Build your own research programme at Universidad de Burgos

Through this programme, Universidad de Burgos is seeking outstanding researchers in Medicine who are ready to establish and lead their own independent research programme in Spain.

A Ramón y Cajal 2026 position offers the opportunity to develop an independent research career with substantial resources to establish your own research line and build a research team.

What a Ramón y Cajal contract offer:

• 5-year research contract at the University of Burgos. After that, a mandatory institutional commitment to the creation of a permanent position in the University.
• Minimum gross salary of 40.000€ per year.
• At least 200.000€ in dedicated research funding to develop your own research project for up to five years.
• The research funding is designed to support the development of your research team, including the possibility of recruiting at least one predoctoral researcher for four years.
• The opportunity to act as Principal Investigator (PI) of your own research project from the start.
• Funding that can support eligible research costs including personnel, equipment, consumables, mobility, publications and scientific meetings, according to the conditions of the call.
• Additional incentives linked to participation and success in European Research Council (ERC) calls, which can increase the salary co-financing under the conditions established in the programme. In the University of Burgos we have an ERC training school (https://www.ubu.es/otri-transferencia/areas-y-servicios/escuela-de-form…)
• R3 – Established Researcher certification associated with the Ramón y Cajal programme.