AXA Post Doctoral Fellowships 2015-2016

The AXA Post-Doctoral funding (€130,000) is granted for a period of 2 years to young researchers who receive their (first) PhD degree within the 5 years preceding the deadline. Candidates possessing an excellent and promising track record, the potential for research independence and who have experienced or are about to experience international mobility are invited to send in their application to Femke Buiter before Monday 30 November 2015, 12.00.

The AXA Research Fund was created to encourage scientific research that would contribute to understanding and preventing environmental, life, and socio-economic risks. Protecting its clients and the community from risks is at the core of AXA’s purpose. Convinced that researching today will help better protecting tomorrow, the AXA Group has created the AXA Research Fund in January 2008 with € 100 million budget. Its mission is to boost scientific progress and discoveries that contribute to understand and prevent environmental, life and socio-economic risks. Areas of research eligible for funding Research projects funded by the Fund must fall within the scope of one of the themes identified by the AXA Scientific Board. Please refer to PDF for a description of the themes.

The Post-Doctoral funding (€130,000) is granted for a period of two years to young researchers who receive their (first) PhD within the 5 years preceding the deadline (extensions for documented career breaks may be allowed). Candidates need to have an excellent and promising track record, the potential for research independence and have experienced or are about to experience international mobility.

The first step is an internal selection. To prepare an application, candidates must provide:

  • a detailed CV (2 pages max + ½ page of the most relevant publications);
  • an extended synopsis of the postdoctoral programme (1.5 pages max + references);
  • and a career statement (1 page max, detailing the link between the PhD thesis and the postdoctoral project, the justification of the choice of the host institution, how the AXA Fellowship can contribute to achieving these objectives and their international exposure).

These documents need to be sent to Femke Buiter before 30 November 2015, 12:00.

Successful candidates will be notified in the first week of December, and invited to submit an outline proposal by 14 December. The second stage is a full proposal (due by 21 March), and an interview. Final results will be announced on 8 June 2016.

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