1. DUTCH RESEARCHlet usinspireyourcareer Presentation for the PhDTalent event, September 21st 2012, Paris Virginie Jazede, ANSES, Maison-Alfort Anièce Heijnen & Nettie Abbring, French-Dutch University Network, Lille-Utrecht Jeroen Sparla, AcademicTransfer, Utrecht

2. Agenda • Word of Welcome (Anièce in French) • Tour d’horizon on Dutch Research opportunities (Jeroen in English) • First hand experience (Virginie, in French/English) + eventually extra dia from Elsa Regan, Danone Research, Wageningen • About French-Dutch Joint programmes (Anièce & Nettie) • Word of Thanks (Jeroen in French/English ?)

3. Welcome on behalf of • Réseau franco-néerlandais - Frans Nederlandse Academie | www.frnl.eu • AcademicTransfer | www.academictransfer.com

4. 14 universities • Leiden University (1575) • University of Groningen (1614) • University of Amsterdam (1632) • Utrecht University (1636) • Delft University of technology (1842) • VU University Amsterdam (1880) • Erasmus University Rotterdam (1913) • Wageningen University (1918) • Radboud University Nijmegen (1923) • Tilburg University (1927) • Eindhoven University of technology (1956) • University of Twente (1961) • Maastricht University(1976) • Open University (life-long and distance learning) (1984)

5. International Environment • English is the second language for all Dutch people • International Classrooms, English taught programmes • 15% international students • Embedded in international networks

6. Attractive Labor Conditions • Focus on young academics • Tenure tracks • Good mix of age and gender • One collective labor contract • Internationally competing salaries and fringe benefits • Academic freedom

7. Chances for young academics PhD students are: • Employedby the universities(or receive a scholarship) • Part of a research team • In close interactionwiththeir professors

8. Research and education are intertwined • Starting at bachelor level, students are involved in research programs • Professors have teaching responsibilities at all levels • Specialized research masters and graduate schools

9. Universities score well in rankings • 12 universities in top 400 Shanghai ranking • 11 universities in top 200 Times Higher Education • Citation impact scores third in the world • Number of academic publications per capita 4th in the world • 45 % of the Dutch publications are the result of international co-authorship

10. Transfer of knowledge • The Netherlands ranks 7 in terms of number of patents applications worldwide • Intensive cooperation with industry • Public-private partnerships in Technological and Societal Top Institutes • Focus on entrepreneurship

11. Public/private partnerships examples Technological Top Institutes: • green genetics, pharmaceuticals, Food andNutrition, polymer, water technology, etc Societal Top Institutes: • The Hague Institutefor the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) • Netspar – Network for Studies on Pensions, AgingandRetirement • Netherlands Institutefor City Innovation Studies (NICIS)

12. Doing a PhD in the Netherlands • Career : • Master 2 at the Institut Pasteur • PhD at Utrecht University • Post-doctorat at Utrecht University • Post-doctorat at ANSES • Benefits of being abroad : • Improvement of linguistic and cultural skills (English) • Teaching skills • A different way of working : being independant • A real 7 years’ experience as employé

13. Elsa Regan-Klapisz: 13yrs in NL • PhD obtained in 1999 in France (Paris VI) followed by 10 yrs postdoc at Utrecht University - Faculty of Biology • Postdoc in NL • Excellent work environment & workpackage (much better than permanent position in French academic environment) • Great work/life balance • Acquired fluency in English + teaching experience + strong management skills (project + people management). • Recruited @ Danone Research NL while 6 months pregnant of 3rd child + employer did wait 6 months for me => Dutch employers have a really different mindset compared to French ones !! • Asset was her senior academic background + management/communication skills + fluency English/French

14. Joint programmes between France & the Netherlands

15. Usefull links • www.academictransfer.com (Academic Jobs in NL) • www.eracareers.nl (JOBS and GRANTS in NL) • www.careeredu.eu (Academic Jobs international) • www.euraxess.eu (EUROPEAN JOBS) • www.nwo.nl (FUNDING) • www.grantfinder.nl (FUNDING) • Dutch Research Movie