Application guidelines for Postdoc-positions

Selection of projects

  • Current job offers and vacancies are continuously published on the homepage of the Cluster of Excellence (CoE) Circular Bioengineering https://www.circularbioengineering.at/jobs and linked platforms 

  • Open positions are assigned to the respective programmes of the CoE Circular Bioengineering 

  • Along with the job description, here you will find more information about the key researchers and institutes involved, the duration of the contract and the place of employment.

Submission of application

  • Please use the application form for open Postdoc-positions

Application form – Postdoc-positions

  • Please note that we will not be able to process your application without this form

  • Applicants can apply for only one project with the form, for a second project an additional form is needed.

  • Following additional documents have to be submitted as .pdf files

    • Curriculum vitae

    • Copy of passport

    • Copy of certificates from the applicant’s bachelor, master/diploma and doctoral studies

    • A translation of the documents is necessary if the original documents are not in English or German

  • The filled application forms must be sent as attachments in one email to:

    cb_recruiting@boku.ac.at

  • Please indicate your name and the selected project in the subject line (e.g. "Jane Doe, application for PD 2.3")

  • For information on the submission deadline, please refer to the respective project description

Further application procedure - Online hearing and interview

  • Candidates will be selected for further hearings and interviews based on their submitted documents.

  • Candidates will be selected for a hearing and interview based on their submitted documents.

  • Detailed guidelines for the hearing will be sent to candidates together with their invitation.

  • Appointments for the online hearing will be arranged by the key researchers of the panel.

  • After the hearing round, candidates may be invited to a further interview round with the key researcher(s) of the selected projects.

Contract details

  • You will find the duration of the project and employment together with the respective job offer

  • Applicants who are admitted to the COE Circular Bioengineering will receive financial compensation for their daily work according to the regulations of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and in accordance with the regulations of the host universities for 36 or 48 months, depending on the project. They also receive full social security coverage. The typical annual gross salary is 4.932,90 € (payable 14 times per year, 40 hours/week) but may vary slightly between universities.