Open positions:
Doctoral Student
Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School including the National Program for Molecular Medicine (HBGS-FIMM) invites applications for
Doctoral Student Positions
The period of appointment is from 2010 to 2013. Applications for Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School four-year international doctoral training positions are welcome in Sept. 14 – Oct. 2, 2009.
Graduate students are offered an excellent research training program, including basic and advanced courses in biomedical research as well as transferrable skills. Graduate studies are undertaken in the supervision of affiliated principal investigators. Now also those principal investigators associated with Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM are affiliated to Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School including the National Program for Molecular Medicine (HBGS-FIMM). A thesis committee is appointed to each student to support and monitor the progress of the PhD project. The goal is to achieve a doctoral degree within the four-year period.
The positions are open for applicants with a Master’s level degree in medicine, biology or other suitable field. Applicants should start their Ph.D. project in affiliated groups by the beginning of July 2010. If your supervisor is not yet affiliated to HBGS, an affiliation application must be submitted prior to the Oct. 2 deadline to enable the board to reach a decision prior to student selection. Undergraduate students are welcome to apply but must have completed their M.Sc. or M.D. studies before starting in the school, and at the latest by the end of June 2010.
An optimal application should
• Demonstrate that the applicant is motivated and has potential to develop into an independent researcher
• Demonstrate that the applicant will significantly benefit from the four-year program
• Contain a scientifically significant and feasible thesis project
• Propose a research group that can provide adequate scientific training and supervision
The salary for the present posts will be based on levels 1 - 4 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the Finnish university salary system. The job-specific component of the salary will thus be EUR 1 608 – 2 193 per month according to the current level chart. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal work performance, which will be, at most, 46 % of the job-specific component.
Application procedure:
1. Application (deadline Oct. 2, 2009)
The applications are submitted online and are welcome Sept. 14 – Oct 2, 2009. The application form is joint for the Helsinki Life Science Network Graduate Schools. The online application includes an application form filled by the student, supervisor's form filled by the Principal Investigator of the research group, and an optional letter of recommendation filled, for example, by the student's Master's thesis supervisor. The student's application form and the supervisor's form must be filled for the application to be valid. No applications, group leader forms or letters of recommendation submitted after the deadline are accepted.
2. Evaluation of submitted applications
by an annually selected panel with representatives from affiliated principal investigators, external experts, and board members. The panel's members are announced together with decisions.
3. Oral presentations (Nov. 6, 2009)
Some applicants may be invited for an interview by the evaluation panel on November 6, 2009. In this review the students will give an oral presentation on their research proposal, followed by questions from the evaluation panel. Mark the date on your calendar since the invitations to oral presentations will be sent as a late notice.
4. Student selection
Following the oral presentations the evaluation panel will make a proposal for student selection for the board of HBGS. All applicants will be informed of the selection by e-mail.
Research group affiliation with HBGS involves contributing to the curriculum of the school.
Further information and the application form can be found from HBGS Internet pages:
http://www.hbgs.helsinki.fi
and the HBGS office, tel. + 358 9 191 25585, or by email: hbgs-office@helsinki.fi.
Helsinki, 14 September 2009
Administration Office