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Ramón y Cajal program

The Ramón y Cajal (RyC) program, named after Santiago Ramón y Cajal, is a five-year position as a principal investigator in the Spanish scientific system. It used to be widely regarded as the position of prestige for young researchers in Spain. Even then, it was already noted for various shortcomings:

The Angst of Ramón y Cajal Researchers, an article by Elisabeth Pain in Science.
The RyC program, a presentation by Juan de la Figuera.

With the passing of the financial crisis, it is a now a sieve that retains mainly those disposed to ruin their Scientific career despite their potential—the grant remaining extremely competitive—by favoring a position in Spain (often for personal reasons) with a low salary and crippling conditions.

Fabrice got awarded his position on 28, June (2011) for which he started working on 1 June (2012) till 6 January (2017), at which date he resigned to take a principal lecturer position at the University of Wolverhampton.

Elena got awarded a position on 6 May (2013) and took it up on 15 December (2014).

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 = ''Ramón y Cajal'' program =
-The ''Ramón y Cajal'' (RyC) program is a five-year position as a principal investigator in the Spanish scientific system. It used to be the counterpart of a tenure track in the sense that a permanent position is opened and synced with the RyC contract. It has recently been turned down officially to a 5 year mere post-doctoral position for a miserable salary and a shameful status in the Spanish university ladder.
+The ''Ramón y Cajal'' (RyC) program, named after [[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]], is a five-year position as a principal investigator in the Spanish scientific system. It used to be widely regarded as the position of prestige for young researchers in Spain. Even then, it was already noted for various shortcomings:
-[[Fabrice]] got awarded a position on [[28 June|28]], [[June (2011)|June]]&nbsp;[[2011|(2011)]] for which I started working on {{thisday|1|June|2012}}.
+* [http://goo.gl/xaep2 The Angst of Ramón y Cajal Researchers], an article by  Elisabeth Pain in Science.
+* [http://goo.gl/Q8EK5 The RyC program], a presentation by Juan de la Figuera.
-[[Elena]] got awarded a position on {{thisday|6|May|2013}} (yet not started, probably never will).
+With the passing of the financial crisis, it is a now a sieve that retains mainly those disposed to ruin their Scientific career despite their potential&mdash;the grant remaining extremely competitive&mdash;by favoring a position in Spain (often for personal reasons) with a low salary and crippling conditions.
-It used to be widely regarded as one of the best position for young researchers in Spain. Even then, it was already noted for various shortcomings:
+[[Fabrice]] got awarded [[Fabrice's Ramón y Cajal|his position]] on [[28 June|28]], [[June (2011)|June]]&nbsp;[[2011|(2011)]] for which he started working on {{thisday|1|June|2012}} till {{thisday|6|January|2017}}, at which date he resigned to take a principal lecturer position at the [[University of Wolverhampton]].
-* [http://goo.gl/xaep2 The Angst of Ramón y Cajal Researchers], an article by  Elisabeth Pain in Science.
-* [http://goo.gl/Q8EK5 The RyC program], a presentation by Juan de la Figuera.
-It is a now a sieve that retains mainly those disposed to ruin their Scientific career despite their potential&mdash;the grant remaining extremely competitive&mdash;by favoring this crippling contract and conditions despite all its fatal flaws.
+[[Elena]] got awarded a position on {{thisday|6|May|2013}} and took it up on {{thisday|15|December|2014}}.
 == See also ==
 * {{es}}[[Blog:Elena/Sobre_"El_mejor_físico_europeo_joven_se_queda_sin_beca_en_España"|Antonio Fernández Domínguez and Elena del Valle's open letter ''Sobre "El mejor físico europeo joven se queda sin beca en España"'']].