Training contracts and grants

Cima is committed to attracting talent, fostering scientific vocations, and training young researchers.

The following are the calls for applications for contracts and grants for doctoral studies:

FIMA Call for applications

The Foundation for Applied Medical Research promotes training contracts and scholarships for doctoral studies.

CLOSED CALL

Other pre-doctoral training grants

Other pre-doctoral training grants

8 FPI research personnel training positions associated with the mentioned call are offered to carry out a doctoral thesis.

OPEN CALL


An FPI grant is offered to carry out a doctoral thesis in the Dynamics of the Anti-tumour Immune Response Group of the Immunology and Immunotherapy Programme, within the framework of project PID2023-151730OB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and ESF+ entitled "NEW THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE RECRUITMENT OF IMMUNITARY CELLS IN TUMOURS".

Requirements:

To be in possession of a Bachelor's Degree, Engineer, Architect, University Graduate with a Degree of at least 300 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits or University Master's Degree, or equivalent, and have been admitted to a PhD programme.

If you are interested, please send your CV to ateijeiras@unav.es

An FPI Scholarship is offered to carry out a doctoral thesis in the Medicinal Chemistry Group of the Therapeutic Innovation Programme, within the framework of the project PID2023-148573OB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/10. 13039/501100011033 and by ESF+ entitled "PRECISION TOOLS IN IMMUNOTHERAPY OF HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASIAS: DEVELOPMENT OF A SYNTHETIC LIBRARY OF NANOBODIES FOR ADCS AND CAR-T CELL-BASED THERAPIES".

Requirements:

To be in possession of a Bachelor's Degree, Engineer, Architect, University Graduate with a Degree of at least 300 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) or Master's Degree, or equivalent, and have been admitted to a PhD programme.

Interested candidates should send their CV to apinedal@unav.es

An FPI grant is offered to carry out a doctoral thesis in the Parkinson's Disease Gene Therapy Group of the Gene Therapy of Neurological Diseases Programme, within the framework of the project PID2023-147802OB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and ESF+ entitled "CALBINDIN GENE THERAPY FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE".

Requirements:

Hold a Bachelor's, Engineer's, Architect's, University Graduate's degree with at least 300 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) or Master's degree, or equivalent, and have been admitted to a PhD programme.

Interested candidates should send their CV to jlancie go@unav.es

An FPI fellowship is offered to carry out a PhD thesis in the Non-Coding RNA and Cancer Genome Group of the RNA Biology and Therapeutics Programme, within the framework of the project PID2023-147980NB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and ESF+ entitled "NON-CODING RNA IN THE COORDINATION OF GENOME INTEGRITY".

Requirements:

Hold a Bachelor's, Engineer's, Architect's, University Graduate's degree with at least 300 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) or Master's degree, or equivalent, and have been admitted to a PhD programme.

Interested candidates should send their CV to maitehuarte@unav.es

An FPI grant is offered to carry out a doctoral thesis in the Machine Learning in Biomedicine Group of the Computational Biology and Translational Genomics Programme, within the framework of the project PID2023-151980OB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/10. 13039/501100011033 and by ESF+ entitled "DEEP EXPLICABLE LEARNING TO FIND PERSONALISED THERAPIES AGAINST DRUG RESISTANCE IN DEADLY CANCERS".

Requirements:

Hold a Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree with a Master's degree in Physics, Mathematics, Data Science or similar, and have been admitted to a PhD programme.

Those interested should send their CV to mhernaez@unav.es

An FPI grant is offered to carry out a doctoral thesis in the Combined Translational Immunotherapy Strategies Group of the Immunology and Immunotherapy Programme, within the framework of the project PID2023-147515OB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/10. 13039/501100011033 and by the ESF+ entitled: "SYNERGIC COMBINATIONS IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY OF AGONIST AGENTS INTERFERING WITH PRO-TUMOUR INFLAMMATION".

Requirements:

Hold a Bachelor's Degree, Engineering Degree, Architect's Degree, University Graduate with at least 300 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) or Master's Degree, or equivalent, and have been admitted to a PhD programme.

Interested candidates should send their CV to eolivero@unav.es

An FPI Grant is offered to carry out a doctoral thesis in the Oncogenes and Effector Targets Group of the Solid Tumours Programme, within the framework of the project PID2023-152755OB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/10. 13039/501100011033 and by the ESF+ entitled "EXPLOITING THE VULNERABILITIES GENERATED BY PHARMACOLOGICAL KRAS INHIBITION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMBINED THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES".

Requirements:

Hold a Bachelor's Degree, Engineering Degree, Architect's Degree, University Graduate with at least 300 ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System) or Master's Degree, or equivalent, and have been admitted to a PhD programme.

Priority will be given to those candidates who have completed a master's degree in biomedical sciences and a grade of 7.5 or higher.

Interested candidates should send their CV to silvevicent@unav.es