France-INRA Postdoctoral Fellowships in Various Fields

l’Instute National de la Recherche Agronomique, France

French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) is currently organizing a 2nd session to recruit 11 postdoctoral fellows on two years contract. Researchers are selected, irrespective of nationality, on the basis of a coherent scientific and professional project to work as part of INRA’s research teams.

The recipients are recruited on a two-year contract with a gross monthly salary of EUR2150. The research fields are:Environment and rural development, Food and human nutrition, Agricultural products and process engineering,Generic research,Innovative and sustainable agricultural systems.

Applicants must:

• have a French doctorate, PhD or foreign doctorate of equivalent level at the time of employment which must be no later than the 1st of December of the current year
• not previously have been involved in research work in the INRA centre where the position is available,
• be less than 40 years of age on the day of recruitment.

Application is open since Dec 3rd 2007 and will be closed on February 4th 2008. Reply to candidate will be done on March 2008 and the appointments will be started from 1st of April 2008.

For further reference (including the application form download source) please visit the official announcement page.