Jobs & Fellowships
Junior Academic Opportunities
We invite junior researchers in any of the fields of interest for CIMNE to apply for competitive funding to join our institution. In this page you will find a curated list of relevant calls.
Jobs & Fellowships
Junior Academic Opportunities
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We welcome proposals from all disciplines related to our research. If you are interested in applying for any of the competitive funding opportunities listed below, please let us know. Our team can offer assistance in the application process.
ERC Starting Grant
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- Full name: ERC (European Research Council) Starting Grant
- Description: The ERC’s mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, based on scientific excellence.
Are you a talented early-career scientist who has already produced excellent supervised work, is ready to work independently and shows potential to be a research leader? The ERC Starting Grant could be for you.
These grants are for researchers with 2-7 years of experience since the completion of their PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal. - Call for applications: Yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields (It is 14 October 2025)
- Project Grant: Up to € 1.5 million for a period of 5 years
- Salary: Salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the institutional salary scales.
- Funding body: European Commission
- Website: Starting Grants | ERC: European Research Council (europa.eu)
* The data is indicative and may be subject to changes in future calls.
Ramon y Cajal
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- Full name: Ayudas para contratos Ramon y Cajal (RyC)
- Description: These grants are intended to promote the incorporation of research personnel, Spanish or foreign, with an outstanding career, in Spanish R&D centers, in order to acquire the skills and abilities that allow them to obtain a stable position in a research organization of the Spanish System of Science, Technology and Innovation.
- Call for applications: Open date: expected from October to November 2025.
- Duration: 3 years + 2 years (in order to access to the 2 extra years R3 accreditation is mandatory).
- Salary: from € 36.800 to € 45.700 gross per annum
- Complementary grant: € 50.000 will be granted, to cover expenses directly related to the execution of their research activities. It includes support staff.
- Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation)
- Website: Buscador de Convocatorias | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (aei.gob.es)
* The data is indicative and may be subject to changes in future calls.