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AgreenSkills at a glance

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 ;

Check the eligibility criteria in detail

 

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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Pan European Network (June 2012)