IRB Barcelona is offering up to 8 PhD fellowships for young scientists from the national and international community who wish to undertake a doctoral degree in Biomedicine or Organic Chemistry. We encourage applications from highly motivated graduates with outstanding qualifications in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, pharmacology, computational biology or related fields. Successful candidates will join research groups headed by top-level scientists and will carry out their research in cutting-edge fields of biomedicine in a stimulating environment.

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The following will be offered in this call:

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- Up to 8 FPI positions associated with the “Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2025” Call (funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación AEI- MICINN).

Check out IRB Barcelona groups participating:

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- Dr. Angel R. Nebreda - Stress Signaling in Cancer

- Dr. Marco Milán - Development and Growth Control Laboratory

- Dr. Núria López-Bigas - Biomedical Genomics

- Dr. Roger Gomis - Growth Control and Cancer Metastasis

- Dr. Salvador Aznar Benitah - Stem Cells and Cancer

- Dr. Stefanie Wculek - Innate Immune Biology

- Dr. Toni Gabaldón - Comparative Genomics

- Dr. Xavier Salvatella - Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics

Start date of fellowships (depending on the official announcement by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI-MICINN): 1 January - 1 September 2027

ELIGIBILITY

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The programme is aimed at students who have completed one of the following options between December 2026 and July 2027:

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2. Studies that lead to an official Spanish (or from another country of the European Higher Education Area) university degree in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Physics, Medicine or related fields and that have 300 credits (ECTS), of which at least 60 must correspond to master level.

3. A degree in a non-Spanish university not adapted to the European Higher Education Area and that gives access to doctoral studies in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Physics, Medicine or related fields in Spain.

- Candidates are selected exclusively on merit, on the basis of their curricula. The academic grades and curriculum vitae of each applicant are evaluated, as well as recommendation letters and a motivation letter. No selection criteria for positive or negative discrimination are applied.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

Evaluation criteria:

Criteria 1. Academic and/or scientific-technical career path of the candidate (up to 50 points).

Sub-criteria

1. a) Scientific-technical contributions (up to 45 points). The academic record and other curricular merits of the candidate will be assessed, as well as their suitability for the tasks to be carried out based on training and professional experience.

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Mobility and internationalisation (up to 5 points). Short stays in national and international institutions, universities, and industry will be assessed based on the prestige of the hosting entity and the activities conducted during the stay. Additionally, the impact of the research stays on the candidate’s career will also be considered.

Criteria 2. Adequacy of the candidate to the research activities to be carried out (up to 50 points).

The adequacy of the candidates for the program, project or research activities to be carried out will be assessed based on their previous training and experience. For that purpose, consideration shall be given to the added value that carrying out the project will represent for their research career, as well as the value contributed to the institution and the host research group.

Evaluation and Selection Process:

The evaluation and selection of the candidates will be performed by the project supervisor, supported by the IRB Academic Office, and following the procedure below:

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2. Submitted applications will be checked for eligibility by the Academic Office, 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.

3. The selection will be based on the evaluation criteria described in Section "Eligibility".

4. At the late stages of the selection process, short‑listed candidates will be contacted for a personal interview.

5. All applicants will be notified of the final selection decision when the selection proces

📌 2026 Extraordinary Call for the IRB Barcelona International PhD Fellowships Programme
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