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"La Caixa” Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowships 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowships Retaining Call is a competitive research fellowship programme designed to attract and retain talented early-career researchers in Spain and Portugal.
The programme supports postdoctoral researchers working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, enabling them to conduct advanced research projects while developing academic and professional skills.
The fellowship aims to strengthen scientific excellence, encourage international research mobility, and support researchers in building long-term careers within European research institutions.
Maximum amount: €320,100.
Researchers of any nationality are eligible for the Retaining modality of the Postdoctoral Junior Leader fellowships. To be eligible for admission, candidates must meet the following requirements:
Experience: have been awarded a PhD between two and seven years prior to the closing date of the call. The date of obtaining the PhD will be understood as the date the doctoral thesis is defended. Special deadlines apply for candidates with interrupted research careers.
Candidates must have carried out research stays at a centre or university outside Spain (or outside Portugal for those joining a Portuguese centre), during their doctoral or postdoctoral studies, for a total of at least 6 months before the closing date of the call.
Mobility:
For candidates interested in Spanish centres or universities: candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call.
For candidates interested in Portuguese centres or universities: candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Portugal for more than 12 months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call.
Special deadlines will apply for candidates with interrupted research careers and for those who've gone through the process to obtain refugee status under the Geneva Convention.
Complete application: only candidates whose application meets all the requirements of the call may be admitted.
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