International PhD Program 2016 La Caixa – Severo Ochoa. 3 PhD scholarships each for a period of 4 years.

Programme description: The “la Caixa” Foundation is a non-profit making organisation, which receives its funding from the third biggest financial entity in Spain, “CaixaBank”. In terms of budget and business volume, the “la Caixa” Foundation is among the ten most important Foundations in the world. Since 1982, the “la Caixa” Foundation has run various fellowship programmes to enable Spanish students to study postgraduate courses in Spain and other countries. In these twenty-five years, thousands of students have been able to develop their studies thanks to a fellowship from the Foundation. During 2016 “la Caixa” Foundation will provide support for three highly qualified graduate students to carry out their experimental work towards obtaining a PhD degree at the Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH (IN), one of the Spanish Centers of Excellence awarded with the Severo Ochoa Award, within its International PhD Programme . In the context of this IN International PhD Programme la “Caixa”-Severo Ochoa, we are seeking exceptional and highly motivated PhD students interested in receiving ample cross-disciplinary training in state-of-the-art basic and focused neuroscience research. Number and duration of fellowships: The present call offers 3 PhD scholarships each for a period of 4 years How to apply: Applications for IN INTERNATIONAL PhD PROGRAMME “la Caixa”- Severo Ochoa (2016 CALL) are accepted exclusively online and should be sent to in.predoc@umh.es. Indicative timetable: -Call opening: December 2015 -Call deadline: 04 March 2016 -Pre-selection of candidates: Late April 2016 -Oral interviews: 11-17 May 2016 -Notification to candidates: June 2016 -Start date of contracts: September-October 2016. More information in following link: