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Holders of a doctorate or a PhD or equivalent degree or applicants who have gained scientific qualifications or carried out scientific work deemed to be of an equivalent level.There is no restriction on the age or nationality of applicants. All CNRS positions are accessible to people with disabilities, with special arrangements for tests made necessary by the nature of the disability

Institution Strategy

The SPADE Junior Professor Chair aims to recruit a researcher conducting fundamental work in surface physics, making use of — or contributing to the development of — scanning probe microscopy techniques. The proposed research project should fully capitalize on the specific strengths of the host laboratory to develop original work in various areas of condensed matter physics. These may include, but are not limited to, light–matter interactions, innovative low-dimensional materials, and the effects of confinement on their properties in the broadest sense (structural, electronic, optical, magnetic, or chemical reactivity).
The SPADE Junior Professor Chair lies at the intersection of two of the six major scientific challenges — “Limitless Instrumentation” and “Materials of the Future” — highlighted in the CNRS's 2024–2028 Strategic Plan and Performance Contract.

Host Lab Strategy

The three laboratories eligible to host the successful candidate for the SPADE Junior Professor Chair are internationally recognized leaders in the fields of surface physics and nanoscience. Listed in alphabetical order, they are: the Centre for Materials Elaboration and Structural Studies (CEMES) in Toulouse (https://www.cemes.fr), the Institut des NanoSciences de Paris (INSP) in Paris (https://w3.insp.upmc.fr), and the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg (IPCMS) in Strasbourg (https://www.ipcms.fr).
Each laboratory offers specific strengths that candidates are encouraged to build upon in shaping their research project. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact their preferred host laboratory as early as possible after the call for applications is published.

International Strategy

The international policy of CNRS Physics aims to enhance the originality and impact of its research by promoting collaboration with leading research teams worldwide. Currently, two-thirds of the scientific publications produced by CNRS Physics laboratories result from international collaborations. All three prospective host laboratories have active international collaborative projects and regularly host visiting researchers from abroad.
Applications to the SPADE Junior Professor Chair from researchers currently working abroad are strongly encouraged.

National Directory of Research Structures (RNSR) of the host laboratory

Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales (CEMES)199117683P
Institut des nanosciences de Paris (INSP)199712634A
Institut de physique et chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS)199712572H

Summary of the scientific project

Candidates are expected to propose a research project that aligns closely with one of the three potential host laboratories: the Centre for Materials Elaboration and Structural Studies (CEMES), the Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), or the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg (IPCMS). The research project, which should be both fundamental in nature and experimental, must stand out for its originality and its potential to go beyond the current state of the art. It should propose innovative investigations involving scanning probe microscopy and/or spectroscopy to study phenomena such as light–matter interactions and the properties of advanced materials (structural, electronic, optical, magnetic, or chemical reactivity), without being limited to these topics.

Summary of the teaching project

Candidates are also expected to propose a teaching project equivalent to 28 hours of lectures or 42 hours of practical or tutorial sessions, aligned with the broad scientific themes of the SPADE Junior Professor Chair. This teaching project will subsequently be discussed and finalized in coordination with the academic authorities of the host laboratory's affiliated university, taking into account the existing teaching programs at the institution.

Financial Environment

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Scientific dissemination

The dissemination of the results will be done through world-class scientific productions: publications, patents, software... In addition, the results will be communicated to various targets such as scientific communities, media, decision makers, general public, schools, etc., with an adapted calendar. Specific tools may be developed such as websites, newsletters, meetings, international symposia, summer schools and conferences.

Open Science

The CNRS is developing a strong policy in favor of open science. Open science consists of making research results "as accessible as possible and closed as necessary". As such, the CNRS aims to make 100% of the texts of publications resulting from the work of its laboratories accessible , in particular through deposit in HAL. The data produced must also be made available and reusable, except for specific restrictions. In addition, the guiding principles of individual evaluation have been revised in accordance with the DORA declaration, to be more qualitative and to take into account all facets of the researcher's profession.

Science and society

The relationship between science and society is now recognized as a full dimension of scientific activity. The project will develop this dimension in synergy with all the partners. The resulting research work will contribute to informing public decision-making. Participatory science initiatives may be initiated with actors from the project’s socio-economic and cultural eco-system.

Indicators

The activity will be evaluated in particular on the basis of scientific production (publications, software, patents, etc.), on institutional and private partnerships formalized by contracts, on international presence, on the promotion of work to multidisciplinary scientific communities, on innovation and its transfer to society and on scientific dissemination to non-specialist audiences.

Methods of organization of the interviews

Only the candidates selected on file by the selection committee will be invited to the auditions.