Fellowships

Minimum requirements  

• Students of master's degrees related to the transfer of scientific knowledge, or any other postgraduate degree focused on the dynamisation and training to promote knowledge exchange and scientific skills to engage with different social, economic or political agents in Spain. 
• Excellent level of Spanish  
• A demonstrable high level of English, minimum level B2 or equivalent.  

Additional requirements:  

• Publications of scientific articles.  
• Proven experience in scientific communication and dissemination.  
• Proven experience in social media management.  
• Proven experience in website editing.  
• Proven experience in projects with different public policy stakeholders.  
• Proven experience in scientific knowledge transfer activities to society and the third sector. 

All the information about the criteria, the selection process, as well as the training programme is available in the employment section of the FECYT website (available in Spanish).

Documentation to be submitted;

• Curriculum vitae in English or Spanish. 
• Additional: one-page long cover letter. 

1st Phase: Curricular assessment (40 points)

Internships or work experience in scientific research will be valued with a maximum of 20 points. Internships or work experience in science communication, and scientific knowledge transfer activities with public policy stakeholders will be valued with a maximum of 20 points. In this phase, the four students who obtain the best curricular assessment with a minimum of 25 points out of 40 will move on to the interview phase.

2nd Phase: Interview (60 points)

Of the four students interviewed, the two students with the best total evaluation score in both stages of the process (minimum 40 points in the interview stage) will be the selected students.