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Project MTKD-CT-2005-029466:
PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY: THE INTERFACE
(April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2010)
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European Commission
rules for the appointments
- Experienced postdocs are defined as researchers who have at the time
of the appointment:
a) a doctoral degree or a (full-time equivalent) research
experience of at least 4 years since obtaining the diploma which gives
them direct access to doctoral studies in the country in which the diploma
was obtained,
b) in both cases no more than 10 years of research experience since
obtaining the diploma which gives them direct access to doctoral studies
in the country in which the diploma was obtained.
- More experienced (senior) researchers are defined as researchers who
have at the time of the appointment a (full-time equivalent) research
experience of at least 10 years since obtaining the diploma which gives
them direct access to doctoral studies in the country in which the diploma
was obtained.
- Eligible researchers will be i) "nationals" of the Member States or
the Associated States and/or ii) "nationals" of third countries.
- Researchers must be "nationals" of a State other than of the host
institute. At the start of their postdoc position, researchers may not
have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies) in the
country of their host institute for more than 12 months in the 3 years
immediatly prior to the selection of the researcher by the host institute.
In the case of a national holding more than one nationality, he/she will
be eligible in the country of his/her nationality in which he/she has not
resided during the previous 5 years. (Short stays such as holidays are not
taken into account.)
Non-nationals from Member States or Associated States having resided
and having their main activity (work, studies) for at least 4 of the 5
years (measured at the time of selection by the host institute) in Member
States or Associated States are treated as to "nationals" of the
Member/Associated State in which they have resided the longest.
- The 27 Member States of the European Union are Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden,
United Kingdom.
Currently, the following countries are Associated (some of the agreements
have yet to be ratified) :
- Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland,
- 1 candidate country : Turkey.
- A maximum of 30% of the number of funded researcher-months of the
project can be used for third country researchers.
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