Actually, I was thinking of INRIA and CNRS in France. You don't even need to speak French to apply. Basically, there are two types of positions, junior and seni

Actually, I was thinking of INRIA and CNRS in France. You don't even need to speak French to apply. Basically, there are two types of positions, junior and senior. What I find surprising is that many junior researchers apply for a professor position it they think they won't be able to get a senior researcher position (there is less and less of those). They trade a lot of academic freedom for about fifty percent salary increase.