About DocFam+

DocFam+ benefits

  • A wide variety of research projects & hosting supervisors within the Functional Advanced Materials sector.
  • Working on innovative projects with commercial applications in 3 main European societal challenges: Clean & Secure Energy, Smart Nanomedicine & Low-cost Electronics.
  • Advanced training aspects combining research-oriented and demanding soft skills.
  • Gain professional experience through secondment in one of our 17 associated partners: start-ups, universities, technology centres and synchrotron installations.
  • Being part of a network of researchers that will be coming together in different training events and meetings in Barcelona.
  • An excellent salary above national standards.
  • An assigned mentor to guide you through your Career Development Plan.

Host Institution

Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)

The Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) is a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence. ICMAB is located in the Bellaterra Campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), one of the best universities in Spain according to several international rankings (ARWU, CWUR), providing an excellent environment for the development of the doctoral programme. Since 2009, the UAB Campus has been also recognised as a Campus of International Excellence (Sphere UAB-CIE).

In addition, six partner organisations will be involved in the programme to offer the fellows the perfect interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international environment to carry out their projects and contribute to the programme by co-funding the doctoral fellowships.
 
All the participating organisations in the programme have an outstanding track record in terms of recruitment and training of doctoral researchers, and they are all endorsed by the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, ensuring the best possible conditions to enhance the potential and future career perspectives for the recruited researchers.

Partners

ALBA-CELLS

ALBA Synchrotron

IMB-CNM-CSIC

Barcelona Microelectronics Institute of the National Microelectronics Centre

ICN2

Catalan Institute of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

IFAE

Institute of High Energy Physics

IREC

Catalonia Institute for Energy Research

UAB

Autonomous University of Barcelona

DocFam+ Calls

13 ESR positions offered

1st Call (2023)

Opening: 15 May 2023

Deadline: 15 July 2023

13 ESR positions offered

2nd Call (2024)

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Available positions in Call 1

If you are an eligible candidate interested in applying to one of the positions available at DocFam+, please visit the online platform

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the European Research Executive Agency can be held responsible for them.

ICMAB acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, through the “Severo Ochoa” Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D (SEV- 2015-0496, CEX2019-000917-S)

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