Ramón y Cajal
Ramón y Cajal
The purpose of these grants is to promote the recruitment and retention in Spanish institutions of researchers, both Spanish and foreign, with a distinguished career, in order to acquire the skills and capabilities that will enable them to obtain a stable position in an research institution, facilitating the start of a research line by funding a project of R&D+i and incentivizing the creation of permanent positions in the institutions to which they are assigned.
Furthermore, it is intended to encourage the participation of those receiving assistance under the Ramon y Cajal program in the calls for proposals of the European Research Council (ERC), through an increase in the aid for the recruitment of the person receiving the Ramon y Cajal grant, as well as through the funding of an aid through the call for proposals for projects «Europe Excellence» of the State Research Agency.
Additionally, the granting of the Ramón y Cajal grant will allow the acquisition of the R3 certificate as an established researcher, in accordance with the provisions of Article 22.2 of the Science, Technology and Innovation Act.
- First Phase: preliminary stage of postdoctoral training. Minimum 3 years.
- Second Phase: Obtaining the R3 certificate. Maximum duration of 2 years
- The first phase (3 years): Aid 38,270 €/year. Minimum Gross Remuneration 36,720 €/year
- The second phase (2 years): Aid 47,500 €/year. Gross Ret. Min. 43,400€

