The Master Projects Fellowship Programme offered by
The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is aimed at
university graduates from all over the world, to support their
enrolment in the URV/ICIQ Master in Synthesis, Catalysis and
Molecular Design or other Master programmes, and to follow a
research project in the area of chemistry that ultimately leads to
the completion of a Master’s Degree. The Master programme will be
developed in English and the students will take advantage of ICIQ’s
cutting edge facilities. These grants are addressed to highly
qualified and talented graduate students with a passionate interest
in chemistry research. The students will have the opportunity to
join one of ICIQ’s research groups and will follow an individual
master research project under the direction of an internationally
renowned group leader, in a creative and stimulating scientific
environment. Selected graduate students will be awarded a grant in
order to complete their master’s research project at ICIQ. I.
Available Projects: See Annex 1. II. Application Process The entire
application process will be completed online. The call opening is
on April 13th, 2026. Applicants must submit their application
through ICIQ’s Career Portal . Applications sent by email will be
ineligible. After completing the personal data fields, applicants
must attach in a PDF file the following documents: 1. Scanned copy
of the BSc diploma and academic record of the studies which provide
access to the Master’s Programme. The academic record must include
the average/final mark, the range of marks used in the
corresponding country and the minimum mark to pass. 2. Curriculum
Vitae, specifying the completed degree and any relevant
professional experience. 3. Applicants must supply evidence of
their proficiency in written and oral communication in the English
language. Preferably, by the submission of a B2 certificate, First
Certificate, IELTS 6 or equivalent. Alternatively, late-stage
candidates will be interviewed to assess their English level.




Applicants from Anglosphere (UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia
and New Zealand) are exempted from this requirement Please note
that documents sent in hard copy cannot be processed. For academic
records not issued in Catalan, Spanish or English, a certified
translation in one of the abovementioned languages should be
provided. Only one application per person will be considered . In
case of multiple applications, only the first application submitted
will be considered. Once the application has been successfully
completed, an acknowledgement e-mail will be automatically sent.
Candidates must ensure that all information is included before the
deadline. Incomplete proposals will not be considered. III.
Eligibility and evaluation criteria The programme is open to
graduate students, from any nationality that fulfil the following
eligibility criteria: · Hold a University Degree in Chemistry,
Physics, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or related disciplines
that must be completed by the time of enrolment in the Master
programme. Applicants with different studies from the
abovementioned will be automatically discarded. When in doubt
regarding the eligibility criteria, applicants should contact the
ICIQ Human Resources Team at [email protected] prior to submission
of the application. Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria
will be evaluated according to the following evaluation criteria:
a. Curriculum vitae. b. Academic marks. c. English level. d.
Personal interview for short-listed candidates. IV. Evaluation and
Selection Process The evaluation and selection of the candidates
will be performed by the Master project supervisor and supported by
the Human Resources team,



following this procedure: 1. Submitted
proposals will be checked for eligibility and those not fulfilling
all the criteria will be rejected. It will not be possible to
modify the application or to add missing documentation after the
call deadline. 2. The selection will be merit-based according to
the evaluation criteria described in Section III. 3. At the late
stages of the selection process, short-listed candidates will be
contacted for a personal interview. 4. The call deadline will be
May 17th. The name of the awardees will be published on ICIQ’s
website. All applicants will be notified of the selection outcome
by June. ICIQ follows in its selection process a gender equally
opportunity policy and a non-discrimination policy on the basis of
age, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, sexual
orientation, language and disability. V. Scholarship Conditions 1.
Awardees will receive a scholarship of 750 €/month to help for
their living expenses during the academic course. 2. On acceptance
of the grants, awardees should hand in a copy of the enrolment
document to a Master Programme. 3. The Master programme enrolment
costs will not be covered by ICIQ. You can find further information
on the URV Master programmes here . 4. The beneficiary will sign a
scholarship credential with ICIQ. VI. Incompatibilities The
Scholarship is incompatible with any other grant with the same
purpose. Indicative Calendar Call opening: April 13th, 2026
Deadline for applications: May 17th, 2026 Start of fellowships:
October 2026 Annex 1: Supervisor: Emilio Palomares Project:
Materials for Energy Number of positions: 1 Reference: Master
2026-03 EP Supervisor: Ruben Martin Project: Leveraging triplet
state reactivity for constructing new molecular scaffolds Number of
positions: 1 Reference: Master 2026-04 RM Supervisor: Marcos García
Suero Project: Single-Atom Skeletal Surgery to Impact Drug
Discovery and Chemical Biology. Number of positions: 1 Reference:
Master 2026-05 MG

📌 ICIQ Master Projects Fellowship Programme 2nd C (Cataluña)
🏢 ICIQ
📍 Cataluña