ENDESA S A : The Ministry of Universities and the Endesa Foundation launch a new call for the Prince of Asturias Chair at Georgetown University

• Professors specialised in Social Sciences will be able to present their applications for the Chair from January 12 to February 11, 2021.

This call, which is re-published, enables the filling of a position in the Prince of Asturias Chair at the American University of Georgetown for the next academic year 2021-22.

This call is part of the agreement between Georgetown University, the Ministry of Universities, the Endesa Foundation and the Embassy of Spain in the United States, and will enable the hiring of a specialist professor of recognised prestige and teaching experience in Spanish universities belonging to the fields of Political Science, History, Economics, Sociology, Humanities and related areas. The objective of the Chair is to promote a better and full knowledge in the United States of the current situation in Spain.

Candidates interested in filling the position must present their CV, a letter of motivation and an action plan with the academic, teaching, research and outreach activities that they propose to carry out in the chair. The application must be submitted in both Spanish and English by means of a form enabled in this regard on the website of the Ministry of Universities.

The three candidates most highly rated by the selection committee, which is made up of 8 members chosen by the three entities that signed the agreement, will go on to the final phase of the process, in which they will be interviewed by Georgetown University.

The successful candidate will fill the position for a minimum period of one year and it may be extended up to a maximum of 2 times, with which its maximum possible duration will be 3 years.

The person occupying the Chair will receive a salary of $107,000 per year. The cost thereof, however, amounts to a total of $150,447 per year, when adding the complementary benefits of the position and the expenses related to the operations, programming and research of the Chair. This financing will be assumed by the Endesa Foundation, which will contribute $106,447, and Georgetown University, which will contribute $44,000.

The deadline for receiving applications will be from January 12 to February 11 this year. Applications must be submitted online through the Electronic Office of the Ministry of Universities.

The bases can be consulted both on the Ministry website and on the website of the Endesa Foundation.

About the Endesa Foundation

The main goal of the Endesa Foundation, chaired by Juan Sánchez-Calero, is to contribute to social development through educational, employment training, environmental and cultural projects.

The Foundation's educational projects seek to encourage innovation in education at all levels, promoting academic excellence at university level through grants, scholarships and lectureships.

Employment training projects focus on promoting the talent of people at risk of social exclusion, young entrepreneurs with limited resources and professionals over 50 years of age.

Its environmental projects primarily centre on promoting environmental education and energy efficiency.

As for its cultural projects, special mention should be made of those dedicated to the lighting of monuments, conserving and promoting the historical industrial heritage of the Spanish electricity sector and collaborating with top-level Spanish cultural entities.

The Endesa Foundation runs and funds programmes and activities to provide humanitarian, health, social, economic or material aid in extraordinary situations such as health crises, natural catastrophes and similar.

More information at www.fundacionendesa.org