AIM The Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Foundation –
Research Institute VHIR makes its own and open call for a doctoral
fellowship programme devoted to attracting early-stage researchers
with a special interest in biomedical research who wish to carry
out doctoral studies at VHIR. The aim of these grants is to train 4
doctoral candidates over a period of four years within the research
groups of the Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus environment.
The conditions of the call are established in compliance with the
European Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R), which
establishes the implementation of open, gender equality,
transparent and merit-based recruitment measures, to contribute to
the promotion of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).
DURATION 4 years ECONOMIC CONDITIONS The Amics del VHIR PhD Call
2026 offers 4 fellowships for a 4-year pre-doctoral contract with
expenses regulated to “Estatut del Personal Investigador en
Formació” (EPIF) every year. Approximately, the gross annual salary
will be 19.563€ for the first two years ,



20.629€ for the third
year , and 25.079€ for the fourth year . The Amics del VHIR PhD
Call is funded through donations from Amics del VHIR. ELEGIBILITY
CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS Candidates must have the acceptance of a
hosting VHIR research group at the closing date of application
submission. Candidates must not have a PhD. Candidates must be in
possession of a university degree and a master’s degree (in the
fields of biomedical research, clinical research, epidemiology,
management and evaluation of health services and technologies) or
must hold an official university qualification from a country of
the European Higher Education Area with a minimum of 300 ECTS of
official university studies at the time of the fellowship
application. Candidates performing or having completed the medical
specialization (Formació Sanitària Especialitzada, FSE) accessing
to a PhD program will not be eligible. Candidates must have
finish

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