The Galician Institute of High Energy Physics (IGFAE) has been awarded six PhD grants within the Severo Ochoa – Maria de Maeztu Excellence centers program. Interested candidates should apply directly through the web page of the Spanish Research Agency:

https://www.aei.gob.es/en/announcements/announcements-finder/ayudas-contratos-predoctorales-formacion-doctoresas-2022

Interested candidates are also welcomed to send expressions of interest or requests for extra information or support to jobs@igfae.usc.es

Applicaction deadline is January, 26th, 2023.

The six projects that will be funded with the grants are.

CEX2021-001141-M-20-1 // Nuclear Physics from the Lab to Improve People’s Health (I)
IGFAE Research Program where the project will be developed:
SA3_NUCL – The structure of the nuclear many-body systems and its astrophysical and cosmological implications
(Experimental Nuclear Structure at the limit of stability)

CEX2021-001141-M-20-2 // Nuclear Physics from the Lab to Improve People’s Health (II)
IGFAE Research Program where the project will be developed:
SA3_NUCL – The structure of the nuclear many-body systems and its astrophysical and cosmological implications
(Participation in R3B experiment at FAIR)

CEX2021-001141-M-20-3 // COSMIC PARTICLES AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS
IGFAE Research Programs where the project will be developed:
SA2_AUGE – Extremely energetic cosmic rays and neutrinos – Large exposure experiments
(Participation in the Pierre Auger Experiment)
SA2_NEXT – Dark Matter and the nature of neutrinos
(Participation in NEXT, DUNE and HyperKamiokande experiments)
SA2_GRWA – Gravitational Waves
(Participation in LIGO experiment)

CEX2021-001141-M-20-4 // THE STANDARD MODEL TO THE LIMITS (I)
IGFAE Research Program where the project will be developed:
SA1_HQCD – Hot and dense QCD in the LHC era and beyond

CEX2021-001141-M-20-5 // THE STANDARD MODEL TO THE LIMITS (II)
IGFAE Research Program where the project will be developed:
SA1_LHCB – Beyond the SM searches with LHCb

CEX2021-001141-M-20-6 // THE STANDARD MODEL TO THE LIMITS (III)
IGFAE Research Program where the project will be developed:
SA1_STRI – String theory and related fields