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JAE Intro 2026 Fellowship – JAEINT26_EX_0259: Mapping Marine Priorities in a Changing Ocean

€600 monthly
Laboratory Office work Conservation and ecology Marine research

Job Description

At iMARES (ICM‑CSIC), we offer a research internship for bachelor’s or master’s students interested in marine spatial planning, biodiversity conservation, and geospatial ecological analysis. The project will develop a standardized workflow to identify Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) in two major climate‑change hotspots: the Western Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern & Central Tropical Pacific.

Using ecological and oceanographic datasets, the study will generate spatial products that highlight areas of high ecological value, regions of vulnerability or productivity, and priority zones for conservation planning. The student will analyse geospatial data, apply EBSA criteria, and explore multiple spatial prioritization scenarios to produce comparable outputs across ocean basins.

The internship provides hands‑on training in R programming, ecological data analysis and geospatial modelling, while working closely with researchers in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment.

Requirements:

  • University students in the final year of a bachelor’s degree or enrolled in an official master’s degree during the 2025–2026 or 2026–2027 academic year.
  • Bachelor’s degree GPA: 7.5 or higher

Preferred qualifications:

  • Fluency in English
  • Knowledge of R programming, GIS and ecological data analysis.
  • Advanced coding skills are particularly valued.

What We Offer:

  • Duration & Weekly Hours: 7 months, 20 h/week
  • Fellowship: 4,200€ (600€/month)

The principal investigator (IP) will be Maria Bas

Requests: https://sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/programa-jae/jae-intro-2026

Career level

Internship

Career options

Academic, research and sciences
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