Open Positions

Professorships

SNF and ERC Assistant Professorships

The Department supports a limited number of applications of outstanding young researchers for external pageERC Grants and external pageSNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships. Candidates in research areas complementary to existing directions are welcome. Successful candidates may be invited by the ETH President to negotiate a five-year independent non-tenure-track assistant professor position. Extensive laboratory space, a start-up budget and an annual budget for teaching and research in addition to the ERC funding will be provided.

For the next application cycle, we particularly encourage proposals in:

Solid-state chemistry and synthesis of materials with functional electronic and magnetic properties
Translational materials research

More details about these positions are given in the flyer "DownloadSupport of ERC Starting Grant and SNSF Eccellenza applications in Materials Science and Engineering (PDF, 49 KB)". The time lines for applications are:

for external pageERC Grants the deadline to express an interest is December 1st, 2021
for external pageSNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships the deadline to express an interest is December 1st, 2021

Interested candidates should apply using the external pageapplication form with the following documentation:

CV
List of publications
Research statement (max. 2 pages, i.e. summary of grant proposal)
Teaching statement (max. 1 page)
Motivation letter (including a clear statement of how the candidate’s research and teaching will fit in the current portfolio of the Department)

Inquiries can be addressed to the Head of Department at the following email address: . The Department will evaluate all applications and will get back to all applicants no later than three weeks following the dates above. If the evaluation is positive, the applicant will be assigned a mentor to provide the necessary support during the application process.