« Support for all disappointed with the recruitment campaign for lecturers [MCF]. “This is my first MCF campaign and it’s depressing. I have no audition. “I think I have a better chance in the Star Academy casting than in the MCF campaign. » As every year, at the beginning of May, social networks are buzzing with the disappointment of the many young researchers who are breaking their teeth on the recruitment competition.
But this year, their rants about the shortage of university positions intersect with announcements that arouse their interest as much as they sometimes make them cringe: “The university is recruiting for three junior professorships”, “A unique opportunity: junior professorship in ethology (…), an exceptional scientific environment, a sunny city, the job you want ! »
A unique opportunity: Junior Professor Chair in Ethology ???????????????????? at the #crca @CbiToulouse @UT3PaulSabatier in… https://t.co/YJaJTpxBxs
Applications for the second wave of recruitment of new junior professorships (CPJ), created by the 2020 multi-annual research programming law, have in fact been launched recently. The system, which is inspired by tenure tracks widespread in the United States, allows holders of a doctorate to directly access a post of university professor or research director, without going through the “lecturer” box – and the recruitment competition that goes with it -, after three to six years of research contract with objectives to be achieved.
One hundred and thirty-five CPJs are open this year, in the wake of the 92 announced at the end of 2021. A relatively slow start in view of the objective of 300 chairs per year initially set, and the 1,500 to 2,000 lecturers and university professors recruited annually. But it must be said that two years after their creation, and even though the selection and recruitment process for the first wave has not been completed, the debates on this new access route are still lively within the university community. . “The subject is angry. Please don’t mention my name, I’m going to get gutted by some co-workers,” says the director of a large legal research unit, who did not dare ask for CPJ, smiling, but who believes in a low voice that these contracts, backed by a high grant to carry out the research (200,000 euros on average over three years), can constitute a “huge boost” for a laboratory. However, they come to question “the symbolism of competitive recruitment”.
“No magic money”
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