Post-Doctoral Applications: Guidelines 2013
please see: http://www.axa-research.org/sites/dev/files/A-Howtoobtain-Modus/Post-Doc2013.pdf
please see: http://www.axa-research.org/sites/dev/files/A-Howtoobtain-Modus/Post-Doc2013.pdf
This guide contains all the necessary information to apply for a Post-Doctoral fellowship financed by the AXA Research Fund (ARF). You will also find a general overview of our selection process.
Post-Doctoral applications – Instructions
2. Eligibility criteria2. 1 General information
2.1.1 Institutions
To apply for these fellowships, institutions must be registered with the AXA Research Fund. The AXA Research Fund does not accept unsolicited applications from individual applicants. Please note that although a given candidate may be presented twice by the same institution, they cannot submit the same proposal twice. Applications must be submitted by the research institution to which the candidate’s host laboratory belongs, and where the post-doctoral work is to be carried out.
2.1.2 Candidates
Applications must comply with the following criteria in order to be submitted for peer-review and final selection by the Scientific Board of the AXA Research Fund:
- Applications must be filled out in English.
- A candidate can be presented through one institution only.
- Candidates must have defended their Ph.D thesis before the beginning of their Post-Doctoral grant.
2.2 Geographical scope
Our geographical scope for Post-Doc funding includes:
- Member states of the European Union,
- Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Belarus, Brazil, China, Croatia, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Norway, the State of Qatar, Philippines, the Republic of Macedonia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam
Only host institutions located within this geographical scope are eligible to present candidates to our Post-Doc funding campaigns. Please note that this geographical scope is reviewed on a yearly basis.
2.3 Eligible research fields
The mission of the AXA Research Fund is to fund basic research dedicated to a better understanding of risk. The word risk as we understand it is connected to: Phenomena that are perceived, or yet to be perceived as hazards or threats and which must be identified and measured for frequency and impact.
Post-Doctoral projects funded by the AXA Research Fund must be related to one of the general topics listed below, and should contribute to a better understanding of one of these three clusters of risks.
Our three general clusters of risks:
Environmental risks
Climate change, from glacier retreat to sea-level rise. Natural hazards, from earth hazards to atmospheric and space-weather phenomena. Human-driven environmental changes such as urban pollution, nanotechnologies or pesticide exposure.
Life risks
Aging and long-term care, e.g. trends in individual longevity, age-related diseases, population demographics. Biomedical risks, from the analysis and evolution of infectious diseases and pandemics to exposure to new technologies. Addictions and risky behaviors, from the perspectives of psychology, biology, medicine, etc.
o NB: The AXA Research Fund wishes to finance basic research only. This excludes R&D research programs, as well as clinical trials involved in clinical research projects. Please note that research programs aimed at understanding the fundamental mechanisms of a disease and its impact on health are considered basic.
Socio-economic Risks
Geopolitical risks, e.g. access to natural resources, international and civil conflicts, political upheavals, international security. Macro-economic and financial systemic risks, i.e. all uncertainties affecting the aggregate behavior of the economy. Individual and collective behaviors towards uncertainty. Large corporate risks, from internal corporate governance risks to threats and challenges inherent to the corporate environment.
2.4 Ethical disclaimer
For ethical reasons, the AXA Research Fund does not finance research in the following areas:
- research violating national regulations
- research having direct military use
- research having potentially dangerous environmental impact, research relying on the artificial production of highly infectious pathogens with potential large scale harmful/lethal effects for humans
- biomedical research led without the informed consent of the donors
- research on embryonic stem cells
- research processing private personal data without the informed consent of the concerned parties (incl. genetic information)
- research activities aiming at human cloning
3.1 Key dates
o First Round: The operational contact fills in the form about the fields the institution wants to propose candidates in and why, on the AXA Research Fund’s application website.
Opening: January 17th, 2013 ; Closing: February 2nd, 2013 at noon (Paris Time GMT +1)
o Second Round:
a. Pre-selection of candidates by the institution: The operational contact submits the names and emails of the pre-selected candidates on the AXA Research Fund’s application website.
Opening: February 14th, 2013; Closing: March 21st, 2013 at noon (Paris Time GMT +1)
b. The candidates receive an email from the AXA Research Fund, providing them with an access and a password to fill in their on-line application, on the AXA Research Fund’s application website.
o They are allowed to fill in their application as soon as their institution has submitted it and till closing on April 18th, 2013 at noon (Paris Time GMT +1)
o AXA Scientific Board’s decision will be released on July 26th 2013.
For further details, please see the AXA Website at:
http://www.axa-research.org/sites/dev/files/A-Howtoobtain-Modus/Post-Doc2013.pdf
and/or contact us at the Office of Research Services (ext. 1332)
