Principality of Monaco/ITER postdoctoral fellowships 2010
ITER welcomes applications for the Principality of Monaco/ ITER Postdoctoral Research Fellowships which will allow recent PhD graduates to join the ITER Organization for a period up to two years.
Qualifications:
Your PhD was awarded after the 1 January 2007 or you are about to obtain one.
You would like to carry out a research project and to participate in publications of high-quality journal articles in fusion science and technology.
Join ITER for a Postdoctoral Position
Your PhD was awarded after the 1 January 2007 or you are about to obtain one.
You would like to carry out a research project and to participate in publications of high-quality journal articles in fusion science and technology.
Topics of postdoctoral fellowships
Within the ITER project research possibilities exist in many areas of fusion science and technology, including:
- Burning plasma physics (confinement, stability, plasma-wall interactions, control, energetic particle physics)
- Heating and current drive physics and technology
- Fusion plasma diagnostics
- Superconducting magnet technology
- Electrical engineering
- Mechanical engineering/ structural analysis
- Remote handling technology
- Vacuum technology and plasma fuelling technology
- Cryogenics
- Thermohydraulics
Conditions for applicants:
- You are a national of one of ITER Members or of the Principality of Monaco
- Your PhD was awarded after the 1st January 2007 or you will have received your PhD by the deadline for taking up an award.
To apply please send:
Applicants are requested to provide in one document in English mentioning ITER/ Monaco postdoctoral fellowships:
- Personal history form, using this template.
- Curriculum Vitae
- List of Publications
- Photocopy of the last (highest academic) qualification
- A 500 to 1000-word "letter of motivation" on their grounds for applying to conduct research at ITER, together with their research interests
- Three letters of recommendation
All information has to be sent in a PDF format electronically to:
David.Campbell@iter.org
Time schedule 2010 postdoctoral fellowship programme:
- 7 December, 2009
- External launch of competition
- 7 March, 2010
- 31 March, 2010
- 1 September, 2010
- 1 December, 2010
- Latest date for Fellows to take up award on site