The UPfellows program provides professional development opportunities to young postdoctoral candidates from foreign centers of any nationality who wish to pursue their scientific career in Catalonia, under the guidance of a senior scientific mentor.
In the third edition of the UPfellows program a number of six grants was offered. The selection of candidates was made according to criteria of scientific excellence and academic qualification and following standard european codes for the selection of researchers.
GRIB researchers selected were:
- Alexia Giannoula, that will develop her project in the IBI group, led by Laura I. Furlong.
- Márton Münz that will join the Biomedical Genomics group led by Núria López-Bigas.
The UP fellows program, promoted by the University Pompeu Fabra, has the support of Marie Curie COFUND Programme of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission and offers a total of 24 grants to international researchers.