Assistant Professorship: SNSF Starting Grant Applicants at ICS

Your responsibilities

You should bring a concrete project idea as well as a short project description (at most 3 pages). Above all, you should bring an inspiring, exciting research idea!

Your profile

The ICS will only consider applicants who match the eligibility criteria of the SNSF Starting Grants funding scheme:

• Having a doctorate (PhD) or an equivalent qualification and at least two years of research experience after the doctorate
• You submit your application no more than 8 years after the date of your PhD defense

We are seeking researchers specializing in one or more captivating scientific fields encompassing Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Cosmology, Gravitational Physics, Planet Formation, and Planetary Science. Our focus is on individuals with proficiency in Computational Science, Data Science, High-Performance Computing, Quantum Computing, or Theoretical Modeling. In addition to their research contributions, we anticipate that successful candidates will play a pivotal role in cultivating and leading an independent science group, fostering collaboration, and mentoring the next generation of scientists.

What we offer

Successful applicants will acquire the status of Assistant Professor and will be integrated into the Faculty of Science of the University of Zurich. The University of Zurich has a world-class scientific computing infrastructure that includes dedicated access to the tier-0 facilities of the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano. We also have our own GPU high-performance cluster to allow for very large-scale machine learning experiments. We offer a diverse, open-minded, very international environment.
ICS members are heavily involved, with leading roles, in large national and international projects (e.g., NCCR PlanetS, Euclid, LISA Consortium, Einstein Telescope, SKA), and several groups in applied mathematics, statistics, data science, and computer-based visualization are co-affiliated with the institute. The applicant is also invited to collaborate with PhD students and Postdocs at ICS.

Place of work

Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich, Switzerland

Start of employment

We invite grant applicants who are interested in choosing the ICS as their host institution to directly apply via the button below. Applicants should submit a CV, a publication list, and a concise 3-page project description as a single PDF. Applications received by 1 December 2023 will receive full consideration. While we encourage early applications, submissions after 1 December 2023 may also be considered. After an internal evaluation, interviews are held online with the most promising candidates.