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PhD fellowship at Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology

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Global Academy Jobs
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Spain
Closing date
Sep 4, 2017

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The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) offers a fellowship available to candidates who would like to pursue their PhD studies at the Institute. The position is related to the call “Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores 2017” of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO). Deadline for pre-applications is 4th September 2017, please write to pr.mdm.icta@uab.cat for further information or to apply for the position.
Within the current call, the successful applicant will be hosted at UAB Campus (Barcelona, Spain) and will develop
their PhD training in the project detailed below:


Project title: Climate mitigation potential of Mediterranean soils: carbon sequestration by biological processes and implications for land management
 

Abstract: Globally, there is more carbon stocked in soils than in the atmosphere and terrestrial plants combined. The aim of the project is to understand how land use changes in the Mediterranean (i.e. agricultural abandonment) influences their potential as CO2 sinks through changes in soil biodiversity. The project core approach is to combine satellite imagery, fieldwork and isotopic laboratory analysis to understand and model changes in biodiversity and trophic relationships. The end goal is to devise management strategies to maximize the climate mitigation potential of Mediterranean soils.

Supervisors: Pau Comes, Carlos Barriocanal and Antoni Rosell-Melé

Contract terms are detailed in the Call for “contratos predoctorales” 2017 (MINECO). As it has not been published yet, as basis here

the main features for the previous call (note that quantities may slightly change):

  • This is a 4 year fellowship with an annual evaluation. The gross salary will be approximately 16.422€ (excluding social security). In the case the PhD is completed and defended in 3 years, the fellowship will be renewed to a postdoctoral fellowship and the gross salary will be of 19.000€ (excluding social security).
  • The programme also includes a travel package per fellow to undertake research visits to other research centers during the duration of the fellowship.
  • Applicants should meet the requirements for PhD call “contratos predoctorales” 2017 by MINECO. As the call has not been published yet (expected month: June-July 2017), as basis you may read the call from the previous year.


At the time of submission the candidate:

1-Should have not received funding from the Spanish Programme for Research with the aim to pursue his/her PhD studies.

2-Should be holder of a degree which would formally entitle him/her to embark on a doctorate for the academic course 2017-2018 (MSc Degree).

3-Should have not been granted any other PhD scholarship with a duration of 12 months or more, and should not have a PhD.

4-Should be in the position to be legally accepted in the UAB PhD Programme “PhD in Environmental Science and Technology”: http://ictaweb.uab.cat/formacio_detalls.php?id=6

Interested students should send the application to the ICTA María de Maeztu Management Unit by September 4th, 2017 to receive full consideration. The application should include:

  • A 1500 characters of interest explaining the Student expertise and the reasons for wanting to do research in the selected field.
  • A current Curriculum Vitae of the applicant.
  • A statement declaring that the applicant has not benefited from a grant previous to June 2017 to pursue his/her PhD studies of a duration of more than 12 months.
  • The names, email addresses and telephone numbers of two or three confidential referees whom we might contact in June 2017.

 

The subject of the email message should have the following structure (e.g. MINECO Application, Maria Evans).

The deadline for applications is 4th September 2017, 8pm. The preselection, including interviews, will take place during the first week of June. Decisions will be communicated to applicants during September.

This is an internal pre-selection of the best candidates. Then, the pre-selected candidates should be ready to apply in September 2017 through the MINECO on-line platform as soon as the call opens. The final ranking will be done at the MINECO. This programme is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO).

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