ime.ntnu.no
PLERCIM	Daniel Adamiak	+ 48225544297	d.adamiak@mimuw.edu.pl
PEG	João Falcão e Cunha	+ 351 225 082 133	jfcunha@fe.up.pt
SARIT	Pierre Kuonen	+41 26 429 65 65	pierre.kuonen@hefr.ch
SICS	Janusz Launberg	+ 46 8 633 1504	janusz@sics.se
SpaRCIM	Javier Larrosa	+ (34) 93 413 78 72	larrosa@lsi.upc.edu
STFC	Michael Wilson	+ 44 1235 446619	michael.wilson@stfc.ac.uk
SZTAKI	Laszló Monostori	+ 36 1 279 61 59	laszlo.monostori@sztaki.hu
VTT	Seija Tähtinen	+358 40 480 3994	Seija.Tahtinen@vtt.fi
UCY	Marios D. Dikaiakos	+357-22892726	mdd@cs.ucy.ac.cy

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