Group Leader - Amsterdam, Nederland - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

Geverifieerd bedrijf

Amsterdam, Nederland

1 week geleden

Geplaatst door:

Daan Van den Berg

werver van beBee

Beschrijving

Location:
Amsterdam

Max hours per week:38

Max salary:
€

Duration of agreement:
position is either tenure track with predefined evaluation criteria, or tenured

Group Leader - Biological mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disorders - Netherlands Institute for Neurosciences - Amsterdam

Are you interested in developing an innovative research group through a combination of core and extramural funding to study the biological mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disorders? Would you enjoy working in close collaboration with other research groups in an exceptionally collegial and synergistic institute? Do you look forward to focusing your time on research without teaching obligations? Then this job may be for you.

Research at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) is aimed at understanding the neural circuits and molecular mechanisms that generate our mental functions and how they change in brain disorders.

Our institute is in a unique position to achieve this aim by synergizing diverse research groups harnessing state-of-the-art neurotechnologies across the human, primate and rodent brain.

The NIN is also home to the Netherlands Brain Bank, providing access to unique post-mortem human brain tissue, including an extensive and well-documented psychiatric cohort.

The NIN aims to strengthen the synergy between the institute's expertise on neural circuits and the Netherlands Brain Bank and to understand the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders.

It has opened a new group leader position to help achieve these goals.

What you will be doing?

You would have the following responsibilities:

Coordinate and conduct fundamental research relevant to psychiatric disorders.
Acquire external research funding.
Mentor PhD students and postdocs and manage other personnel related processes of your group.
Make an inspiring and complementary contribution to the NIN mission.

Who are we looking for?

What do we offer?

Lab funding (startup and yearly lump sum)
Access to stateoftheart research facilities
Good terms of employment, such (depending on education and experience) a minimum salary of € 5.247 and a maximum salary of € 8.025 gross per month for a fulltime appointment (scale 12 to 14 Collective Labor Agreement Dutch Universities/KNAW). This is exclusive of 8% vacation allowance, 8.3% yearend bonus, travel allowance, internet allowance, home working allowance and pension accrual with ABP. Salary does not depend on grant funding.
Excellent secondary benefits: A package that meets the different needs of employees depending on their stage of life, lifestyle or career ambitions. For example, by working an extra two hours a week, it is possible to increase the number of days off from 29 to 41 days a year (with fulltime employment).
For a complete overview of the terms of employment, please refer to the web page: Work for the Academy
KNAW.

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How to apply?

About the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience is the country's leading fundamental neuroscience research institute, in the international and progressive city of Amsterdam.

It provides a critical mass of scientists (spanning more than 27 nationalities) and neuroscience facilities, in a highly interactive, dynamic, multi-cultural environment, with English as the working language.

Terms of employment

Depending on education and experience the minimum salary is € 5.247 and the maximum salary is € 8.025 gross per month for a full-time appointment (scale of the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities/ KNAW).

This is exclusive of 8% vacation allowance, 8.3% year-end bonus, travel allowance, internet allowance, home working allowance and pension accrual with ABP.

The KNAW offers its staff an excellent package of secondary benefits. A package that meets the different needs of employees depending on their stage of life, lifestyle or career ambitions.

For example, by working an extra two hours a week, it is possible to increase the number of days off from 29 to 41 days a year (with full-time employment).

For a complete overview of the terms of employment, please refer to the web page: werken bij de KNAW.

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