With the aim to train the next generation of experts in bioengineering, IBEC offers in this call 6 PhD fellowships associated to the research projects Generación de Conocimiento 2025, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
LABOUR CONDITIONS
The PhD fellowships offer a 4-year predoctoral contract with the following gross annual salary:
- 24.550,00€ for the 1st year
- 24.550,00€ for the 2nd year
- 24.550,00€ for the 3rd year
- 25.500,00€ for the 4th year

Moreover, 7.000€ is also offered for mobility and training, including the university enrolment fees, during the 4-year period. Indemnities will be paid at the end of the labour contract.
Predoctoral researchers will have to enrol in a university of their choice (mainly University of Barcelona-UB; Polytechnic University of Catalonia-UPC and University Pompeu Fabra-UPF). IBEC doesn’t grant the doctorate degree, instead, it provides the experimental experience you need to complete the PhD. The awarding body of your PhD will be the University at which you are enrolled as a doctoral student.




University enrolment fees will be covered by the fellowship.
PhDs will provide an annual report from the Doctoral School confirming the positive scientific progress related to the PhD thesis carried out during the year. PhDs who finish and defend their PhD thesis before the end of the 4-year period of the fellowship will be able to sign an up to 1-year postdoctoral contract. The aim of this contract is to provide an orientation period to consolidate the knowledge acquired during the PhD thesis and start looking for postdoctoral opportunities, including those through other competitive fellowships. Under no circumstance the total duration of the PhD and postdoc contract cannot exceed 4 years.
The expected initial date is January 1st 2027 (to be confirmed, depending on the publication date of the final resolution of the call Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2025), when a predoctoral contract will b

📌 Predoctoral researcher (Barcelona)
🏢 Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
📍 Barcelona