Job Information
- Organisation/Company: INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIAS (IAC) RESEARCH DIVISION
Offer Description
The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for THREE PhD fellowship in Astrophysics within the framework of the following projects:
- PARTICIPATION OF IAC IN THE AMS EXPERIMENT (PIID2025-168939NB-C22) PIs. Mónica Vázquez Acosta / Josefa Becerra González.
- LOCAL WINDOWS INTO THE MOST EXTREME PHASES OF BLACK HOLE GROWTH (PID2025-I176305nb-i00) PI. Cristina Ramos Almeida.
- MULTIMODAL SURVEY ASTROPHYSICS WITH INTELLIGENT COMPUTING (PID2025-176377NB-I00) PI. Marc Huertas Portocarrero Company.
The contracts are linked to the scientific and technical training of the awardees through the promotion and fostering of activities related to scientific research, technological development, and innovation, with the aim of completing doctoral theses within the framework of one of the projects.
The PhD projects will be:
PARTICIPATION OF IAC IN THE AMS EXPERIMENT (PID2025-168939NB-C22). PIs: Mónica Vázquez Acosta / Josefa Becerra González
PhD PROJECT: Probing the Extreme Nature of Active Galactic Nuclei through Gamma-Ray and Multi-Wavelength Observations SUPERVISORES: Jorge Otero Santos (Supervisor), Mireia Nievas Rosillo (CoSupervisor).
LOCAL WINDOWS INTO THE MOST EXTREME PHASES OF BLACK HOLE GROWTH (PID2025-I176305nb-i00) PI. Cristina Ramos Almeida
PhD PROJECT: A multiphase view of AGN feeding and feedback in nearby quasars SUPERVISORAS: Anelise Audibert (Supervisor), Cristina Ramos Almeida (CoSupervisor).
MULTIMODAL SURVEY ASTROPHYSICS WITH INTELLIGENT COMPUTING (PID2025-176377NB-I00) PI. Marc Huertas Company
PhD TITLE: Foundation models for Galaxy Evolution: Exploring feedback through Euvlid, LSST, JWST and Cosmological Simulations SUPERVISORES: Marc Huertas Company (Supervisor), Gosia Siudek (CoSupervisor).
The selected candidates will be based at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna (Tenerife), working in a stimulating and enthusiastic environment. They will join an IAC research group to conduct research within the framework of a specific, innovative project, leading to the attainment of a doctoral degree.
Where to apply
Website: https://iac.sede.gob.en/procedimiento/portada?idProc=100500
Requirements
Research Field: Astronomy » Astrophysics
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
Applicants must hold a university degree in Physics or Mathematics.
Specific Requirements
The qualification must provide access to the PhD Programme at the University of La Laguna (ULL), and applicants must meet the requirements for admission or enrolment in that programme. The admission requirements for ULL doctoral programmes are set out on the University’s website. By way of guidance, these requirements are met, among others, by applicants holding a university master’s degree and by those who, without such a degree, hold an undergraduate degree and have completed a total of 300 ECTS credits, at least 60 of which must correspond to master’s-level study. Other routes of entry to the ULL PhD Programme are described on its website (https://www.ull.es).
This requirement must be met at the time the application is submitted.
Languages: ENGLISH
Level: Good
Additional Information
Benefits
Remuneration:
- Every year without POP (up to four years): 28.024,68 Euros
- POP (up to 12 months): 30.129,30 Euros
Relocation allowance: This call includes the possibility of a relocation allowance for the person proposed for appointment. Up to €2,500 may be awarded to cover actual, necessary and duly documented expenses associated with taking up the post at any IAC workplace. Eligible expenses must fall within the categories below and must have been incurred during the 14 days immediately preceding the contract start date:
(1) Air or ferry travel from the applicant’s place of residence to Tenerife, at the lowest available fare. The fare includes one cabin bag (56 × 40 × 25 cm, maximum 10 kg) as hand luggage and one item of checked baggage (maximum combined dimensions of 158 cm and maximum weight of 23 kg).
(2) Accommodation costs for UP TO 13 nights.
(3) Subsistence expenses of UP TO €37.40 per day for 14 days.
No other expenses (taxi, train, bus, etc.) will be reimbursed. This allowance is treated as monetary remuneration, and the applicable personal income tax withholding (Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas, IRPF) will be deducted from the substantiated amount.
Successful applicants who have previously received this allowance will not be eligible to receive it again if fewer than 12 months have elapsed since their most recent IAC contract ended. Nor will applicants be eligible if, at the time of application, they reside on the island where the IAC workplace for their new post is located (Tenerife or La Palma).
Additional comments
IMPORTANT: Academic documentation and equivalence of grades and credits
Applicants must provide academic transcripts for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees, or equivalent qualifications, submitted for assessment, showing the subjects studied, grades awarded and associated credits.
For each academic transcript relating to studies undertaken at an institution outside Spain, applicants must attach the corresponding Declaration of Equivalence of Average Grade (Declaración de Equivalencia de Nota Media, DENM), generated using the official application of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and signed by the applicant. This requirement applies regardless of the grading scale used by the foreign institution, including where that scale runs from 0 to 10.
The declaration must be completed in accordance with the Ministry’s instructions and using the grading scale applicable to the transcript. Grades must be converted subject by subject, after which the equivalent average grade must be calculated using the appropriate weighting. Direct conversion of the original average grade, or submission of a conversion prepared outside the Ministry’s procedure, will not be sufficient.
– Access to the application: https://sede.educacion.gob.es/sede/login/inicio.jjsp?idConvocatoria=818
– Ministry information and instructions: https://www.ciencia.gob.es/Universidades/NotaMedia.html
– Access and registration instructions: Annex II of the Ministry’s guide, pages 9–13.
The procedure is free of charge and requires prior registration. Applicants from outside Spain who have neither a Spanish national identity document (DNI) nor a foreign national identity number (NIE) may register using their passport number by selecting “Otro” (Other) in the “Tipo documento” (Document type) field, and then sign in using a username and password, without needing Cl@ve or a Spanish electronic certificate.
Where credits are not expressed in ECTS, applicants must provide their ECTS equivalence, supported by documentation from the awarding university or a competent authority. Where no established equivalence exists, evidence must be provided of the credits completed, the definition of the credit unit used and the prescribed full-time duration of the programme, together with its total workload where available. The IAC will determine equivalence for assessment purposes in accordance with the criteria published in this call. Unsupported estimates will not be accepted. The DENM does not replace this documentation concerning credits.
Academic transcripts issued in a language other than Spanish or English must be accompanied by a translation into one of these two languages, without prejudice to any specific translation requirements established for the Ministry’s procedure.
Where this call requires formal recognition (homologación) or a declaration of equivalence for a foreign qualification, applicants may initially provide evidence that they have requested the relevant recognition at https://universidades.sede.gob.es/procedimientos/portada/ida/3513/idp/1030.
In that case, appointment will be conditional upon obtaining recognition, and any refusal will have the consequences prescribed by the applicable legislation and the terms of the contract.
Website for additional job details: https://www.iac.es/en/employment/three-predoctoral-contracts-iac-fpi-2026-ps-2026-083
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 3
Company/Institute: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Country: Spain
State/Province: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
City: La Laguna
Contact
State/Province: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
City: San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Website: http://www.iac.es
Street: VIA LÁCTEA STREET
Postal Code: E-38200
E-Mail: secinv@iac.es