10 Dec | Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) | Madrid Cure Heart & Brain, the postdoctoral COFUND fellowship programme run by CNIC, is open to excellent researchers of any nationality to perform research on heart and brain and their connection, which are issues of utmost medical and social importance.
The selection and recruitment process will follow the European Charter and Code for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers and will be merit-based, independent, and transparent.
Applications will be evaluated based on merit-based principles and their scientific excellence by external evaluators.
Fellows are allowed to choose CNIC's host group and secondment options.
Applicants are free to propose a research topic, as long as it fits within the scope of the centre and is feasible to implement at CNIC.
The Cure Heart & Brain programme counts with participation of 24 Associated Partners from all over the world and from different sectors who will provide translational elements to the programme (secondments and training options).
Candidates will be able to present one proposal with one hosting group of their choice and indicate reserve groups within the CNIC.
Deadline and Number of Positions: Call 2 is open now and will close on the 30th of November 2024.
Positions offered: 8.
Eligibility Requirements: Researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity in Spain for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately prior to the call deadline (reference date for call 2 is 30th of November 2024).
Researchers must be in possession of a doctoral degree at the deadline of the co-funded programme's call.
A medical doctor degree will be accepted only when it corresponds to a doctoral degree or if the researcher can demonstrate his/her appointment in a position that requires doctoral equivalency (e.g., professorship appointment).
Medical doctor degrees corresponding to basic medical training as defined in Annex V of Directive 2005/36/EC will not be considered a doctoral degree.
Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered as postdoctoral researchers and will be considered eligible to apply.
Researchers who are already permanently employed by CNIC at the call closing date are not eligible.
Conditions Offered: Employment contract for postdoctoral researchers according to art.
22 of Spanish Law on Science, Technology and Innovation ('Ley de la Ciencia') with duration of 36 months.
Access to state-of-the-art infrastructures and advanced technologies.
Integration into an excellent scientific environment.
Incorporation adaptable to the candidate's circumstances.
Implementation of the research project chosen by the fellow.
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