On Thursday 23th March, the session “Opportunities for Researchers: Calls in Europe and Spain” will be held in the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin.

In this session, attendees will have the chance to get familiar with different fellowships, calls and contracts available for researchers in Spain at different career stages.

First, Cristina Gómez, National Contact Point for Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) will explain the European research and development framework together with the European Comission calls for hiring researchers: Marie Skłodowska Curie and European Research Council (ERC) actions.

Next, Lorenzo Melchor, international scientific coordinator at the Spanish Embassy in London, will give information about hiring processes for researchers in Spain including calls and public contracts available at both state and regional levels, as well as some private initiatives. He will also present catalogues and websites where additional information regarding job offers for researchers can be found.

The session will end-up with a vino español that will foster discussion among participants.

This session is organized by the Spanish Research Society in Ireland (SRSI), the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), and the Spanish Embassy in Dublin.

Programme

18:00 Participants arrival

18:30 Welcome & introduction

18:45 European programmes for researcher mobility: EURAXESS, Marie Skłodowska Curie and ERC actions
Ms Cristina Gómez
National Contact Point for Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions
European Office in Spain

19:15 Science in Spain: Opportunitites for researchers in Spain
Dr Lorenzo Melchor
International scientific coordinator of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom

19:45 Q&A session

20:00 Vino español

Organisers

Contact

For informal inquiries about the event or the programme, please contact any of the organisers: bookings.dublin@cervantes.es, informa@srsireland.org, or ScienceSpainUK@fecyt.es.