This grants program provides individual funding for study towards a Masters degree at a Spanish university. The program is directed at students who are going to study for a PhD in one of the CNIC’s labs: completion of an official Masters (Máster Oficial) has been introduced as an obligatory stage towards a PhD in Spain, in accordance with the Bologna process to standardize academic qualifications across Europe.

• Intended for: Post graduates who are going to study for a PhD in one of the CNIC’s laboratories. Candidates, who can be of any nationality, must be university graduates in a discipline related to biomedicine and have a grade average sufficient for acceptance on a Master Oficial program at a Spanish University. The experimental component, if there is one, must be carried out in a CNIC laboratory.
• Content: Taught classes and laboratory work in accordance with the specific Masters program in question
• Venue: A Spanish University & CNIC Laboratories
• Duration: 12 Months
• Annual call: May
• Call open until 2 September