Tenure Track Position according to § 99 (5) Universities Act for Experimental Psychiatry

at the University Hospital for Psychiatry I of the Medical University of Innsbruck
(full-time position)

The Medical University of Innsbruck, located in the heart of the Austrian Alps, is the largest and most im-portant medical research and education facility in the West of Austria. We currently teach and train over 3,600 students in seven Bachelor-, Master- and Doctoral Programs, most of them in medicine. A dedicated staff of more than 2,200 employees covers all relevant fields from basic research to clinical sciences.

The successful applicant initially concludes an employment contract for a fixed term of six years and, fol-lowing a positive outcome of the procedure, a qualification agreement. Once it has been established that the qualification agreement has been fulfilled on the basis of a positive evaluation, the contract is converted into an employment contract for an indefinite period.

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Requirements:
    The candidate should be holding a phD in Medical sciences, Neurosciences or related areas 
    excellent research and publication activity in the specific research field
‒    The candidate should prove the ability to lead a team and supervise students from different levels, i.e. phD students, master and bachelor students. 
‒    experience in the conception, acquisition and management of third-party funded research projects
‒    Academic teaching experience as well as the willingness to get involved in teaching activities and their further development. 
‒    The candidate should demonstrate a strong commitment to interdisciplinary, translational research in experimental psychiatry, integrating preclinical models, molecular neuroscience, and clinical data to advance understanding of psychiatric disorders and identify novel biomarkers and therapeutic tar-gets. 
‒    Working on the behavioral and neurobiological level with animal models of psychiatric disorders. The candidate should demonstrate a solid track record in molecular and cellular neuroscience, par-ticularly in elucidating the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying psychiatric illness.

Your main task:
‒    Academic teaching and supervising students within the different university programs
‒    the establishment of a research group in the field of Experimental Psychiatry 
‒    acquisition and management of nationally and internationally funded research projects
‒    Participation to the university committees

We offer:
‒    a competitive start-up package including guaranteed annual base funding
‒    a varied and largely independent job
in a highly attractive work and social environment in a most liveable city
‒    a dynamic research environment
‒    numerous further education and development opportunities
‒    support through central service facilities
‒    various attractive additional company benefits (including but not limited to excellent support through our service-oriented administration, childcare support, dual career consultation, and an inhouse pen-sion fund in addition to the statutory social insurance)

The current position (full-time employment) commences with a 6-year contract based on a mutually accorded qualification agreement. If the qualification goals are met following a positive evaluation, the contract can be extended indefinitely with the job title of `associate professor´.

A salary based on group B1 (or A2 after fullfilment of a qualification agreement based on a positive evalua-tion) of the collective contract (`Universitätskollektivvertrag´) for Austrian university employees.

Application

The complete application documents (see Application Guidelines under: https://www.i-med.ac.at/karriere/laufbahn.html) must be sent digitally (as pdf files) in German or English to the following e-mail address: tenuretrack@i-med.ac.at 

Deadline for submissions is 06.08.2025.

Non-EU citizens must fulfil the relevant Austrian legal requirements regarding residence and work permits.

Applicants are not entitled to compensation for travel expenses with reference to this tender.

The Medical University of Innsbruck is an equal opportunity employer. We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity and encourage minorities/women/individuals with disabilities to apply.  

In case of inconsistencies between the German and the English versions of this tender, the legally binding version is the German one.

Further information about the Medical University of Innsbruck can be found on: www.i-med.ac.at  

For detailed information and all documents in support of an application please see: https://www.i-med.ac.at/karriere/laufbahn.html

Univ.-Prof. Dr. W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker
President