Call closed.

NOAH has recruited 10 Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs) each with a 36-month contract who will have the possibility to defend a PhD thesis at the end of their individual projects. Each PhD student is hosted in a beneficiary institution and will receive additional training by undergoing relevant secondments at the industrial and other academic partners’ facilities.

Detailed information for individual research projects can be found by clicking each individual title in the table above.

Recruitment

Call C1 (April – May 2018).

First recruitment call (C1) will be opened from 1^st April 2018 to 31^st May 2018. Call will be opened for 2 months and resolved within the three following weeks.

Call C1 is now closed.

Call C2 (June – July 2019).

A second recruitment call (C2) is launched to cover ESR3 position. C2 will be opened from June 7th 2019 to 7th July July 2019.  Call will be opened for 1 month and resolved within the three following weeks.

For this second call 1 Marie Curie PhD position available at Freie Universität Berlin in the framework of the NOAH project for 27 months (with the possibility to be extended from other funding sources up to 42 months). The research project will be based on the Gas Phase study of encapsulation processes. The ESR will receive additional training by undergoing relevant secondments at the industrial and other academic partners’ facilities

Call C2 is now closed.

Call C3 (July – August 2019).

A third recruitment call (C3) is launched to cover ESR2 position. C3 will be opened from July 1st to August 2nd 2019.  Call will be opened for 1 month and resolved within the three following weeks.

For this third call 1 Marie Curie PhD position available at Université de Neuchâtel in the framework of the NOAH project for 26 months (with the possibility to be extended from other funding sources up to 36 months). The research project will be based on the Developing the biological potential of organometallic cages. The ESR will receive additional training by undergoing relevant secondments at the industrial and other academic partners’ facilities

Call C3 is now closed.

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Job conditions

• Appointment under full-time employment contract for a period of 36 months
• Competitive remuneration (Living Allowance = €3110/month (correction factor to be applied per country) + mobility allowance = €600/month + family allowance if applicable = €500/month). Monthly salary and hosting institution costs for the fellow before any deductions.
• Additional funding for participation to courses, workshops, conferences, etc.
• Enrollment in a Doctorate program with the possibility to lead to a PhD dissertation.
• Starting date: ESRs are expected to start from October 2018 (estimated time).
• Hosting institutions: ICIQ (Spain), Université de Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), The University of Warwick (UK), The Institute of Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (Italy), Polish Academy of Science (Poland), Université de Strasbourg (France), Mind the Byte S.L. (Spain), Covestro Deutchland A.G. (Germany).
• Partner Organizations: biolitec research GmbH (Germany) and Leitat technological centre (Spain)
• Academic Secondments: 3-4 months secondment for ESR hosted at academic institutions and 9 months secondment for ESR hosted at non-academic institutions.
• Industrial Secondments: 6 months secondment for ESR hosted at academic institutions

Eligibility criteria

EU eligibility criteria for candidates: Candidates of any nationality, but in order to be eligible for the positions the following criteria applies to all applicants:

• The applicant shall at the time of recruitment be in the first four years of his/her research career and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.
• The applicant must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity in the country of the host institute for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment.

Candidates profile: candidates must hold a Master’s degree in Chemistry or BioChemistry (depending on the position) with excellent academic transcripts. We are looking for highly motivated students with good communication skills
All candidates must prove full proficiency in spoken and written English (B2 certificate, TOEFL, or equivalent).

FAQs

Required Documents

Application form will include the upload of the following information:

• copy of B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees with annexes. If annexes do not include the number of total ECTS credits a certificate from the institution awarding the degree will be required.
• language certificate (B2 certificate, TOEFL, or equivalent). Not necessary if the degree (at least B.Sc.) was awarded by an institution based in an English speaking country.
• a letter of motivation (maximum one page)
• personal statement video (maximum two minutes)*
• contact details of two referees. Note that referees will be only contacted for short-listed candidates.

*not mandatory but highly recommended.

Questions regarding the recruitment can be sent to: noah@noah-itn.eu. FAQs