12 PhD Positions, GenomMed Doctoral Programme, University of Eastern Finland, Finland (2017)

The University of Eastern Finland, UEF, is one of the largest multidisciplinary universities in Finland. We offer education in nearly one hundred major subjects, and are home to approximately 15,000 students and 2,500 members of staff. We operate on three campuses in Joensuu, Kuopio and Savonlinna. In international rankings, we are ranked among the leading universities in the world.

The Faculty of Health Sciences operates at the Kuopio Campus of the University of Eastern Finland. The Faculty offers education in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, as well as in some other central fields of the health care sector . The Faculty is research-intensive, and its internationally recognised research activities are closely linked to the strategic research areas of the University. There are approximately 2 500 degree students and about 450 PhD students in the Faculty. The faculty has 680 staff members. http://www.uef.fi/en/ttdk/etusivu

12 Doctoral Student (Early Stage Researcher) Positions in GenomMed Doctoral programme (Marie Sk B odowska Curie Actions (MSCA) Cofund programme) at University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health sciences, Kuopio campus

The Faculty of Health Sciences offers doctoral training in a new EU co-funded Doctoral programme Genomics and mechanisms in translational medicine (GenomMed, http://www.uef.fi/genommed ) in which 12 early stage researcher (ESR) positions are now open for application. GenomMed programme will provide the selected ESRs with multidisciplinary research skills introduced in more detail at the programme web site: http://www.uef.fi/en/web/genommed/how-to-apply

A person to be appointed as an early stage researcher shall be qualified to pursue postgraduate studies, i.e. he or she is required to have completed a suitable higher university degree (MSc or equivalent in a relevant field). Early stage researcher positions are always filled for a fixed term (UEF Administrative Regulations, Section 30). Persons finalising their higher university degree may also apply (degree must be finished by 30 September), but are required to submit their degree certificate and transcript of records by 15 October 2017.The ESR positions may be applied for by persons fulfilling the mobility requirement of the MSCA actions. Detailed eligibility criteria can be found at: http://www.uef.fi/en/web/genommed/eligibility

A fluent English language proficiency is required of applicants performing their research in English.

The doctoral student positions will be filled as from January 2018 for four years. The persons selected to the doctoral student positions will be hired as early stage researchers by the UEF academic departments and schools. The main duty of the doctoral students is to complete their doctoral dissertation in accordance with their approved research proposal.

The salary of the early stage researcher is based on levels 2–4 of the job requirement level chart for teaching and research staff in the Salary System for Finnish Universities (i.e. the job requirement component amounts to €1,985.85–€2,475.31/ month). In addition to the job requirement component, the salary includes a personal performance component, which may be up to 46.3% of the job requirement component. The salary is determined on the basis of the phase of the doctoral dissertation and the person’s personal performance.

Further details:
http://www.universitypositions.eu