Vacancies

Competitions for Vacant Positions

Announcements and orders for competitions to fill vacant positions at the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Period
2024-2026
Competition Cards
15
Archived Vacancies
23
Active Vacancies
5
Documents
42
Latest update
20 July 2026

Active Announcements

Current Competitions

These announcements are published before the competition archive card is formed. The archive record with the three standard PDF documents will be added after the relevant orders are available.

Announcement of a Competition to Fill Vacant Research Positions

Active announcement of a competition for research positions in the Institute departments.

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement.

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • for the senior research scientist positions: higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a PhD or Candidate of Sciences degree;
  • for leading research scientist positions: higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a Doctor of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degrees.

Order No. 84/к of 20 July 2026 has been added to the competition card.

Documents for Participation

Required Documents for Participation in the Competition

  1. a written application addressed to the Director for participation in the competition;
  2. a copy of an identity document;
  3. a completed personal record card (questionnaire) in the established form — download the questionnaire (DOCX, Ukrainian).
  4. a curriculum vitae;
  5. a copy of the employment record book, if available;
  6. copies of documents on higher education, advanced training, and military registration document for servicemembers or persons liable for military service;
  7. a list of the candidate's scientific publications in domestic and foreign, including international, peer-reviewed professional journals;
  8. written consent to personal data processing — download the consent form (DOCX, Ukrainian).

The list of scientific publications should include links to information resources and websites where the publications are available, or electronic copies of the candidate's scientific works. The list includes, in particular, publications in:

  • scientific journals included in the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine;
  • scientific publications of other countries;
  • foreign or international publications indexed in international scientometric databases.

Candidates may provide additional information reflecting the results of their scientific activity:

  • patents for inventions that have passed qualification examination;
  • monographs or chapters in collective monographs;
  • links to online scientific profiles.

Candidates employed by the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine submit only an application for participation in the competition. If documents are submitted by email, they must be sent as scanned PDF files, with each document provided as a separate file.

If documents are sent by post, the submission date is the date indicated by the postmark. Documents submitted or sent after the expiry of the submission period are not considered and are not returned to the candidate.

The competition period is 30 calendar days from the date this announcement is published on the official website of the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Applications and documents are accepted at: 3 P. Nesterova St., Kyiv, 03057, Ukraine, and by email atinst_mech@inmech.kyiv.ua.

The Institute does not provide housing to persons hired after competitive selection. The authorized person for clarifications regarding the competition procedure is Mykhailo F. Selivanov, Deputy Director for Research of the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Document Archive

Announcements and Orders

Each competition card includes the vacant positions, document submission period, requirements for participants, and three PDF documents: the order announcing the competition, the order approving the participants, and the order approving the results.

2026

Competitions in 2026

2 records

Competition to Fill a Vacant Research Position

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (17.03.2026).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics;
  • postgraduate training or equivalent research training; an academic degree is not mandatory;
  • research results and publications in professional scientific journals whose level, quantity and quality correspond to the requirements for the position.

Competition to Fill Vacant Research Positions

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (05.02.2026).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a Doctor of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degree.

2025

Competitions in 2025

6 records

Competition to Fill a Vacant Research Position

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (30.12.2025).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a Doctor of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degree.

Competition to Fill a Vacant Position

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (02.09.2025).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics.

Competition to Fill a Vacant Research Position

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (07.08.2025).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences degree or PhD;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degree.

Competition to Fill Vacant Research Positions

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (13.05.2025).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a Doctor of Sciences degree for the leading research scientist vacancy;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degrees.

Competition to Fill a Vacant Research Position

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (20.03.2025).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a PhD or Candidate of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degree.

Competition to Fill a Vacant Research Position

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (06.02.2025).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a PhD or Candidate of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degree.

2024

Competitions in 2024

6 records

Competition to Fill a Vacant Research Position

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (24.10.2024).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a PhD or Candidate of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degree.

Competition to Fill Vacant Research Positions

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (17.09.2024).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics, and a Doctor of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degree.

Participation in the Postdoctoral Research Programme

Vacant Positions

  • participation in the postdoctoral research programme of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Document Submission Period

by 10.08.2024.

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • citizenship of Ukraine;
  • Candidate of Sciences degree or PhD;
  • the candidate is not employed at the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the NAS of Ukraine as their principal place of work;
  • the candidate has not reached the age of 36 by the completion date of the competitive selection;
  • no more than seven years have passed since the dissertation defence.

Competition to Fill Vacant Positions

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (15.07.2024).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics;
  • for the deputy head of department position: PhD, Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences degree;
  • for the head of department position: Doctor of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to the stated academic degrees.

Participation in the Postdoctoral Research Programme

Vacant Positions

  • participation in the postdoctoral research programme of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Document Submission Period

by 10.06.2024.

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • citizenship of Ukraine;
  • Candidate of Sciences degree or PhD;
  • the candidate is not employed at the S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the NAS of Ukraine as their principal place of work;
  • the candidate has not reached the age of 36 by the completion date of the competitive selection;
  • no more than seven years have passed since the dissertation defence.

Competition to Fill Vacant Positions

Vacant Positions

Document Submission Period

30 calendar days from the publication of the announcement (01.04.2024).

Requirements for Competition Participants

  • higher education in mechanics, including mechanics of deformable solids or theoretical mechanics;
  • for the deputy head of department position: PhD, Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences degree;
  • research results whose quantity and quality correspond to second-cycle higher education, Master level, for the first vacancy and to the PhD, Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences level for the second vacancy.