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Job offer: Call for Candidates - ICREA Call 2025

Description

The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research is organized in five programs: Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health; Environment and Health over the Lifecourse; Global Viral and Bacterial Infections; Malaria and Neglected Parasitic Diseases and Maternal Child and Reproductive Health. ISGlobal is accredited with the Severo Ochoa distinction, a seal of excellence of the Spanish Science Ministry.


ICREA, the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, offers permanent positions in the Catalan research system for senior researchers. In 2025, the call is expected to open on the second half of January 2025 for the areas of Experimental Sciences & Mathematics and Engineering Sciences.
 

Venue

Barcelona

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for outstanding senior researchers willing to apply to an ICREA position at ISGlobal in the areas of Experimental Sciences & Mathematics.
Specifically, we are looking for senior researchers in an expansive phase of their career with an outstanding research record and leadership, highly motivated and committed to join ISGlobal and to its mission, “Improve global health and promote health equity, through excellence in research, translation and application of knowledge”.
 

REQUIREMENTS

  • PhD degree obtained before 2021
  • Relevant international exposure at pre-doctoral and/or post-doctoral level
  • Not holding a permanent position in the Catalan research system before 1st March 2023

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates to apply for an ICREA Senior Researcher position at ISGlobal should send to research.management@isglobal.org by 10th December 2024 the following documents:

  • CV
  • One-page summary of research activities and achievements over the past 5 years
  • One Page summary of research plans for the next 5 years 
  • Motivation letter stating the reasons for choosing ISGlobal as the host institution


A delegated committee from ISGlobal’s Scientific Committee will review all applications considering ICREA evaluation criteria (check the ICREA call evaluation guidelines), fit within ISGlobal research programs and commitment to join ISGlobal if awarded. The committee will decide which candidates ISGlobal will support and provide feedback to candidates by mid/end January.