Openness
- No discrimination in terms of nationality ;
- Involvement of more than 300 research units in France ;
- Researchers freely propose their topics, construct their research projects, identify the laboratories they wish to work in and are assisted, if necessary, by the AgreenSkills management team ;
- It is an open programme, the only topic condition for basic or targeted research projects is the contribution to the broad field of agriculture, food, nutrition, environment, animal health and veterinary public health;
- AgreenSkills offers 142 fellow years over 4 years ;
High flexibility
- Continuous recruitment process with two selection rounds per year ;
- Incoming and outgoing mobility ;
- Taking into consideration the semester system and career breaks ;
- Support in finding the appropriate hosting laboratory ;
Applicant-friendly eligibility criteria
- Mobility period between 12 to 24 months for fellows coming to France (i.e. the incoming fellows) ;
- Mobility period of minimum 6 month up to 24 months (followed by a compulsory 6 months return period in Europe) for outgoing fellows (i.e. Agreenium organisation employees applying abroad);
- Holding a PhD (or PhD awarded by mobility start date) ;
- Having a maximum of 10 years research experience after Master's degree ;
- Not having worked more than 12 months in the last 3 years within the host organisation ;
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Attractive conditions
- Very attractive mobility allowance and salary conditions;
- Optimal research conditions ;
- Complementary training and workshops ;
- Support for a personalized career development plan;
- Participation in Career & Job Fairs ;
The AgreenSkills features
- Transparent and international selection process ;
- Research laboratory and research fellow joint responsibility for high quality research projects ;
- Careful attention to the ethical principles in research.
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