JINR Fellowship Programme
Call for applications
Missions
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is looking for fellows and has officially opened its call for applications for various scientific research positions. The new positions are a part of a special programme aimed at reinforcing the scientific personnel involved in the realization of JINR’s top-priority projects in the fields of theoretical and experimental physics of elementary particles, relativistic heavy-ion physics, nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, radiobiology, networking, computing, computational physics, engineering and instrumentation.
The JINR Fellowship Programme offers both talented young scientists and experienced researchers the opportunity to get involved in the cutting-edge international projects of scientific and technological advancements at JINR. Detailed information about the Institute, including the JINR Topical Plan, can be found on the JINR website.
Qualifications, Experience and Language skills
The call is targeting highly motivated scientists and engineers, holders of a Master’s or PhD degree or higher in their respective aforementioned fields.
The applicant should be able to work well in an international environment, such as large multinational collaborations. The applicant is also expected to take responsibility for experiments and analytical work and should be able to work independently when necessary. The applicant should have experience in education and training. Good command of the official JINR languages, both written and spoken (English and/or Russian).
Remuneration
The original appointment will be for one year, with the possibility to renew it for another one year max. (24 month in total).
JINR offers an attractive remuneration package including an annual net base salary at US $1300/month (for MSc degree holders including PhD students) and $2300/month (for PhD degree holders), paid in Russian rubbles at the planned exchange rate (forecasted year-average) adopted in the JINR budget, which is fixed on the date of conclusion of the contract and valid throughout its entire term. In 2024, the exchange rate is 90.1 Russian rubles per 1 USD*.
Income tax of 13% is applied. JINR shall pay no pension insurance.
*The average per capita income in the Moscow region is 65 thousand rubles. The minimum cost of living in the Moscow region is 20 thousand rubles per month for the working population and 18 thousand rubles per month for children.
Important dates
- Application opens: September 15, 2024.
- Application deadline: October 5, 2024.
- Checking the eligibility and selection by JINR: October 5 – 20, 2024.
- Nomination of the successful applications: October 20 – November 1, 2024.
- Confirmation from the applicants: November 1 – 15, 2024.
Vacant positions within the Programme
| Ref. no. | Research area | Name of the research sector/collaboration | Project title | Expected start date |
| 2.1 | The search for the new physics in rare lepton decays. Simulation of background processes and experimental data analysis | DLNP, Rare Processes Sector | Search for the new physics in the lepton sector/COMET | March 2025 |
| 2.2 | Ultra-high-energy neutrino astrophysics | DLNP, Baikal-GVD/HUNT | Optimization of the sensitivity of next-generation neutrino telescopes, simulation, reconstruction, and data analysis of the Baikal-GVD experiment | November 2024 |
| 3.1 | Study of QCD properties, Study of quark-gluon plasma properties by lattice modeling methods | BLTP, Sector No 6 of Physics of Hadronic Matter | Fundamental interations of fields and particles / Theory of hadronic matter under extreme conditions | November 2024 |
| 3.2 | Non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics and precision spectroscopy of light atoms and molecules | BLTP, Sector No 2 of Strong Coupling Methods | Fundamental interations of fields and particles / Phenomenology of strong interactions and precision physics | November 2024 |
| 4.1 | Neutron optics at complex interfaces | FLNP, Scientific and experimental department of Neutron Investigations of Condensed Matter, Sector No. 2 Neutron Optics, Group No. 3 GRAINS | Studies of functional interfaces under conditions of elevated temperatures and humidity using neutron reflectometry | September 2025 |
| 4.2 | Neutron Instrument Simulation | FLNP, Scientific and experimental department of the spectrometer complex IBR-2 | Monte Carlo simulation of neutron instruments for present and future neutron sources in FLNP JINR | January 2025 |
| 4.3 | Research of reactions with resonance and fast neutrons | FLNP, Sector of research of neutron-nuclear interactions, Group No. 3 Investigations of reactions with resonance and fast neutrons | Experimental studies of (n,p) (n,a) reactions under the action of fast and resonant neutrons on various nuclei | March 2025 |
| 4.4 | Optical methods in condensed matter studies | FLNP, Sector of Raman Spectroscopy | Raman spectroscopy and luminescence of 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures | April 2025 |
| 5.1 | Study of photonuclear reactions for the accelerator-based production of medical radioisotopes | FLNR, Chemistry of Transactinides Sector FLNR | Radiation Materials Science, Nanotechnological and Biomedical Investigations with Heavy-Ion Beams | November 2024 |
| 6.1 | Application of graph neural networks to charged particle trajectory detection in the MPD experiment | MLIT, Scientific Department of Computational Physics, MPD collaboration | Mathematical methods, algorithms and software for modeling physical processes and experimental facilities, processing and analyzing experimental data | November 2024 |
| 6.2 | Modeling the late- time accelerated expansion of the universe using a spinor field as a source of repulsive force and comparing the results obtained with observational data through a numerical experiment | MLIT, Scientific Department of Computational Physics, Sector No 2 of methods for modeling nonlinear systems | Methods of computational physics for the study of complex systems | November 2024 |
| 7.1 | Radiation Research in Life Sciences | LRB, Department of Radiation Biology and Physiology / Sector of Radiation Physiology | Research on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations with Different Physical Characteristics / Molecular, genetic and organism effects of ionizing radiations with different physical characteristics | February 2025 |
| 7.2 | Radiation Research in Life Sciences | LRB, Department of Radiation Research / Sector of Radiation Research on Basic Facilities | Research on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations with Different Physical Characteristics / Radiation-biophysical and astrobiological research | February 2025 |
