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10 PhD Fellowships at IA within the la Caixa Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships Programme - Incoming frame

IA welcomes PhD applications in the framework of La Caixa Programme. The "la Caixa" Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships Programme (Incoming) invites applications to recruit 35 early-stage researchers of any nationality to carry out their PhD projects at a select number of universities and research institutes in Portugal and Spain, including the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) in Portugal. This programme aims to support the best scientific talent —of any nationality — and foster innovative, high quality research in Spain and Portugal.

Deadline for applications: 27 January 2022

The Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço is the most prominent research unit in the field of Astrophysics in Portugal, integrating researchers from the University of Porto, the University of Coimbra, and the University of Lisbon.


Projects offered by IA: The Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço offers 10 research projects within this call, at three different universities, all part of its strategy for the 2022-2025 period:

- Exploring Supermassive Black Holes at the heyday of galaxy evolution   
  Universidade de Lisboa 

- Formation and evolution of H-alpha solar filaments and their influence in the CME  
  Universidade de Coimbra  

- SPIRou data as a window into the magnetic environment around YSO’s    
  Universidade do Porto

- Astrophysical and cosmological applications of modified theories of gravity    
  Universidade de Lisboa

- Optimization of ELT-HIRES Fundamental Physics Tests    
  Universidade do Porto

- Unveiling terrestrial impact craters through machine learning classifiers
  Universidade de Coimbra

- Galaxy evolution on the MOONS
  Universidade de Lisboa

- Changing times - a window to planetary systems
  Universidade do Porto

- New insights into stellar physics from the NASA-TESS survey on A-type stars    
  Universidade do Porto

- Mapping the clouds in exoplanetary atmospheres
  Universidade do Porto


Application: applications are to be submitted directly through the la Caixa foundation webpage, where further information on this programme can also be found:

More information:
https://fundacionlacaixa.org/en/inphinit-doctoral-fellowships-incoming

Applications:
https://candidate.lacaixafellowships.org/login


The list of available projects can be found in the link below. Please select ''IASTRO - Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço'' in the ''HOST ORGANIZATION'' to find the projects offered by IA:

https://finder.lacaixafellowships.org/finder


Mobility requirement: under this call, candidates applying to carry out their PhD project at the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço must not have resided or have carried out their main activity in Portugal for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline. Short stays such as holidays will not be considered when calculating the mobility requirement.

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia COMPETE 2020 PORTUGAL 2020 União Europeia