Postdoctoral Programme – Momentum for European Research Career at ICIQ

MERCI (Momentum for European Research Career at ICIQ) is a postdoctoral innovative co-funded programme (Choose Europe) that aims to recruit four highly talented and autonomous postdoctoral researchers who will be integrated within the European R&D&I system, reaching the R3 level during their employment at ICIQ. This level is required for them to be able to become a ‘Group Leader’ at the centre or at related research centres and universities, with the possibility to keep connected to ICIQ as ‘Associated Researcher’.

The programme offers four five-year positions, each mentored by an internationally renowned Group Leader at ICIQ. Each position is divided into two phases (Phase 1: 3 years and Phase 2: 2 years) and includes both an intermediate and a final evaluation by ICIQ’s SAB (Scientific Advisory Board). Postdoctoral candidates will be given freedom to choose their mentor and propose a research project within the three main research areas of the centre, aligned in a complementary way with the group’s framework research lines.