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May 30, 2014
Proyectos de Excelencia PhD grants: one of the best paid PhD grants in Spain
Former employee, more than 3 years
Córdoba
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Pros
Salary (around 1500-1600 € after taxes) is well above the mean monthly stipend for PhD students at Spain (around 900-1100 € after taxes). First year consists on a grant, then you get a contract for the next three years. "Proyectos de Excelencia" are top level research projects developed by most potent groups at Andalusia. It doesn't mean that those projects are world first class, but quite decent ones.
Cons
Nowadays there are little funds for postdocs at Spain and the few existent are extremely competitive. With a PhD in a "Proyecto de Excelencia" you may get an additional contract for a year at most. Then if you want to keep working on science you will probably need to migrate to another country.