ICIQ Master Projects Fellowship Programme - SECOND CALL 2024

The Master Projects Fellowship Programme offered by The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is aimed at university graduates from all over the world to support their enrolment in the URV/ICIQ Master in Synthesis Catalysis and Molecular Design or other Master programmes and to follow a research project in the area of chemistry that ultimately leads to the completion of a Masters Degree.

The Master programme will be developed in English and the students will take advantage of ICIQs cutting edge facilities.

These grants are addressed to highly qualified and talented graduate students with a passionate interest in chemistry research. The students will have the opportunity to join one of ICIQs research groups and will follow an individual master research project under the direction of an internationally renowned group leader in a creative and stimulating scientific environment.

Selected graduate students will be awarded a grant in order to complete their Masters research project at ICIQ.

I. Available Projects: See Annex 1.

II. Application Process

The entire application process will be completed online. The call opening is on June 24^th 2024. Applicants must submit their application through ICIQs Career Portal. Applications sent by email will be ineligible.

After completing the personal data fields applicants must attach in a PDF file the following documents:

1. Scanned copy of the BSc diploma and academic record of the studies which provide access to the Masters Programme. The academic record must include the average/final mark the range of marks used in the corresponding country and the minimum mark to pass.
2. Curriculum Vitae specifying the completed degree and any relevant professional experience.
3. Applicants must supply evidence of their proficiency in written and oral communication in the English language. Preferably by the submission of a B2 certificate First Certificate IELTS 6 or equivalent. Alternatively late stage candidates will be interviewed to assess their English level. Applicants from Anglosphere (UK Ireland USA Canada Australia and New Zealand) are exempted from this requirement

Please note that documents sent in hard copy cannot be processed. For academic records not issued in Catalan Spanish or English a certified translation in one of the abovementioned languages should be provided.

Only one application per person will be considered. In case of multiple applications only the first application submitted will be considered.

Once the application has been successfully completed an acknowledgement email will be automatically sent. Candidates must ensure that all information is included before the deadline. Incomplete proposals will not be considered.

III. Eligibility and evaluation criteria

The programme is open to graduate students from any nationality that fulfil the following eligibility criteria:

1. Hold a University Degree in Chemistry Physics Biochemistry Chemical Engineering or related disciplines that must be completed by the time of enrolment in the Master programme. Applicants with different studies from the abovementioned will be automatically discarded.

When in doubt regarding the eligibility criteria applicants should contact the ICIQ Human Resources Team at prior to submission of the application.

Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria will be evaluated according to the following evaluation criteria:

1. Curriculum vitae.
2. Academic marks.
3. English level.
4. Personal interview for shortlisted candidates.

IV. Evaluation and Selection Process

The evaluation and selection of the candidates will be performed by the Master project supervisor and supported by the Human Resources team following this procedure:

1. Submitted proposals will be checked for eligibility and those not fulfilling all the criteria will be rejected. It will not be possible to modify the application or to add missing documentation after the call deadline.
2. The selection will be meritbased according to the evaluation criteria described in Section III.
3. At the late stages of the selection process shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a personal interview.
4. The call deadline will be July 21^st. The name of the awardees will be published on ICIQs website. All applicants will be notified of the selection outcome by the end of July of 2024.

ICIQ follows in its selection process a gender equally opportunity policy and a nondiscrimination policy on the basis of age ethnic or social origin religion or belief sexual orientation language and disability.

The name of the awardees will be posted in our Grants Awarded page in ICIQs website.

V. Scholarship Conditions

1. Awardees will receive a scholarship of 750 /month to help for their living expenses during the academic course.
2. On acceptance of the grants awardees should hand in a copy of the enrolment document to a Master Programme.
3. The Master programme enrolment costs will not be covered by ICIQ. You can find further information on the URV Master programmes here and here ( this last one only for Prof. E. Palomares project).
4. The beneficiary will sign a scholarship credential with ICIQ.

VI. Incompatibilities

The Scholarship is incompatible with any other grant with the same purpose.

Annex 1:

Reference: Master 202405 ALL Molecular Redox Catalysts for Solar Fuels

Supervisor: Prof. Antoni Llobet

Reference: Master 202406 AK/JB Stimuliresponsive polycarbonate materials

Supervisor: Prof. Arjan Kleij and Dr. Jos Berrocal

Reference: Master 202407 CB Computational Modelling of Chemical Reaction Networks.

Supervisor: Prof. Carles Bo

Reference: Master 202408 EP Design and synthesis of novel materials for solartofuel conversion.

Supervisor: Prof. Emilio Palomares

Reference: Master 202409 FM Computational sustainable chemistry

Supervisor: Prof. Feliu Maseras

Reference: Master 202410 LE/PB Design and synthesis of novel materials for solartofuel conversion.

Supervisor: Dr. Luis Escobar and Prof. Pau Ballester

Reference: Master 202411 MGS Development of new siteselective bioconjugations of biomacromolecules.

Supervisor: Prof. Marcos G. Suero