8 Open Topic Postdoc Positions

15 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Bremen

Research Field

All

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Germany

Application Deadline

1 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Berlin)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The University of Bremen, a mid-sized University with approximately 270 professorships and 18.000  students, offers a broad range of disciplines and competes internationally in top-level research.

Funded by the University’s Central Research Development Fund (CRDF), the University of Bremen invites postdoctoral researchers to apply for

Eight Open Topic Postdoc Positions

to pursue an independent research project for three years. The self-designed projects can be established in any research area. In order to ensure a fruitful academic exchange, the integration of the project in an academic unit at the University of Bremen is a prerequisite for an application. The postdoctoral positions are open to

early-career postdocs up to two years after finishing their PhD (date of doctoral certificate).

advanced postdocs with the aim of a professorship. The PhD must not date back to less than two years before application deadline and not more than four years (date of doctoral certificate).

Successful applicants will be employed by the University (pay grade E 13 TV-L or up to E 14 TV-L for advanced researchers) and receive a yearly budget of up to 6,000 € for research activities. This is a temporary position to which § 2 (1) WissZeitVG (law on limited-duration employment contracts in science) applies. The University of Bremen is an equal opportunity employer.

We are looking for highly motivated researchers with an outstanding doctoral degree, a significant publication record, and an excellent research proposal. Applications must be accompanied by a letter of support from a selected host person of the University of Bremen.

Please submit your application via the online application system by 1 April 2024.

For further information and the online application form, please visit the website below:

https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/research/support-for-researchers/calls/crdf-calls/04-independent-projects-for-postdocs/

 

Applications from international applicants and applications from academics with a migration background are explicitly welcome. Disabled persons with the same professional and personal qualifications will be given preference.

Requirements

Research Field

All

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Specific Requirements

An above-average publication output, an excellent independent project proposal and a high potential to achieve the objectives of the funding line (the evaluation of previous achievements will take periods of child care into account). The integration into the research context of the University of Bremen and at the same time scientific autonomy of the applicant must be demonstrated by a detailed letter of intent of the host person at the University of Bremen and is also part of the evaluation. Host person can be those professors who are conducting full-time research at the University of Bremen as well as independent researchers who have the appropriate formal qualifications such as staff responsibility, rooms and laboratory equipment (e.g. senior researcher/lecturer, Emmy Noether group leader, etc.).

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

8

Company/Institute

University of Bremen, Central Research Development Fund

Country

Germany

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/research/support-for-researchers/calls/crdf-calls/…

Contact

City

Bremen

Website

http://www.uni-bremen.de

Street

Bibliothekstrasse 1

Postal Code

28359

STATUS: EXPIRED