Scientific Staff
Scientific staff includes scientific assistants, doctoral students, senior assistants, postdocs and senior scientists. The following is an overview of information from the department.
D-USYS puts a lot of efforts in promoting the career development of the scientific staff. To this end the department has carried out two different surveys to analyse the situation and needs of the scientific staff. The results were used to create a plan of action that is currently in the implementation stage.
- The Academic Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich (AVETH - Association of Scientific Staff ETH) represents the interests of scientific assistants, doctoral students, senior assistants, postdocs, senior scientists and all other scientific staff, excluding professors.
- The Association of Scientific Staff of the Department of Environmental Systems Science (VMUSYS) represents the interests of scientific assistants, doctoral students, senior assistants, postdocs, senior scientists and all other scientific staff, excluding professors, in the department.
Duration of employment at ETH Zurich is bindingly laid down in the external pageETH Act (Art 17b) and in the Ordinance governing scientific employees of ETH Zurich (Art 9).
- Doctoral students and postdocs are employed for a maximum of six years.
- Senior assistants are employed for a maximum of six years.
- Employment and Salary at ETH Zurich
- Scientific functions at ETH Zurich
- protected pageInformation regarding permanent positions in professorships of D-USYS
Do you need advice on any employment-related issues? Cornelia Kutasi, D-USYS Personnel Manager, will be happy to help.
- Steps for planning your career at ETH Zurich: My Future
- Support services for studies and scientific careers
- ETH Zurich Career Center for students and doctoral students
- ETH Zurich personnel development services
- After working at ETH Zurich for several years, employees in management, staff or support functions may be granted a sabbatical. This should be for the purpose of professional, methodological, social and personal development and be of benefit in their future employment at ETH Zurich.
The following templates are available at D-USYS to receive proof of teaching duties:
- DownloadTeaching and Supervision Certificate AGRW (DOCX, 75 KB)
- DownloadTeaching and Supervision Certificate UMNW (DOCX, 58 KB)
If you take on teaching responsibilities from a professor on sabbatical, contact the relevant study coordination for a teaching assignment.
The Richtlinien für die Erteilung und Entlöhnung von Lehraufträgen an der ETH Zürich (German only) are generally applicable.
The team for educational development at ETH Zurich is there to support lecturers and other teaching staff. The aim is to promote and further develop teaching excellence at ETH Zurich.
Young researchers of any nationality that have completed their doctoral thesis in Switzerland can apply for support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for postdoc positions abroad. Postdocs can also apply for a ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship or a external pageMarie-Curie-Skłodowska Action from the European Commission.
Senior postdocs can also apply to the external pageSNSF for an Ambizione grant, while external pagePrima Grants are only available for female senior postdocs. Prima Grants not only cover the salary of the recipient, they also cover the remuneration of a doctoral student as well as a research technician, giving the recipient the opportunity to set up their own research group. The guest professor provides laboratory and office spaces and usually acts as a formal supervisor for the doctoral students. Additional funds to supplement the budget for the support staff are provided by the department.
The ETH Zurich Research Commission assesses proposals for ETH Zurich research funding and makes financing recommendations to the Vice President for Research. It also checks proposals for ETH Zurich postdoc scholarships. Proposals for SNSF scholarships for young researchers are also dealt with by the ETH Zurich Research Commission.
The D-USYS Family Office is open to members of the department. The room can be used by parents or carers who would like to bring their children to work and supervise them themselves. Family Office D-USYS
When a child is born, the ETH Domain grants fathers 10 days paid leave. The department is committed to ensuring that fathers benefit from this option. The department is committed to ensuring that fathers benefit from this option.
Other useful links:
- external pagefeminno career programme for female PhDs, postdocs, and group leaders in life sciences
- external pagefemdat job portal for women in academia
- external pageSchweizerischer Verband der Akademikerinnen (SVA) (German only)
- external pageVerein Feministische Wissenschaft Schweiz (German only)
- equal! Equal opportunities for men and women at ETH Zurich
- ETH Zurich Gender Action Plan
In the Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, the Departmental Code of Conduct applies.
Other useful links:
- Scientific integrity at ETH Zurich
- Guidelines for Research Integrity
- The trusted intermediaries at ETH Zurich are available for all questions regarding scientific integrity, for instance authorship conflicts, suspicion of plagiarism, problems with data transfer or data transfer when leaving ETH Zurich.
- The Verhaltenskodex der ETH Zürich für den Umgang mit Zuwendungen (German only) defines guidelines for researchers on accepting and using donations, inheritances, and legates from private sources.
Kontakt
HR Beratung Departemente
Universitätstrasse 16
8092
Zürich
Switzerland