The JAE Intro grants are research career introduction grants to join a research group at a CSIC centre. This call offers 19 grants to carry out a stay at the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) in Barcelona:
- Nº of grants (Training Plans): 19
- Duration: 7 months
- Remuneration: 4.200€, 600€/month
- Stay period: from June to December 2027
- Working hours: 20 hours per week (100% presential)
Application Process:
- Application submission deadline: April 11th
- Applications must be submitted by the student exclusively through the online application system available on the CSIC electronic webpage (and more info): Programa_JAE
How to contact for more information?
Send an email to the Principal Investigator(s) responsible for the Training Plan copying (in cc) solicitudes.jae@iqac.csic.es. Please indicate in the email subject the reference of the training plan you are interested to join: “JAEINT26_EX_NNNN.”, where NNNN is the reference number of the training plan, before April 8th.
Requirements
Beneficiaries must demonstrate compliance with the following requirements at the time of application:
- Be enrolled in an Official Bachelor’s Degree of 240 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits (hereinafter ECTS) in the 2025–2026 academic year and have successfully completed at least 180 ECTS of that degree.
- Be enrolled in an Official Bachelor’s Degree or Official Double Bachelor’s Degree of 300 ECTS or more in the 2025–2026 academic year and have successfully completed at least 240 ECTS of that degree or double degree.
- Have completed a Bachelor’s Degree and be enrolled in an Official University Master’s Degree during the 2025–2026 or 2026–2027 academic year.
- In accordance with Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September, which establishes the organization of university education and its quality assurance procedures:
- Demonstrate a minimum average grade of 7.50 (on a 0–10 scale, expressed to two decimal places) in their Bachelor’s or former long-cycle degree (Licenciatura), for all fields of knowledge.
- Applicants who have not yet completed their Bachelor’s Degree must demonstrate this minimum average grade based on the ECTS credits completed by the application submission deadline, within the established application period.
- Not hold, nor be in a legal position to obtain, a doctoral (PhD) degree.
- Not have previously been awarded a scholarship under the JAE Programme in earlier calls.
- Of Spanish nationality or of the Member States of the European Union and of the States signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as well as foreign nationals who meet and duly accredit the requirements at the time of submitting the application (please contact jae@iqac.csic.es for further details).
Projects
- JAEINT26_EX_0750: PhyloLUCA: machine learning insights into early life proteins.
Mentor: Maria Luisa Romero (romero@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_1339: IA al servicio de la Química Cuántica: SCOPE como plataforma de automatización para descubrimiento molecular.
Mentor: Sergi Vela (vela@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_1336: Ingeniería de vesículas extracelulares y nanovesículas híbridas para el tratamiento de enfermedades de depósito lisosomal.
Mentor: Ibane Abasolo (abasolo@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0292: Discovery of Glycosaminoglycan Ligands Using Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry.
Mentor: Ignacio Alfonso (alfonso@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0610: Semisíntesis de la proteína Sonic Hedgehog.
Mentor: Juan Bautista Blanco (blanco@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0001: Development of a New Generation of Promiscuous Artificial Biocatalysts Based on Cupin-Domain Metalloproteins.
Mentor: Pere Clapés (clapes@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0249: Coarse-Grained Molecular Modeling of PET Adsorption by Plastic-Degrading Enzymes.
Mentor: Francesco Colizzi (colizzi@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0958: One Atom Makes the Difference: Introduction to Computational Biosensor Engineering.
Mentor: Ramon Crehuet (crehuet@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0410: Innovative Medicinal Chemistry Approaches to Target Cancer Stem Cells.
Mentor: Caroline de Bem Gentz (gentz@csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0135: Nanotransportadores biodegradables para siRNA: silenciamiento de SNAP25 y modulación de la secreción hormonal en cáncer neuroendocrino.
Mentor: Juan Fraire (fraire@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0062: Materiales poliméricos antimicrobianos basados en mezclas de PLA y anfífilos cationicos biodegradables para prevenir la formación de biofilms microbia.
Mentor: Teresa García (garcia@csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0074: Nanosistemas basados en péptidos anfifílicos para la administración ocular de fármacos.
Mentor: María José Gomara (gomara@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_1400: Diseñando Fármacos con Luz: Un Viaje a la Fotofarmacología de β Adrenoceptores.
Mentor: Xavier Gómez-Santacana (gomez@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0312: Arquitectura lipídica y función de GPCRs: simulación molecular en sistemas neuronales.
Mentor: Ramon Guixà (guixa@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0331: Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of lightresponsive molecules against cancer cells.
Mentor: Laia Josa-Culleré (josacullere@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0556: Diseño racional basado en la estructura para incrementar la estabilidad enzimática en biocatálisis.
Mentor: Yolanda Pérez (perez@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_1421: Innovative oleogel-based pheromone delivery systems.
Mentor: Carme Quero (quero@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0500: Designing Molecular Cages to Regulate Enzymatic Signalling Pathways.
Mentor: Jordi Solà (sola@iqac.csic.es) - JAEINT26_EX_0875: Isómeros posicionales de ácidos grasos y su papel en la patogénesis de la enfermedad rara neurodegenerativa CLN1.
Mentor: Gemma Triola (triola@iqac.csic.es)