Institution: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)
Contact: formacion@cnio.es
http://www.cnio.es/phd
"la Caixa"-Severo Ochoa International PhD Programme in Madrid
"The "la Caixa"-Severo Ochoa International PhD Programme at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) offers cross-disciplinary training in state-of-the-art basic and applied cancer research within an international and very dynamic scientific environment. Two 4-year fellowships will be available during 2016.
This programme is open to highly motivated young graduates from all over the world who want to pursue ambitious research projects.
Characteristics:
- The programme has 4 year duration
- During the 4 years, the graduate students will receive an employment contract. For the first year, the gross annual salary will be 18,546.56 EUR .The initial gross annual salary will be increased progressively to 4.08% the second annuity, 7.06% the third and 9.16% the fourth. In addition to the salary, the students will receive a onetime annual allowance of 1,500 EUR for the first and second years and 1,700 EUR for the third and fourth years.
Applicants:
- This call is open to applicants from all nationalities holding a university degree in biomedical sciences, or who expect to be awarded with such qualification during the first half of 2016
- The upper age limit for eligibility is 30 years
- Applicants must have an excellent academic track record with a GPA above 0.75 and previous research experience during their undergraduate career.
- Co-authorship of publication in indexed journals will be positively considered
- Candidates must have a solid working knowledge of English
- Applicants must not have been beneficiaries of a previous PhD fellowship or a Master scholarship funded by the 'la Caixa' Foundation."
How to apply: http://www.cnio.es/es/cursos/descargas/ ... l_2016.pdf
Application deadline: February 29th, 2016.
For further information and to apply: http://www.cnio.es/phd