Postdoctoral Grants

Call for applications: PhD Thesis Awards - INAP
  • Time Frame: ~3 weeks from publication in the Official State Gazette
  • Objective: The INAP award for doctoral theses, whose content, from the branch of knowledge of Social and Legal Sciences, addresses the trends of reform in Public Administration in any of the areas of this branch of knowledge. 
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Call for applications: Beatriz Galindo grants for the attraction of research talent -MICINN
  • Time Frame:  45 calendar days, starting on February 10th
  • Objective: to attract research talent that has carried out part of its professional career abroad in order to favor the attraction and training of human research capital and its mobility in sectors of national strategic interest.
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Call for applications: Ramón y Cajal Grants - MICINN
  • Time Frame: between 15 and 20 days after the publication of the notice (~December-January)
  • Objective: to promote the incorporation of research personnel with an outstanding track record in Spanish R&D centers, so that they can acquire the skills and abilities that will enable them to obtain a position in a research organization.
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Call for applications: Juan de la Cierva-Training Grants - MICINN
  • Time Frame: between 15 and 20 days after the publication of the call (~December-January)
  • Objective: to promote the hiring of young people in possession of a doctorate degree for a period of two years in order to complete their postdoctoral research training in Spanish R&D centers.
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Call for applications: Grants for training contracts for researchers in companies (Industrial Doctorates)  - AEI
  • Time Frame: ~February
  • Objective: the training of doctors in companies by co-funding the labor contracts of the researcher in training who participates in an industrial research or experimental development project to be carried out in the company.
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Call for applications: Consolidation and structuring of research units, Modality C: Projects of excellence - Xunta de Galicia
  • Time Frame:  a month from the day after the publication of this order in the DOG (~February)
  • Objective: Aids for the conduction of research projects to researchers who, with an excellent consolidated career or in training, have to establish a line of work based on high-impact projects
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      Call for applications: Support for postdoctoral training - Xunta de Galicia
      • Time Frame:  a month from the day after the date of publication in the DOG ( ~January)
      • Objective: incorporation of research personnel to the Galician R&D&I system, promoting the acquisition and improvement of the skills of doctoral research personnel, through contracts and allowing international mobility.
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          Call for applications: Grants to complete the postdoctoral training period - Xunta de Galicia
          • Time Frame: a month from the day after the publication of this noticein the DOG (~January)
          • Objective: To facilitate the continuation of the training of doctors who started their postdoctoral training, enabling the consolidation of a research line that will allow them, in the future, to solidify their careers.
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              Call for applications: Grants for the retention of research talent in the category of distinguished research personnel in the universities of the GUS - Xunta de Galicia
              • Time Frame:  a month counting from the day after the date of publication in the DOG. (~February)
              • Objective: incorporation of postdoctoral research personnel with a relevant research curriculum that allows reinforcing and/or initiating new research lines in the areas of knowledge/research lines defined in this call.
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                  Call for applications: Extraordinary Doctoral Awards - University of Vigo
                  • Time Frame: about 10 days from the publication of the list of potential candidates and the number of awards (~September).
                  • Objective: Extraordinary doctoral awards for theses written at this University in the current academic year that reached the Call for applications"Outstanding cum laude"
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                      Call for applications: Research talent retention program - University of Vigo
                      • Time Frame: 1 month after the publication of the notice(~July)
                      • Objective:  hiring as temporary employees researchers who have carried out their postdoctoral research activity at the University of Vigo within the framework of certain competitive programs.
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                          Call for applications: Leonardo Grants to Researchers and Cultural Creators - BBVA Foundation
                          • Time Frame: a month and a half after the publication of the notice(~December)
                          • Objective: to directly support the work of researchers and cultural creators between 30 and 45 years old who, being in the intermediate stages of their careers, develop a markedly personal and innovative project
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                              Call for applications: BBVA Foundation/b> grants for Scientific Research projects
                              • Time Frame: January-March
                              • Objective: to promote scientific research and its projection to society, as a way to expand individual and collective opportunities, and effectively address the main challenges of the 21st century
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                                  Call for applications: Junior Leader Postdoctoral Retaining Program - La Caixa Foundation
                                  • Time Frame:  3 months after the publication of the notice (~July)
                                  • Objective: to promote innovative and high quality research in Spain and Portugal and to support the best scientific talent by offering them an attractive and competitive environment to carry out cutting-edge research.
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                                      Call for applications: Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research
                                      • Time Frame: ~January-March
                                      • Objective: to encourage and recognize the work of Spanish researchers in the fields of economic, business and social knowledge, and to contribute to the analysis and formulation of alternatives that promote social welfare.
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                                          Call for applications: Enrique Fuentes Quintana Thesis Awards - FUNCAS
                                          • Time Frame: September-November
                                          • Objective: to recognize excellent and rigorous doctoral work.
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                                              Call for applications: Postdoctoral Research Grants in Social Sciences - Ramon Areces Foundation
                                              • Time Frame: 1 month after the date of publication (~May)
                                              • Objective:to promote scientific research in the area of Social Sciences, in particular young researchers, as well as to promote education and culture in general
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                                                      Call for applications: Post-doctoral Grant - Oriol Urquijo Foundation 
                                                      • Time Frame: November
                                                      • Objective:postdoctoral research grants for former doctoral grantees of the Foundation in a precarious or unstable employment situation
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                                                          Call for applications: AFRICA-MED RESEARCH Program - AECID
                                                          • Time Frame: ~January-February
                                                          • Objective: To concede grants for a research stay in Spain, to researchers and university professors, in a University, a center of the Superior Council of Scientific Research or any other public or private R&D institution. 
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                                                              Call for applications: Postdoctoral Short Stays - Fundación CAROLINA
                                                              • Time Frame: ~March-April
                                                              • Objective: to complete the postdoctoral training of teachers from Latin American universities associated with the Carolina Foundation, in Spanish universities or research centers.
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