The Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris provides funding for about fifteen years of post-doctoral fellowships in mathematics and in computer science for the 2021-2022 academic year. Appointed fellows will hold one or two-year positions in affiliated research laboratories, starting in October 2021.
Eligibility criteria
Positions are open to holders of a doctorate in mathematics or computer science. Laureates of this program must have defended their PhD thesis before the beginning of the post-doctoral contract. Those who defended their PhD thesis in one of the affiliated laboratories cannot apply. The program is open to all disciplines of Mathematics and Computer Science. The criteria for selection are scientific excellence and quality of the scientific project.
A number of positions under the title of "mathematical interactions" will be reserved for candidates working on the interplay between Mathematics and other scientific fields.
Contractual conditions
Each post-doctoral fellow will receive a net salary of € 2,500.00 per month (before deduction at source of the income tax) and will receive health and welfare insurance.
Fellows will contribute to the scientific activities of their laboratory, particularly with regard to seminars and working groups.
At the end of their contract, fellows will write a report on their scientific accomplishment, comparing it to their initial project, and describing their professional goals. For two-year positions, the concerned fellows will also write a report at the end of the first year to justify renewal of the contract.
On-line registration via the Foundation’s Web site
If you are interested in applying for one of these fellowships, please register online, fill in the form and upload each of the documents listed below as a PDF file.
1- curriculum vitae,
2- a cover letter,
3- list of publications,
4- a description of your scientific project (about two pages long).
You will also need to request the following recommendations from qualified professionals, who will then submit them online (a direct link will be sent to them via email).
5- a letter of recommendation from your PhD advisor,
6- a detailed letter of recommendation from the tutor at the host institution that explains how the your scientific project is in line with the institution's project,(*)
7- one or two letters of recommendation thoroughly assessing your work written by scientists not affiliated with the Fondation's laboratories.
(*)It is mandatory for each applicant to have a tutor/supervisor inside his/her host laboratory. This tutor will have to write a letter of recommendation. Furthermore, we strongly advise the applicants to keep in touch with the head of the host laboratory to define a post-doctoral project in agreement with the team's/laboratory's themes.
When you'll submit your application for the first time, you'll receive a confirmation email with a password. You'll then be able to change your application until the end of the call. In this email, you'll also be provided with a link to be sent to the scientists that write a recommendation letter for you and shall upload their letter online.
How to submit your application
In order to be considered, your complete application must be registered and completed online via this website between October 1st to December 1st, 2020 (23h59 Paris Time).
Only letters of recommendation can be submitted until December 3rd 2020 (23:59 pm, Paris time)
Selection procedure
The selection will be performed by a joint group consisting of the Steering Committee and the Scientific Council of the Foundation.
Notification of results
We will inform you as soon as posible.