Dear all, Some corrections to the previous email: 1) There is actually 4 La Caixa programs, 2 for postdocs, 2 for PhDs. The postdoc calls are open, the PhD calls open late in the year. *2) Incoming fellowships* are international mobility grants, you can apply there to move to either Spain or Portugal, if you have not previously lived and worked there for more than 12 months. You can move to either Spain from another country that is not Spain, or to Portugal from another country that is not Portugal. You dont have to move between Portugal and Spain. *Incoming Postdocs:* https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/postdoctoral-ju... *Incoming PhDs: * https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-inphin... *3) Retaining calls are for staying in Spain or Portugal*, if you have resided/worked here, and have some mobility conditions, which are different for PhDs and postdocs. *Retaining Postdocs: * https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/postdoctoral-ju... - Experience: have been awarded a PhD between two and seven years prior to the closing date of the call. The date of obtaining the PhD will be understood as the date the doctoral thesis is defended. Special deadlines apply for candidates with interrupted research careers. - Candidates must have carried out research stays at a centre or university outside Spain (or outside Portugal for those joining a Portuguese centre), during their doctoral or postdoctoral studies, for a total of at least 6 months before the closing date of the call. - Mobility. For candidates interested in Spanish centres or universities: candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call. - For candidates interested in Portuguese centres or universities: candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Portugal for more than 12 months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call. *Retaining PhDs:* https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-inphin... - Candidates who are awarded the fellowship must complete their doctoral studies at a university other than the university where they completed their undergraduate studies. - *Experience*: candidates must not have carried out more than four years of research activity before the closing date of the call. - *Studies pursued*: at the time of recruitment, candidates must have completed the studies that allow them to enrol in an official PhD programme in Spain/Portugal. The verification of the required level of studies will be carried out by the host university when the admission procedure begins. Candidates can not have started doctoral studies prior to the start of the fellowship. - *Mobility*: candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain/Portugal for more than twelve months in the three years immediately preceding the closing date of the call. - *Level of English*: candidates must accredit the required level of English by submitting one of the certificates specified in the rules for participation <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lacaixafoundation.org/documents/d/la-cai... > . *If you need hosts in Spain or Portugal:* For moving to Portugal, I would recommend talking to Rui Barbosa from INL as a possible host. We met yesterday, he is very good and seems interested in this program. If you know people from abroad who might want to come to Spain, there would be an option to apply for this in our group with a co-host from the department of applied mathematics, Miguel A Piñar: he is in ICMAT, in Granada, which is a center eligible for this program, and we have worked together in the past. If you know suitable people, you can refer them to me. Best, Juani