Three tenure track assistant / associate professors in life science, HiLIFE

HiLIFE tenure track program aims to attract the most talented and motivated individuals.

 

In HiLIFE, we believe that breakthroughs emerge by giving talented researchers sufficient resources and freedom to pursue their ambitions and expertise towards higher goals.

 

We now invite applications for three tenure track assistant/associate professor positions.  

 

HiLIFE Helsinki Institute of Life Science is one of the leading life science research institutes in the Nordics. It fosters outstanding research and generation of innovations across the University of Helsinki campuses and Faculties to create an attractive international environment where today’s grand challenges in health and environment are solved together.   

 

We are now opening the 4th HiLIFE tenure track call and look forward to recruiting three new tenure track assistant/associate professors to join our excellent crowd. In the previous three calls HiLIFE has recruited 15 assistant/associate professors, who to date have been able to achieve 9 ERC grants during their years at the University of Helsinki. The tenure track positions start 2025 at the earliest and are initially for three to five years with a possibility for promotion and tenuring following successful evaluation.  

 

The positions are shared between one of the HiLIFE units (Institute of Biotechnology, Neuroscience Center and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM)) and one of the participating life science faculties in Viikki, Meilahti and Kumpula campuses. We encourage applicants from all fields of life science to apply. The faculties participate in the call and encourage applications especially from the following fields:  

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry: Future food technologies; future resilient crops; 

Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences: human genetics; molecular evolution; 

Faculty of Medicine: neurology; psychiatry; internal medicine; 

Faculty of Pharmacy: drug discovery and development; 

Faculty of Science: Targeted radiotherapy and/or radiobiology; Diagnostic medical physics;  

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: Food and environmental toxicology; 

 

Position requirements 

 

We seek talented candidates with a doctorate degree, post-doctoral experience, and recent demonstration of excellence in research in life sciences according to their career stage. We build on scientific excellence; a suitable candidate has for example already produced early-career scientific track record, attracted external research funding, and is now ready to start working independently.  
 

The successful candidate at the assistant professor level shows potential to be a future research leader and is expected to develop an independent, externally funded line of research in current or emerging areas of life sciences. At the associate level, evidence for these achievements is required. 

 

We are looking for individuals also capable of contributing to the development of life science research infrastructures, innovations and/or higher education in evolving areas of life sciences. Early-stage independent researchers with 2 - 12 years of experience since completion of PhD are especially encouraged to apply.  

 

For formal qualifications, please see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/careers/academic-careers/tenure-track. The degree requirement must be met by the end of the application deadline. 

 

What we offer 

 

The positions come with an attractive negotiable startup package, and are initially for three to five years with a possibility for extension or tenuring following a successful evaluation. All positions are shared between HiLIFE units and one of the participating faculties. Contracts during the tenure track (assistant/associate professor) are with HiLIFE and following tenuring (as professor) at the faculty. The salary is negotiable within the framework of the University of Helsinki regulations. 

 

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