CRG / "la Caixa" International PhD Programme Fellowships

Welcome to the CRG / "la Caixa" International PhD Programme fellowships webpage.

Programme description

The "la Caixa" Foundation is a non-profitmaking organisation, which receives its funding from the third biggest financial entity in Spain, the Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona, "la Caixa". In terms of budget and business volume, the"la Caixa" Foundation is among the ten most important Foundations in the world.

Since 1982, the"la Caixa" Foundation has run various fellowship programmes to enable Spanish students to study postgraduate courses in Spain and other countries. In these twenty-five years, thousands of students have been able to develop their studies thanks to a fellowship from the Foundation

The "la Caixa" Foundation initiated in 2008 a fellowship programme to offer outstanding students from all over the world the chance of taking a PhD in Biomedicine at the CRG (Centre for Genomic Regulation).

Eligibility criteria

The International PhD Programme fellowships "la Caixa" / Centre de Regulació Genòmica provides highly talented Phd students with the opportunity to carry out research at one of the first class research centers in Europe, the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG). The aim of the program is to nourish the potential of selected fellows to become excellent and independent researchers.

We encourage applications from highly talented and motivated scientists with outstanding qualifications. Successful candidates will join research groups with top-level scientists and will carry out their research in the following areas of biomedicine:

• Bioinformatics and Genomics
• Cell and Developmental Biology
• Gene Regulation, Stem Cells and Cancer
• Systems Biology

Students, from any nationality, with a strong commitment for scientific research, an excellent academic record and a high level of english, that have obtained a degree within the European Higher Education Area of a minimum of 240 ECTS by September 2013, are eligible to apply for a PhD position at the CRG. The bachelor degree should qualify for the start of a PhD thesis in the student's home country. Non-European degrees should be equivalent to a European diploma or degree.

If you have any queries about your eligibility to apply, please contact us before submitting your application: phdprogram@crg.es.

Duration

CRG/"la Caixa" fellows are supported for a period of 4 years

Training and benefits

CRG/"la Caixa" fellows will benefit from the CRG Research and Training Programme, which includes:

• International scientific environment. CRG is located in Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), a cluster for biomedical research in southern Europe, which includes several other biomedical research institutions and more than 1000 researchers
• Advanced research training (training-through research, specific scientific and technology courses and a variety of CRG seminars and CRG/PRBB conferences with international invited speakers)
• Career development activities (INTERVALS Programme offered to PRBB residents)
• Cutting- edge advanced core facilities
• Other initiatives and activities organised by the PRBB and CRG
• Student community activities (Annual Retreat & Annual Symposium)
• Internationally competitive salary

How to apply

Candidates must register in order to use the online application system.
The online application form requests all of the necessary information for the initial stages of the selection process (General information, Education, Coursework, Honours, scholarships, prizes and awards, research experience, scientific interests and reference letters.)
Candidates should choose three CRG Research Programmes.
Two reference letters will be automatically requested to the referees proposed by the candidate through the online application system. Candidates must ensure that all information is included before the deadline, including the reference letters. Incomplete proposals will not be considered.
Once the application is submitted, an acknowledgement of receipt will be automatically sent by e-mail to the applicant.
For any additional information, please contact Imma Falero at phdprogram@crg.es

Selection process

The selection of the fellows will be based on the candidates' academic qualifications and research excellence.

• Pre-selection: The pre-selection will be based on the candidate's CV, reference letters and on the research interests. Complete applications will be reviewed within a month after the deadline.
• Oral interviews: Short-listed candidates will receive invitations to visit the CRG for a 5 day period of interviews that will take place 9-14 weeks after the application deadline.
• Fellowship offers: Offers will be made to the successful candidates shortly after the interview period. Selected students will have two weeks to accept the position and should start their fellowships no later than September 1st, 2013.

More details are included in the Call Text.

Participating Research Groups

For this call, the CRG group leaders who have expressed interest in recruiting a student are:

Call Calendar

* Call text
* FAQs
* CRG/”la Caixa” PhD poster

Contact

For any additional information, please contact:

CRG International PhD Programme          
Imma Falero
Academic Officer
Centre de Regulació Genòmica
Dr. Aiguader, 88
PRBB Building
08003 Barcelona
Spain
phdprogram@crg.es