Located in Ispra (Italy), the Institute for Environment and Sustainability is one of the seven institutes that constitute the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
In line with the JRC mission, the aim of IES is to provide scientific and technical support to the European Union strategies for the protection of the environment contributing to sustainable development. The IES works in close collaboration with official laboratories, research centres and industries of the EU's Member States, creating a bridge between the EU's policies and the European citizen.
The combination of complementary expertise in the fields of experimental sciences, modelling and remote sensing puts the IES in a strong position to contribute to the implementation of the European Research Area and to the achievement of sustainable development.
Structured in seven scientific Units, the Institute is currently engaged in seven main fields of activity:
- Sustainable Use of Strategic Resources: Water, soils, forests, air, land, biodiversity
- Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development: Crop production, food security
- Climate Change and Air Pollution: Reduction of GHG emissions
- Environmental Risks and Natural Hazards: Fire, droughts, floods, desertification
- Environmental Dimension of Development Cooperation: Focus on Africa
- Environmental Monitoring and Information Systems: GMES and INSPIRE
- Sustainability Assessment: Integrated socio-economic and environmental assessments; indicator development.
In order to increase and reinforce its capacity, and in order to encourage researchers to enhance their experience in an international, multicultural and multidisciplinary environment, the Institute for Environment and Sustainability launches calls for interest for Grantholders for Doctoral, Post-doctoral and Senior Research Positions.
The grants aim to develop training and mobility opportunities for researchers throughout their careers.
We are committed to a strong policy of equal opportunities. We will not discriminate against researchers in any way on the basis of gender, age, ethnic, national or social origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, language, disability, political opinion, social or economic condition.
Category 20 - PhD STUDENTS (12-36 months)
This category is intended for students who submit a proposal for doctoral studies related to a research area published in the Institute's call for interest for grantholders. Prior permission to follow the research project must be obtained from the professor responsible for following the thesis at the student's university (not obligatory at the time of the application). The selected candidates must provide proof of enrolment in a university's doctoral studies programme before the grant may be awarded and will have no more than six months from the date of the Commission's offer of a grantholder contract to produce this proof of enrolment.
Category 30 - POST-DOC RESEARCHERS (12-36 months)
Researchers who hold a doctoral degree, have fulfilled all the obligations to obtain a PhD (certified by their university) or have a minimum of 5 years' research experience after the first university degree giving access to doctoral studies (which may include periods of training such as for a Masters degree), in a field relevant to the IES's scientific activities.
Category 40 - SENIOR RESEARCHERS (3-24 months)
Any senior scientist with a proven reputation in a field of science relevant to the IES's scientific activities and who has a minimum of 10 years' research experience at post-doctoral level or a minimum of 15 years' research experience following university graduation giving access to doctoral studies (which may include periods of training such as for a Masters degree).
The call for interest will remain open throughout the year but the available positions will be published for a minimum of 4 weeks, according to the needs and the budget availability of the Institute. The cut-off date is clearly defined in the text of the call.
CONTRACT
The provisions of Grantholder contracts and their particular terms and conditions (e.g. remuneration, taxation, social security, holiday entitlement, etc.) can be found in the Vademecum/Guide for Grantholders (EN - IT). The grants are governed by the Administrative rules applicable from 17 February 2010 to the recruitment of grantholders under national law contracts within the framework of the research programmes managed by the Joint Research Centre (Employment Contract under Italian Employment Law EN - IT).
Specific conditions: exceptional circumstances for derogation in the sequence of Grantholder contracts (art.5 of Administrative rules).
HOW TO APPLY:
If you are interested in one of the projects published (see list below), please submit an online application before the closure of the call, specifying the number of the project in which you are interested, the Grantholder category, the duration and your possible starting date.
Please note that all candidates will receive a notification about the selection procedure from the IES Management Support Unit within 2 months of the closure of the call.
LIST OF AVAILABLE POSITIONS FOR CAT. 20 (4 open positions)
H02. Climate Change and Air Quality Unit - 1 position
H04. Monitoring Agricultural Resources Unit - 1 position
- IES-2011-201106 - Image spectral/radiometry assesment for LPIS (Land Parcel Information System) Applications
H06. Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit - 1 position
H07. Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit - 1 position
LIST OF AVAILABLE POSITIONS FOR CAT. 30 (30 open positions)
H02. Climate Change and Air Quality Unit - 5 positions
- IES-2011-301124 - Modelling impact of air quality on the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems
- IES-2011-301125 - Inverse modelling of atmospheric greenhouse gases
- IES-2011-301126 - Assessment of the co-benefits of air quality and air pollution policies
- IES-2011-301127 - Automatic geostatistics for checking the quality large ambient air quality datasets
- IES-2011-301128 - Remote sensing and in situ measurements of aerosols
H03. Global Environment Monitoring Unit - 3 positions
- IES-2011-301129 - Environmental Monitoring of Protected Areas through Remote Sensing
- IES-2011-301130 - Development of Low Resolution imagery advanced processing system
- IES-2011-301131 - Verification of Remote Sensing Models, Algorithms and Field Validation Protocols
H04. Monitoring Agricultural Resources Unit - 2 positions
H05. Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit - 4 positions
H06. Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit - 2 positions
H07. Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit - 11 positions
- IES-2011-301139 - Climate Change Impact on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought
- IES-2011-301140 - Integration of Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Systems at Different Scales
- IES-2011-301141 - Assessing current and future forest resources in Europe under diverse policy/climate scenarios
- IES-2011-301142 - Analysis of climatology and ensemble forecasts of European and global fire weather
- IES-2011-301143 - Development of modelling tools and scenario analysis to predict the quantitative effects of different mitigation measures on soil organic carbon stocks in agricultural soils
- IES-2011-301144 - Next generation digital soil map of the world
- IES-2011-301145 - Assessment of soil erosion in Europe under different land use and climate change scenarios
- IES-2011-301146 - Climate change impact assessment on the hydrological cycle in Europe
- IES-2011-301147 - Hydrological modelling and statistical postprocessing of hydrological model output
- IES-2011-301148 - European Land Use Modelling Platform: economic land functions
- IES-2011-301149 - European Land Use Modelling Platform: models integration
H08. Sustainability Assessment - 2 positions
