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Explore the main options available for public grants and funding for your career stage
Technical staff
Grants for contracting Technical Support Personnel
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Agencia Estatal de Investigación (MICINN-AEI)
Spain - 3 years
The grant funds the remuneration of the beneficiary and salary costs. The annual amount varies according to the qualification (university or higher technical within the framework of vocational training in the education system).
Predoctoral staff
Internal UOC programmes
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Regional - 1 year, renewable up to 3
The grants fund the salaries of predoctoral research staff and there are additional benefits such as training, stays in research centres, awards, etc. The details and benefits of each grant are set out in the rules for the corresponding call.
Grants for the training of university teaching staff (FPU)
Ministerio de Universidades (MINU)
Spain - 4 years
The grants fund the doctoral student's employment contract, plus an additional amount for training activities. The programme includes a parallel call to cover the cost of enrolling in the doctoral programme. The grants also fund employment contracts for a one-year postdoctoral orientation period (POP) for beneficiaries who obtain their doctoral degree and who take on specific teaching tasks prior to the start of the last year of the grant.
INPhINIT - Retaining doctoral grants
Fundació La Caixa
Autonomous Community - 3 years
Thirty grants to carry out a doctoral degree at any university or research centre in Spain or Portugal. All areas of knowledge. Maximum duration: three years. Grant to cover labour and research costs and doctoral degree enrolment. Training programme in cross-disciplinary skills.
Joan Oró (FI) grants for the recruitment of trainee predoctoral research staff
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
Catalonia - 1 year, renewable up to 3
The grants fund the salaries of predoctoral research staff, plus additional amounts for training and specialization expenses and the costs associated with enrolling in the doctoral programme.
Training grants for predoctoral contracts
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Agencia Estatal de Investigación (MICINN-AEI)
Spaing - 4 years
The grants fund the salaries of research staff, plus additional amounts for training activities. The grants also fund employment contracts for a postdoctoral orientation period (POP) of 6-12 months in certain cases, provided the total funding period does not exceed 48 months.
Banco Sabadell Research Grants
Fundació Banc Sabadell
Autonomous Community - 1 year
The funding, which may vary depending on the budget and circumstances of each proposal, is aimed at Spanish research staff.
FI SDUR Grants supporting university departments and research units for the recruitment of trainee predoctoral research staff
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
Autonomous Community - 3 years
The grants fund the salaries of predoctoral research staff, plus additional amounts for training and specialization expenses and the costs associated with enrolling in the doctoral programme.
Grants for industrial doctoral degrees
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
Autonomous Community - 3 years
Depending on the nature of the grant (co-financed or specific), the programme may provide funding to the business environment or to the university's research group, or cover expenses related to the doctoral student's training programme.
Doctoral School Predoctoral Grants
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Autonomous Community - 3 years
The grant funds the recipient's contract for three years, plus enrolment fees, enrolment fees for the organized research period in the Doctoral Programme, and the final certificate. An additional €1,500 gross is payable if the doctoral thesis has been defended and evaluated before the end of the third year, provided that the student obtains the highest academic qualification when the thesis is read.
Postdoctoral staff
Retaining Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowships
Fundació La Caixa
Autonomous Community - 3 years
The programme covers salary costs, the annual costs of the research project, gross family support and mobility. In addition to financial support, the award includes a blended training programme (on-site and online) on cross-disciplinary skills, innovation, and leadership.
Doctoral School Research Grants
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Autonomous Community - 3 years
Beneficiaries receive a three-year full-time postdoctoral contract.
Daniel Carasso Fellowship
Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso
Spain - 2 years
The grant funds the remuneration of the beneficiary and any associated salary and indirect costs, as well as additional support for research activities.
Beatriu de Pinós Programme (BP)
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
Autonomous Community - 3 years
The grant funds the recruitment of research staff, plus additional amounts for the activities implemented by the candidate during the employment period.
Interdisciplinary training in neuroscience and related fields at foreign universities or centres
Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno
Autonomous Community - 12 months
The grant includes a settling-in allowance, travel expenses, insurance, an annual gross allowance, and annual family support.
UOC postdoctoral grants
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Regional - 3 years
Every year, the UOC offers grants for the beneficiaries to spend three years at the university doing postdoctoral research. The positions are for teaching and research staff from any of the areas in the university's research groups. The number of places and the conditions under which the grants are awarded are published annually in the rules for the call.
Juan de la Cierva-Formación (FJC)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Agencia Estatal de Investigación (MICINN-AEI)
Spain - 2 years
The grants finance personnel expenses arising from hiring research staff, as well as expenses related to the preparation and execution of R&I activities by research staff employed by research organizations.
Irla Postdoctoral Grant for Analysis and Social Thought
Fundació Josep Irla
Autonomous Community - 12 months
The grant funds the gross salary of the recipient with the corresponding social security contributions.
Ramón y Cajal (RyC) contract grants
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Agencia Estatal de Investigación (MICINN-AEI)
Spain - 5 years
The programme consists of two stages. The first, lasting three years, is intended to consolidate the skills acquired during the first prior stage of postdoctoral training. The second stage of the programme, lasting two years, is aimed at helping students to acquire the skills and abilities needed to obtain a permanent position. The salary of the contracted researcher is co-financed, together with an additional grant to cover expenses directly related to their research work.
ICREA Senior
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)
Autonomous Community - Open-ended
The applicants selected are offered a permanent contract with ICREA to work at universities or research centres in Catalonia.