The Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), a ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ and the largest marine research institution in Spain with a leading role in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region, is seeking outstanding established researchers willing to continue their career in Barcelona and apply for an ATRAE Senior Call position.
The Spanish national funding agency for research (AEI) will launch in June the program ATRAE to attract senior outstantding researchers (R4). Candidates must have earned their PhD before the 1st of January 2016. The program will offer 25 grants of 1 million € each with a duration of 3-4 years. The minimum annual gross salary will be 80.000€. The grant implies a permanent position at the host institution. The program hast not been officially launched, but you can check the preliminary call and watch this informative webinar (whose presentation can be downloaded here).
Candidacies received will be evaluated and ranked by the Scientific Strategy Committee of ICM. If the position is granted, in addition to the the ATRAE benefits, an additional welcome package could be offered by ICM depending on the candidate profile.
Located in Barcelona, the ICM is a multidisciplinary marine research center, including research on marine physics, marine geosciences, marine biology, marine chemistry, fisheries and aquaculture management, and technological development. ICM’s research encompasses theoretical, numerical and experimental approaches, with field work and cruises in the Mediterranean and all world’s oceans. The ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation has recognized the ICM leadership in marine research with a relevant commitment to generating social and business impact.
Interested candidates should identify an ICM staff researcher as endorser of his/her application. Please send your detailed CV and a cover letter to a host principal investigator at ICM before May 22th 2023. For any inquiry regarding this call please send an email to projectes-osr@icm.csic.es