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2024
Three calls for 4-year predoctoral contracts for exceptional candidates interested in pursuing a doctoral thesis at the CFP Unit are published, the deadline for applications is 12th of December:
- Searches for exotic decays of the Higgs boson with the CMS experiment at the LHC (position 408-PREAT1-PDI24). Contact: Cristina Martín (Cristina.Martin@ciemat.es) & Isabel Josa (Isabel.Josa@ciemat.es). More information here
- Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with Euclid and DESI (position 409-PREAT1-PDI24). Contact: Anna Porredon (Annamaria.Porredon@ciemat.es) & Eusebio Sánchez (Eusebio.Sanchez@ciemat.es). More information here
- Acceleration of Cosmic Rays in Supernova Remnants (position 410-PREAT1-PDI24). Contact: Iurii Sushch (iurii.sushch@ciemat.es) & Carlos Delgado (carlos.delgado@ciemat.es). More information here
A call for 4-year predoctoral contracts for exceptional candidates interested in pursuing a doctoral thesis at the CFP Unit is published, the deadline for applications is 12th of November (CIEMAT's web):
- Cosmic Rays Physics with the AMS experiment on the International Space Station (215-PRECIE-PDI24). Contact: Jorge Casaus (jorge.casaus@ciemat.es) & Miguel Ángel Velasco (miguelangel.velasco@ciemat.es). More information here
- Cosmology with Large Galaxy Surveys (214-PRECIE-PDI24). Contact: Eusebio Sánchez (eusebio.sanchez@ciemat.es) & Ignacio Sevilla (ignacio.sevilla@ciemat.es). More information here
- Dark Matter direct searches with the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration (216-PRECIE-PDI24). Contact: Roberto Santorelli (roberto.santorelli@ciemat.es) & Vicente Pesudo (vicente.pesudo@ciemat.es). More information here
- Construction and analysis of nuclear physics experiments realted to the search for dark matter and nuclear technology (219-PRECIE-PDI24). Contact: Daniel Cano (daneil.cano@ciemat.es) & Roberto Santorelli (roberto.santorelli@ciemat.es). More information here
2024
A call for 4-year predoctoral contracts for exceptional candidates interested in pursuing a doctoral thesis at the CFP Unit will be published soon (beginning of December):
- Scientific exploitation, data analysis and operation of the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. Contact: Begoña de la Cruz Martínez (Begona.delacruz@ciemat.es) & Isabel Josa (Isabel.Josa@ciemat.es). More information here
Opening of 7 pre-doctoral positions (4-year PhD contract) for outstanding young M.Sc. graduates interested in working at the CFP Unit towards a PhD Thesis.
The deadline for applications is 15 November 2023.
- Gravitational Waves (position 209-PRECIE-PDI23). Contact: Pablo García Abia (pablo.garcia@ciemat.es) / Carlos Delgado (carlos.delgado@ciemat.es). More information here
- Neutrino Physics (position 210-PRECIE-PDI23). Contact: Ines Gil Botella (ines.gil@ciemat.es). More information here
The deadline for applications is 23 October 2023.
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Science with MAGIC and the first telescope of CTAO (position 224-PIDC21-PDI23). Contact: Carlos Delgado (carlos.delgado@ciemat.es). More information here
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Cosmic Ray Physics with the experiment AMS on the International Space Station (position 223-PIDC21-PDI23). Contact: Jorge Casaus (jorge.casaus@ciemat.es)/Miguel Ángel Velasco (miguelangel.velasco@ciemat.es). More information here
The deadline for applications is 29 September 2023.
- Searches for long lived particles with the CMS experiment at the LHC (position code 221-PREAT1-PDI23). Contact: Alberto Escalante (Alberto.Escalante@ciemat.es) & Isabel Josa (isabel.josa@ciemat.es). More information here
- Precision studies of the top quark with the CMS experiment at the LHC (position code 222-PREAT1-PDI23). Contact: Javier Llorente Merino (Javier.LlorenteMerino@ciemat.es) & Isabel Josa (isabel.josa@ciemat.es). More information here
- PhD position in Neutrino Experimental Physics (position code 220-PREAMO-PDI23). Contact: Carmen Palomares (mc.palomares@ciemat.es). Más información aquí.
2022
Opening of 1 pre-doctoral position (4-year PhD contract) for outstanding young M.Sc. graduates interested in working at the CFP Unit towards a PhD Thesis. The deadline for applications is August 2nd. More information in this link.
- CMS experiment at LHC. Contact: Isabel Josa (Isabel.Josa@ciemat.es) / Begoña de la Cruz (Begona.Delacruz@ciemat.es)
- Direct Dark Matter searches. Contact: Roberto Santorelli (Roberto.Santorelli@ciemat.es)
- Observational Cosmology. Contact: Eusebio Sánchez, Ignacio Sevilla (eusebio.sanchez@ciemat.es / ignacio.sevilla@ciemat.es)
2021
Opening of 1 pre-doctoral position (4-year PhD contract) for outstanding young M.Sc. graduates interested in working in collider physics towards a PhD Thesis. The deadline for applications is November 11th.
PhD position in collider physics at CIEMAT . Contact: : Isabel Josa (Isabel.Josa@ciemat.es) / Begoña de la Cruz (Begona.Delacruz@ciemat.es)
Opening of 1 pre-doctoral position (4-year PhD contract) for outstanding young M.Sc. graduates interested in working in neutrino physics towards a PhD Thesis. The official call will be published on September 27th, and the deadline for applications is 10 days from the publication date.
- PhD position in neutrino physics at CIEMAT . Contact: Inés Gil (ines.gil@ciemat.es)
- Search for new physics and precision studies with the CMS experiment at the LHC (contract code 20-PREI-21) Contact: Begoña de la Cruz (Begona.Delacruz@ciemat.es) and/or Isabel Josa (Isabel.Josa@ciemat.es)
- Scientific exploitation of MAGIC and the first telescopes of CTA (contract code 21-PREI-21). Contact: Carlos Delgado (carlos.delgado@ciemat.es) and/or Juan Cortina (juan.cortina@ciemat.es)
2020
Opening of 4 pre-doctoral positions (4-year PhD contracts) for outstanding young MSc graduates interested in working in CIEMAT-FP group activities towards a PhD Thesis. Applications deadline is October 27th.
- PID2019-104114RB-C31: Scientific exploitation of MAGIC and the first telescopes of CTA. Contact: Juan Cortina (juan.cortina@ciemat.es), Carlos Delgado (carlos.delgado@ciemat.es)
- PID2019-104676GB-C31: Neutrino physics. Contact: Inés Gil (ines.gil@ciemat.es)
- PID2019-107988GB-C21: Cosmic Ray Physics and Space Instrumentation. Contact: Jorge Casaus (jorge.casaus@ciemat.es), Gustavo Martinez (gustavo.martinez@ciemat.es)
- PID2019-110942RB-C21: Scientific Computing for Particle Physics at the High Luminosity LHCContact: J. M. Hernández (jose.hernandez@ciemat.es); Josep Flix (jose.flix@ciemat.es)
Detailed information in this link
Opening of 2 pre-doctoral positions (4-year PhD contracts) for outstanding young M.Sc. graduates interested in working in CIEMAT-FP group activities towards a PhD Thesis. Applications deadline is July 14.
- Direct Dark Matter Search with Liquid Argon Detectors. Contact: Roberto Santorelli (darkmatter@ciemat.es)
- Cosmic Ray Physics with the AMS experiment on the International Space Station. Contact: Javier Berdugo (javier.berdugo@ciemat.es) / Jorge Casaus (jorge.casaus@ciemat.es)
Announcement of 8 eligible projects for predoctoral contracts (3 year PhD contracts) of the "La Caixa" INPhINIT programme (Incoming).
See full announcement here . Application deadline February 4, 2020.
- Cosmology and fundamental physics with galaxy surveys
- Deep learning for time series forecasting
- Direct searches of Dark Matter particles with liquid argon experiments
- Liquid argon TPC technology for the measurement of neutrino oscillations with DUNE
- Exascale computing for the Large Hadron Collider Physics program
- Precision measurement of the cosmic ray electron and positron spectra with AMS and CTA
- Search for new physics effects with the CMS detector at the LHC
- Sub-milliarcsecond angular resolution with intensity interferometry in Cherenkov Telescopes
Opening of 3 pre-doctoral positions (4-year PhD contracts) for outstanding young MSc graduates interested in working in CIEMAT-FP group activities towards a PhD Thesis. Applications deadline is November 7th.
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Scientific computing: artificial intelligence technologies in experimental particle physics. Contact: José María Hernández Calama (jose.hernandez@ciemat.es) / Miguel Cárdenas Montes (miguel.cardenas@ciemat.es)
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Observational cosmology. Contact: Eusebio Sánchez-Álvaro (Eusebio.Sanchez@ciemat.es) / Ignacio Sevilla (Ignacio.Sevilla@ciemat.es)
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Neutrino physics. Contact: Inés Gil (ines.gil@ciemat.es)
2019
Announcement of 8 eligible projects for predoctoral contracts (3 year PhD contracts) of the "La Caixa" INPhINIT programme.
See full announcement here . Application deadline February 6, 2019.
- Cosmology and fundamental physics with galaxy surveys
- Deep learning for time series forecasting
- Direct searches of Dark Matter particles with liquid argon experiments
- Dual-phase liquid argon TPC technology for the measurement of neutrino oscillations with DUNE
- Exascale computing for the Large Hadron Collider Physics programme
- Precision measurement of the cosmic ray electron and positron spectra with AMS and CTA
- Search for new physics effects with the CMS detector at the LHC
- Sub-milliarcsecond angular resolution with intensity interferometry in Cherenkov Telescopes
2018
3 positions funded by the FPI programme of the Spanish Ministry. See call here (applications 9-29 October 2018).
2 positions funded by CIEMAT. Not yet announced. See call here (application deadline is 12 November 2018).
Announcement of 3 predoctoral contracts (3 year PhD contracts) of the "La Caixa" INPhINIT programme. See the complete announcement here. Application deadline February 1, 2018.
- Search for new physics effects with the CMS detector at the LHC
- Validation of the dual-phase liquid argon TPC technology for the measurement of neutrino oscillations with DUNE
- The role of the high energy processes in the star formation
2017
Opening of 7 predoctoral positions (4-year PhD contracts) for outstanding young MSc graduates interested in working in CIEMAT-FP group activities towards a PhD Thesis. See complete announcement here.
- 5 positions funded by the FPI programme of the Spanish Ministry. See call here (applications 3-18 October 2017).
- Physics beyond the Standard Model with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC
- The role of the high energy in the evolution of galaxies within the Starburst project
- Cosmic ray Physics with the AMS experiment on the International Space Station
- Particle Physic Detectors R&D for experiments in future colliders (HL-LHC, ILC)
- Computing R&D for the CMS experiment at the HL-LHC
- 2 positions funded by CIEMAT. Not yet announced. The call will be published at the CIEMAT job vacancies webpage and announce in this page.