Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación
Barcelona, Spain
Deadline for applications: Thursday 28th February, 2014
Description
Since 1982, the “la Caixa” Foundation has offered several fellowship programmes aimed at allowing students to undertake postgraduate studies in Spain and abroad. Over the years, thousands of students have advanced their training thanks to “la Caixa” Foundation fellowship. In 2008, the “la Caixa” Foundation launched a new programme addressed to national and international students. As part of this programme, each year fellowships are awarded to students who wish to complete work toward their doctoral degrees.
Under a collaborative Framework Agreement, the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the “la Caixa” Foundation continue the fellowship programme started last year with a 2nd call. This programme aims to help the recruitment of talented students from across the world by doing their doctoral thesis work in one of the accredited “Severo Ochoa” centres of excellence. The objective of this joint activity is to boost the research capacity of the best research institutions in Spain. For this year, the “la Caixa” Foundation has selected the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) to offer four grants more for the academic year 2014-2015 addressed to PhD students. This grant is renewable up to four years.
BSC-CNS is looking for young scientists from the national and international community who wish to do their PhD in a stimulating environment, rich in technological resources and campus life. We encourage applications from highly motivated engineers and computer scientists with outstanding qualifications. Successful candidates will join research groups with top-level scientists and will carry out their research in cutting-edge areas of Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Computer Applications in Sciences and Engineering.
The programme is addressed to students (european and international) who have completed one of the following options by September 2014:
a) studies that lead to an official Spanish (or from another country of European higher Education Area) university degree in Computer Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Sciences or related
areas and that have 300 credits (ECTS) of an official university degree, of which at least 60 must correspond to master level.
b) degree in a non-Spanish university not adapted to the European Higher Education Area with access to
doctoral studies in Computer Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry, Physics, Environmental Sciences or related areas.
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines and pressure.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of English.
• Skills in programming.
More information and applications
Applicants should not be PhD students at BSC-CNS. Candidates are selected exclusively on merit, on the basis of their curricula. The academic grades and curricula of applicants are evaluated, as well as recommendation and motivation letters. No selection criteria for positive or negative discrimination are applied.
Interested candidates, please submit:
• Curriculum vitae specifying education and experience.
• A motivation letter.
• A scanned copy of the student’s certified Academic Record.
• Two recommendation letters from university lecturers or scientists with who the applicant has studied or worked.
Please submit applications on the link below:
http://www.bsc.es/about-bsc/employment/vacancies/phdstudentlacaixa2014
Deadline for applications: Thursday 28th February, 2014
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