Got Energy Talent Postdoctoral Fully Funded Fellowships in Spain 2019

GOT ENERGY TALENT (GET) offers a number of postdoctoral fellowships for experienced researchers around the world for a 24-month stay in Spain. GOT ENERGY TALENT (GET) is a fellowship program and its run by the University of Alcalá (UAH) in collaboration with the University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) in Madrid. The two academic host institutions, the UAH and the URJC, will each hire 17 fellows over the lifetime of the fellowship program. Each individual fellowship will be a fixed-term non-renewable 24-month contract with either the UAH or the URJC. Fellows will be able to decide whether to carry out a 24-month advanced research project or, under certain research lines, a 12-month advanced research combined project with a 12-month period devoted to applied research in one of the partner host institutions.

GET Fellowship applicants must fulfill the following criteria:

1. The fellowships are open to applicants of any nationality.
2. Applicants must be in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience. 
3. Applicants must not have resided or conducted their main activity in Spain for over 12 months in the 3 years prior to the call deadline. In this regard, compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account. 
4. Applicants cannot be permanent employees of UAH or URJC, or any of the organizations participating in the program (host institutions or partner organizations).
5. Applicants must possess a fluent knowledge of English.
6. Applicants must submit the complete application package by the specified deadline. 

Financial benefits:

The amount of the grant of fellows will consist of the following categories:

1. Living allowance: €4,190.00 per month.
2. Mobility allowance: €200.00 per month. It's a contribution to cover the expenses generated by the relocation of the fellow (moving expenses, family expenses related to the relocation, language courses, etc.).
3. Travel allowance: €100.00 per month.
4. Family allowance: €400.00 per month. Successful applicants will have to provide proofs of the family situation that gives the right to the family allowance. And the amount depends on the family situation of the fellow.
5. Contribution to research costs: €4,200 per fellow per year managed by the host academic institution (UAH or URJC) according to their regular practice.

Please note that these amounts correspond to the total amount before both employer contributions (economic rights and social costs) and employee contributions (fiscal obligations and social security and other taxes).

About the program and its providers:

GOT ENERGY TALENT (GET) is a fellowship program co-funded by the EU as part of the H2020-MSCA-COFUND program. GET is run by the University of Alcalá as a beneficiary of the action in collaboration with the University Rey Juan Carlos. Both universities are located in Madrid, Spain. GET is an ambitious program that aims not only to enable researchers to conduct their own excellent research project. It also intends to bring research closer to society and produce a positive effect, not only in terms of excellent science and talent attraction but also by strengthening the regional economy and promoting international networking. 

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