Vip-2 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Molecular

The Vienna BioCenter (VBC) is one of Europe’s leading life science centres that combines research, biotech companies and education at a single location. Four VBC research institutes share a common vision in supporting fundamental science and training scientists on various skills to the highest level. The **Vienna International Postdoctoral Program** (**VIP**2**) offers **THREE-YEAR** fellowships and will provide prime research conditions, highly competitive salaries and social benefits as well as a comprehensive scientific education scheme for postdoctoral scientists. **ENGLISH** is the working language on our highly dynamic campus. Vienna is a vibrant city embedded in beautiful old buildings, an international metropolis in the heart of Europe, which has been rated multiple times as the **number one city in the world for quality of life**.

VIP2 offers an outstanding research environment, and will boost the careers of fellows by supporting them with a structured training and career development program under the principle “**Inform, Inspire, Innovate**”:

- **Inform** via structured mentoring and training programs
- **Inspire** by providing outstanding supervision within a thriving life science research and biotech center
- **Innovate** by supporting fellows to make ground-breaking discoveries that enable them to become leaders in the academic sector and beyond

VIP2 will foster exposure to different sectors and facilitate career transitions. The program offers a **two-mentor scheme** (the second mentor can be from a different sector) and opportunities for a two-month **secondment** in sectors of the fellows’ choice. Fellows will be advised and supported by an inter-sectoral advisory board.

The research topics of the VIP2 participating groups cover the **full scope of modern life sciences**. An extensive collection of research models as well as state-of-the-art facilities on campus enable our scientists to push the boundaries of our knowledge and technology. One hallmark of the VBC is its extremely collaborative and collegial atmosphere highlighted by many integrated research projects, shared infrastructure and joint social events.

**Benefits**:
**Salary**

All VIP2 fellows will be hired under **full-time** employment contracts (40h) by the host institute. All four participating institutions follow the salary scheme of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria's central funding organization for basic research.

**Social Contributions**
- All VIP2 employment contracts include a full health insurance plan that can be extended to children and unemployed partners.
- Social security includes fully paid maternity leave, possibility of paid parental leave, pension contribution, and accident insurance.
- Families receive additional support for each child (“Familienbeihilfe”) that ranges from 110 - 170 EUR per month per child, depending on the age of the child.

**Relocation Costs**

Mechanisms are in place to contribute to the relocation costs of the fellows.

**Selection process**:

- interview: mid October
- results: end October

**Additional comments**:
**Application requirements**:
Applications can only be submitted via our online submission system. The following information must be provided in the on-line form:

- personal information: name, contact details, current place of education / employment
- main scientific area (choose one from the 7 research areas at the VBC) and up to 5 keywords
- DOI of at least one first-author publication or manuscript

The following documents have to be uploaded:

- CV with details of education, scientific training starting from Bachelor degree, honours, etc.
- PDFs of transcripts and certificates of degrees / training
- a project proposal (max. five pages excluding reference list) that compliments the aims of the host lab(s)
- a one-page explanation of the project written for the public, outlining the societal impact

**Web site for additional job details**:
**Required Research Experiences**:

- RESEARCH FIELD

Biological sciences
- YEARS OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

4 - 10

**Offer Requirements**:

- REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVEL

Biological sciences: PhD or equivalent
- REQUIRED LANGUAGES

ENGLISH: Excellent

**Skills/Qualifications**:
We seek exceptional, ambitious young scientists with a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, engineering, computer science, or bioinformatics.

**Eligibility requirements**:

- Applicants must hold a PhD in life sciences or related disciplines such as physics, engineering, chemistry, computer science, medicine or mathematics.
- The proposed scientific project must match the research carried out on the VBC campus (applicants should name one or more potential host groups).
- Interdisciplinary and inter-lab projects are highly encouraged
- Applicants are strongly advised to communicate with their preferred host group leader(s) and discuss with them the research proposals.
- Applicants must have at least one first-author publication. Man