La Caixa Foundation Fellowships 2026

The La Caixa Foundation Fellowships are research fellowships offering full funding and structured career development for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. The program supports PhD students through the Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships and early-career researchers through the Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowships, with training in leadership, innovation and scientific communication, and placements at top centers in Spain or Portugal.

Salary and social security coverage, research project funds, training components, and access to a network of leading centers in Europe.

Open to researchers at the doctoral or postdoctoral level, with mobility rules and residency requirements specified by each track.

Applications are submitted to the program's official pages and require proposal details and standard documentation; see official link for specifics.