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Tenure-Track Junior Professor Chairs
Updated on 20 May 2026
Junior Professor Chairs are primarily recruited among researchers who have shown throughout their careers their ability to produce world-class research, confirmed by high-quality publications, with experience in project coordination and leadership. After a probationary period of 3 years and following a tenure review, you will be awarded tenure at INRAE as a research director (DR2) further to approval of the tenure committee.
A research and teaching agreement will specify the path you will follow towards full-tenure and enable you to acquire the qualifications necessary to become a full-tenure Research Director in your field.
Schedule for the 2026 recruitment campaign
- Deadline for applications: June 22, 2026
- Pre-selections (on scientific file): July 3, 7 and 10, 2026
- Final selections (interview): End of August/September 2026
- Starting date for appointments: from October 2026
Before any application form, we invite you to read the candidates guide carefully.
Guide for applicants - CPJ 2026 pdf - 5.06 MB-
Paper application
Application package - CPJ 2026
docx - 421.57 KB
The application file can be downloaded until June 22, 2026 before 5 p.m. (Paris time).
Once completed, the application file can be:
- Sent electronically to chaires@inrae.fr via WeTransfer/FileSender before June 22, 2026 at 5 p.m. (Paris time).
- or handed in at the INRAE head office reception desk in Paris (147 rue de l'université - 75007 Paris), before June 22, 2026 at 5 p.m. (Paris time).
- or sent by post, postmarked no later than June 22, 2026 to INRAE - DRH - Recruitment and Mobility Department – Junior Professor Chair – 147 rue de l’Université – 75338 Paris Cedex 07.