Ramón y Cajal Program (RYC)
Funds long-term postdoctoral research contracts in Spain under a competitive talent program.
Programa Ramón y Cajal 2026 (RYC2026), operated by Spain's Agencia Estatal de Investigación and co-financed by the European Union, is the country's flagship postdoctoral talent attraction programme. Since its first call in 2001, it has been the primary mechanism for bringing outstanding postdoctoral researchers of any nationality and discipline into the Spanish research system on a path toward per…
Funds five-year postdoctoral employment contracts at Spanish research entities for outstanding researchers of any nationality and discipline, with mandatory host stabilisation commitment and own research project funding.
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