Predoctoral Fellowship: Molecular Characterization Of Cis-Regulatory Elements

.Organisation/Company: Centre de Recerca en AgrigenòmicaResearch Field: Biological sciences » OtherResearcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)Positions: PhD PositionsCountry: SpainApplication Deadline: 15 Oct 2024 - 00:00 (Europe/Madrid)Type of Contract: TemporaryJob Status: Full-timeIs the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programmeReference Number: MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? NoOffer Description CRAG is offering a 4 years predoctoral grant part of the National Programme for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability in R+D+i (FPI fellowships).These fellowships are awarded to Plan Estatal project (FPI) from the 2023 call: Uncovering the epigenetic mechanisms driving the seed-to-seedling transition in plants (EPIC_SEED) .The recruitment of fellows consists in an open and international student selection process according to the selection criteria indicated below:The criteria for evaluation will be:Criterion 1. Academic and/or scientific-technical trajectory of the candidate (up to 50 points) Sub criterion 1 a) Scientific-technical contributions (up to 45 points). It will be valued academic record and other curricular merits of the candidate, as well as the adequacy of the same to the tasks to be carried out based on the training and professional experience.Sub criterion 1.B): Mobility and internationalization (up to 5 points). It will be valued relevance and impact on their research career of the candidate's stays in national and international centers and/or in the industrial sector, attending to the prestige of the entity receiving the stay and the activity carried out.Criterion 2. Adequacy of the candidate to the research activities to be carried out (up to 50 points). The adequacy of the candidate to the program, project or research activities to develop based on their training and experience previous. For this, the added value that the realization of the project will represent for his research career, as well as the value contributed to the center and to the hosting team.Candidates must hold a degree that allows admission to the official doctoral programme at the time to join the host institution (it is not requested the candidate to hold the degree when the candidate applies). For instance, to join CRAG, candidates must hold a degree with a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in university studies of which at least 60 must be at Master level.Educational requirements: MSc in Plant Biology or related field