Are you ready to seize this opportunity to join a research team at Genopole, a leading French biocluster for academic research and innovation located just south of Paris? Then the ApogeeBio Post-doctoral fellowship program is for you. This Fellowship is supported under H2020-MSCA-COFUND Program.
The fellows will have access to an attractive research offer -salaries up to 3000 € net/month for 24 months, including academic laboratories and private companies, all located at the Genopole biocluster. They will also benefit from an excellent research and innovation environment including high-level infrastructures, as well as training and networking opportunities that will enhance their career development potential.
Scholarship Description
The biocluster for the ApogeeBio Post-doctoral fellowship program is a dense and large ecosystem in which you will find 26 shared technological platforms, a campus of the University of Evry-Paris Saclay, and the hospital that covers more than 700,000 residents, 18 academic laboratories with specific research projects and a lot of researchers in different areas. The laboratories of the biocluster have high standards in the technological environment for research in areas like molecular biology or stem cells. Furthermore, this environment permits easy and fluid communication between all the members of the biocluster, thanks to the proximity.
The socio-cultural advantages of the biocluster:
Take advantage of the sport structures in Evry during your free time. To facilitate your arrival in the biocluster, a day nursery exists for your young children and there is a residence with different types of apartments in which you could stay by, waiting to find another housing or just stay in it.
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The environment:
Choose a life close to Paris and nature, benefit from the unmatched culture of Paris with the monuments, the museums, and the stores, or relax in nature on weekends by walking in the surrounding forests (Sénart, Rougeau, Fontainebleau). Enjoy the region’s artistic and historic sites (Fontainebleau and Chamarande domains, residence of Victor Hugo, Jean Cocteau, etc.).
Entrepreneurship:
Entrepreneurship is in Genopole’s DNA, with 77 innovative companies, our mission is to support future business owners in their growth. On that aspect, the fellows will benefit from the tremendous expertise of our enterprise support team, with services specifically designed to support proof-of-concept experimentation by future company creators. You will get the possibility to learn the mechanism of the professional environment (the strategies of a company creation etc.).
Research Environment – Escale:
The Escale association oversees the federation of life of the genopolitans through the sport, culture, and wellbeing by proposing different activities. The Escale will give you the opportunity to meet other members of the biocluster during the 2 open schedules per day in which you can practice different sportive or cultural activities you could choose.
Résidence:
You can benefit from the 180 housing of the Barataud residence for students. The prices of location in the residence are very affordable, and the residence is located near the “Evry Bras de fer” station if you want to go to Paris or to another city in the region.
Science Accueil:
Science Accueil helps you through your mobility process and administrative procedures and provides you with information regarding daily life in France. Administrative services of Science Accueil are free. Science Accueil develops programs facilitating the integration process as well as discovering French culture. For instance, share a meal with a French family, participate in a reassurance program, or take French courses. It provides you with various services, programs, and information necessary for your arrival in France
See Also: Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program
Genopole : ApogeeBio Coordinator
Genopole is a pioneering biocluster in Evry located 30 km south of Paris and dedicated to genomics and biotechnologies in health and the environment. On its 5 campuses of 115 000 m2 of buildings and facilities, the biocluster Genopole unites academic research laboratories, higher education institutions, and private companies. The main strategic areas of research and innovation are applied to health and the environment and include a large panel of disciplines.
