If you have any questions not answered below, nor in the Rules & Regulations, please contact us at: postdoc2@eurotech-universities.eu.
No, the PhD can be from any institution that is entitled to award it.
We will evaluate the eligibility at the moment of the deadline of the call. At this moment, you need to either have your PhD or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience. So, whether you would be eligible depends on your research experience, measured in years of full-time equivalent research experience. Check our flow chart to see what documentation is needed to show you are an experienced researcher.
No, the mobility rule only holds for the country of the Host Institution.
Exceptions to the mobility rule related to Covid-19 can be considered, based on a case-by-case analysis. Contact the Programme Management Office to discuss your case.
To show you have four years of full-time equivalent research experience, you need to fill in a table mentioning all research experience starting from the date you received your University degree giving access to the PhD until the deadline of the call. Use the template provided. You need to be able to provide proof of the claims made in this table, using official documentation in English. Check our flow chart to see what documentation is needed to show you are an experienced researcher.
The only restriction is that the research topic of your proposal should fit within the research done at (at least two of) the EuroTech universities. This means that you should have a Host Supervisor and a Co-host Supervisor from two different EuroTech universities that want to collaborate in this project. Besides that, there are no limitations.
The call is open to all research areas within the Alliance enabling the exploration of emerging and promising fields and promoting new interdisciplinary research collaborations. Fellows may freely choose a research topic and the appropriate organisations to host them, fitting their individual needs and ambitions. The Focus Areas of the EuroTech Universities Alliance are only given as examples.
The proposed project should be a collaborative project with both the Host Institution and the Co-host Institution. The best way to collaborate can be decided between the fellow and the supervisors involved. However, secondments or several shorter research visits are strongly encouraged. The total maximum durations of the secondment is 6 months.
No, we cannot support you with finding a Host and/or Co-host Supervisor. EuroTechPostdoc2 is a bottom-up programme, and the match between you, your research plan and the intended supervisors is an important evaluation criterion in the selection process. This means you as a candidate should reach out to and find the most suitable Host and Co-host Supervisors for your project proposal.
Please refer to the following websites to get an overview of potential Host Supervisors:
- L’X: https://www.polytechnique.edu/en/state-of-the-art-laboratories
- DTU: https://www.dtu.dk/english/research/find-research
- TU/e: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/
- TUM: https://www.professoren.tum.de/en/departments
For potential Co-host Supervisors, please also refer to the websites above or to:
No, an endorsement letter is not needed. However, we strongly advise you to reach out to your intended Host and Co-host Supervisors as soon as possible for the following reasons:
- GDPR requires you to inform the intended supervisors of your project that:
- You plan to include their personal data in your proposal
- Their personal data will be shared with external evaluators.
- Furthermore, although not mandatory, we encourage you to discuss your application with your intended supervisors since this will strengthen your proposal:
- The match between the proposed project and the Host and Co-host Supervisors is one of the evaluation criteria that we are using.
- The match with the research group and infrastructure is also included in the evaluation criteria.
- Finally, during the viability check (step 6 of the review process), we check whether the infrastructure, supervision and resources needed to successfully complete the project are indeed available. Make sure to discuss these items before submission, and make sure your supervisors also check this availability internally.
No, the mobility rule only holds for the country of the Host Institution.
Such a list is not available on the EuroTechPostdoc2 website. In principle all senior researchers employed at the Host Institutions can act as Host and Co-host Supervisor, and all researchers employed at the Co-host Institutions can act as Co-host Supervisor. Therefore, we refer you to the websites of the universities involved.
Please refer to the following websites to get an overview of potential Host Supervisors:
- L’X: https://www.polytechnique.edu/en/state-of-the-art-laboratories
- DTU: https://www.dtu.dk/english/research/find-research
- TU/e: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/
- TUM: https://www.professoren.tum.de/en/departments
For potential Co-host Supervisors, please also refer to the websites above or to:
No, applications have to be submitted via the application portal.
Yes, it is mandatory to follow the templates provided, meaning that
- The structure is used (sections, subsections etc.).
- The guidelines for formatting are followed (font, font size, spacing, margins).
Not following the templates will lead to the submission being non-admissible, and rejected because of that.
Editable templates are available via the submission portal.
No, an endorsement letter is not needed. However, we strongly advise you to reach out to your intended Host and Co-host Supervisors as soon as possible for the following reasons:
- GDPR requires you to inform the intended supervisors of your project that:
- You plan to include their personal data in your proposal
- Their personal data will be shared with external evaluators.
- Furthermore, although not mandatory, we encourage you to discuss your application with your intended supervisors since this will strengthen your proposal:
- The match between the proposed project and the Host and Co-host Supervisors is one of the evaluation criteria that we are using.
- The match with the research group and infrastructure is also included in the evaluation criteria.
- Finally, during the viability check (step 6 of the review process), we check whether the infrastructure, supervision and resources needed to successfully complete the project are indeed available. Make sure to discuss these items before submission, and make sure your supervisors also check this availability internally.
Yes, it is possible to include a third partner in the project, from academia as well as industry. Please note, at least two (2) EuroTech universities have to be part of the research project.
- Although a Gantt chart might be a good way to show your work plan, it is not mandatory to include. It is up to you to make the best trade-off how to use the 5 pages you have at your disposal.
Yes, editable templates are provided via the submission portal.
The programme will include four bootcamps, two for fellows of the first call and two for fellows of the second call. These bootcamps will take place at the Host Institutions (DTU, L’X, TU/e and TUM). It has not been decided yet which university will be hosting which bootcamp.
The results of the evaluation process are expected in July 2022.
