Specific Eligibility Requirements

• Candidates must not have been in a PhD position at ICFO for more than 12 months (including the trainee period) at the time of the call deadline.
•  The candidate must not have applied to any previous call for equivalent ICFO PhD fellowships (this includes e.g. the Spring and Fall PhD fellowship calls)

Find more information about the general eligibility requirements of the PhD positions at ICFO in the General Eligibility Requirements section.

Conditions:

• The Severo Ochoa Excellence fellowships cover a 6-months Trainee Period and 4-year PhD Period, (or until the thesis defence if this occurs before the end of the 4-year PhD Period).
• The annual gross salary subject to the stipulated fiscal and social security deductions during the trainee period is 22.500€ and during the PhD-period is 25.200€.

Find more information about the general conditions and structure of the PhD positions at ICFO here.

All PhD Candidates must apply to a call through ICFO’s Job Opportunities website: ICFOjobs.

For complete information about the PhD Admissions process at ICFO, please see the Selection Process section and the open call on ICFOjobs website