The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC)
Organisation/Company The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) Research Field Biological sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 14 Oct 2026 - 23:00 (UTC) Country Spain Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week To be defined Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer DescriptionThe Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) is looking for an excellent Doctoral Candidate (DC) for DC14 Project to join the CarrerasPathfinders program, which is a COFUND Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe Program. The DC will work under the supervision of Dr. Marcus Buschbeck, and co-supervision of senior postdoc Dr. Jeannine Diesch.



The CarrerasPathfinders program aims to train the next generation of researchers capable of addressing unmet needs and societal challenges in blood cancers. The research program covers the entire spectrum of research and innovation in blood cancers from understanding disease biology to the implementation of novel processes in the clinical practice. The project has been pre-selected by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of CarrrerasPathfinders program based on excellence, impact, its triple-I dimension (internationality, intersectoriality, and interdisciplinarity), and the experience of the proposing supervisors.
What we need
- A high level of motivation and interest.
- Eligible candidates must not have a doctoral degree at the date of their recruitment.
- Candidates must comply with the Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.
- Candidates should be entitled to enrol in a PhD program:

📌 CarrrerasPathfinders MSCA COFUND_a 3-year PhD in blood cancers (España)
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