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
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)

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