Funding: fellowships & grants
I have consistently secured competitive fellowships and project funding throughout my career, including at the doctoral, postdoctoral, and independent group-leader stages. Beyond these, I obtained travel grants and contributed to international projects, reflecting my ability to build collaborations and pursue ambitious research. This sustained record of acquiring my own funding demonstrates my progression towards scientific independence and leadership.
Competitive fellowships and scholarships (6)
- 2024: Minerva Fast Track Fellowship (2025-2028, call 2024 on the Biology-Medicine Section). Funder: Max Planck Society, GERMANY. Institution: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany. Budget: my salary, a PhD student, a postdoc, and 50,000 € yearly for research costs. Application: Lead applicant (supported by N Dubilier). Status: ONGOING
- 2023: European postdoctoral fellowship (2023-2025). Funder: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and Région Normandie (grant agreement no. 101034329). Programme Winning Normandy Budget: 174.000,00 € that covered my salary and research costs. Université de Caen Normandie, France. Lead applicant (supervised by C Détrée). Status: CONCLUDED I also applied for the MSCA-PF in 2022 (proposal no. 101106357) and received a 92.60% score (LIF panel), unfortunately it did not reach the funding threshold, I was placed on the reserve list.
- 2023: National postdoctoral “Juan de la Cierva” fellowship (2024-2026). Funder: Spanish Ministry of Science (Ref. JDC2022-048396-I - page 15) Institution: CSIC - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Spain. Budget: 50.700,00 € to cover my salary for 2 years. Application: Lead applicant (supervised by A Figueras). Status: DECLINED to take the MSCA
- 2017: National Doctoral Fellowship (2017-2021). Funder: Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitivity (Ref. BES-2016-078166). Institution: Universidade de Vigo and transferred in 2018 to Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN. Budget: 98.500,00 € to cover my salary for 4 years (6-month extension due to Covid pandemic) and an international research stay of 3-months. Application: Lead applicant (supported by J Tubio). Status: CONCLUDED
- 2013: Erasmus scholarship. Institution: Université Libre de Bruxelles, BELGIUM. One year to study abroad. Budget: stipend from EU, national and regional councils. Application: Single applicant. Status: CONCLUDED
- 2009: Summer Exchange scholarship. Funder: Alliance Française and Xunta de Galicia, FRANCE and SPAIN. Institution: Internat Lycée Flora Tristan, Camblanes, FRANCE. Budget: travel, accommodation and French lessons during a month. Application: Single applicant. Status: CONCLUDED
Research grants
As a principal investigator
- ONTÓGENIE: Cell-of-origin of cockle transmissible cancers (2024). Unité Mixte de Recherche BOREA (UMR 8067, financement intra-unité) . Budget: 2.500,00 €. PI: myself. My role: Lead applicant. Status: CONCLUDED
- Exploration Fund Grant (2024). Funded by The Explorers Club to conduct field missions to collect bivalves. Budget: 5.000,00 USD. PI: myself. My role: Single applicant. Status: CONCLUDED
- AquaExcel3.0 Transnational Access grant (2024). Funder: AquaExcel3.0 Horizon Europe, EU. Institution: Centro Ciencias do Mar, PORTUGAL. Budget: 3.942,48€ to cover stay and lab material. PI: myself. My role: Lead applicant (with support of AM Amaral). Status: CONCLUDED
- Boheringer Ingelheim Fonds grant (2021). Funder: Boheringer Ingelheim Fonds, Germany. Institution: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, SOUTH KOREA. Budget: 2.370,00 €. PI: myself. My role: Lead applicant (with support of YS Ju). Status: CONCLUDED
- Assemble Plus Transnational Access grant (2019). Funder: Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories Expanded (grant agreement no. 730984). Institution: University of Galway, IRELAND. Budget: 5.992,84 €. My role: Co-applicant with support of S Díaz. Status: CONCLUDED
As a team member
- Proyecto de Vinculación de Instituciones Internacionales (2023-2024). Gobierno de Chile (ref. FOVI230047). Budget: 30.000.000,00 CLP (~30.000,00 €). Institution: Universidad de O’Higgins, CHILE. PI: M Derrien. My role: Collaborator. Status: CONCLUDED
- Consolidación GRC GI-1736 Medicina Xenómica GMX 2021-PG048 (2021-2024). Funder: Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Universidade, Xunta de Galicia, SPAIN (ref. ED431C 2021/28). Budget: 400.000,00 €. PI: AM Carracedo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. My role: Research assistant (led by JMC Tubio). Status: CONCLUDED
- ERC Starting grant ID 716290 - SCUBA CANCERS: Finding the genetic causes of contagious metastases under the sea (2017-2021). Funder: European Research Council. Budget: 1.492.500,00 €. PI: JMC Tubío, Universidade de Vigo and Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN. My role: Researcher. Status: CONCLUDED
- Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG): 2,658 WGS of 38 cancers (2016-2020). International collaboration through Tubio lab at Universidade de Vigo and Santiago de Compostela, Spain. My role: Collaborator. CONCLUDED.
Travel grants (7)
I have received travel grants from major international societies (including SMBE, EACR, FEBS, MCAA, …), enabling my participation in global meetings or courses across Europe and Asia.
- Young investigator travel award (2025). Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (SMBE). 3,000 $.
- EACR travel award (2025). European Association for Cancer Research (EACR). 745 €.
- FEBS YSF grant (2024). Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS). 1,000.00 €.
- MCAA micro grant (2024). Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA). 1,000.00 €.
- Mangold Fellowship (2023). Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany. 560.00 €.
- SEBBM grant (2022). Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Spain. Budget: 100.00 €.
- EuroMarine Young Scientist Fellowship (2017). European Marine Research Network, Spain. 500.00 €.
