The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is inviting applications for INTREPiD
International Fellowship Programme.
The Programme aims
at enabling outstanding junior scientists of all nationalities to develop a
competitive research project in life sciences at CRG, thus promoting the
transnational mobility and career perspectives of young scientists in Europe.
The Centre for
Genomic Regulation (CRG) is an international biomedical research institute of
excellence, created in December 2000.
All international
applicants for whom English is not the native tongue must provide proof of
competence in the English language.
Course
Level:
Fellowships are available for pursuing the research programme.
Study
Subject:
Successful candidates will join research groups with top-level scientists and
will carry out their research in the following areas of biomedicine:
- Bioinformatics
and Genomics Program: Roderic Guigó - Cell
and Developmental Biology Program: Elvan Boke, Sebastian Maurer - Gene
Regulation Stem Cells and Cancer Program: Bernhard Payer, Fátima Gebauer,
Maria Pia Cosma, Thomas Graf - Systems
Biology Program: Ben Lehner, Nicholas Stroustrup
Scholarship
Award:
Fellows will benefit from an exciting international scientific environment and
an integrated training programme, including access to state of the art
infrastructure, lectures and seminars, specialised scientific and
technological courses, complementary skills training and career development
activities, postdoctoral symposia and retreats, as well as social activities.
Number of
Scholarships:
6 fellowship positions are available for this call.
Scholarship
can be taken in Spain
Eligibility:
- Candidates
can be of any nationality but must undertake trans-national mobility,
which means that candidates must not have resided or carried out their
main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in
the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline. Furthermore, applicants
working at CRG for more than 3 months before the deadline will not be
considered. - Candidates
must have a PhD degree from a recognized university, plan to obtain a PhD
degree by the time of employment, or have at least four (4) years of
full-time equivalent research experience. Candidates who already hold a
PhD degree at the time of application are eligible to apply only if they
passed their PhD exam (or equivalent) in the four years prior to the call
deadline. Exceptions up to 3 years for maternity/paternity leaves and
other documented career breaks will be considered. - Candidates
must have at least one publication as first author (either in press or
published) at the time of the deadline - Candidates
must provide two letters of reference
Nationality: Citizens of any nationality
can apply.
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirement: Candidates must have a PhD degree from a recognized university.
Test Requirement: No
English Language
Requirement: All international applicants for whom English is not the native
tongue must provide proof of competence in the English language.
How to
Apply:
Applications for the INTREPiD programme are accepted exclusively online through
our online application system.
Application
Deadline:
The application deadline is November 19, 2017.
