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PresentationThe amount of the grant may cover the salary of the chair holder, expenses resulting from setting up a research lab (purchase of small equipment), a technician or a postdoctoral researcher salary and operational costs.Researchers preparing applications for tenured positions (assistant professor, professor or researcher positions) at any of the IdEx Bordeaux partnering institution during the 2017 recruitment campaigns are eligible to this funding scheme. Candidates are encouraged as well to apply for other French and international funding schemes that may be cumulated with IdEx Bordeaux funding (ERC, Atip AVENIR, ANR JCJC, etc&#8230;).Eligibility criteriaEligible candidates are researchers meeting the following criteria:Two to ten years of postdoctoral experience. This period may be extended to a maximum of twelve years upon duly justified request (maternity/paternity leave, career interruption, etc.) prior to the application.Outstanding scientific record (publications, patents, etc.);Applicants must be supported by a local host laboratory;Applicants should not have previously held a research position (including PhD) at the University of Bordeaux or any other IdEx partner institution before applying to this program.DurationThe chairs will be funded for a period of up to three years.FundingThe amount of the grant may cover the salary of the chair holder, expenses resulting from setting up a research lab (purchase of small equipment), a technician or a postdoctoral researcher salary and operational costs.ApplicationIn order to submit your application, please follow these steps:Identify the proper local scientific environment for your project.Prepare your application by downloading Documents A, B and C from the website.Once all the requested documents are completed, go to the Junior Chairs application page and fill in the application form.Attach the requested documents in the indicated formats.Submit the application online.Evaluation processCandidates will be evaluated on the following criteria:Scientific career, achievements and international recognition.Scientific project and its pertinence within the site&#8217;s scientific priorities.Potential for acquiring other funding within 2 years.Perspectives of sustainability of the research subject in the mid- to long-term.The peer review evaluation process will involve two phases:After the eligibility check, a first evaluation will be conducted by a scientific board based on the excellency of the candidate and of the scientific project. The scientific board may gather the opinions of external experts on the very specific subjects addressed by the proposals.Selected candidates from the first evaluation phase will be invited to come to Bordeaux for interviews conducted by the scientific board.Provisional calendar*September 26 2016: start of the application process.November 27 2016: deadline for applications.April 10-14 2017 (provisional): interviews by the general panel.&#160;*any change of the provisional calendar will be announced on the dedicated web page.Submissions guidelinesProposals must be submitted electronically before November 27 2016 via the submission page in the IdEx Bordeaux Junior Chairs portal (http://idex.u-bordeaux.fr/junior-chairs). Selected candidates will be invited to Bordeaux for interviews mid-April. Please refer to the Applicant guide for details on the application procedure.The Initiative of Excellence of the University of Bordeaux (IdEx Bordeaux) is a collective programme under the coordination of the Universit&#233; de Bordeaux, in association with national research organisms CNRS and Inserm, and the following higher education and research organizations: Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Science Po Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP and Universit&#233; Bordeaux Montaigne.&#160; IdEx Bordeaux also involves other partnering organizations: CEA, INRA, Inria, IRSTEA, Ifremer and CHU Bordeaux. The Excellence Initiative of the University of Bordeaux has been labeled and granted by the French government within the framework of Investissements d&#8217;Avenir, operated by the national agency ANR (ANR-10-IDEX-03-02).&#160;