AXA Post-Doctoral Fellowships Competition

The mission of the AXA Research Fund is to fund basic research dedicated to a better understanding of risk. Projects must contribute to a better understanding of one of three clusters of risks; Life Risks, Socio-economic Risks, and Environmental Risks. Within these broad areas of interest AXA offers 12 Research Fields in which applications can be made. They are:

BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY MATHEMATICS

BIOLOGY & GENETICS MICROBIOLOGY

ECONOMICS & BUSINESS NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR

ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE

GEOSCIENCES PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY

IMMUNOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL

There is a three-stage application procedure the main elements of which are:

a) Closing on 15 November 2013 (11.00GMT): Warwick must indicate which fields it wishes to submit applications in and why on the application website. This step may involve submitting a 500 word statement of Warwick’s research strengths and strategy – this is optional. AXA will inform Warwick how many applications it may submit in each field (0 to 4). Somewhat strangely, this step does not preclude us from submitting nominations in other fields, according to the Modus Operandi.

b) Closing on 16 December 2013 (11.00GMT) : Warwick must submit the names and email addresses of its nominated candidates (after conducting an internal competition). This phase will open on 25 November 2013.

c) Closing on 9 January 2014 (11.00GMT): AXA gives the candidates access to the application website and they complete their outline proposal. This phase will open on 17 December 2013.

d) Closing on 13 March 2014 (11.00GMT): Deadline for completion of online application by candidates. This phase will open on 13 February 2014.

Eligibility:

- Candidates must have defended their Ph.D. thesis before the beginning of their PostDoctoral grant.

- Less than 5 years since awarding of first Ph.D. Extensions to this period may be allowed in case of eligible career breaks which must be properly documented.

- We wish to finance projects from start to finish: projects that are already underway arethus not eligible for funding with the AXA Research Fund.

- AXA Research Fund Post- Doc grants are not compatible with permanent academic positions

Funding Available: Fellowships are for 2 years and attract €60,000pa for the Fellow.

Further Information: Further information about the Fellowships can be found in the Modus Operandi at: http://www.axa-research.org/sites/dev/files/A-Howtoobtain-Modus/Post-Doc-2014%20V3%20%282%29.pdf