SPECIFIC OPEN POSITIONS
Since these positions depend on the availability of open calls for grants, we recommend contacting us well in advance of the ideal date you would like to start working with us.
Please send your application.
There may be other positions available, which are usually related to competitive grants that can be solicited at different times during the academic year.
Regional, state and European opportunities
There is a number of regional, state and European opportunities that opens regularly once per year. We encourage motivated student and researcher to contact us if you are interested in joining the LaCàN with these grants.
Grants for the recruitment of early-stage research staff (FI):
This call for grants is co-financed with the European Social Fund. To award grants to universities, research centres and/or hospital foundations to recruit early-stage research staff and promote research quality by means of the the incorporation of this staff in research groups that develop a current and funded R&D project.
Call for the incorporation of research personnel in training (FPI-UPC) for the completion of the doctoral thesis at the UPC. Opens once per year during summer.
Postdoctoral grant Beatriu de Pinós (BP):
The purpose of the Beatriu de Pinós programme is to award 60 individual grants for the employment and incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system.
Postdoctoral grant Juan de la Cierva:
The goal of this call is to encourage the recruitment of young doctors for a period of two years so that they complete their postdoctoral research training in Spanish R & D centers other than those in which they carried out their predoctoral training.
Predoctoral contracts for the training of PhD students (FPI):
The aids aim to train doctors through the financing of labor contracts, under the predoctoral contract modality, so that researchers in training carry out a doctoral thesis associated with a research project funded by the aid for R&D projects from the “Ministerio Economia, Industria y Competitividad (Agencia Estatal de Investigación)”.
PhD Training Grants for University Teaching Staff (FPU):
Destined to the research training in doctoral programs for the achievement of the Doctoral Degree and the acquisition of university teaching competencies, in any area of scientific knowledge, that facilitate the future incorporation of these people into the Spanish system of higher education.
INPhINIT fellowship program by “La Caixa Foundation”
INPhINIT is a new doctoral fellowship programme devoted to attracting international Early-Stage Researchers to the top Spanish research centres in the areas of Bio and Health Sciences, Physics, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
PhD grants by the “la Caixa” Foundation:
“La Caixa” Foundation: offers 20 fellowships to carry out a doctorate at Spanish universities and research centres
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) PhD Funding:
MSCA funding for PhD students is offered within university partnerships called Innovative Training Networks (ITN). The purpose of the scheme is to bring together organisations such as Universities, SMEs (small/medium enterprises), public and private (non-commercial) research centres, non-profit organisations etc. in order to train early-stage researchers in professional environments. In doing so, researchers gain the opportunity to develop themselves through a series of individual projects as set out by the partnership (ITN) the student applies to.
General open positions
We encourage motivated candidates with excellent academic credentials to send inquiries about possible open calls. We will provide information on the different possibilities and we will assist selected candidates in the application process for grants suited for their needs.
In case you are interested in those positions, please send us your application to contact.lacan@upc.edu with the keyword “Postdoc application” or “PhD application” in the subject following the instructions here below.
PhD
Candidates must hold a BS or MS in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related field, and they must have interest in the research topics of the laboratory. An outstanding academic record significantly increases your chances of obtaining a competitive fellowship.
The application must contain:
- A complete CV including education, a list of possible publications (if any), programming skills, language skills.
- A copy of academic transcripts (in English, French, German or Spanish), including the rank, if available.
- The names and contact information of up to three potential referees.
- A short (max one page) statement of purpose describing your research interests and the name of a potential advisor in the group.
Postdoc
Candidates must hold (or are about to finish) a PhD in an area related to the research topics of the laboratory. A good publication record in peer review journals significantly increases your chances of obtaining a competitive fellowship.
The application must contain:
- A complete CV including education, list of publications, programming skills, language skills.
- Title of the PhD thesis, institution where it was carried out, name of the advisor(s), grade obtained.
- A copy of academic transcripts (in English, French, German or Spanish), including the rank, if available.
- The names and contact information of up to three potential referees.
- A short (max one page) statement of purpose describing your research interests.
