FAIR Fellow and Associate programme / Deadline 31 October 2026

Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to inform you that the 2026 Autumn call for FAIR Fellow and Associate Programme is now open.

Key Information:
• Application deadline: October 31, 2026
• Apply here: https://fair-center.eu/career/fair-fellow-and-associate-program
• New this year: Dedicated application portal at https://www.gsi.de/jobskarriere/stellenangebote/fair-fellow-associate-bewerbung

The Programs at a Glance:
• Fellows: Early-career scientists seeking a 2-year position (extendable to 3 years). Up to 5 fellowships per year are expected to be granted.
• Associates: Mid-career/senior scientists looking for a visiting position of 3 months–1 year. The number of grants will depend on the excellence of applicants and available funding.

What We're Looking For:
• Fellows: Early-career scientists (2-year position, extendable to 3 years)
• Associates: Mid-career/senior scientists (3 months–1 year visiting positions)
• Both require a PhD and must be affiliated with a FAIR partner institution.

How to Apply:
• Read eligibility, documentation and further instructions here https://fair-center.eu/career/fair-fellow-and-associate-program.
• Applicants must submit all required documentation before the deadline.

Questions?
Email me at Pradeep.Ghosh@fair-center.eu or check out the website: https://fair-center.eu/career/fair-fellow-and-associate-program

Please share this with colleagues-we'd love to hear from strong candidates. if you receive this multiple times then excuse me for the double posting.

with best regards,
Pradeep
Dr. Pradeep Ghosh
FAIR and GSI GmbH

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Accelerator Scientist & Facility Supervisor Position at UMass Lowell

The University of Massachusetts Lowell Radiation Laboratory, a member of the Association for Research at University Nuclear Accelerators (ARUNA), invites applications for a full-time Accelerator Scientist & Radiation Laboratory Facility Supervisor (Job No. 530329).

The position offers the opportunity to turn new experimental ideas into research at an ARUNA laboratory, using the 5.5-MV Van de Graaff accelerator, developing grant proposals, and helping shape future facility upgrades. Working closely with faculty, students, and collaborators, the successful candidate will guide accelerator operations and support experiments spanning nuclear science, detector development, and applied research.

For details and application instructions, please see the position announcement below.

https://careers.pageuppeople.com/822/lowell/en-us/job/530329/accelerator-scientist-radiation-laboratory-facility-supervisor

For inquiries, please contact peterbender@uml.edu or andrewrogers@uml.edu. Please share this announcement with anyone who may be interested.

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Post-doctoral research associate at the University of Tennessee

The Experimental Nuclear Structure Group at the University of Tennessee is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral position in the experimental low-energy nuclear physics program. The successful candidate will lead the operations of the new sputtering source for triton beams at the John D. Fox Laboratory, FSU. The candidate will operate and maintain the sputtering source, lead the two-neutron transfer experimental campaign and analysis. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status. Please apply at https://fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/job/9997.

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PhD position in experimental nuclear physics at Uppsala University

A PhD position in experimental nuclear physics, focusing on neutron-induced reactions, is now open at Uppsala University.

The project involves experiments at the NFS facility at GANIL (France).

Advertisement and application link:
https://uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:971356/

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Postdoctoral position / 24-month fixed-term contract at Irfu,CEA Saclay, France

A postdoctoral position / 24-month fixed-term contract is open at Irfu, CEA-Saclay to work on the project SENTINELLE, with a focus on the development of a Micromegas detector for online monitoring of the reactivity of low-power nuclear systems.

The position is expected to start from November 2026 and no later than early April 2027.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received. As the CEA recruitment procedure takes approximately two months, interested candidates are encouraged to contact us sufficiently in advance of their preferred starting date.

The SENTINELLE project (Stochastic neutron noise techniques for online surveillance) aims to develop new methods for online monitoring of the reactivity of low-power nuclear systems using temporal fluctuations in the neutron signal – stochastic neutron noise. These fluctuations and the temporal correlations between neutron events contain information on fission chains and can therefore be used to infer parameters related to the multiplication of the nuclear system. The long-term objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of an integrated "detector + algorithm" system capable of estimating reactivity from neutron-noise measurements, for example during reactor start-up or for monitoring corium during decommissioning operations at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Link to the offer : https://cernbox.cern.ch/s/cuNaAruucP71wGB

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