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New regulation in France and/or in ERC grant for hiring only the postdocs who finished their PhD 3 or less years ago - what does it really say? Link?
In a recent exchange with a faculty member based in France, whose ERC-funded postdoc I had applied to earlier, I was told: "a new local regulation makes it impossible to recruit under the status ...
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How many times can I apply for a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship?
It is not clear to me how many times one can apply for a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship. I was told that I can apply for such fundings only two times. Is that information true? I couldn't find any ...
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Why are there so many PhD positions and so few PostDoc positions?
I don't have hard numbers (if you know a good source, please do share), but it is quite apparent that there are many more Ph.D. student positions advertised than PostDoc positions, at least in my ...
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What are the available postdoctoral fellowships in Europe that non-European can apply for? [closed]
In life Science, What are the available postdoctoral fellowships in Europe that non-European can apply for?
Once joined an EU research center can a non-EU researcher apply for Marie-Curie postdoctoral ...
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Asked for PhD grade in application but no grades awarded in my country
I'm applying for a fellowship in continental Europe (Spain) and have been asked what grade I received. I think in many countries it's normal to receive grades over the course of a PhD, as well as an ...
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Why is the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship only for 'experienced researchers'?
The Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (IF) has the following eligibility requirement:
"Researchers must be experienced researchers (ER), i.e. at the date of the call deadline (for IF) ... be in ...
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Funding for applied mathematics postdoc - how does it work?
I am an applied mathematics Ph.D. student at the end of my Ph.D., looking for postdoc opportunities. My strategy has been to apply for different positions that are already funded. Now I am thinking ...
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Differences between fellowships in Europe
From the perspective of a young postdoc career in Europe, what are the differences between applying to a Marie-Curie, a Humboldt (in Germany), or an Emmy Noether fellowships?
Bonus question: Are ...
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France/USA collaboration funding for young researcher? [closed]
I am a French citizen, I defended my PhD in Paris in November 2014, and I am working as a post-doctoral researcher in the US since December 2014. I am working in between Astrophysics and Computer ...
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How long do the Marie Curie IF grant results take to come out?
I submitted a Marie Curie postdoc fellowship at the beginning of September and as of now (Jan) I have not heard back —I have checked the ECAS portal. The website does not give a single Gantt chart or ...
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Is it possible to co-finance a personal grant in Europe if it doesn't meet salary conditions of the country?
If one obtains a personal postdoc grant to cover a couple years of research as a full-time employee, but the value of the grant is only 60% of the union-stipulated wages in the country in which you ...
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European fellowships for neuroscience or anatomy? [closed]
I'm not sure this kind of question is appropriate here, but if not here, probably nowhere else.
I'm interested to know if there is a) any mailing list for jobs in neuroscience or anatomy (apart from ...
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