5 Predoctoral Contracts for PhD Students @ CRM | María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence

At the time of submission, candidates:

• Should have not received funding from the Spanish Programme for Research with the aim to pursue his/her PhD studies.
• Should hold a degree which would formally entitle him/her to join a doctoral programme for the academic course 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 (i.e should have finished an European Master Degree, be taking such degree or registering for it in 2023). The expected master could be in fundamental or applied mathematics, or other relevant topics, depending on the research line (engineering, computer science, etc). Should have not been granted any other PhD scholarship with a duration of 12 months or more, and she/he should not have a PhD degree.
• Should be in the position to be legally accepted in the PhD Programme of the UAB, UB or UPC .
• Advanced English speaking, willingness to learn Spanish if not a speaker yet.

Hiring conditions are set by the Spanish Ministry, and they will be detailed in the Call for “Contratos predoctorales 2022”. Here are the main features for the previous call (note that quantities may slightly change):

• 4-year PhD fellowship with an annual evaluation. The gross salary will be approximately 16,640 euros gross for the first and second years, 17,830 for the third year, and 22,290 for the fourth. Gross means here that you would get about 85% of that in your bank account (i.e., 15% of income and social security taxes).
• The programme also includes a package of about 6,880 Euros to attend conferences, fieldwork and/or secondments during the duration of the fellowship.

If you don’t have a MINECO account:

1. Go to MINECO in “Registro Investigador” option. This first step consists in creating your personal account with your personal data at the MINECO website. This account will not be useful only for this call but for any MINECO funding call. In the RUS (“unified register for candidates”) form please make sure that the response to the question “¿Es también investigador?” (“are you also a researcher?”) is “Sí” (“yes”)
2. Once you create your account you will receive an email for the account activation. You should press the link of that email so as to activate your account. From this moment on you will receive any communication from the MINECO in that email account. Please, do not change this contact information until the final resolution of the grant.

If you have a MINECO account:

1. Login to the website https://aplicaciones.ciencia.gob.es/ayudaspredoctorales/ and click “Añadir”.
2. Select by Reference Code (see above). Note that you can only apply for ONE Position.
3. Click “Crear Solicitud” and then choose “Editar” option.
4. Fill the 4 sections (“Personal data”, “Academic data”, “Requirement of the candidates” and add the corresponding documents: CV, academic record, etc.)
5. Once the application is complete, click “Definitivo” to generate the application form and make sure that you send it by electronic signature (Spanish residents in Spain). Through the Spanish consulate if you are abroad (foreign researchers and Spanish citizens nor residents in Spain). The postal address is the following:

   Subdivisión de Planificación y Gestión Administrativa
   División de Programación y Gestión Económica y Administrativa
   Agencia Estatal de Investigación
   Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
   Calle Torrelaguna 58 bis, 28027 Madrid

OFFICIAL GUIDE (IN SPANISH)