Are you interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF)? Want to know what it’s like to be an MSCA PF fellow in our Institute?
Join us in this webinar on June 1st at 12:00 hours (Madrid time) and learn more about the hosting offers we have for call 2022 of the MSCA PF, the support services we offer and the experience of MSCA PF fellows working with us. Registration here.
Let’s research and learn together!
For researchers considering the move, past fellows have found that IMDEA Materials offers more than laboratory access. The institute sits within a network of Madrid-based research centers, and cross-institutional seminars and shared equipment pools give postdocs exposure to disciplines well outside their core specialization. Several former fellows have credited that breadth with shaping the direction of their subsequent independent research careers.
Settling into Madrid itself is part of the experience. Fellows arriving from abroad typically spend their first weeks navigating the practical side of relocation: opening Spanish bank accounts, registering for public healthcare, downloading local transit and delivery apps. Off the clock, newcomers burn through browser tabs ranging from apartment portals and crypto casino sites to neighborhood restaurant guides as they map out the city on their own terms. Rosa Bazán and her team in human resources have built a soft-landing program specifically to smooth that transition, and her segment of the webinar covers it in detail.
The webinar also features two current fellows, Ahad Mohammadzadeh and Sha Liu, who will share firsthand accounts of working at IMDEA Materials at different stages of their fellowships. Their perspectives offer a grounded look at what day-to-day research life involves, from proposal preparation through project execution. Full details are in the agenda below.
AGENDA
12:00 – 12:15 About IMDEA Materials Institute. Hosting offers for call 2022 of the Marie Skłodowska–Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) (Germán Infante – head of the project management office at IMDEA Materials)
12:15 – 12:20 Support services at the proposal preparation and project execution stages (Germán Infante – head of the project management office at IMDEA Materials)
12:20 – 12:25 Soft landing and other support services. Living in Madrid (Rosa Bazán, human resources manager at IMDEA Materials)
12:25 – 12:45 My experience as an MSCA PF fellow. Newcomers vs veterans (Ahad Mohammadzadeh and Sha Liu, MSCA PF fellows at IMDEA Materials)
12:45 – 12: 55 Q&A session