The Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) opens 20 Research Professor positions in all areas. Interested candidates will need the support of a host institution. 

Informal enquiries can be directed to Albert Guillen i Fabregas ([email protected]).

Summary of the call

Minimum requirements are a Ph.D. degree obtained preferably before 2008, with four years of international exposure at pre-doctoral and/or post-doctoral level.  Only very strong candidates with an outstanding research record and excellent leadership capabilities will be considered.   

Successful applicants will have a permanent contract with ICREA and will work at universities or research centres in Catalonia. ICREA researchers are required to make substantial contributions to their own areas of research and have a strong impact in the Catalan research system by  becoming active members and leaders of the Catalan research community .

The ICREA position is not compatible with a part time permanent contract outside the Catalan research system.

Scholars who have a permanent position in the Catalan research system will not be accepted as candidates.

Successful candidates will be required to join the host institution  no later than September 2013 .

Salaries will be in line with those paid at Catalan universities. ICREA research professors will be subject to an evaluation of their research progress and general performance after a three-year period and subsequently every five years. The evaluations will be carried out by external evaluation committees that will assess scientific production as well as research activity. A positive evaluation will lead to a salary increase.  

Applications must be submitted electronically via this website  before 2:00 pm (local time) on Monday, 7 May 2012.

Direct link to the call

http://www.icrea.cat/web/Public/ViewPublicCall.aspx?IdPublicCall=35&tipus=1