No.

Yes, provided that you fulfil the geographic mobility requirements.

Yes, provided that you fulfil the geographic mobility requirement.

Yes, provided that you fulfil the geographic mobility requirement.

Yes, provided that you have not been awarded yet a doctoral degree, or are in a position to apply for it by the closing date for applications.

You are not eligible to be awarded a fellowship if you have already been enrolled in the same doctoral studies you wish to apply thanks to the fellowship prior to the 2023-2024 academic year.

The CV tab allows you to describe your academic training and your work experience as well. It is especially important that you report everything you have done (type of activity, country and period) at least during the four years prior to the closing date of the call, so that we can check the compliance of both the geographical mobility and research experience requirements.

All the information that you state has to be verifiable through official documents.

No.

Yes, you can submit your application without proving your language level, as long as you are in any of the exemption situations described in section 4.3 of the programme rules.

No. The language proficiency level should be necessarily accredited by any of the certificates specified in the rules of each programme.

No. The language proficiency level should be necessarily accredited by any of the certificates specified in the rules of each programme, and these certificates should have the minimum level required.

No.

No. The documentation can only be attached to the application using the online application platform.

No. Request and receipt of reference letters can only be done using the online application system for a ”la Caixa” Foundation fellowship.

Reference letters are requested by filling in the mandatory fields on the application form, particularly on the “Reference letters” tab. Once this section has been completed, ”la Caixa” Foundation will contact the individuals who you listed via e-mail. In the e-mail, we will provide them with a webpage address where they can fill in and send the letter using an online form.

Contact is immediate. ”la Caixa” Foundation automatically sends them the e-mail as soon as you have provided the requested information.

No, only letters in English will be valid, as evaluation will be done by evaluators from all over the world.

The Diploma Supplement (DS) is a document issued by the university where you pursued your studies, which grants EU-wide recognition to your academic curriculum. It consists of an annex to the academic qualification, detailing the subjects covered, languages used, credits obtained, competencies acquired, academic results, and professional qualifications of the graduate from the bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree programme, with their name(s) and surname(s), among other reliable accreditations all over Europe.

Yes, provided that, as stated in the programme rules, all subjects and grades, year by year, as well as the total credits of the qualification and the credits awarded, are specified. In addition, your name, the name of the university, and the name of the qualification should clearly appear.

Should you get the fellowship, you must submit the original transcript of academic record issued by your university, or a certified photocopy of it.

Attach the transcript of academic record up until the present.

No. You can only include what you can accredit with original documents in your application. Should you get the fellowship and be unable to accredit any of the achievements mentioned in your application, the fellowship will be withdrawn.

Not necessarily. We will accept your language accreditation despite the fact that it has already expired.

You can attach a “screenshot” showing your qualifications, provided that your name can be clearly seen. Should you get the fellowship, you must submit the original document to us.

No. An additional deadline has already been considered for all programmes, beyond the deadline for applications, to submit this accreditation.

No. Each and every one of the requirements and deadlines must be duly complied with. Any incomplete application on the deadline for applications will be disregarded.

No. According to standard practice in the selection processes using the peer review system, applicants are not informed of the identity of the individuals who will evaluate their application or of the composition of the selection boards who will interview the applicants. Nevertheless, once the selection processes have ended, a list of all the professors and researchers who took part in them will be made public.

The applicants who pass the preselection process will be called in for a face-to-face screening interview.

The face-to-face interview seeks to:

• Delve into the information provided in the application, particularly with regard to the applicant’s academic and personal project.

• Ask about matters that were not included in the application and which the committee considers particularly relevant to evaluate the suitability of the applicant in pursuing the studies proposed.

• Evaluate the applicant’s academic and professional potential.

• Evaluate their all-round training, interests, concerns, and curiosity for the social, scientific, economic, cultural, or artistic context, although this is not directly related to their studies.

• Evaluate their personal and academic maturity, their motivation to complete the proposed studies and project, and their capacity to clearly express their ideas and firmly defend them.

During the interview, the members of the selection committee may ask for clarifications and pose the academic, personal, or professional questions that they deem appropriate with the aim of selecting—among all the individuals interviewed—those who, in their opinion, are deserving of the fellowship.

The strength of your academic record is just another aspect, among others to be evaluated to determine whether an application passes the preselection or final selection process or not.

No, the selection and preselection processes are exclusively governed by the criteria of academic excellence, and no quotas that take any other factors into account are in place.

Approximately twenty minutes.

No. In the case of the doctoral INPhINIT Retaining programme, the on-line form through which the application was made already provides for the possibility of attaching audiovisual files and links to online content; therefore, documentation of this type should only be submitted using the online form.

No, under no circumstances.

To activate the account as an applicant, it is necessary to click on the link that you receive in the registration e-mail. If your e-mail account disables the links (e.g. Hotmail accounts tend to do this), you should copy the link to your browser’s address bar. You access codes will not be activated until you have completed this step.

Send a scanned copy of your National Identity Card to fellowships@fundacionlacaixa.org so that we can verify your information and make the necessary corrections.

The online application platform only allows a limited number of sections. You should select the aspects of your curriculum which you consider to best support your application. In the online form, you have a text field at the end where you can add additional information that you consider worthy of mention.

Los documentos tienen un límite de tamaño, más allá del cual el sistema los rechaza e impide que sean adjuntados a la solicitud. El formulario electrónico indica, en cada caso, estos límites. A menudo el tamaño de los archivos puede reducirse considerablemente si se crea un documento PDF optimizando las opciones de compresión:

• Una resolución entre 90 y 120 ppp

• Impresión en blanco y negro o escala de grises

Most likely, you don't see the updated file because of your computer’s cache. You can clear your browser’s cache or delete all temporary files to see the right document.

It is possible that the letter has been finished but its submission is still pending. The referee has to submit it, so that the system can include it in your application.

Yes.

The Research Centre will draw up a contract in accordance with the regulations in force for research personnel in training.

The fellowship, and therefore, the contract, should start between September and November 2023. On an exceptional basis, it is possible to start later, until January 2024, provided that it is duly justified.

No.

It is advisable to start getting in touch with researchers of the predoctoral fellowship positions you are interested in when your application has been selected for the face-to-face interview stage.

Yes, independently of the ”la Caixa” Foundation’s selection process, host institutions may conduct interviews or use any other means to get to know the applicants who aspire to become research fellows.

Yes, provided that you fulfil the geographic mobility requirement. Similarly, the contract that you have with the Centre will not be valid, which means that you should sign a new contract.

No. Research fellows may only opt for predoctoral fellowship positions that appear in the doctoral INPhINIT Incoming programme call for applications using the positions search engine.

No. Research fellows may only opt for predoctoral fellowship positions that appear in the call for applications using the positions search engine and at accredited centres.

No. Research fellows may only opt for predoctoral fellowship positions that appear in the call for applications using the positions search engine and at accredited centres.

Yes. However, you must enrol in a PhD programme of a university other than the one where you did your bachelor’s degree.