Fellowships for PhD students

Our unit has a long and successful experience in student training and we have the space and resources to train new PhD students.
If you are a student with a background in chemistry, biotechnology, chemical engineering or materials science degrees from national and international institutions are welcome to do a PhD Program at the University of Girona under the supervisor of one of the research of IQCC, please check the list of our researchers Research teams – IQCC. We have a wide variety ranging of projects from sustainable catalysis to hardcore quantum-chemistry, and from enzyme design to fullerenes. Check out the videos where the principal investigators resume their work in 2 minutes IQCC Science Slam.

There are several calls you can apply to join us:

Name Funded by Brief description Deadline Official web
IF-UdG University of Girona • 3 years fellowship
• Master title
• Pre-register PhD program
• Minimum 6.5 mark of Bsc
• Any nationality
April to May UdG : IFUdG2024 – Convocatòria i Bases Reguladores – ajuts per contractació predoctoral
Joan Oró grant (FI) Catalan Government (AGAUR) • 3 years fellowship
• Master title
• Minimum 6.5 mark of Bsc
• Any nationality
• Mobility budget
September to October Joan Oró grant to hire research staff in training (FI 2024). Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (gencat.cat)
FI-SDUR Catalan Government (AGAUR) • 3 years fellowship
• Master title
• Minimum 6.5 mark of Bsc
• Any nationality
• Mobility budget
July Grants for university departments and research units aimed at the recruitment of pre-doctoral researchers in Catalonia (FI_SDUR 2023). Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (gencat.cat)
DI Catalan Government (AGAUR) • 4 years fellowship in a company
• Pre-admission PhD program
• Minimum 6.5 mark of Bsc
• Any nationality
• Mobility budget
3 different calls Ajuts a Doctorats industrials (DI-2023). Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (gencat.cat)
FPU Spanish government • 4 years fellowship
• Pre-admission PhD program
• Minimum 7.12 mark of Bsc
• Any nationality
• Mobility budget
January to February Ayudas para la formación de profesorado universitario (FPU) 2024 – (universidades.gob.es)
FPI Spanish government • 4 years fellowship
• Any nationality
• Mobility budget
• Link to PI project
January Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento y Actuaciones para la formación de personal investigador predoctoral 2024
DI Spanish government • 4 years fellowship
• Pre-admission PhD program
• Any nationality
January to March Ayudas para contratos para la formación de doctores y doctoras en empresas y otras entidades (Doctorados Industriales) 2024-2
Doctorate INPhINIT Retaining “La Caixa” Fundation • 3 years fellowship
• Master title + B2 English level
• more than 12 months in the last 3 years in Spain
January to February Retaining call – “la Caixa” Foundation (lacaixafoundation.org)

Please feel free to send your CV to be considered and for more information, please contact our Project Manager (ges.iqcc@udg.edu).