Visiting Scholars

Call for applications

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2014 VISITING SCHOLARS
Call for applications

The University of Bordeaux is opening Visiting Scholars positions within the framework of its Initiative
of Excellence (IdEx Bordeaux).

The aim of this programme is to enable high-level, internationally-reputed scholars to visit the University
of Bordeaux or one of the partnering institutions of IdEx Bordeaux and develop an academic
collaborative project in research or education, or at institutional level.

This programme is open to all fields, but particular attention will be devoted to candidates
promoting projects:

that strengthen the internationalisation of the schools curricula;
that fall within the scientific priorities of IdEx Bordeaux, or are at the junction between them;
that are pedagogically innovative;
that strengthen collaboration with dedicated partnering universities;
that involve novel collaborative projects.

The IdEx Bordeaux Visiting Scholars programme will offer 2 types of positions:

Visiting professors, for whom the main activity proposed is education and training. Scholars
must justify a minimum of 12 hours of classes per month as assessed by the letter of support
from the person in charge of the host education unit (mandatory).
Visiting researchers, for whom proposals are built on a research project with impacts on
educational programmes, notably at graduate level. A letter of support from the director of the
host research unit is mandatory.
Projects must explicitly address the impact of the visit in terms of the sites education, research and
international cooperation interests. IdEx Bordeaux will only support proposals with clear scientific,
academic or societal outcomes (response to high-level international calls for funding, establishment of
inter-institutional partnerships and joint Masters or PhD programmes, technology or knowledge
transfer, etc.).

Projects must be carried out at one of the partnering institutions of IdEx Bordeaux.


Duration
In the framework of this programme, IdEx Bordeaux will finance short-term stays (1-2 months) and
long-term stays (3-12 months).

Visits must be programmed between October 2014 and July 2015 and run in consecutive weeks.

Opportunities for long-term stays are limited in number and will require extensive justification,
within the research proposal, of the need for a long-term collaboration. An interview with the
scholars local contact may be required in order to formalise the expected outputs of the visit in
terms of the IdEx Bordeaux priorities.

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Eligibility criteria
Eligible candidates are fellows meeting the following criteria:

excellent record of scientific, academic or institutional achievements;
employed by a non-French institution;
bearing the title of professor (or equivalent) in their institution of origin;
supported by an education unit (visiting professors) or a research unit (visiting researchers) from
the University of Bordeaux or one of the IdEx partners;
proposing a project with a clear impact in terms of the sites education, research and international
policy;
upper age limit: 65.

Funding
Financial support from IdEx Bordeaux will include the scholars salary (equivalent to a French
professors salary), as well as travel expenses (the fellows return tickets from her/his place of residence).

Application
IdEx Bordeaux Visiting Scholars positions are open to personal applications. Applications should be
supported by a research or education unit from the University of Bordeaux or one of its partners, based on
their academic needs and planned research activities. A letter of support from the director of the host
laboratory (research unit), or from the person in charge of the education unit must be provided in order to
validate the application.

5 individual files must be uploaded via the Invited Professor Application web page in order to validate the
application. Incomplete applications will not be considered:

1. Document A, or Administrative Application Form (in .doc or .docx format).
2. Document B, or Project Proposal Document, explaining how the project fits into IdEx Bordeauxs
priorities and providing a list of planned activities (including presentation of the scholars work at
academic events, meetings with doctoral students, graduate and undergraduate teaching, public
events, etc.), and expected outcomes (response to high-level international calls for funding,
establishment of inter-institutional partnerships and joint Masters or PhD programmes,
technology or knowledge transfer, etc.) (in PDF format).
3. A letter of support from the host education (UFR, Collge) or research unit, mentioning the
importance of the visit in respect to the units objectives, and confirming that it can host the
scholar and provide all the necessary resources to conduct the project (in PDF format). The letter
from the host education unit must include the number of hours the scholar will dedicate to
training activities and courses, and if possible, the speciality concerned.
4. A short CV, 3 pages max. (in PDF format).
5. A major achievements track-record, 3 pages max. (list of major publications, patents, grants and
other scientific communications and awards, in PDF format).

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If you do not receive a confirmation email for your application within 2 working days, please
contact us.







Evaluation process
The overriding selection criteria are first the academic standing and achievements of the visitor in terms
of research and teaching, and second the potential benefits to the receiving institution in terms of skills
and expertise. Priority will be given to new or recent collaborative projects.

The applications will be processed and reviewed by a dedicated committee under the supervision of the
IdEx Executive Board, according to the following criteria:
international recognition of the candidate;
teaching prospects (in accordance with the calls priorities);
significance of the project considering IdEx Bordeaux priorities;
significance of the project considering the sites international policy.

Provisional calendar*

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2014: submission of applications
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*any change to the provisional calendar will be announced on the dedicated web page.

Contact
If you have any questions or need help to submit your application, feel free to contact Carlos Mendoza, in
charge of implementation of this programme, at the following email address:

recruitment@u-bordeaux.fr
Document A (Administrative Application Form) and Document B (Project Proposal
Template) are available for download in the documents section. Their use is mandatory.
If you experience any problems working with these documents, please contact us.


The University of Bordeaux is leading the Initiative of Excellence programme in association with
the National Research Council (CNRS), the National Institute for Health and Medicine (Inserm), the
University Bordeaux Montaigne, Sciences-Po Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sciences Agro and the Bordeaux
Institute of Technology. Other partnering organizations contributing to the Excellence Initiative are:
INRA, INRIA, CEA, IRSTEA, IFREMER and Bordeaux CHU.
Scientific priorities of IdEx Bordeaux are developed by thematic clusters: AMADEus (Materials
sciences), BRAIN (Neurosciences), COTE (Environment and Ecosystem), CPU (Numerical
Certification and Reliability), LaScArBx (Archaeology), LAPHIA (Lasers and Photonics), METISS
(Global Health), TRAIL (Translational Imaging), and an applied research institute LIRYC
(Cardiology). Please visit http://www.labex.u-bordeaux.fr/en/ for details.