Post Career Break Fellowship
Forecasted
Post Career Break Fellowship supports scientists and engineers returning after a personal career break, funding project work and training at CERN to help them reconnect with professional practice.
Funder: CERN
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Application deadline) | July 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: CHF 6,372–7,004 net monthly for 6–24 months, with possible extension to 36 months
Summary: Supports scientists and engineers returning after a personal-reason career break through project work and training at CERN.
Key Information: Unemployment or a career change does not qualify as a career break.
Description
CERN’s Post Career Break Fellowship helps professionals return to science or engineering after interrupting their careers for personal reasons. Fellows reconnect with their expertise and contribute to innovative projects in a supportive, international environment. The programme combines project work with on-the-job and formal training, including language classes, to support a return to professional practice.
Opportunities span applied, experimental and theoretical physics, engineering, information technologies, data science, AI and analytics. Work contributes to CERN’s scientific discovery, technologies and operations, including particle detectors, experimental facilities, accelerator machinery, electrical systems, electronics and software. Other areas include chemical, materials and process engineering, civil engineering, health, safety, environment and sustainability, and technology transfer and innovation.
