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Applications are currently being accepted for the "la Caixa" Foundation Postdoctoral Junior Leader Incoming Fellowships for STEM Researchers in Spain 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The “la Caixa” Foundation Postdoctoral Junior Leader Incoming Fellowships are competitive research grants designed to attract talented international postdoctoral researchers to leading research institutions in Spain and Portugal. The programme supports researchers who want to develop independent research projects while working in high-quality scientific environments.
Maximum amount: €320,100.
To be eligible for admission, candidates must meet the following requirements:
Experience: to 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.
Mobility:
For candidates interested in Spanish centres or units: candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for a period exceeding 12 months in the three years immediately preceding the call deadline.
For candidates interested in Portuguese units: candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Portugal for a period exceeding 12 months in the three years immediately preceding the call deadline.
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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