Contracts for Heads of  Departments, Group Leaders, Senior Investigators and Technical Facility Units Managers. Thanks to the Foundation’s legal status and important contributions from the private sector (Fundación pro CNIC), the CNIC has an internationally competitive remuneration plan with highly attractive scientific career opportunities.

With modern infrastructure and an open-minded philosophy that allows scientists to choose the direction of their research, the CNIC offers unique career building opportunites in the area of cardiovascular studies. Click on the link to view the research activities carried out at the center.

The ways in which senior researchers are legally bound to the CNIC are flexible and open to the specific requirements of each case, with the aim of combining researcher stability with the design of a scientific career based on regular evaluation criteria in order to guarantee excellence.

Contracts for Junior Investigators and Post-doctoral Investigators: In line with the most advanced trends in investigator training, the CNIC offers post-doctoral contracts with full benifits and rights as established by Spanish labour law.

Junior investigators are offered employment contracts governed by Law 13/1986, 14th April 1986, on General Promotion and Coordination of Scientific and Technical Research:

• Contract for a specified job to carry out a research project (Art. 17,1 a)  
• Contract for the incorporation of doctors into the Spanish science and technology system (Art. 17, 1 b)

Furthermore, young investigators can access the International Post-doctoral Program in order to finance their post-doctoral period.

You can access our vacancies at any time in our job offers section.

See our OTRI section for information on joining CNIC through specific programs, such as the Programa Ramón y Cajal or the Programa Juan de la Cierva, or other financing resources.

Predoctoral. Visit our training page for information on predoctoral opportunities and other training programs. Predoctoral investigators will be contracted under Royal Decree 63/2006, of 27th January.

Technicians. Positions for technicians in different categories and levels are available both in the research laboratories and the technical units. This term covers professionals with a wide variety of profiles, from laboratory technicians to specialists responsible for handling highly complex equipment and systems. The CNIC offers permanent or temporary contracts linked to research projects with different salary scales, depending on the level of experience, the profile of the position, the candidate’s qualifications and the source of funding for the contract. For further information, contact the Human Resources Department.

Administrative and Service Positions. Vacant administrative and service positions are advertised in the job offers section. The Human Resources Department is available to provide further information on these posts.