For the 2017-2018 academic year, IRB Barcelona is offering up to 10 PhD fellowships for young scientists from the national and international community who wish to undertake a doctoral degree in biomedicine. We encourage applications from highly motivated graduates with outstanding qualifications in biology, biochemistry, physics, pharmacology, computational biology or related fields. Successful candidates will join research groups headed by top-level scientists and will carry out their research in cutting-edge fields of biomedicine in a stimulating environment.

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For this call the following grants will be offered:

• 4 fellowships through the “Contratos predoctorales Severo-Ochoa para la Formación de doctores” 2017 call funded by the MINECO (“Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad”). (herein referred to as Severo Ochoa Grants).
• Up to 4 fellowships associated with the “Proyectos I+D Excelencia/Retos” 2017 Call funded by MINECO (herein referred to as FPI-project Grants).
• 2 fellowships through the "Innovative Training Network" (herein referred to as ITN Grants) (López' Lab). Candidates for this position must undertake trans-national mobility, which means that candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call.

1. The programme is aimed at students who have completed one of the following options by September 2018:
   • a) the studies that lead to an official Spanish (or from another country of the European Higher Education Area) university degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Physics, Medicine, Chemistry or related fields and that have 300 credits (ECTS), of which at least 60 must correspond to master level.
   • b) a degree in a non-Spanish university not adapted to the European Higher Education Area that gives access to doctoral studies in Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Physics, Medicine, Chemistry or related fields.
2. Candidates are selected exclusively on merit, on the basis of their curricula. The academic grades and curriculum of each applicant are evaluated, as well as recommendation letters and a motivation letter. No selection criteria for positive or negative discrimination are applied.
3. Applicants should have obtained a degree after January 2015.