Jobs and Grants in Catalan Universities

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VISITING PROFESSOR / RESEARCHER

 

Kind of call Invited professor or researcher

Addressed to: senior professors / researchers

Application conditions: being in sabbatical, having at least 15 years of teaching / research or having had a PhD before 1 January 2000, not having enjoyed grants from this program (any of the two modalities), or similar, after 1 January 2000.

        Nationality: any (if Spanish, the candidate must meet the following conditions: work outside of Spain and not have spent, during the last three years, large periods of time in Spain of more than 9 months).

Duration: between 3 and 12 months

Remuneration: between 2212 and 3100 euros (gross salary) per month

Duties: teaching and research

Institution: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Call: September

Deadline: October

Web page: http://www.mec.es/universidades/am/index.html (modality B1)

 

Kind of call  Invited researcher

Addressed to: junior researchers

Application conditions: having had a PhD after 1 January 2000, not having enjoyed grants from this program (any of the two modalities), or similar.

        Nationality: any (if Spanish, the candidate must meet the following conditions: work outside of Spain and not have spent, during the last three years, large periods of time in Spain of more than 9 months).

        Current position: any with PhD

Duration: between 9 and 18 months

Remuneration: between 1300 and 2350 euros (gross salary) per month

Duties: research

Institution: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Call: September

Deadline: October

Web page: http://www.mec.es/universidades/am/index.html (modality B2)

 

Kind of call  Invited professor or researcher

Addressed to: senior professors / researchers

Application conditions: having had a PhD before 2001

Duration: between 3 and 12 months

Remuneration: between 1500 and 3000 euros per month

Duties: research or teaching

Institution: Catalan Ministry of Universities and Research (DURSI-AGAUR)

Call: February

Deadlines: March

Web page: http://www10.gencat.net/agaur_web/AppJava/catala/a_beca.jsp?categoria=postdoctorals&id_beca=8869

 

Kind of call  Invited Professor

Addressed to: junior/senior professors

Application conditions:

Check whether there is an Erasmus agreement between your department and the Philosophy Department (Facultat de Filosofia) of the University of Barcelona. If there is no current Erasmus agreement between the two departments, it might be possible to establish a new one that you can use to visit the UB (the new agreement should be established before the end of December of the year BEFORE the academic year in which you plan to travel). Contact the person in charge of Erasmus exchanges at your department in your home university, and also the person in charge of Erasmus exchanges at the Philosophy Department (Facultat de Filosofia) of the Universitat de Barcelona

(see http://www.ub.edu/filosofia/org/of_internacional.htm)

Duration: The minimum length of stay is 5 days.

Remuneration: It depends on your home university. Teachers from the university of

Barcelona get a grant of about 500 euros when they travel to teach abroad

using an Erasmus agreement.

Duties: To do 8 hours per week of "activities".

Institution: Funds are provided by the Socrates program of the European Commission.

Call: No date of call. You need to check with the person in charge of International Relations at your home university if there is a current agreement with the Philosophy Department of the Universitat de Barcelona, and also what documents your home university requires for you to be able to use the agreement.

Web page: http://www.ub.es/acad/intercanvis/ and http://www.ub.edu/acad/intercanvis/internacional/erasmus.htm.

 

 

 

RESEARCHER

 

Kind of call  Ramón y Cajal research position

Addressed to: Junior and senior researchers

Application conditions:

        Nationality: any

        PhD: obtained in the last 10 years 

        Meeting one of the following two conditions:

(i)                  At least 24 months after PhD spent in research centres distinct from the ones to which the candidate applies

(ii)                PhD studies and completion in a foreign university, more than 24 months before application

Duration:  5 years

Remuneration: 31650 euros per year (gross salary), plus additional amount of up to 15000 euros which must be used during the first two years for “initiating research activities”

Duties: research

Institution: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Call: February

Deadline: March

Web page: http://wwwn.mec.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=cajal&id=11

 

Kind of call  Juan de la Cierva research position

Addressed to: Junior researchers

Application conditions:

        Nationality: any

        Conditions on PhD:

(i)         Obtained before the month of June of the year of application

(ii)        Maximum time interval between completion of PhD and deadline of application: 3 years

        Conditions on choice of research centre:

(i)         If PhD studies and completion done in a foreign university, any centre can be chosen

(ii)        Otherwise:

(1)               If PhD obtained within 18 months before the deadline of application or to be obtained afterwards, the centre must be distinct from the one in which he/she got / will get the PhD

(2)               Otherwise:

(a)    If candidate chooses a centre X distinct from the one in which he got PhD, he/she must have spent at least 12 months in centres distinct from X

(b)   If candidate chooses the centre in which he got PhD, he/she must have spent at least 24 months in other centres.

Duration:  3 years

Remuneration: 24000 euros per year (gross salary)

Duties: research

Institution: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Call: February

Deadline: April

Web page: http://wwwn.mec.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=delacierva&id=43

 

Kind of call  ICREA senior research position

Addressed to: senior researchers

Application conditions:

        Nationality: any

        PhD: obtained more than 4 years before deadline for application

        Four years in non-Spanish research centres

Duration: unlimited

Remuneration: corresponds to those of the Catalan universities

Duties: research / teaching

Institution: ICREA

Call / deadline: around April / May

Web page: http://www.pcb.ub.es/homePCB/live/es/p1763.asp

 

Kind of call  ICREA junior research position

Addressed to: junior researchers

Application conditions:

- Nationality: any

- PhD: obtained more than 2 years before deadline for application

- Age: below 34

- Two years in non-Spanish research centres

Duration: 5 years

Remuneration: similar to the salary of a first-year tenured Catalan university professor

Duties: research

Institution: ICREA

Call / deadline: around April / May

Web page: http://www.pcb.ub.es/homePCB/live/es/p1763.asp

 

 

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

 

Kind of call  AGAUR pre-doc grant

Addressed to: graduate students who already had grant from Generalitat

Duration: 1 year

Remuneration: between 918 and 1105 euros per month (gross remuneration)

Duties: PhD research; optional teaching assistance

Institution: Catalan Ministry of Universities and Research

Call: August / September

Deadline: October / November

Web page: http://www10.gencat.net/agaur_web/AppJava/catala/a_beques.jsp?categoria=predoctorals, then acronym FI-IQUC

 

Kind of call  AGAUR pre-doc grant

Addressed to: graduate students coming from developing countries

Duration: 1 + 1 years

Remuneration: between 800 and 1000 euros per month (gross remuneration) plus financial support for fees of up to 2500 euros

Duties: postgraduate studies / master

Institution: Catalan Ministry of Universities and Research

Call: May

Deadline: First application March, extension May / June

Web page: http://www10.gencat.net/agaur_web/AppJava/catala/a_beca.jsp?categoria=universitaris&id_beca=9021, then acronym DEBEQ, modality A

 

Kind of call  MEC pre-doc grant

Addressed to: graduate students entering PhD programs

Application conditions:

- Graduation: (approx.) less than 2 years before deadline

- Nationality: Any

Duration: 4 years

Remuneration: 1100 euros per month (gross remuneration)

Duties: PhD research; optional teaching assistance

Institution: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Call: September

Deadline for application: 30 days after call

Web page: http://www.mec.es/universidades/fpu/index.html

 

Kind of call  pre-doc grant associated to specific research projects

Addressed to: graduate students entering PhD programs

Application conditions:

- Graduation: (approx.) less than four years before call

- Nationality: any

Duration: 4 years

Remuneration: 1100 euros per month (gross remuneration)

Duties: PhD research; optional teaching assistance

Institution: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Call: March / April

Deadline: 15 days after call

Web page: http://www.mecd.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=becasfpi&id=11