Offer Description

Fellows recruited through this call will benefit from an exciting scientific environment and an integrated training programme, including access to state-of-the-art infrastructure, lectures and seminars, specialized scientific and technological courses, complementary skills training and career development activities, as well as social activities.

In this call, we do offer 7 fully funded scholarships for international Life Sciences & Medical students who want to pursue a PhD at VHIO in the following labs:

- Francisco BARRIGA, PhD -Cancer Genetics | Genome Engineering Copy Number Alterations | Tumor Immune Evasion | Therapy Resistance
- Chromatin Remodeling | Driver Bypass | Cellular Models | Therapeutic Adaptation | Single-cell Technologies | Genetic Engineering | Translational Research
- Cancer Genomics | Tumor Revolution | Chromosome Instability | Driver Discovery | Large-scale Multi-omic Analyses | Translational Oncology
- Raquel PÉREZ-LÓPEZ, MD. PhD - Artificial Intelligence | Deep-learning | Language Processing | Data Integration | Medical Imaging | Precision Oncology | Biomarkers
- Alena GROS, PhD - Tumor-reactive T cells | TIL and Peripheral Blood | Functional State and In vivo CRISPR Screening
- Albert ANTOLÍN, PhD - Cell Culture | Experimental Pharmacology | Drug Repurposing | Cancer Drug Combinations | Safety Testing | Omics Data | Machine Learning | Artificial Intelligence
- Laura TORRENS, PhD - Genomic epidemiology | Cancer genomics | Mutational signatures | Clonal selection | Cancer prevention
- Lara NONELL, PhD - Bioinformatics | Reproducible Computational Workflows | Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics | Multi-omics Data Analysis | High-performance Computing (HPC)
- Carolin SAUER, PhD - Computational cancer genomics | Liquid biopsies | cell free DNA | Genome instability | Multi-modal modelling | Machine Learning
- Mate MAUS, PhD - Aging | Colorectal cancer | Myeloid Cells | Iron metabolism | Recurrence
- Elena ÉLEZ, MD. PhD& Rodrigo DIENTSMANN, MD. PhD - Colorectal cancer | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Cancer Genomics | Machine Learning and Data Analysis | Clinical Data Integration | Integrative Analysis of Molecular and Clinical Data

Research Field Medical sciences » Cancer researchBiological sciences » Biology

Additional Information





Selected PhD students will receive an annual work contract with a competitive salary that will be renewed after positive annual evaluation and until the completion of the PhD (4 years).

All PhD students will receive full health and occupational insurance coverage and will be included in the Spanish Social Security System. All PhD students will receive additional funding to cover for expenses related to PhD tuition fees, participation in conferences, training sessions or any other activity related to the scientific or academic activity of the PhD students.

VHIO young researchers have access to an extensive range training and complementary activities specifically designed to boost their professional careers. Ranging from education initiatives such as welcome introductory courses to familiarize them with the institution and its services, facilities and procedures to high-quality scientific seminars, transferable skills workshops, career development and networking activities. VHIO learning & career development opportunities aim to equip and empower VHIO researchers to reach their full potential. A broad portfolio of complementary courses covering scientific training and non-technical/developmental capacities is available to promote the professional growth of our scientists and enhance their capacity to make informed decisions about the next steps in their careers.

Major efforts since the creation of VHIO Academy have been put into the launching of the VHIO International PhD Programme,a structured learning and supervisory programmededicated to VHIO PhD Students that consists of 100+ students representing 30+ different nationalities who work in 30+ research groups.

Eligibility criteria

Candidates should fulfil the following eligibility criteria at the time of the call deadline. If it becomes clear before,



during or after the evaluation phase that one or more of the eligibility criteria have not been fulfilled, the proposal is declared ineligible and is withdrawn from any further examination.

- The call is open to candidates of any nationality.
- Candidates must have obtained a University Degree and a Masters Degree in biomedical/medical sciences within the European Higher Education System (minimum 300 ECTS) or an equivalent University Degree that allows to start a PhD thesis in Spain. Candidates who expect to be awarded with such degree by September 2027 are eligible to apply.
- Candidates must have an excellent academic record, previous research experience and a strong commitment for scientific research.
- Candidates must have a high working knowledge of English
- Candidates invited to previous VHIO PhD call interviews are not eligible
- Candidates performing their Masters at VHIO are not eligible
- Candidates may not have worked at VHIO for more than 3 months before the call deadline

In case of doubts about the eligibility criteria, applicants should contact the VHIO Academy ( [email protected] ) prior to submitting the application.

Selection process

Candidates will be selected based on their merits by an external evaluation committee through a two-step selection process: remote screening of the applications (December 2026) followed byin person interviews (Mid February 2027).

- Pre-selection: The pre-selection will be based on the candidate’s CV, reference letters and on the research interests. Complete applications will be reviewed within
a week after the call deadline.
- Oral interviews: We will conduct interviews at VHIO Barcelona. Full details regarding the interview process will be sent to short-listed candidates short after the application deadline. Full details regarding the interview process will be sent to invited candidates 3 weeks after the application deadline.
- Notification to candidates: Offers will be made to the successful candidates short after the interview period. Successful candidates would be expected to start the
PhD between September - December 2027.

Number of offers available 7 Company/Institute Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) Country Spain City Barcelona Postal Code 08035 Street Natzaret, 115-117 Geofield

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