FPI-ICIQ Pre-Doctoral Fellowships 2024

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FPI-ICIQ Pre-Doctoral Fellowships 2024

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Offer DescriptionThe FPI-ICIQ 2024 Call is aimed at exceptional graduate students from all over the world, to support their enrolment in a training and research programme in the field of chemistry, ultimately leading to the completion of a Doctoral Thesis in partnership with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). The Doctoral Thesis will be associated with a research project financed by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, la Agencia Estatal de Investigación and the Fondo Social Europeo (FSE+) in the framework of theThe selected PhD students will have the opportunity to develop their professional careers in the fields of academia and industry. This objective is achieved by:

• The performance of an individual research project under the direction of an internationally renowned Group Leader, in a creative and stimulating scientific environment.
• A complementary training programme in both technical and soft skills. The educational framework is designed to ensure a successful career:

, hands-on training in the use of state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation, IP management, entrepreneurship, research integrity, knowledge and technology transfer, grant applications, project management, communication skills and career development. ICIQ offers a yearly personalized training programme for PhD students, SHARP, which takes place during the course of 2 weeks, with training focused on their given PhD year. * Opportunities for short stays in distinguished international research institutions.The programme is addressed to highly qualified, motivated and talented graduate students with a keen interest in research in Chemistry or adjacent areas. Candidates should have an excellent academic record, a strong commitment to scientific research and a solid working knowledge of English.The process of evaluation and selection guarantees the principles of competition, publicity and transparency.Admission to the programme is on a competitive basis.Only one application per person will be considered. In case of multiple applications, only the first application submitted will be taken into consideration.Please refer to the attached document with detailed information on the available positions, the grant conditions, application documents and the fellowship eligibility criteria.ICIQ follows in its selection process a gender equality opportunity policy and a non-discrimination policy on the basis of age, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, language and disability.ICIQ is committed to promoting a work-life balance for its employees and, as such, offers flexible working hours.Available positionsSupervisor: Prof. Pablo Ballester BalaguerProject PID: Molecular clefts, cavitands and cages derived from calix[4]pyrroles: synthesis and studies of their applications (mocacube)Project PID Reference: PID2023-149233NB-I00Number of positions: 1Reference: FPI-ICIQ 2024-01 (PB)Supervisor: Prof. Arjan W. KleijProject PID: Advancing Metal-Assisted Transformations of Functionalized Heterocycles into Novel Stereodefined Scaffolds (AVANT-GARDE)Project PID Reference: PID2023-149295NB-I00Number of positions: 1Reference: FPI-ICIQ 2024-02 (AK)Supervisor: Prof. Mónica H. Pérez TempranoProject PID: Expanding the chemical space of cobalt synthetic and mechanistic tactics: From Fundamentals to Catalysis (COMET)Project PID Reference: PID2023-146130NB-I00Number of positions: 1Reference: FPI-ICIQ 2024-03 (MH)Where to apply WebsiteRequirementsResearch Field Chemistry Education Level Master Degree or equivalentSkills/QualificationsEligibility criteriaThe programme is open to graduate students, from any nationality that fulfil the following eligibility criteria: * Candidates must have a Master’s or an equivalent degree in the areas of Chemistry, Pharmacy, Physics, Chemical Engineering or related disciplines, completed by September of 2024, that allows them to be admitted in a Spanish PhD Programme by the time the grant starts (scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024).Languages ENGLISH Level GoodAdditional InformationBenefitsGrant Conditions * The awardees of an FPI-ICIQ PhD fellowship will be considered research personnel in training and they will have an employment contract (a pre-doctoral contract) which is regulated in the Spanish Law 14/2011, of June 1st, of Science, Technology and Education.

• The grant includes the salary, the enrolment fees to a PhD program (up to 4 years) and the opportunity to carry out fully funded short stays in other institutions, companies or universities abroad.
• Pre-doctoral contracts are renewed annually for up to 4 years. Renewal is subject to satisfactory performance in the PhD studies and related research activities. The time spent with previous pre-doctoral contracts will be deducted from the 48 months granted.
• The gross yearly salary of the contract shall be split into 12 monthly payments and distributed as shown below:

The first year of PhD: 19.479,01 €The second, third and fourth year of PhD: 24.348,77 €The amounts are stated according to the rules of the Estatuto del Personal Investigador en Formación (EPIF) and Article 12.4 of the call 2023 of “Proyectos de Generación del Conocimiento”. They will be increased if the EPIF is updated. * The fellowship includes full social security coverage through the Spanish Social Security system, providing access to the Spanish public health care system and pension and unemployment benefits.

• The FPI-ICIQ grant holders can become Postdoctoral researchers (POP) if they defend their PhD thesis before the end of the grant. In this scenario, the PhD student and the supervisor can agree to sign a postdoctoral contract for a maximum of 12 months. The total duration of both periods (doctoral and postdoctoral) cannot exceed 48 months.
• The grant holder is entitled to temporarily interrupt the fellowship in the situations regulated in Article 21. C) of the Spanish Law 14/2011, of June 1st, of Science, Technology and Education and in Article 25.7 of the 2023 call of “Proyectos de Generación del Conocimiento” and grants for predoctoral researchers associated to these projects, in the framework of the “Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023.” The time elapsed during this interruption will not be accounted for against the total time.
• The contract will take effect on the date when the awarded student joins the centre.
• The PhD fellowship awardees will work full-time at ICIQ and may not receive any other fellowship with the same purpose or regular income.

Selection processEvaluation criteria:Criteria 1. Academic and/or scientific-technical career path of the candidate (up to 50 points).Sub-criteria1. a) Scientific-technical contributions (up to 45 points). The academic record and other curricular merits of the candidate will be assessed, as well as their suitability for the tasks to be carried out based on training and professional experience.1. b) Mobility and internationalization (up to 5 points). Short stays in national and international institutions, universities and industry will be assessed taking into account the prestige of the entity hosting the stay and the activity carried out therein, as well as the impact of the research stays on the research career of the candidate.Criteria 2. Adequacy of the candidate to the research activities to be carried out (up to 50 points).The adequacy of the candidates to the program, project or research activities to be carried out will be assessed based on their previous training and experience. For that purpose, consideration shall be given to the added value that carrying out the project will represent for their research career, as well as the value contributed to the institution and the host research group.Work Location(s)Number of offers available 3 Company/Institute Institut Català d’Investigació Química Country Spain State/Province Tarragona City Tarragona Postal Code 43007 Street Avinguda Països Catalans 16 GeofieldContact CityTarragona WebsiteStreetAvinguda dels Paissos Catalans 16 Postal Code43007STATUS: EXPIREDShare this page

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