CONEX-Plus is a training and incoming mobility program funded by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the European Commission’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND Action, and Banco Santander. It offers 30 fellowships to experienced researchers with up to 6 years of postdoctoral research experience.
About the Fellowships
The CONEX-Plus first call offers 20 fellowships with a duration of 3 years and a gross annual salary of €41,203.62, in addition to other economic benefits, such as family allowance or research expenses. The fellowships are based on an individual, freely-chosen project within the objectives and subjects outlined in the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) of the Community of Madrid. Projects will be implemented in one of the 27 departments at the UC3M and through a compulsory secondment in a non-academic organization. Each fellow will have two supervisors (one from UC3M and another from the secondment organization) to support their career development. The UC3M supervisor will support the fellow to propose and implement the research project. A list of UC3M supervisors can be found on the programme website.
There are three types of CONEX-Plus fellowships:
- Standard CONEX-Plus fellowships: open to researchers coming to Spain from any other country.
- Career Restart CONEX-Plus fellowships: open to researchers coming to Spain who wish to resume research after a career break.
- Reintegration CONEX-Plus fellowships: open to researchers coming to Spain who wish to return and reintegrate in a research position in Europe.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- be in possession of a Ph.D. degree at the date of the call deadline;
- have not more than 6 years of postdoctoral research experience.
Furthermore:
- for the Standard CONEX-Plus fellowships: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the call deadline;
- for the Career Restart CONEX-Plus fellowships: applicants must not have been active in research for at least 12 months prior to the call deadline, and they must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Spain for more than 3 years in the 5 years immediately before the call deadline;
- for the Reintegration CONEX-Plus fellowships: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Spain for more than 3 years in the 5 years immediately before the call deadline.
For the Reintegration CONEX-Plus fellowships, applicants should be nationals or long-term residents of a European Member State or an Associated State to H2020. For the Standard CONEX-Plus fellowships and the Career Restart CONEX-Plus fellowships, applicants may be of any nationality.
Application Procedure
The period for the submission of applications will start on July 1, 2019 and end on September 30, 2019 at 13:00 CET.
Applications must be submitted through the online application system CONEX-Plus, accessible through the programme website.
General Information
Further details about the CONEX-Plus programme can be found on the programme website.
https://www.uc3m.es/research/conex Interested candidates may contact CONEX-Plus Helpdesk:
[email protected]
