Senior Scientific Officer - Research Grants

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) has an opening for a Senior Scientific Officer to support the Research Grant Program. The position is ideally suited for candidates with a Ph.D. in life sciences or fields at the interface with life sciences who are interested in joining the world’s leading program for support of basic research in biology. ABOUT US . HFSPO is a unique organization supporting frontier interdisciplinary and internationally collaborative basic research in the life sciences. It is supported by 17 Members, comprising 16 countries and the European Commission. Since 1990, more than 8,500 researchers from over 70 countries have been supported. Of these, 31 HFSP awardees have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize. HFSPO is implementing its Strategy 2024–2032, which sets a path for strategic and organic growth and development of the Organization. HFSPO aims to strengthen its core programs supporting frontier research, improve the integration of scientists from all Member countries, diversify its membership, deepen engagement with research communities worldwide and develop new opportunities for frontier science. ABOUT THE POSITION . The Senior Scientific Officer - Research Grants will play a central role in the scientific leadership, implementation and continued development of the HFSP Research Grants Program and will contribute to the scientif