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Opening of up to four (4) “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” for Ph. D. candidates in the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

IMBB, Vacancies February 3, 2019

P.N.: 9211 Heraklion, 03/02/2017

The Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, aimed at reducing or even reversing the brain drain, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit up to four Ph.D. candidates.

Job Description The Ph.D. candidates awarded these Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellowships are expected to enroll or be recently enrolled in a Ph.D. degree in a collaborating University and perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH-IMBB excels both on the national and the international level (www.imbb.forth.gr). More specifically, the domains of interest in the present project are the science and innovation in the areas of environment, clean energy, health and the preservation of cultural heritage.

Eligibility Criteria
• B.Sc. degree in Biological, Anthropological, Archaeological, Chemical, Physical, Medical, Agricultural, Computational Sciences, Engineering and related fields
• M.Sc. degree in Biological, Anthropological, Archaeological, Medical, Agricultural, Computational Sciences, Engineering and related fields • Good knowledge of Greek and English language
Desirable qualifications
• Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the undergraduate studies (15%)
• Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the M.Sc. studies (15%)
• Publications in high impact peer-review journals (15%)
• Participation in national and international conferences (15%)
• Quality of the proposed project and relevance to the call (20%)
• Clarity of the personal statement and career plans (20%)

Location: IMBB-FORTH, Heraklion or Ioannina, GREECE
Earlier expected start date: 1st of April, 2017
Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension up to 30 months, according to the needs of the project and the progress of the work).
Total budget: 750,00 € monthly cost
Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit electronically their applications, no later than the 28 of February 2017, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address (snf0032@imbb.forth.gr). Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection. An acknowledgement email will be send to the receipt of application.

In order to be considered, the application must include:
• Filled-in Application Form
• Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
• Personal statement and career plans (maximum 2 pages)
• Description of the proposed research project, selection of the scientific advisor and/or host laboratory (maximum 2 pages)
• Copies of academic titles/transcripts
• Language certificates
• At least one reference letter
Enrollment certificate to a Ph. D degree (optional).

Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, candidates are asked to contact Mrs. Eugenia Tabakaki between 11:00 and 13:00 (tabakaki@imbb.forth.gr, tel. +30 2811392280).
Selection Announcement Successful candidates should achieve at least 50% of the maximum score in the sum of the above qualifications. And interview with a selection committee may as well be scheduled for the selection.
The result of the selection will be announced on the website of IMBB-FORTH. The selected applicant will be asked to submit the original certifications (or certified copies of them). In case the original documents do not match the copies that were submitted with the original application, the applicant will be dismissed from the application procedure. FORTH reserves the right not to accept the proposals submitted. Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the IMBB secretariat within five (5) days since the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access (a) the files of the candidates as well as (b) the table of candidates’ scores (ranking of candidates results). All the above information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of IMBB-FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

Four (4) “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” for Ph.D. candidates for the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

IMBB, Vacancies October 16, 2018

Ref.N. 6242 Ioannina, 16/10/2018

The Department of Biomedical Research of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-BR)/Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit 4 Ph.D. candidates. The project aims at reducing or even reversing the brain drain by providing high quality research opportunities to young scientists of Greek origin.

Job Description The Ph.D. candidates awarded these Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellowships are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH-IMBB-BR excels both on the national and the international level (https://www.imbb.forth.gr/el/researchel/biomedical-research-el). The domains of interest in the present project are the preservation of cultural heritage and the science and innovation in the areas of environment, clean energy and health. More specifically, the domain of interest in the present announcement is science and innovation in the areas of health. Fellows selected by IMBB-BR are expected to join a research group working in one of the following areas of the Biomedical research:
1. Vascular Biology/Signalling in Endothelial Cells
2. Membrane Trafficking
3. Chromatin Remodelling/Epigenetics
4. Stem Cell Biology/Regenerative Medicine
5. Cell and Developmental Biology 6. Cancer Biology/Cancer Stem Cells

Eligibility Criteria
i. B.Sc. in Biosciences
ii. Good knowledge of Greek and English language

Evaluation Criteria
i. Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the undergraduate studies
ii. Publications in scientific journals
iii. Participation in national and international conferences
iv. Quality of the proposed project
v. According to international practice, the academic age will be taken into consideration as a selection criterion. The fellows should have started/or be about to start their Ph.D. studies. Preference will also be given to Ph.D. candidates, who are under 30 years old.

Location: FORTH /IMBB-BR, Ioannina Epirus, GREECE Envisage Start Date: 01/12/ 2018 Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project). Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than the 15 of November 2018, 14.00 local time (Greece) to the address (ibei@cc.uoi.gr and impempi@gmail.com).

In order to be considered, the application must include:
i. Filled-in Application Form (attached)
ii. Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
iii. Research Proposal (maximum 5 pages, excluding references)
iv. Copies of academic titles/transcripts
v. Language certificates
vi. Two reference letters

Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection

Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, candidates are asked to contact Mrs. Ioanna Bempi, strictly between 10:00 and 13:00 (impempi@gmail.com, tel. +30 26510 07352).

Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of IMBB-FORTH (www.imbb.forth.gr). Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the IMBB-FORTH secretariat within five (5) days from the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access their evaluation. The information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of IMBB/BR-FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

Four Post‐Doctoral “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” for Institute of Computer Science

ICS, Vacancies October 15, 2018

Ref. 2941  Heraklion 15/10/2018 
  The Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in  the framework of the project ARCHERS, aimed at reducing or even reversing the brain drain, which is  funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit four (4) postdoctoral fellows. 

Location: ICS‐FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE  Desired Starting Date: 01/01/2019  Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the  project).    
Opening date: 15/10/2018  Closing date:  15/11/2018, 23:59 local time (Greece)    

Job Description  These Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellows are expected to perform high quality research  within one of the research areas, in which ICS‐FORTH excels both on the national and the international  level (www.ics.forth.gr).  
 
   
Eligibility criteria 
1.PhD degree in Computer Science, Molecular Imaging, Medical Physics  or related areas 
2.Previous experience in one or more of the following: 
o Human‐Computer Interaction, Affective Computing, Cognitive Psychology, Interaction  Design  
o Computer Vision, Robotics 
o Internet of Things 
o Cultural Information Systems, Data and knowledge management for cultural informatics 
o Signal Processing, Sound Processing, Speech Processing   
o Advanced hybrid molecular imaging techniques 
o Medical Physics 
o Computational techniques in medical imaging 
o Clinical and Pre‐clinical Hybrid Molecular Imaging Techniques 
o Bio‐inspired methods for deep learning technologies  
o Computational methods for bio‐inspired machine learning 
o Pattern recognition techniques for quantitative oncology 
o Medical Image registration and fusion 
o Deep learning methods for advancing cancer image analysis 
o Computational medicine in psychiatry: predicting phenotypes of serious psychiatric  conditions 
3. Very good knowledge of Greek and English language   

Desirable qualifications  
 Publications in high impact peer‐review journals and participation in national and international  conferences (40%) 
 Quality of the proposed post‐doctoral project (30%) 
 Ability and motivation to perform independent research (20%) 
 Previous post‐doctoral research experience (10%)   

Application Submission  Interested candidates can submit their applications via http://www.ics.forth.gr/jobs/en/ using the link  “Apply for the position” under the announcement.    In order to be considered, the applications must include: 
 Filled‐in Application Form 
 Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate 
 Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub‐area of research and a relation to the  appropriate scientific contact person (maximum 2 pages) 
 Copies of academic titles/transcripts 
 Language certificates 
 At least one reference letter    Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for selection       
 
   
Contact Information 
For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, please contact:  webmaster@ics.forth.gr 
For information and questions about the advertised positions, please contact Mrs. Chrysoula Iliaki  (chrys@ics.forth.gr)      Selection Announcement  The result of the selection will be announced on the website of ICS‐FORTH.  Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the  ICS secretariat within five (5) days since the results announcement on the web. They also have the right  to access (a) the files of the candidates as well as (b) the table of candidates’ scores (ranking of candidates  results). All the above information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat  of ICS‐FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.    

Handling of personal data  FORTH is compliant with all legal procedures for the processing of personal data as defined by the  Regulation EU/2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal  data.  FORTH processes the personal data and relevant supporting documents that you have submitted to us.  Processing of that data is carried out exclusively for the needs and purposes of this specific call. Such  data shall not be transmitted to or communicated to any third party unless required by law.  FORTH retains the above data up to the announcement of the final results of the call, unless further  process and reservation is required by law or for purposes of exercise, enforcement, prosecution of  certain one’s legitimate legal rights’ as defined in the Regulation EU/2016/679 and/or in national law.   We inform you that under the Regulation EU/2016/679 you have the rights to be informed about your  personal data, access to,  rectification and erasure, restrictions of process and objection to as provided  by applicable regulation and national laws.   We acknowledge also to you, that you have the right to file a complaint to the national Data Protection  Authority. For any further information regarding exercise of your personal data protection rights, you  may contact the Data Protection Officer at FORTH at dpo@admin.forth.gr.  You have the right to withdraw your application and consent for the processing of your personal data at  any time. We inform you that, in this case, FORTH shall destroy such documents and/or supporting  documents submitted and shall delete the related personal data. 

OPENING for  Six “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” for Ph.D. candidates for Institute of Computer Sciences

ICS, Vacancies

The Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, aimed at reducing or even reversing the brain drain, which is  funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit six (6) Ph.D.  candidates. 

Location: ICS‐FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE  Desired Starting Date: 01/01/2019  Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the  project).    
Opening date: 15/10/2018  Closing date:  15/11/2018, 23:59 local time (Greece)      

Job Description  The Ph.D. candidates awarded these Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellowships are expected to  perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which ICS‐FORTH excels both on the  national and the international level (www.ics.forth.gr). 
 
   
Eligibility criteria 
B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Molecular Imaging, Medical Physics, Social Sciences or related  areas 
M.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Molecular Imaging, Medical Physics, Computational  Mathematics, Neuroscience or related areas 
 Previous experience in one or more of the following: Human‐Computer Interaction, Affective Computing, Cognitive Psychology, Interaction  Design, Computer Vision, Robotics, Internet of Things, Cultural Information Systems, Data and knowledge management for cultural informatics, Signal Processing, Sound Processing, Speech Processing, Advanced hybrid molecular imaging techniques, Medical Physics, Computational techniques in medical imaging, Clinical and Pre‐clinical Hybrid Molecular Imaging Techniques, Bio‐inspired methods for deep learning technologies, Computational methods for bio‐inspired machine learning, Medical Image registration and fusion, Deep learning methods for advancing cancer image analysis, Computational medicine in psychiatry: predicting phenotypes of serious psychiatric  conditions 
 Very good knowledge of Greek and English language   

Desirable qualifications  
 Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the undergraduate studies (25%)  
 Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the M.Sc. studies (25%)  
 Publications high‐impact peer‐review journals and participation in national and international  conferences (20%) 
 Quality of the proposed project (30%)   

Application Submission  Interested candidates can submit their applications via http://www.ics.forth.gr/jobs/en/ using the link  “Apply for the position” under the announcement. 

  In order to be considered, the application must include: 
 Filled‐in Application Form 
 Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate 
 Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub‐area of research and a relation to the  appropriate scientific contact person (maximum 2 pages) 
 Copies of academic titles/transcripts 
 Language certificates 

 At least one reference letter    Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for selection   
 
   
Contact information  For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, please contact:  webmaster@ics.forth.gr  For information and questions about the advertised positions, please contact Mrs. Chrysoula Iliaki  (chrys@ics.forth.gr)     

Selection Announcement  The result of the selection will be announced on the website of ICS‐FORTH.  Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the  ICS secretariat within five (5) days since the results announcement on the web. They also have the right  to access (a) the files of the candidates as well as (b) the table of candidates’ scores (ranking of candidates  results). All the above information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat  of ICS‐FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.     Handling of personal data  FORTH is compliant with all legal procedures for the processing of personal data as defined by the  Regulation EU/2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal  data.  FORTH processes the personal data and relevant supporting documents that you have submitted to us.  Processing of that data is carried out exclusively for the needs and purposes of this specific call. Such  data shall not be transmitted to or communicated to any third party unless required by law.  FORTH retains the above data up to the announcement of the final results of the call, unless further  process and reservation is required by law or for purposes of exercise, enforcement, prosecution of  certain one’s legitimate legal rights’ as defined in the Regulation EU/2016/679 and/or in national law.   We inform you that under the Regulation EU/2016/679 you have the rights to be informed about your  personal data, access to,  rectification and erasure, restrictions of process and objection to as provided  by applicable regulation and national laws.   We acknowledge also to you, that you have the right to file a complaint to the national Data Protection  Authority. For any further information regarding exercise of your personal data protection rights, you  may contact the Data Protection Officer at FORTH at dpo@admin.forth.gr.  You have the right to withdraw your application and consent for the processing of your personal data at  any time. We inform you that, in this case, FORTH shall destroy such documents and/or supporting  documents submitted and shall delete the related personal data. 

OPENING for Three (3) Post-Doctoral “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” within the project for Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics

IACM, Vacancies

Ref. 1172
Heraklion 15/10/2018

The Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (IACM-FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit three (3) post-doctoral fellows. The project aims at reducing or even reversing the brain drain by providing high quality research opportunities to young scientists of Greek origin.

Job Description The Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellows are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH-IACM excels both on the national and the international level (http://www.iacm.forth.gr/). The domains of interest in the present project are the preservation of cultural heritage and the science and innovation in the areas of environment, clean energy and health. Within IACM, preference will be given to candidates active in Applied and Computational Mathematics.

Eligibility criteria
 PhD degree in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering and related fields
 Good knowledge of Greek and English language

Evaluation Criteria
 Publications in high quality journals
 Quality of the proposed post-doctoral project
 Ability and motivation to perform independent research
 According to international practice, the academic age (number of years after the Ph.D. degree award year) will be taken into consideration as a selection criterion; preference will be given to Post-Doctoral researchers with an academic age less or equal to 10 years.

Location: IACM-FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE
Start Date: 15th of January, 2018
Duration of appointment: 12 months

Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than the 15th of November 2018, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address office@iacm.forth.gr

In order to be considered, the application must include:
 Filled-in Application Form (http://www.iacm.forth.gr/_docs/jobs/Application_form_PostDoc.docx)
 Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
 Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub-area of research and a relation to the appropriate scientific contact person (maximum 2 pages)
 Copies of academic titles/transcripts
 At least one reference letter

Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection

Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, to contact Mrs Maria Papadaki (tel. +30 2810 391800) or Mrs Yiota Rigopoulou (tel. +30 2810 391805), office@iacm.forth.gr

Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of IACM-FORTH (http://www.iacm.forth.gr/jobs/) Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the IACM secretariat within five (5) days from the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access their evaluation. The information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of IACM-FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

GDPR FORTH is compliant with all legal procedures for the processing of personal data as defined by the Regulation EU/2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.

FORTH processes the personal data and relevant supporting documents that you have submitted to us. Processing of that data is carried out exclusively for the needs and purposes of this specific call. Such data shall not be transmitted to or communicated to any third party unless required by law.

FORTH retains the above data up to the announcement of the final results of the call, unless further process and reservation is required by law or for purposes of exercise, enforcement, prosecution of certain one’s legitimate legal rights’ as defined in the Regulation EU/2016/679 and/or in national law. We inform you that under the Regulation EU/2016/679 you have the rights to be informed about your personal data, access to, rectification and erasure, restrictions of process and objection to as provided by applicable regulation and national laws.
We acknowledge also to you, that you have the right to file a complaint to the national Data Protection Authority. For any further information regarding exercise of your personal data protection rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer at FORTH at dpo@admin.forth.gr.

You have the right to withdraw your application and consent for the processing of your personal data at any time. We inform you that, in this case, FORTH shall destroy such documents and/or supporting documents submitted and shall delete the related personal data.

OPENING for Four (4) “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” for Ph.D. candidates for Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics

IACM, Vacancies

Ref. 1171
Heraklion 15/10/2018

The Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit four (4) Ph.D. candidates. The project aims at reducing or even reversing the brain drain by providing high quality research opportunities to young scientists of Greek origin.

Job Description The Ph.D. candidates awarded these Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellowships are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH-IACM excels both on the national and the international level (www.iacm.forth.gr). More specifically, the domains of interest in the present project are the preservation of cultural heritage and the science and innovation in the areas of environment, clean energy and health. Within IACM, preference will be given to projects in Applied and Computational Mathematics.

Eligibility Criteria
 B.Sc. degree in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering and related fields
 M.Sc. degree in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering and related fields
 Good knowledge of Greek and English language

Evaluation Criteria
 Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the undergraduate and M.Sc. studies
 Publications in high quality journals
 Quality of the proposed project
 The fellows should have started/or be about to start their Ph.D. studies but should not have completed their 3rd year. Preference will also be given to Ph.D. candidates, who are under 30 years old.

Location: IACM-FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE
Start Date: 15th of January, 2019
Duration of appointment: 12 months

Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than the 15th of November 2018, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address office@iacm.forth.gr .

In order to be considered, the application must include:  Filled-in Application Form (http://www.iacm.forth.gr/_docs/jobs/Application_form_PhD.docx)  Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate  Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub-area of research and a relation to the appropriate scientific advisor (maximum 2 pages)  Copies of academic titles/transcripts  At least one reference letter

Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, to contact Mrs Maria Papadaki (tel. +30 2810 391800) or Mrs Yiota Rigopoulou (tel. +30 2810 391805), office@iacm.forth.gr

Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of IACM-FORTH (www.iacm.forth.gr/jobs/). Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the IACM secretariat within five (5) days from the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access their evaluation. The information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of IACM-FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

GDPR
FORTH is compliant with all legal procedures for the processing of personal data as defined by the Regulation EU/2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.

FORTH processes the personal data and relevant supporting documents that you have submitted to us. Processing of that data is carried out exclusively for the needs and purposes of this specific call. Such data shall not be transmitted to or communicated to any third party unless required by law.

FORTH retains the above data up to the announcement of the final results of the call, unless further process and reservation is required by law or for purposes of exercise, enforcement, prosecution of certain one’s legitimate legal rights’ as defined in the Regulation EU/2016/679 and/or in national law. We inform you that under the Regulation EU/2016/679 you have the rights to be informed about your personal data, access to, rectification and erasure, restrictions of process and objection to as provided by applicable regulation and national laws.
We acknowledge also to you, that you have the right to file a complaint to the national Data Protection Authority. For any further information regarding exercise of your personal data protection rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer at FORTH at dpo@admin.forth.gr.

You have the right to withdraw your application and consent for the processing of your personal data at any time. We inform you that, in this case, FORTH shall destroy such documents and/or supporting documents submitted and shall delete the related personal data.

OPENING for Four (4) “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” for Ph.D. candidates for Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser

IESL, Vacancies

Ref. 1095 Heraklion 15/10/2018

The Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit four (4) Ph.D. candidates. The project aims at reducing or even reversing the brain drain by providing high quality research opportunities to young scientists of Greek origin.

Job Description The Ph.D. candidates awarded these Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellowships are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH-IESL excels both on the national and the international level (http://www.iesl.forth.gr/). More specifically, the domains of interest in the present project are the preservation of cultural heritage and the science and innovation in the areas of environment, clean energy and health.

Eligibility Criteria
• B.Sc. degree in Physical Sciences or Engineering
• M.Sc. degree in Physical Sciences or Engineering
• Good knowledge of Greek and English language

Evaluation Criteria
• Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the undergraduate studies
• Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of the M.Sc. studies
• Publications in high impact peer-review journals
• Participation in national and international conferences
• Quality of the proposed project
• According to international practice, the academic age will be taken into consideration as a selection criterion. The fellows should have started/or be about to start their Ph.D. studies but should not have completed their 3rd year. Preference will also be given to Ph.D. candidates, who are under 30 years old.

Location: IESL-FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE
Start Date: 15st of January, 2019
Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).

Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than November 15 2018, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address hr@iesl.forth.gr with cc. to the address georgina@iesl.forth.gr.

In order to be considered, the application must include:
• Filled-in Application Form (http://www.iesl.forth.gr/research/showfile.aspx?Id=201810151129) • Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
• Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub-area of research and a relation to the appropriate scientific advisor (maximum 2 pages)
• Copies of academic titles/transcripts
• Language certificates
• At least one reference letter

Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection

Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, candidates are asked to contact Dr. Georgina Kaklamani (georgina@iesl.forth.gr, tel. +30 2810-391355).

Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of IESL-FORTH (http://www.iesl.forth.gr/news/results.aspx). Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the IESL secretariat within five (5) days from the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access their evaluation. The information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of IESL-FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

GDPR FORTH is compliant with all legal procedures for the processing of personal data as defined by the Regulation EU/2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data. FORTH processes the personal data and relevant supporting documents that you have submitted to us. Processing of that data is carried out exclusively for the needs and purposes of this specific call. Such data shall not be transmitted to or communicated to any third party unless required by law. FORTH retains the above data up to the announcement of the final results of the call, unless further process and reservation is required by law or for purposes of exercise, enforcement, prosecution of certain one’s legitimate legal rights’ as defined in the Regulation EU/2016/679 and/or in national law. We inform you that under the Regulation EU/2016/679 you have the rights to be informed about your personal data, access to, rectification and erasure, restrictions of process and objection to as provided by applicable regulation and national laws. We acknowledge also to you, that you have the right to file a complaint to the national Data Protection Authority. For any further information regarding exercise of your personal data protection rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer at FORTH at dpo@admin.forth.gr. You have the right to withdraw your application and consent for the processing of your personal data at any time. We inform you that, in this case, FORTH shall destroy such documents and/or supporting documents submitted and shall delete the related personal data.

OPENING for Three (3) Post-Doctoral “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowships” for Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser

IESL, Vacancies

Ref. 1094 Heraklion 15/10/2018

The Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit three (3) post-doctoral fellows. The project aims at reducing or even reversing the brain drain by providing high quality research opportunities to young scientists of Greek origin.

Job Description The Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellows are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which FORTH-IESL excels both on the national and the international level (http://www.iesl.forth.gr/). More specifically, the domains of interest in the present project are the preservation of cultural heritage and the science and innovation in the areas of environment, clean energy and health.

Eligibility criteria
• PhD degree in Physical Sciences or Engineering
• Good knowledge of Greek and English language

Evaluation Criteria
• Publications in high impact peer-review journals
• Participation in national and international conferences
• Quality of the proposed post-doctoral project
• Ability and motivation to perform independent research
• Previous post-doctoral research experience
• According to international practice, the academic age (number of years after the Ph.D. degree award year) will be taken into consideration as a selection criterion; preference will be given to Post-Doctoral researchers with an academic age less or equal to 10 years.

Location: IESL-FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE
Start Date: 1st of February, 2019
Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).

Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications, no later than November 15, 2018, 23:59 local time (Greece) to the address hr@iesl.forth.gr with cc. to the address georgina@iesl.forth.gr.

In order to be considered, the application must include:
• Filled-in Application Form (http://www.iesl.forth.gr/research/showfile.aspx?Id=201810151128)
• Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
• Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub-area of research and a relation to the appropriate scientific contact person (maximum 2 pages)
• Copies of academic titles/transcripts
• Language certificates
• At least one reference letter

Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the selection

Contact For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, candidates are asked to contact Dr. Georgina Kaklamani (georgina@iesl.forth.gr, tel. +30 2810-391355).

Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of IESL-FORTH (http://www.iesl.forth.gr/news/results.aspx). Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the IESL secretariat within five (5) days from the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access their evaluation. The information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of IESL-FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

GDPR FORTH is compliant with all legal procedures for the processing of personal data as defined by the Regulation EU/2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data. FORTH processes the personal data and relevant supporting documents that you have submitted to us. Processing of that data is carried out exclusively for the needs and purposes of this specific call. Such data shall not be transmitted to or communicated to any third party unless required by law. FORTH retains the above data up to the announcement of the final results of the call, unless further process and reservation is required by law or for purposes of exercise, enforcement, prosecution of certain one’s legitimate legal rights’ as defined in the Regulation EU/2016/679 and/or in national law. We inform you that under the Regulation EU/2016/679 you have the rights to be informed about your personal data, access to, rectification and erasure, restrictions of process and objection to as provided by applicable regulation and national laws. We acknowledge also to you, that you have the right to file a complaint to the national Data Protection Authority. For any further information regarding exercise of your personal data protection rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer at FORTH at dpo@admin.forth.gr. You have the right to withdraw your application and consent for the processing of your personal data at any time. We inform you that, in this case, FORTH shall destroy such documents and/or supporting documents submitted and shall delete the related personal data.

OPENING for One Post-Doctoral “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowship” for Institute of Mediterranean Studies

IMS, Vacancies September 13, 2018

Ref. 1224 Rethymno 13/9/2018

The Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, aimed at reducing or even reversing the brain drain, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit one post-doctoral fellow.

Job Description The research objectives of the post include: rectification and digitization of plans/maps/drawings, the image processing of satellite imagery datasets, the contribution in GIS analysis and modeling, the participation in a number of geophysical fieldwork activities in Greece, the delivery of geoinformatic lectures in international seminars that will be organized by the Laboratory of Geophysical – Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-environment of FORTH, the active participation in the publications of the project’s results in international peer reviewed journals and conferences. Candidates need to have a strong stimulus and be able to collaborate and interact constructively within an international team with various disciplines.

Eligibility criteria
 PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences (25%).
 Experience in satellite remote sensing processing, GIS applications, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) analysis, focusing in the development of multi-criteria decision analysis techniques, risk assessment analysis and landscape research (25%).

Desirable qualifications
 Publications in peer review journals and/or international conferences (15%).  Participation in a number of research projects and conferences (national/international) dealing with satellite remote sensing, GIS and geophysical prospection (10%).
 Knowledge of GIS software’s (ArcGIS, MapInfo, GRASS, Quantum GIS), satellite remote sensing software’s (ERDAS, ENVI) and topographic mapping through GPS (10%).
 Teaching experience in the fields of satellite remote sensing and GIS applications (10%).
 Good knowledge of Greek and English language (5%).

Location: IMS-FORTH, Rethymno Crete, GREECE
Start Date: 1rst of January, 2019
Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).

Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications electronically (by e-mail), no later than the October 8th, 2018, 23:59 (Greece Time – Eastern European Time [GMT +3]).

Applications should be sent by electronic mail to the email address of the Secretariat of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (info@ims.forth.gr) with e-mail Subject “One Post-Doctoral “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowship” within the project ARCHERS”.

Replacement of the proposal, correction or addition of any missing supporting documents is only allowed before the closing date and time for the submission of proposals.

Proposals submitted after this date and time will be rejected as overdue and will not be evaluated. Incomplete applications, or application with qualifications mentioned either in the proposal or in the CV, but not documented by the submission of the relevant supporting documents, will not be taken into account and will not be rated in the final classification of the candidates.

For more information, prospective candidates may contact info@ims.forth.gr or call (+30)2831056627 (Ms Georgia Papadaki) or contact Dr Apostolos Sarris (asaris@ret.forthnet.gr), Coordinator of the subproject, who may provide more specific information about the tasks involved.

In order to be considered, the application must include:
 Application Form
 Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
 Copies of academic titles/transcripts

Evaluation Process All applications submitted on time and with all requested documentation will be evaluated and ranked and the candidate with the most appropriate qualifications to perform the research will be selected.

All applications will be evaluated by the Evaluation Committee on a scale of 1-100 based on the criteria outlined above using the weight factors which are indicated above.

The Evaluation Committee consists of 3 full and 3 alternate members from FORTH’s staff. It is mandatory that one of the full members is the coordinator of the Program. The Evaluation Committee is appointed by decision of the Board of Directors of FORTH and remains the same throughout the Program. Under penalty of rejection of the proposal, the members of the Evaluation Committee are not allowed to have consanguinity (up to the third degree) or martial relation to any candidate. The Committee’s recommendations are forwarded to the Director of IMS-FORTH.

Evaluation Results The evaluation results will be posted on the website of IMS-FORTH (http://ims.forth.gr) and all candidates will be informed by e-mail about the posting of the results.

Candidates have the right to appeal against the selection decision within five (5) working days from the date of the announcement of the results. During these five days they have the right to access the personal files and individual evaluation of the candidates provided this is done in compliance with the prescribed information under G/EX/4163-1/06.07.2012 document for the Protection of Personal Data. All information related to the selection process will be available at the Secretariat of IMS-FORTH during regular business hours 8:00am-4:00pm Greece Time. Appeals have to be submitted in writing (in person/registered mail/e-mail received by 4:00 pm Greece Time five (5) working days after the posting of the evaluation results. Appeals will be considered by a Committee and the Committee’s decisions are final.

After the expiration of the appeals period and after evaluating any submitted appeals the Committee finalizes the ranking of candidates. The Committee will then ask the person on the top of the ranking list to provide original documents (or certified copies of them) and for a written acceptance of the position. These will have to be provided within three (3) working days. In case of non-acceptance of the position by the candidate, or the lapse of the deadline for providing the original documents, the Committee will ask the first runner-up to accept the position using the same procedure. This process will be repeated until a candidate accepts the position. If no candidate accepts the position, the position will be declared vacant.

Other terms and conditions
1. The award of projects will be performed in accordance with the Call for Action “ARCHERS: Advancing Young Researchers’ Human Capital in Cutting Edge Technologies in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and the Tackling of Societal Challenges”.
2. Certificates of higher education (undergraduate and postgraduate) that are among the required or desirable qualifications and have been awarded by foreign institutions, must be accompanied by Δ.Ο.Α.Τ.Α.Π. (Hellenic NARIC) recognition certificates or the foreign institution awarding the title should be included in the List of Foreign Higher Education Institutions recognized by the Hellenic NARIC (http://62.103.84.30/2.php). Throughout the duration of the Program, if there is a need of replacing staff selected under this Call, substitution will be made by selecting – on the basis of rating / gathered points – another candidate (s) from the drafted ranking list.
3. Please note that this Call may be revoked at any stage and no claim can be made by candidates against IMS-FORTH.
4. Participation implies full acceptance of the terms of this Call for expressions of interest.
5. The present Call will be published on the IMS-FORTH website (http://ims.forth.gr), on the website of the Transparency Program (ΔΙΑΥΓΕΙΑ) of the Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction and elsewhere as requested by the funding body.

OPENING for One Post-Doctoral “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowship” for Institute of Mediterranean Studies

IMS, Vacancies

Ref. 1224 Rethymno 13/9/2018

The Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, aimed at reducing or even reversing the brain drain, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit one post-doctoral fellow.

Job Description The research objectives of the post include: rectification and digitization of plans/maps/drawings, the image processing of satellite imagery datasets, the contribution in GIS analysis and modeling, the participation in a number of geophysical fieldwork activities in Greece, the delivery of geoinformatic lectures in international seminars that will be organized by the Laboratory of Geophysical – Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-environment of FORTH, the active participation in the publications of the project’s results in international peer reviewed journals and conferences. Candidates need to have a strong stimulus and be able to collaborate and interact constructively within an international team with various disciplines.

Eligibility criteria
 PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences (25%).
 Experience in satellite remote sensing processing, GIS applications, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) analysis, focusing in the development of multi-criteria decision analysis techniques, risk assessment analysis and landscape research (25%).

Desirable qualifications
 Publications in peer review journals and/or international conferences (15%).
 Participation in a number of research projects and conferences (national/international) dealing with satellite remote sensing, GIS and geophysical prospection (10%).
 Knowledge of GIS software’s (ArcGIS, MapInfo, GRASS, Quantum GIS), satellite remote sensing software’s (ERDAS, ENVI) and topographic mapping through GPS (10%).
 Teaching experience in the fields of satellite remote sensing and GIS applications (10%).
 Good knowledge of Greek and English language (5%).

Location: IMS-FORTH, Rethymno Crete, GREECE
Start Date: 1rst of January, 2019
Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).

Application Submission Interested candidates who meet the aforementioned requirements are kindly asked to submit their applications electronically (by e-mail), no later than the October 8th, 2018, 23:59 (Greece Time – Eastern European Time [GMT +3]).

Applications should be sent by electronic mail to the email address of the Secretariat of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (info@ims.forth.gr) with e-mail Subject “One Post-Doctoral “Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH Fellowship” within the project ARCHERS”.

Replacement of the proposal, correction or addition of any missing supporting documents is only allowed before the closing date and time for the submission of proposals.

Proposals submitted after this date and time will be rejected as overdue and will not be evaluated. Incomplete applications, or application with qualifications mentioned either in the proposal or in the CV, but not documented by the submission of the relevant supporting documents, will not be taken into account and will not be rated in the final classification of the candidates.

For more information, prospective candidates may contact info@ims.forth.gr or call (+30)2831056627 (Ms Georgia Papadaki) or contact Dr Apostolos Sarris (asaris@ret.forthnet.gr), Coordinator of the subproject, who may provide more specific information about the tasks involved.

In order to be considered, the application must include:
 Application Form
 Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
 Copies of academic titles/transcripts

Evaluation Process All applications submitted on time and with all requested documentation will be evaluated and ranked and the candidate with the most appropriate qualifications to perform the research will be selected.

All applications will be evaluated by the Evaluation Committee on a scale of 1-100 based on the criteria outlined above using the weight factors which are indicated above.

The Evaluation Committee consists of 3 full and 3 alternate members from FORTH’s staff. It is mandatory that one of the full members is the coordinator of the Program. The Evaluation Committee is appointed by decision of the Board of Directors of FORTH and remains the same throughout the Program. Under penalty of rejection of the proposal, the members of the Evaluation Committee are not allowed to have consanguinity (up to the third degree) or martial relation to any candidate. The Committee’s recommendations are forwarded to the Director of IMS-FORTH.

Evaluation Results The evaluation results will be posted on the website of IMS-FORTH (http://ims.forth.gr) and all candidates will be informed by e-mail about the posting of the results.

Candidates have the right to appeal against the selection decision within five (5) working days from the date of the announcement of the results. During these five days they have the right to access the personal files and individual evaluation of the candidates provided this is done in compliance with the prescribed information under G/EX/4163-1/06.07.2012 document for the Protection of Personal Data. All information related to the selection process will be available at the Secretariat of IMS-FORTH during regular business hours 8:00am-4:00pm Greece Time. Appeals have to be submitted in writing (in person/registered mail/e-mail received by 4:00 pm Greece Time five (5) working days after the posting of the evaluation results. Appeals will be considered by a Committee and the Committee’s decisions are final.

After the expiration of the appeals period and after evaluating any submitted appeals the Committee finalizes the ranking of candidates. The Committee will then ask the person on the top of the ranking list to provide original documents (or certified copies of them) and for a written acceptance of the position. These will have to be provided within three (3) working days. In case of non-acceptance of the position by the candidate, or the lapse of the deadline for providing the original documents, the Committee will ask the first runner-up to accept the position using the same procedure. This process will be repeated until a candidate accepts the position. If no candidate accepts the position, the position will be declared vacant.

Other terms and conditions

  1. The award of projects will be performed in accordance with the Call for Action “ARCHERS: Advancing Young Researchers’ Human Capital in Cutting Edge Technologies in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and the Tackling of Societal Challenges”. 2. Certificates of higher education (undergraduate and postgraduate) that are among the required or desirable qualifications and have been awarded by foreign institutions, must be accompanied by Δ.Ο.Α.Τ.Α.Π. (Hellenic NARIC) recognition certificates or the foreign institution awarding the title should be included in the List of Foreign Higher Education Institutions recognized by the Hellenic NARIC (http://62.103.84.30/2.php). Throughout the duration of the Program, if there is a need of replacing staff selected under this Call, substitution will be made by selecting – on the basis of rating / gathered points – another candidate (s) from the drafted ranking list.
  2. Please note that this Call may be revoked at any stage and no claim can be made by candidates against IMS-FORTH.
  3. Participation implies full acceptance of the terms of this Call for expressions of interest.
  4. The present Call will be published on the IMS-FORTH website (http://ims.forth.gr), on the website of the Transparency Program (ΔΙΑΥΓΕΙΑ) of the Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction and elsewhere as requested by the funding body.
  5. Participation implies full acceptance of the terms of this Call for expressions of interest. 5. The present Call will be published on the IMS-FORTH website (http://ims.forth.gr), on the website of the Transparency Program (ΔΙΑΥΓΕΙΑ) of the Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction and elsewhere as requested by the funding body.

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