Researcher career path in Spain at a glance!
Are you a researcher thinking about doing a PhD, a postdoctoral stay, or finding professional development opportunities in Spain?
There are many public calls available (and also some private calls) for the recruitment of researchers in Spain; these can be European, national or regional calls for both the private and the public sector.
Information about all these calls have been gathered in this section.
Download the 4th edition of the Researcher Career Path in Spain (2019).
This is a complete scheme of the different researcher career stages with the public grants that can be requested in each period.
This document includes links to wider information on each of the programmes mentioned but you an also continue reading for further detail on some of the calls.
It is worth reminding that this map does not include all funding calls specific of each university and research centre. These are included within the bar “Different contract opportunities specific of University and Research Performing Organisation leading to consolidation”. It is therefore recommended to visit the websites of those research institutions one is interested in, in case there are some specific calls available.
For updates on publication and resolution of national and regional calls, you may be interested in checking the service of alerts available through the Spanish R+D Observatory (ICONO). For updates on European calls (Horizon2020) please check the Spanish Portal for Horizon 2020 and subscribe to the list of distribution of your interest.
If you miss any call in this map or have any suggestion to improve it, please do not hesitate to contact us via euraxess-spain@fecyt.es.
You may also be now interested in visiting our section SCIENCE IN SPAIN
"European opportunities"
Erasmus+ is the EU programme for the areas of education, training, youth and sport for 2014-2020 which supports the actions, cooperation and coherent tools with the
objectives of the Europe Strategy 2020 and its emblematic initiatives. Erasmus+ includes the programmes existing in the Lifelong Learning Programme, the international higher education programmes, such as Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, ALFA III, Edulink and bilateral programmes, in addition to the Youth in Action programme.
Its objective is to improve the European system of higher education through student and academic staff exchanges between Europe and the rest of the world. The objectives include the recognition and validation of individual competences together with equity, inclusion or multilingualism.
The programme is directed at active individuals in the areas of education, training
and the young (students, students on internships, apprentices, pupils, adults, young people, volunteers, university lecturers or other levels, trainers, people working in the field of youth and professionals from the organisations).
On the whole, the individuals taking part in Erasmus+ projects must be settled in a country on the programme. However, some actions, mainly those developed in the areas of higher education and youth are also open to participants from associated countries. The specific conditions for participation on an Erasmus+ project depend on the type of action.
The projects in the area of higher education are mainly directed at students in higher education —short cycle (higher education training cycles), first, second or third cycle—, at university and higher education teaching staff, at personnel from the higher education institutions, trainers and professionals from business.
In the projects from the professional training sector, the main recipients are apprentices and students, professionals and trainers, staff from initial professional training institutions, trainers and professionals from business.
For further information, please send an e-mail to sepie@sepie.es or refer to the webpage of the programme, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus.
The MSCA are a European Commission funding programme aimed at funding training in research and the development of a career based on innovative skills. The programme funds international and intersectoral mobility based on excellence in any area of knowledge (with a bottom-up approach). The basic objective of the MSCA is to provide researchers with new competences and to offer attractive working conditions. Another of the objectives is to break down barriers between academic institutions and other sectors, in particular, industry.
Research personnel from anywhere in the world may apply for an MSCA to carry out research in Europe, provided they meet the requirements for professional experience and mobility of the programme.
Currently there are four types of MSCA:
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Innovative training networks (ITN): aim to form a new generation of young creative, entrepreneur and innovative researchers.
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Individual Fellowships (IF): designed to offer support to the experienced researcher who is in the mobility process within the academic world, with the option to be able to work outside this.
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Research and innovation staff exchange (RISE): aims to support international and intersectoral collaboration by means of exchanges of research personnel and innovation.
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Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND): aims to encourage regional, national and international researcher recruitment programmes to support excellence in training, the development of a career and mobility. This programme is subdivided in turn into two programmes: for predoctoral researchers and researchers with experience. General information is available on the MSCA web page at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions.
To find open Calls, please see the Participant's Portal at (in English) http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html.
Further information is available at the MSCA National Contact Point in Spain at: http://www.eshorizonte2020.es/que-es-horizonte-2020/horizonte-2020-en-espana/ puntos-nacionales-de-contacto.
The ERC is an organisation which funds avant-garde research and aims to stimulate excellence n Europe by funding the best and most creative researchers (of any age).
To apply for an ERC project, it is necessary that the research being conducted with this grant is carried out in a Member State or associated country. ERC grants are increasingly becoming a recognition of scientific excellence.
Research projects awarded by the ERC may last five years and cover avant-garde research in any scientific discipline, including social sciences, humanities and interdisciplinary research. In addition there are programmes for emerging leaders (ERC Starting Grants and
ERC Consolidator Grants) and for established research personnel of recognised prestige (ERC Advanced Grants).
General information is available on the ERC web page at: http://erc.europa.eu.
Further information is available at the ERC National Contact Point in Spain at: http://www.eshorizonte2020.es/que-es-horizonte-2020/horizonte-2020-en-espana/ puntos-nacionales-de-contacto.
"National opportunities"
These contracts are for five years and are directed at research personnel who have obtained their PhD within the dates indicated in each annual Call.
The objective of these contracts is to promote the incorporation of national and foreign researchers with outstanding careers as well as their stabilisation in the Spanish System of Science, Technology and Innovation.
For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: ramonycajal@mineco.es.
The Beatriz Galindo grants are postdoctoral grants for the incorporation of researchers, with teaching and research experience abroad, at Spanish public universities.
There are two categories: Junior, for researchers with less than 7 years of postdoctoral experience abroad, and Senior, for researchers with 7 years or more of postdoctoral experience abroad.
In 2017-call, 100 positions were launched offering 4-year contracts.
Find further information at http://bit.ly/BG-MECD-2018; email contact: beatrizgalindo@mecd.es
These contracts are for three years and are directed at research personnel who have obtained their PhD within the dates indicated in each annual Call.
The subsidy is directed at young PhDs who have completed their postdoctoral education and who, in turn, have demonstrated a capacity for scientific leadership. The host institutions may be universities, public research centres, etc.
For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: cierva.incorporacion@mineco.es.
These contracts are for two years and are directed at research personnel who have obtained their PhD within the dates indicated in each annual Call.
The subsidy is aimed at new research personnel who wish to obtain a postdoctoral training at a university or research centre other than the one at which they obtained their PhD.
For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: cierva.formacion@mineco.es.
These grants last up to four years and cofund the contracts for predoctoral research personnel whose objective is to develop their PhD in the industrial sector (industrial research or experimental development project) At the time of signing the contract they must have been accepted on a PhD programme.
The objective of this contract is to promote the employability of young researchers in industry.
For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: predoctoral@mineco.es.
These contracts are for four years and are aimed at graduates or individuals enrolled on a PhD programme at the time of signing the contract.
The objective is to train predoctoral researchers at universities, research centres, etc., in any discipline.
For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: predoctoral@mineco.es.
Lasting four years, these contracts are directed at graduates accepted or enrolled on a PhD programme or enrolled on a programme entitling them to access to a PhD.
The purpose of this programme is to promote the training of predoctoral personnel on high quality PhD programmes to encourage their incorporation in the research and higher education system.
For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: solicitantes.fpu@mecd.es.
These contracts are for three years and are directed at university graduates
(graduates, engineers, architects, diploma student, HND 3-year engineer's or architect's degree) and graduates from the vocational training programme (vocational training diplomas).
The purpose is to improve the performance and efficiency of the equipment, the installations and other R&D&I infrastructures of public research bodies (OPI); public universities; other public R&D&I centres; public non-profit and private health entities conducting research; public non-profit and private entities carrying out R&D&I activities; technology centres and centres of support to technological innovation at national level.
For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: tecnicos.apoyo@mineco.es.
Lasting three years, these contracts are aimed at PhDs wishing to work in business
(including technology-based companies and young innovative businesses) national technology centres, centres of support to technological innovation, and business associations or scientific and technological parks, with the aim of developing preliminary projects in industrial research, experimental development or feasibility studies.
For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: torresquevedo@mineco.es.
Publications:
"Towards research excellence in Spain: Severo Ochoa and Maria de Maeztu centres and units of excellence. Recruitment opportunities 2017-2018"
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Severo Ochoa centres of excellence and Maria de Maeztu units of excellence are research structures which have been awarded for their high quality and competitive strategic research programmes in the frontiers of knowledge, and attractive work environments. This document compiles information relative to Severo Ochoa centres of excellence and María de Maeztu units of excellence with their recruitment opportunities for researchers during last quarter of 2017 and 2018. Download full document from here Publication date: June 2017 Also downloadable the previous version (August 2016) "Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu Centres and Units of Excellence in Spain. Recruitment Opportunities 2016-2017" |
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"MSCA-Cofund Programme. Opening up new horizons for researchers. Ongoing COFUND programmes in Spain 2018-2019"
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MSCA-COFUND programmes are European Commission initiatives that offer additional funding for new or existing regional, national and international programmes to provide an international and intersectoral dimension to research training and career development. Doctoral programmes as well as fellowship programmes for experienced researchers can be supported. This document compiles information relative to those ongoing MSCA-COFUND PROGRAMMES in Spain with foreseen open calls in 2018 and 2019 for the recruitment of researchers. Under our section "Science in Spain" you will find a map gathering all COFUND calls expected in Spain in the following years. Download full document from here Publication date: August 2018Also downloadable the previous editions:(June 2017) "MSCA-Cofund Programme. Opening up new horizons for researchers. Ongoing COFUND programmes in Spain 2017-2018"(August 2016) "Recruitment opportunities from the EURAXESS network and the MSCA Cofund Programme in Spain. 2016-2017" |
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"Public research organizations in Spain. Recruitment opportunities for researchers. 2018- 2019"
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Public Research Organisations (PRO or OPIs for its initials in Spanish) are national and public research institutions that, together with universities, form the basic core of the Spanish public system of scientific research and technological development in Spain, since they carry out most of the activities programmed in the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation.This document compiles information relative to OPIs with their recruitment opportunities for researchers during last quarter of 2018 and 2019. Download full document from here Publication date: August 2018Also downloadable previous edition: (June 2017) "Public research organizations in Spain. Recruitment opportunities for researchers. 2017- 2018"
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