12 posdoctoral positions at Universidad Complutense de Madrid

The Universidad Complutense de Madrid is offering 12 posdoctoral positions for training in research and teaching activities in any of its 270 departments.

The goal of this call is to provide funding for 12 employment contracts within one of the following scientific areas:

• Life Sciences (3 positions)
• Experimental Sciences (3 positions)
• Arts and Humanities (3 positions)
• Social and Legal Sciences (3 positions)

One of these positions will be reserved for candidates with a proven disability of, at least, 33%.

Under these employment contracts the fellows will develop the following activities:

• Research activities: the fellow will develop a research project in agreement with a mentor in the department of the UCM where she/he will be integrated.
• Teaching activities: fellows will be required to give lectures for bachelor and master degree subjects for 80 hours / year (up to a maximum of 120 hours / year).

The gross salary for these positions will be equal to that of a “Profesor Ayudante Doctor” at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and will be paid in 14 installments. This gross salary was of 26.051,42€ in 2015.

The employment contract duration will be 1 year long (full-time working). However, subject to the evaluation of the activity developed during the first year, the contract can be extended for 1 additional year.

1. Applicant must be in possession of a doctoral degree and have less than 7 years of posdoctoral experience (starting from the date of the defence of their doctoral thesis). Extensions for this eligibility window are foreseen (see the call full text: http://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/bouc/pdf/2539.pdf).
2. Applicants must also have developed postdoctoral stays for, at least, 18 months (cumulative) outside of the organization where they obtained their doctoral degree.
3. Applicants that have had any employment relationship with UCM during the last 18 months will not be considered as eligible.
4. Applicants need to have the explicit approval from the department in which they intend to develop their projects in advance (see the full text of the call for further details: http://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/bouc/pdf/2539.pdf).