Alicia Leiva is awarded a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral grant!

Alicia testing a participant in the Cognitive Psychology Laboratory

Alicia testing a participant in the Cognitive Psychology Laboratory

Congratulations to Alicia who has just been awarded a 2 years post-doctoral position by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness to go work with Prof. Juan Lupiañez at the University of Granada. Alicia was ranked 3rd nation-wide and is one of only 7 recipients of this highly competitive scheme in the psychology category.

The Juan de la Cierva scheme is one of two national schemes aimed at promoting the post-doctoral fundamental research training of young scientists in Spanish researcher centers. A total of 225 grants have been awarded as part of the 2017 call, 7 of them in psychology.