“La Caixa” Foundation. Call for Junior Leader Postdoctoral Scholarships

The Junior Leader postdoctoral scholarship program is intended for the recruitment of excellent researchers, of any nationality, who wish to continue their research career in Spanish or Portuguese territory in the areas of health and life sciences, technology, physics, engineering and mathematics. This program aims to promote high-quality and innovative research in Spain and Portugal and support the best scientific talents who are offered an attractive and competitive environment in which to carry out excellent research.

The program has two modalities:
    – Junior Leader Postdoctoral Program – Incoming Call: 20 3-year postdoctoral scholarships for researchers of all nationalities, who are offered an employment contract to carry out a research project in Spanish centers accredited with the distinctions of excellence Severo Ochoa, María de Maeztu or the Carlos III Health Research Institute, or in Portuguese centers evaluated as excellent by the Fundação para a Ciência ea Tecnologia de Portugal. For Spanish institutions, candidates must have resided in Spain for less than 12 months in the last three years while for Portuguese institutions, candidates must have resided in Portugal for less than 12 months in the last three years.
    – Junior Leader Postdoctoral Program – Retaining Call: 20 postdoctoral scholarships for researchers of all nationalities to carry out their research activity at any university or research center in Spain or Portugal. For Spanish institutions, candidates must have resided in Spain for more than 12 months in the last three years while for Portuguese institutions, candidates must have resided in Portugal for more than 12 months in the last three years.

Endowment: The maximum financial endowment of the scholarship is a total of €320.100, in three maximum annual payments of €102.500 according to the following breakdown:
    – Salary costs: €64.000 gross per year that the host institution will dedicate to hiring the intern in accordance with current labor legislation in Spain or Portugal. The minimum annual gross salary that the host institution must offer the scholarship recipient is €47.000.
    – Research costs: €38.500 gross per year for expenses directly related to the development of the project including consumables, equipment, hiring of personnel, registration for conferences or courses, research stays, intellectual property costs, among others.
    – Annual family aid: €1.200 gross per year for each dependent child.
    – Mobility aid: €5.400 gross at the beginning of the scholarship for scholarship recipients who need to move to join the host institution (those who need a transfer of more than 50 km away).

Deadline: October 3, 2024, at 14:XNUMX p.m. in mainland Spain