Long-term monitoring of little owls and sex-ratio evolution
Organisation / Company CNRS Alsace Laboratory UMR 7178 - IPHC Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
I work on the long-term monitoring of a little owl populations in the entire Alsace territory in France. One objective of this project is to understand the evolution of sex-ratio at fledging and also the factors affecting individual survival with Capture-Mark-Recapture data. We collect feathers on each fledging for molecular sexing.
During the post-doc a first task will be to analyse the feathers to sex the fledging and then to perform statistical analyses to understand the factors affecting the sex-ratio in the brood. It will be also possible to developp other questions, participate in the field work, and/or perform complementary analyses on the feathers (pesticides for examples) depending on the candidate own interests.
Who can apply?
Researchers of any nationality who:
- Have completed a PhD or will complete it at the date of the call deadline (September 2026).
- Have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research at the time of the call deadline.
- Have not resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.
Beware that applicants who have applied to the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 call and received an evaluation below 80% are not eligible for an application in 2026.
How to apply?
We encourage all motivated and eligible postdoctoral researchers to send their expressions of interest to the supervisor’s e-mail address before 24th April 2026.
Your application shall include:
- a CV (5 pages max)
- a cover letter outlining your research background and its synergies with the supervisor’s field and/or the proposed research topic.
Estimated timetable:
- Deadline for sending an expression of interest: 24th April 2026
- Selection of the applicant: May 2026 at the latest