Topic descriptionFellowships for the Training of Pre-doctoral Researchers. FPI-ICIQ CallThe FPI-ICIQ Call targets outstanding postgraduate students worldwide to support their participation in a training and research programme in chemistry, ultimately leading to a Doctoral Thesis. The Doctoral Thesis will be linked to a research project funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, la Agencia Estatal de Investigación, and the Fondo Social Europeo (FSE+) under the framework of the Call of Proyectos de Generación del Conocimiento.The PhD students granted will have the opportunity to develop their professional careers in the fields of academia and industry. This objective is achieved by :
The performance of an individual research project under the direction of an internationally renowned Group Leader, in a creative and stimulating scientific environment.A complementary training programme in both technical and soft skills. The educational framework is designed to ensure a successful career :
, hands-on training in the use of state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation, IP management, entrepreneurship, research integrity, knowledge and technology transfer, grant applications, project management, communication skills and career development. ICIQ provides a personalized annual training program for PhD students called SHARP (Severo Ochoa PhD Training Program), which occurs over two weeks each academic year, and focuses on their specific PhD year.Opportunities for short stays in distinguished international research institutions.The programme is addressed to highly qualified, motivated and talented graduate students with a strong interest in research in Chemistry or related fields. Candidates should have an excellent academic record, a deep commitment to scientific research and a solid working knowledge of English.The process of evaluation and selection guarantees the principles of competition, publicity and transparency.I. Available positions :
See Annex 1V.Fellowship ConditionsThe awardees of an FPI-ICIQ PhD fellowship will be considered research personnel in training, and they will have an employment contract (a pre-doctoral contract) which is regulated in the Spanish Law 14 /, of June 1st, of Science, Technology and Education.The Fellowship Conditions are regulated in the call of “Proyectos de Generación del Conocimiento” and fellowships for predoctoral researchers associated with these projects, in the framework of the “Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación -”, Articles 3, 12 and 13.The fellowship includes the salary, the enrolment fees to a PhD program (up to 4 years) and the opportunity to carry out fully funded short stays in other institutions, companies or universities abroad.Pre-doctoral contracts are renewed annually for up to 4 years. Renewal is subject to satisfactory performance in the PhD studies and related research activities. The time spent with previous pre-doctoral contracts will be deducted from the 48 months granted.The gross annual salary will be divided into twelve monthly payments. At the time of publishing this call, the gross monthly salary is set at 24.,77 euros. This amount may be adjusted in the event of an increase in the remuneration established by the Statute of Predoctoral Research Staff in Training (EPIF). In any case, the remuneration of the contract may not be lower than 75% of the salary established for equivalent categories under the applicable collective agreements during any of the funded years. It shall also not be lower than the minimum interprofessional wage established annually, under Article 27 of the Revised Text of the Workers’ Statute Law.To determine these remunerations, the minimum reference category shall be that corresponding to Professional Group M3 of labour personnel. The provisions of Article 12.4 of the call for “Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento” shall also apply.The fellowship includes full social security coverage through the Spanish Social Security system, providing access to the Spanish public health care system and pension and unemployment benefits.Recipients of the FPI-ICIQ fellowship may enter a postdoctoral orientation phase if they successfully defend their PhD thesis before the end of the fellowship period. In this case, the PhD student and the supervisor may agree to continue the existing contract for up to 12 months, within a postdoctoral orientation phase. The combined duration of both the doctoral and postdoctoral periods must not exceed 48 months.The fellowship holder is entitled to temporarily interrupt the fellowship in the situations regulated in Article 21. C) of the Spanish Law 14 /, of June 1st, of Science, Technology and Education and in Article 25.7 of the call of “ and fellowships for predoctoral researchers associated with these projects, in the framework of the “Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación -”.The time elapsed during this interruption will not be accounted for against the total time.The contract will take effect on the date when the awarded student joins the centre.The PhD fellowship awardees will work full-time at ICIQ and may not receive any other fellowship with the same purpose or regular income.VI. Scientific reporting of the actions for the training of predoctoral researchers associated with the projects.Pre-doctoral researchers in training are required to report their activities and achieved objectives to the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. They must use the templates available on the website of the Agencia Estatal de Investigación. Researchers are obligated to submit two reports :
one intermediate report due at month 20 of the fellowship and a final report that covers the entire duration of the fellowship, including the POP phase, if applicable.Annex 1 :
Available positionsSupervisor :
Prof. José Ramon Galan MascarósProject (PID) :
Towards Ammonia Production from Dinitrogen at low temperature and pressure with catalysts based on non-critical raw materials ( TAPN2 )PID Project Reference :
PID-NB-I00Number of positions :
1Reference :
FPI-ICIQ -01 JRSupervisor :
Prof. Núria López AlonsoProject (PID) :
Artificial Intelligence for the Simulation of Materials in Energy ( ANIMATE )PID Project Reference :
PID-OB-I00Number of positions :
1Reference :
FPI-ICIQ -02 NLSupervisor :
Dr. Luis Escobar GonzálezProject (PID) :
Modulation of the Conformational and Self-Assembly Characteristics of Biological Oligomers by a Supramolecular Host-Guest Approach ( CONSUPRA )PID Project Refence :
PID-NA-I00Number of positions :
1Reference :
FPI-ICIQ -03 LESupervisor :
Prof. Beatriz Prieto SimónProject (PID) :
Multi-functional sensors to guide antibiotic therapy ( Sens2Therapy )PID Project Reference :
PID-OB-I00Number of positions :
1Reference :
FPI-ICIQ -04 BPSupervisor :
Prof. Rubén Martín RomoProject (PID) :
Forging sp3 Architectures by Harnessing the Potential of Multifaceted Metal Catalysts ( CAT-FUN )PID Project Reference :
PID-NB-I00Number of positions :
1Reference :
FPI-ICIQ -05 RMSupervisor :
Prof. Jordi Burés AmatProject (PID) :
Mechanistic Insights into Homogeneous Catalyst Activation and Deactivation Pathways ( MechCAD )PID Project Reference :
PID-NB-I00Number of positions :
1Reference :
FPI-ICIQ -06 BUStarting date01-01Funding categoryPublic funding alone (i.E. government, region, European, international organization research grant)Funding further details
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