VIB International Postdoc Program, Belgium

VIB offers international fellowships to integrative biology postdocs who have advanced skills in  omics technologies.

The omics@VIB postdoc program offers a highly stimulating and multicultural environment. Embedded in excellent research groups, you will be working on breakthrough science, with access to cutting-edge technologies, three year secured funding and personal career assistance.

We expect you to propose your own integrative biology project, focusing on the use or the introduction of ‘omics’ (bioinformatics, metagenomics, genomics, proteomics...) in the research topic of your choice.

Nationality

VIB International Postdoc program “OMICS@vib” is open to applicants from all nationalities. Applicants should not have been carrying out research in Belgium for more than 12 months during the last 3 years before the deadline of the program on 15/09/2013.

Postdocs selected for this program should be able to start their postdoc project before 1/6/2014.

University degree

Applicants must hold a PhD degree before the start of the fellowship, but not necessarily when applying.

 

Publication record

Applicants must have a proven record of research accomplishments and at least one original first author publication (including joint authorship), either published in or accepted by an international peer-reviewed journal with high recognition in the field.

Experience

Candidates should not have more than 5 years of postdoc experience at the moment of the deadline, 15 September 2013. 

 

Career Break

One additional year will be taken into account for every childbirth or any other officially stated career break reason (caring for sick children or parents, additional studies…)

 

Language

English is used in all VIB laboratories for spoken and written scientific communication. Candidates must deliver proof of a solid English knowledge. Adding TOEFL test results in your cv is recommended.

 

How to apply

Please follow carefully the different steps during the preparation stage and final submission stage of your project application.

 

All stages of this application should be submitted in English.

Step 1

Read the admission requirements

 

Step 2

Select the topic of your interest from the list of omics@vib topics. 

 

Step 3

Enter your contact details and download the Application Form here.
Deadline is 15 September 2013.
Step 4

Get in touch with the group leader(s) of interest to discuss your project ideas. It is extremely important at this stage to prepare an excellent project concept in order to convince the group leader(s) that you are the ideal candidate for this project!

Step 5

Prepare your project in accordance to the Detailed Application Guidelines.

• Make sure all required paragraphs are included and do not exceed the indicated page limits.
• Save the document in PDF, titled "your name - OMICS@VIB2013" 
• Use this title also as the footer on each page of this document and add page numbers.
• Collect the signature of your VIB group leader on the pdf document before you upload it.

Step 6

Upload your project proposal and the other documents here. Success! 

For more information, please visit the official website at http://www.vib.be/en/training/postdoc-program/Pages/default.aspx