New contracts for young people through the INVESTIGO Programme

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New IAC staff recruited through the INVESTIGO Programme together with representatives of the different departments involved in the project
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On 28th April last, 11 people joined the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias through the "INVESTIGO Programme" for hiring young job seekers to carry out research and innovation initiatives, financed by the Canary Islands Employment Service through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan-Next Generation EU Funds.

A welcoming ceremony was held in the classroom at the IAC Headquarters where the new staff was received by Alfonso López, coordinator of Instrumentation at the IAC, and Anselmo Sosa, manager of the Office of Transfer and Institutional Actions (OTAI). The different heads of the departments involved in the project also attended the meeting.

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(From left to right) Anselmo Sosa, manager of the OTAI, and Alfonso López, Instrumentation coordinator of the IAC, during the presentation of the new INVESTIGO Programme contracts

 

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