These fellowships are considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), due to the approval of the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Applications are invited for the DTIC fellowships, which are targeted at exceptional predoctoral researchers in the DTIC's research areas. The fellowship provides a recognized first step into a research career.

We highly encourage that, before applying, each candidate identifies one or several DTIC research supervisor with whom he/she would like to work and contact them. Support from a potential research supervisor is very important during the fellowship selection process (and to get admitted to the PhD program, too).

Host institution:

Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which include Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.

Application Period 2023-24

First PhD application period: November 28, 2022 to January, 10th, 2023 - Resolution

Second PhD application period: January, 11th, 2023 to March, 1st, 2023 - Resolution      

Third PhD application period: March, 2nd, 2023 to April, 26th, 2023 - Resolution     

Fourth PhD application period: April, 27th, 2023 to June, 5th, 2023 - Resolution

Fifth PhD application period: June, 6th, 2022 to September, 8th, 2023* - Resolution

*The contracts of the candidates admitted to this period will start on November, 1st, 2023

Early applications are very much encouraged. In particular, we highly recommend candidates coming from outside the EU to apply before the last Application Period

How to apply

• Fill the application form 

• For any inquiries contact to [email protected]

Duration of the fellowship (PRC)

Maximum four years, renewed yearly.

Eligibility

Candidates must have submitted a PhD application. Only candidates accepted to the PhD program are eligible a fellowship (PRC). Hence, every fellowship application should be paired up with an admissions application into the PhD program. Admissions to the PhD program are handled by the University Admission Office.

Types of fellowship (PRC):

There are 3 possible types of predoctoral contracts with established minimum gross monthly salary of 1.470,98€ for the 1st and 2nd year. This amount can vary according to the research group:

1. Teaching PRC includes a teaching assistance load of 45 hours per academic year.

2. Teaching-Project PRC includes a teaching assistance load of 45 hours per academic year plus some tasks related to the funded project the PhD candidate joins.

3. Project PRC includes tasks linked to the funded project the PhD candidate joins.

Non-EU students will have a reduction of 24% the three first months (till December, if the contract starts in October). The corresponding taxes will be deducted from January when the new fiscal year starts.

Only EU students can reduce this tax to 19% presenting a certificate of fiscal resident from their country.

* Teaching hours will be carried out at UPF undergraduate engineering degrees according to the PhD student background. A knowledge of Spanish or Catalan will be required after the first year of fellowships for those teaching in 1st or 2nd year.

Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

Both types of fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but not the administrative fees neither the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further information.Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

The monthly gross salary for the 3rd year is 1.576,05€ and for the 4th year is 1.970,06€.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E_0DaEDObWk40Xur-DH1v6FqCvHap0XK/view?usp=sharing

These fellowships are considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), due to the approval of the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Applications are invited for the DTIC fellowships, which are targeted at exceptional predoctoral researchers in the DTIC's research areas. The fellowship provides a recognized first step into a research career.

We highly encourage that, before applying, each candidate identifies one or several DTIC research supervisor with whom he/she would like to work and contact them. Support from a potential research supervisor is very important during the fellowship selection process (and to get admitted to the PhD program, too).

Host institution:

Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which include Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.

Application Period 2022-23

First PhD application period: November 29, 2021 to January, 10th, 2022 - Resolution

Second PhD application period: January, 11th, 2022 to February, 28th, 2022 - Resolution      

Third PhD application period: March, 1st, 2022 to April, 25th, 2022 - Resolution     

Fourth PhD application period: April, 26th, 2022 to June, 2th, 2022 - Resolution

Fifth PhD application period: June, 3rd, 2022 to September, 12th, 2022* - Resolution

*The contracts of the candidates admitted to this period will start on November, 1st, 2022.

Early applications are very much encouraged. In particular, we highly recommend candidates coming from outside the EU to apply before the last Application Period

How to apply

• Fill the application form 

• For any inquiries contact to [email protected]

Duration of the fellowship (PRC)

Maximum four years, renewed yearly.

Eligibility

Candidates must have submitted a PhD application. Only candidates accepted to the PhD program are eligible a fellowship (PRC). Hence, every fellowship application should be paired up with an admissions application into the PhD program. Admissions to the PhD program are handled by the University Admission Office.

Types of fellowship (PRC):

Both types of fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but not the administrative fees neither the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further information. Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

The year salary gets an increase of 6% during the 3rd year and 20% during the 4th year.

These fellowships are considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), due to the approval of the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Applications are invited for the DTIC fellowships, which are targeted at exceptional predoctoral researchers in the DTIC's research areas. The fellowship provides a recognized first step into a research career.

We highly encourage that, before applying, each candidate identifies one or several DTIC research supervisor with whom he/she would like to work and contact them. Support from a potential research supervisor is very important during the fellowship selection process (and to get admitted to the PhD program, too).

Host institution:

Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which include Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.

Application Period

First PhD application period: November 30, 2020 to January, 11th, 2021 - Resolution

Second PhD application period: January, 12th, 2021 to March, 8th, 2021 - Resolution      

Third PhD application period: March, 9th, 2021 to May, 3rd, 2021 - Resolution     

Fourth PhD application period: May, 4th, 2021 to June, 14th, 2021 - Resolution

Fifth PhD application period: June, 15th, 2021 to September, 12th, 2021* - Resolution

*The contracts of the candidates admitted to this period will start on November, 1st, 2021.

Early applications are very much encouraged. In particular, we highly recommend candidates coming from outside the EU to apply before the last Application Period

How to apply

• Fill the application form 

• For any inquiries contact to [email protected]

Duration of the fellowship (PRC)

Maximum four years, renewed yearly.

Eligibility

Candidates must have submitted a PhD application. Only candidates accepted to the PhD program are eligible a fellowship (PRC). Hence, every fellowship application should be paired up with an admissions application into the PhD program. Admissions to the PhD program are handled by the University Admission Office.

Types of fellowship (PRC):

Both types of fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but not the administrative fees neither the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further information.Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

The year salary gets an increase of 6% during the 3rd year and 20% during the 4th year.

DTIC Research Positions 2020-2021

These fellowships are considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), due to the approval of the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Applications are invited for the DTIC fellowships, which are targeted at exceptional predoctoral researchers in the DTIC's research areas. The fellowship provides a recognized first step into a research career.

We highly encourage that, before applying, each candidate identifies one or several DTIC research supervisor with whom he/she would like to work and contact them. Support from a potential research supervisor is very important during the fellowship selection process (and to get admitted to the PhD program, too).

Host institution:

Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which include Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.

Application Period

First PhD application period: November 25, 2019 to January, 10th, 2020 (unfilled)       

Second PhD application period: January, 11th, 2019 to March, 5th, 2020  (unfilled)      

Third PhD application period: March, 6th, 2019 to April, 16th, 2020  (unfilled)          

Fourth PhD application period: April 17th, 2019 to June, 4th, 2020 Resolution Fellowship 4th period      

Fifth PhD application period: June, 5th, 2019 to September, 13th, 2020* Resolution Fellowship 5th period  

*The contracts of the people admitted on this period will start on November, 1st, 2020.

Early applications are very much encouraged. In particular, we highly recommend candidates coming from outside the EU to apply before the last Application Period

How to apply

• Fill the application form (closed on September 15th)

• For any inquiries contact to [email protected]

Duration of the fellowship (PRC)

Maximum four years, renewed yearly.

Eligibility

Candidates must have submitted a PhD application. Only candidates accepted to the PhD program are eligible a fellowship (PRC). Hence, every fellowship application should be paired up with an admissions application into the PhD program. Admissions to the PhD program are handled by the University Admission Office.

Types of fellowship (PRC):

Both types of fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but not the administrative fees neither the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further information.Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

The year salary gets an increase of 6% during the 3rd year and 20% during the 4th year.

DTIC Research Positions 2019-2020

These fellowships are considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), due to the approval of the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Applications are invited for the DTIC fellowships, which are targeted at exceptional predoctoral researchers in the DTIC's research areas. The fellowship provides a recognized first step into a research career.

We highly encourage that, before applying, each candidate identifies one or several DTIC research supervisor with whom he/she would like to work and contact them. Support from a potential research supervisor is very important during the fellowship selection process (and to get admitted to the PhD program, too).

Host institution:

Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which include Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.

Application Period

First PhD application period: December 3rd, 2018 to January, 15th, 2019 (unfilled)       

Second PhD application period: January, 16th, 2019 to March, 5th, 2019  (Resolution)

Third PhD application period: March, 6th, 2019 to April, 17th, 2019   (Resolution)          

Fourth PhD application period: April 18th, 2019 to June, 3rd, 2019 (Resolution) 

Fifth PhD application period: June, 4th, 2019 to September, 15th, 2019* (Resolution)

*The contracts of the people admitted on this period will start on November, 1st, 2019.

Early applications are very much encouraged. In particular, we highly recommend candidates coming from outside the EU to apply before the last Application Period

How to apply

• Fill the application form (closed on September 15th)

• For any consults contact to [email protected]

Duration of the fellowship (PRC)

Maximum four years, renewed yearly.

Eligibility

Candidates must have submitted a PhD application. Only candidates accepted to the PhD program are eligible a fellowship (PRC). Hence, every fellowship application should be paired up with an admissions application into the PhD program. Admissions to the PhD program are handled by the University Admission Office.

Types of fellowship (PRC):

Both types of fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but not the administrative fees neither the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further information.Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

The year salary gets an increase of 6% during the 3rd year and 20% during the 4th year.

Other grants

https://www.upf.edu/web/phdfunding

DTIC Research Positions 2018-2019

These fellowships are considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), due to the approval of the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Applications are invited for the DTIC fellowships, which are targeted at exceptional predoctoral researchers in the DTIC's research areas. The fellowship provides a recognized first step into a research career.

We highly encourage that, before applying, each candidate identifies one or several DTIC research supervisor with whom he/she would like to work and contact them. Support from a potential research supervisor is very important during the fellowship selection process (and to get admitted to the PhD program, too).

Host institution:

Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which include Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.

Application Period

First PhD application period: November 27th, 2017 to January, 15th, 2018 (Resolution)       

Second PhD application period: January, 16th, 2018 to March, 5th, 2018  (Resolution)

Third PhD application period: March, 6th, 2018 to April, 19th, 2018   (Resolution)          

Fourth PhD application period: April 20th, 2018 to June, 1st, 2018 (Resolution) 

Fifth PhD application period: June, 2nd, 2018 to September, 14th, 2018* (Resolution)

*The contracts of the people admitted on this period will start on November, 1st, 2018.

Early applications are very much encouraged. In particular, we highly recommend candidates coming from outside the EU to apply before the last Application Period

How to apply

• Fill the application form

• For any consults contact to [email protected]

Duration of the fellowship (PRC)

Maximum four years, renewed yearly.

Eligibility

Candidates must have submitted a PhD application. Only candidates accepted to the PhD program are eligible a fellowship (PRC). Hence, every fellowship application should be paired up with an admissions application into the PhD program. Admissions to the PhD program are handled by the University Admission Office.

Types of fellowship (PRC):

Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

Both types of fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but not the administrative fees neither the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further information.Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

The year salary gets an increase of 6% during the 3rd year and 20% during the 4th year.

Other grants

https://www.upf.edu/web/phdfunding

Open PhD Fellowships at the DTIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain 2019 INPhINIT “la Caixa” Fellowships Programme

The DTIC as a “Maria de Maeztu Centre of Excellence” is a hosting institution within the INPhINIT “La Caixa” incoming Fellowships Programme  proposing 18 project proposals at the different research areas of DTIC.

INPhINIT will recruit 35 PhD Early-stage researchers of any nationality to carry out their PhD projects in accredited centres with the Spanish Seal of Excellence Severo Ochoa, María de Maeztu or Health Institutes Carlos III and Portuguese research units accredited as “excellent” or “exceptional” according to the evaluation of the Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia. In addition, researchers establish a personal career development plan including transnational, intersectorial and interdisciplinary mobility opportunities, and attend a full range of complementary training courses and workshops.

INPhINIT is focused on life sciences and health, technologies, physics, engineering and mathematics.

"La Caixa" Foundation will select the candidates who, subsequently,  will propose the Research Centre and the pre-doctoral position in which he/she would like to do the research project. If there is agreement between the Centre, the supervisor,  and the candidate, the fellowship will be awarded to the candidate.

Fellowship provisions

• 3-years contract

• Recruitment date: September/November 2019.

• Funding per fellow: 115.092 euros

• 104.400 euros (34.800 euros per year) including salary, employee social security contribution, income taxes and all compulsory employers’ contributions.

• 10.692 euros (3.564 euros per year) for research costs such as conferences and workshops attendance, short-stays, consumables and intellectual property costs, among others.

• PhD Award of 7.500 euros will be granted to researchers that submit their thesis within 6 months after the end of the fellowship.

• Complementary training programme.

Eligibility requirements 

• At the call deadline, candidates must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree.

• At the time of recruitment, candidates must comply with one of the following options:

  • To have completed the studies that lead to an official Spanish (or from another country of the European Higher Education Area) university degree awarding 300 ECTS credits, of which at least 60 ECTS credits must correspond to master level.

  • To have completed a degree in a non-Spanish university not adapted to the European Higher Education Area that gives access to doctoral studies. The verification of an equivalent level of studies to the ones mentioned above will be made by the university when the admission procedure starts.

• Mobility Rule: For doing their research at Spanish institutions, candidates must have resided in Spain for less than 12 months in the last 3 years immediately prior the call deadline. Short stays such as holidays will not be taken into account when calculating the mobility requirement.

• Demonstrable level of English (B2 or higher).

DTIC PhD program admission: 

• Accredited undergraduate degree (Bachelor degree or recognised equivalent degree from an accredited Higher Education Institution).  

• Accredited graduate/master's degree (equivalent to a Spanish Master Universitario/Oficial, Master's of Research.... ) which enables them to access a Phd programme in their home country.

• Total of 300 ECTS credits, 60 of those have to correspond to an official graduate, research oriented, master's programme.

Important dates

• Website is open for applications.

• Application deadline: 6th February 2019.

How to apply

Applications are managed through the La Caixa InPhINIT program website.

More information about the procedure: www.inphinitlacaixa.org
For additional information on the PhD program and proposed topics within DTIC please check this following page
 

About UPF DTIC

The UPF DTIC PhD program offers advanced training in a broad range of topics in the field of Information and Communication Technologies.

This is an innovative program, unique in Catalonia and Spain in terms of its content, which aims to provide a bridge between various disciplines in this field. The DTIC PhD program has been growing steadily and currently hosts about 130 PhD students and 40 faculty and tenure-track professors who can supervise a PhD thesis. The program received a Mention of Excellence award from the Ministry of Science and Innovation in 2011.

The DTIC department consistently ranks among the top computer science departments in Spain (e.g. the only computer science department from an Spanish university that has even been included in the top 100 of the Shanghai Ranking). The DTIC's research activities are organized around 15 groups pursuing a wide range of topics that include networking, wireless communications, multimedia, image and music processing, medical imaging, interactive technologies, artificial intelligence, data mining, and computational neuroscience, among others.

The UPF university was awarded in 2010 the distinction of International Excellence Campus by the Spanish Ministry of Education and it is widely considered to be one of the best universities in Spain (e.g. is the top Spanish university according to 2013 Times Higher Education Ranking).

The UPF is located in Barcelona. Its excellent location on the shores of the Mediterranean, its gentle climate, its open, cosmopolitan character, its gastronomy and architecture make Barcelona an extraordinary place to live. The DTIC is sited in UPF's Communication Campus, which was opened in 2009 and is located within the vibrant 22@ technological district of Barcelona.

The Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship is a tribute to our Doctor Honoris Causa Dorcas Muthoni.

Dorcas Muthoni, a Kenyan engineer and entrepreneur, CEO and founder of the company Openworld, received our University’s highest recognition on 15th December 2017 for her significant work in the promotion of engineering studies among young women in Africa, the mentoring of young people, and her social commitment in the fight against poverty.

This scholarship is aligned with our university institutional commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), it aims to contribute to quality education and gender equality for African Women.

The first edition of this PhD Fellowship was opened in 2018. We are pleased to launch our second edition in 2020.

The main objectives of this fellowship are:

(i) to promote gender equality & contribute to reduce the gender gap in ICT; by facilitating more women pursuing scientific/technological/engineering careers and lowering the barriers women face when pursuing careers in STEM disciplines

(ii) to share excellent research with African female researchers during their PhD Studies.  Our ICT department consists of more than 20 research groups who are very active in international research projects (e.g. currently active in 38 H2020 research projects) and nationally we have the Spanish research excellence seal Maria de Maeztu). The Maria de Maeztu Strategic Research Program is a 4 year research initiative funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness to promote data-driven knowledge extraction research within the department.

(iii) to contribute to future social impact in African countries. The applicants are expected to return to their African home country after completion of their PhD studies in order to pursue a career related to ICT there.

This PhD fellowship seeks doctoral applications from talented African female students (only African nationality applicants will be considered) with strong research interests. Candidates for PhD positions must hold an M.Sc degree or equivalent.

The Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship will be part of the Doctoral programme in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), that covers many of the most important research topics in the information society grouped into four main areas: cognitive and intelligent systems, audiovisual technologies, networks and communications, and computational biology and biomedical systems. More information on the DTIC PhD programme can be found here and all the admission requirements and documents necessary for the application to enter UPF PhD programme are listed here.

• Please note that English is the main language for written and oral communication as part of the PhD programme.
• This fellowship is considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), in accordance with the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation.
• Please note, before applying, each candidate must identify one or several DTIC research supervisor/s with whom she would like to work and contact them to request a support letter. Support from a potential research supervisor is a compulsory pre-requisite to be able to enter the fellowship selection process. You can find a list of our research supervisors in this link.

Host institution:

Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which includes: Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.

Application Period          

PhD application period: January 29th, 2020 to June, 4th, 2020

Resolution: July 6th - See here

*The contracts of the people admitted on this period are envisaged to start at the beginning of October-November 2020.

Early applications are very much encouraged.

How to apply

We are listing below the two applications + motivation letter you need to complete when applying for this fellowship. Please note that both need to be completed at the same time:

1. Application to the UPF ICT PhD programme
   • Please read carefully the Eligibility requirements in this link
   • It is compulsory to submit in your application a support letter from your potential supervisor in DTIC.
   • Please complete this application form (CLOSED CALL) to the ICT PhD programme

2. Application to the Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship

• Please complete this application form  (CLOSED CALL) for the fellowship

     3. Motivation letter

• The applicant should explain her motivation to apply to this fellowship and the expected impact after the end of her PhD studies in terms of the ICT gender equality and social impact in Africa.

   4. Digital copy of your Passport

• For any queries, please contact: [email protected]

Duration of the fellowship (PRC- Predoctoral Research Contract)

Three years (with the possibility of one year extension), renewed annually.

Type of fellowship (PRC):

We offer a predoctoral contract with a minimum gross monthly salary of 1370,85€ for the first and second years, and a gross monthly salary of 1468,77€ for the third year.

Teaching. PRC includes a teaching assistance load of 45 hours per academic year.

Start-up Fund. The fellowship will also include a startup/Landing Fund to facilitate the fellow’s initial expenditure. The fund will be for the amount of 2000€.

We do not recommend to come to Spain accompanied by family members, since the scholarship offered has not been designed to include them and we cannot assure financial, logistical or administrative support to cover for the family members.

Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC- Predoctoral Research Contract)

The “Dorcas Muthoni” fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but neither the administrative fees nor the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further information. Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

Evaluation criteria

• Excellent Academic record of the candidate
• Motivation letter:
  • candidates expected contribution to the promotion of ICT gender equality
  • future expected social and economic impact (Africa)

The new Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship is a tribute to our Doctor Honoris Causa Dorcas Muthoni.

Dorcas Muthoni, a Kenyan engineer and entrepreneur, CEO and founder of the company Openworld, received our University’s highest recognition on 15th December 2017 for her significant work in the promotion of engineering studies among young women in Africa, the mentoring of young people, and her social commitment in the fight against poverty. All the details can be found here.

This new scholarship is aligned with our university institutional commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in order to contribute to transform our world.

The main objectives of this new fellowship are:

(i) to promote gender equality & contribute to reduce the gender gap in Information and Communication Technology - ICT; by facilitating more women pursuing scientific/technological/engineering careers and lowering the barriers women face when pursuing careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) disciplines.

(ii) to share excellent research with African female researchers during their PhD Studies.  Our ICT department (DTIC) consists of more than 20 research groups who are very active in international research projects (i.e. currently active in 32 H2020 research projects, 9 of which are European Research Council grants) and nationally we have the Spanish research excellence seal Maria de Maeztu). The Maria de Maeztu Strategic Research Program is a 4 year (2016-19) research initiative funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness to promote data-driven knowledge extraction research within the department.

(iii) to contribute to future social impact in African countries. The applicants are expected to return to their home countries after completion of their PhD studies, and to pursue a career related to ICT.

This new PhD fellowship seeks doctoral applications from talented African female students (only African nationality applicants will be considered) with strong research interests. Candidates for PhD positions must hold an M.Sc degree or equivalent.

The Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowship will be part of the Doctoral programme in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), that covers many of the most important research topics in the information society grouped into four main areas: cognitive and intelligent systems, audiovisual technologies, networks and communications, and computational biology and biomedical systems. More information on the DTIC programme can be found here.

This new fellowship is considered as Predoctoral Research Contracts (PRC), due to the approval of the Spanish law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Please note, before applying, each candidate must identify one or several DTIC research supervisor/s with whom she would like to work and contact them to request a support letter. Support from a potential research supervisor is a pre-requisite to be able to enter the fellowship selection process.

Host institution

Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Research Areas

Students will pursue doctoral studies in one of the Research Areas of the department which include: Cognition, Computation and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Cognitive Multimedia Technologies, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography, Sound and Music Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies, Network Technologies and Strategies, Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Computational Neuroscience, Instrumentation and Biomedical Electronics, Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology, Analysis of Biomedical Data and Non-Linear Signal Analysis.

Application Period           

PhD application period: April 16th, 2018 to June, 1st, 2018.

Notification: Resolution

*The contracts of the people admitted on this period are envisaged to start at the beginning of October-November 2018.

How to apply

We are listing below the two applications + motivation letter you need to complete when applying for this fellowship. Please note that both need to be completed at the same time:

1. Application to the ICT PhD programme
   • Please read carefully the Eligibility requirements in this link
   • It is compulsory to submit in your application a support letter from your potential supervisor in DTIC.
   • Please complete this application form to the ICT PhD programme

2. Application to the Dorcas Muthoni PhD Fellowships

• Please complete this application form for the fellowship

  3. Motivation letter.

• The applicant should include a motivation letter explaining her motivation to apply to this fellowship and expected impact after the end of her PhD studies in terms of the ICT gender equality and social impact in Africa, including previous experience .

• For any consults contact to [email protected]

Duration of the fellowship

Three years (with the possibility of one year extension), renewed annually.

Type of fellowship

We offer a predoctoral contract with a minimum gross monthly salary of 996,63€.

The year salary gets an increase of 6% during the 3rd year and 20% during the 4th year.

Teaching. PRC includes a teaching assistance load of 20 hours per academic year.

Start-up Fund. The fellowship will also include a startup/Landing Fund to facilitate the fellow initial expenditure. The fund will be for the amount of 2000€.

Fees covered by the fellowship

The “Dorcas Muthoni” fellowships/PRC include the annual tutorship fees, but not the administrative fees neither the fees for validations of degrees issued by a university outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) without homologation. Check here for further information. Fees covered by the fellowship (PRC)

Evaluation criteria

• Excellent Academic record of the candidate
• Motivation letter:
  • candidates expected contribution to the promotion of ICT gender equality, including previous experience
  • future expected social impact (Africa), including previous experience