2021
November 19th
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Career Development Course

Preparing for group leader position interviews

Some of you, mostly postdocs but not only, are considering starting their own research group and are getting ready to apply for such positions.


This training proposes a mock interview for those interested to crash-test their application and receive feedback by Curie PIs. 

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Course in English
Registration deadline

Presentation

Objectives

To prepare participants to group leader position interviews

Personal Work

You will need to provide a CV (2 pages max), project (2 pages) and cover letter (2 pages max) addressed to an institute you actually intend on applying to.

You will need to prepare a presentation of yourself and your project (20 min).

ECTS Information

n.a.

Research themes

Workshops

Article presentation

Practical Informations

Practical Informations

You will need to provide a CV (2 pages max), project (2 pages) and cover letter (2 pages max) addressed to an institute you actually intend on applying to.

In front of other participants and a mock committee consisting of group leaders from Curie, you will present yourself and your project (20 min) before answering questions of the committee (10 min).

After that, the committee will give you honest feedback on your application, performance and chances

Selection result
October 12, 2021
There is no registration fee for this course
Place
Salle Joliot
Campus Curie
11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris

Maximum Number of Participants

5 people

Number of Participants

Five participants

Selection Criteria

Scientists considering starting their own research group and getting ready to apply within a year time or already applying (primarily POSTDOCS but also CRs or exceptional PhD students)

For this event to be efficient, the number of participants will be limited to 5 and your application may not be selected this time. There will be more editions later on.

 

Speakers

Speakers

To be defined

Keynote speakers

This list of speakers may still change

Scientific Committee

Jean-Léon Maître

Daniele Fachinetti