The University of La Laguna launches a new call for postdoctoral contracts Catalina Ruiz

The University of La Laguna opens today, Monday, April 21, the application period for postdoctoral contracts within the Catalina Ruiz Internationalization Program. With a budget of approximately €750,000, its aim is to promote the mobility of young researchers with doctorates from the University of La Laguna, funding a two-year research stay at a foreign scientific institution, followed by a third year at the Canary Islands institution. The application period will remain open until May 5, and applications should be addressed to the Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer via [email address missing]. enabled procedure on the electronic headquarters.

The Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer at the University of La Laguna states in its resolution that the Catalina Ruiz program operates under a contract for postdoctoral research staff. Five contracts will be awarded, one for each field of knowledge (Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Law, Arts and Humanities, and Engineering and Architecture). Applicants must hold a doctorate from the University of La Laguna and defend their dissertation after September 1, 2022.

The contracts will be awarded on a competitive basis and the curriculum merits of each candidate, the proposed research project, the quality of the receiving center and the impact of the stay on the research career will be assessed.

The Catalina Ruiz Postdoctoral Program promotes mobility for research at universities or internationally renowned R&D centers, the acquisition of knowledge, and subsequent integration into the public universities of the Canary Islands. The program aims to refine and expand the knowledge acquired during doctoral studies, enabling the target group to enhance their skills and qualifications for professional research.

This call for postdoctoral contracts aimed at young researchers in the archipelago is named in recognition of Catalina Ruiz Pérez, a researcher at the University of La Laguna and winner of the 2017 Canary Islands Prize for Scientific Research and Innovation, and had its first call in 2021. In this new edition, the program continues its original purpose, although it is a novelty that the call is made directly by the academic institution.