Research and Innovation Consultant

i2CAT is looking for an Research and Innovation Consultant to join our EC R&I Policy and Strategy team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for positioning i2CAT in the Spanish and Catalan Research and Innovation ecosystem programs in order to facilitate the acquisition of funding and participation in research and innovation projects related to i2CATs know how.

Among its main tasks, the candidate will have to:

• Identify funding opportunities in Spain/Madrid/Catalonia
• Provide expertise and advice to i2CAT related to the different funding opportunities
• Contact with relevant ministries and public agencies
• Preparation and submission of projects to different financing programs.
• Interact (and manage if needed) with research and innovation initiatives and/or groups related to strategic areas relevant for i2CAT.
• Use your/our contact network to facilitate the incorporation of i2CAT in research consortiums. 

Who we are:

i2CAT Foundation is a non-profit research and innovation centre that promotes mission oriented R&D activities on advanced Internet architectures, applications and services. The centre stands for a new open innovation framework, fostering the collaboration between companies, public administration, the academic environment and end-users.

i2CAT’s activities span the areas of Research, playing a key role in the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation; Strategic Projects, leading local initiatives that strengthen the digital policies of public administration, and Technology Transfer, fostering R&D collaboration with companies to develop innovative market-oriented solutions.

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What do we offer:

• You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
• Be in contact and work with cutting-edge technology
• Fix + variable salary
• Option of flexible retribution (restaurant card, transport card, medical insurance, kindergarten)
• Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way
• Fridays afternoon off
• Intensive work schedule in July & August
• Home-office option
• Open space office in Barcelona
• Free fruits every week
• Discounted Gym-access
• 25 vacation days per year
• Casual dress code
• Let us know which trainings you need
• You will have the opportunity to attend conferences and events.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and, therefore explicitly, encourages women to apply.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of persons with disabilities among its workforce, and therefore explicitly encourages this collective to apply.