Project description DEENESFRITPL la Caixa Junior Leader Postdoctoral Fellowships: Shaping leaders in research 'la Caixa' Foundation (LCF) is a Spanish private foundation with a solid tradition as an innovative institution. LCF ranks among the top 10 world foundations considering either endowment or annual budget. Junior Leader is the fellowship programme of LCF, addressed to excellent experienced researchers of all nationalities willing to join one of the outstanding research centres in Spain or Portugal in the STEM area (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The Junior Leader programme offers a total of 60 fellowships divided into two calls, and provides new training and mobility experiences. Junior Leader fellows will be offered 3-year employment contracts with the host organisation of their choice following a bottom-up approach. This programme aims to train a new generation of researchers to become independent leaders, oriented towards both academia and industry. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective """la Caixa"" Foundation (LCF) is a Spanish private foundation with a solid tradition as an innovative institution. LCF ranks among the top 10 world foundations considering either endowment or annual budget. LCF fellowship framework programme has awarded 4,771 fellowships since 1982.Junior Leader is an existing LCF fellowship programme addressed to excellent experienced researchers of all nationalities willing to join one of the outstanding research centres in Spain or Portugal in the STEM areas (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Junior Leader aims to train a new generation of researchers to become independent leaders, oriented towards both academia and industry, that will help to develop the European knowledge economy. LCF now is seeking support from the COFUND action with the aim to strength Junior Leader programme and the professional career development of the fellows. Thanks to the COFUND support, LCF will be able to enlarge the existing programme of 44 fellowships by adding 16 more fellowships, offering fellows an outstanding, more complete training as well as more networking possibilities thanks to a new secondment scheme. Junior Leader will award 60 fellowships divided into two calls. The programme will have a duration of 60 months. Fellows will freely propose a research project to be carried out at one of the 110 Spanish and Portuguese research centres certified as excellent that collaborate with the programme. Researchers will be selected by means of an open, transparent and merit-based three-stages selection process with independent evaluators. Junior Leader fellows will be offered 3-year employment contracts with the host organisation of their choice following a bottom-up approach." Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.4. - Increasing structural impact by co-funding activities Topic(s) MSCA-COFUND-2018 - Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2018 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-COFUND-FP - Fellowship programmes Coordinator FUNDACION BANCARIA CAIXA D'ESTALVIS I PENSIONS DE BARCELONA LA CAIXA Net EU contribution € 5 737 680,00 Address PLAZA WEYLER 3 07001 Palma Spain See on map Region Este Illes Balears Mallorca Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 11 475 360,00
