Funding Programs

FPI

The FPI grants are awarded by the Spanish Government for a duration of 48 months to graduates wishing to pursue a PhD degree associated to specific R+D projects among those financed by the ”Plan Nacional de I+D+i”. The fees of master and PhD courses, as well as stays in R+D centers, are also financed by this program.

Information on open calls can be found at: Subprograma de Formación de Personal Investigador

For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following Address: predoctoral@mineco.es.

 

FPU

The FPU program seeks to promote the training of PhD students through the awarding of grants for the realization of a PhD degree in any area of knowledge, in order to enable their future enrolment in the Spanish system of scientific formation and research.

Grants are awarded by the Spanish Government for a maximum period of 48 months. Grants also provide funding for short stays of 2 to 4 months in other Spanish or foreign centers and for temporary transfers of the scholarship abroad for a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 12 months.

Information on open calls can be found at: Ayudas para la formación de profesorado universitario (FPU)

For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: predoctoral@mineco.es.

 

FI

The FI program is funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya and seeks to aid universities in recruiting research personnel and in promoting quality research, by awarding graduate students a grant to pursue a PhD degree within a research group which develops a financed, research and development project. The contract has a duration of a year, extendable for a maximum of two more years.

Information on open calls can be found at: Generalitat de Catalunya – AGAUR: Predoctoral grants.

BEATRIU DE PINÓS

The purpose of the Beatriu de Pinós programme is to award the grants on a competitive basis for the employment and incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system. This grant provides financial support to individual mobility proposals presented by postdoctoral researchers in liaison with a host organisation established in Catalonia. Postdoctoral researchers applying to this action need to develop a research and training project for the total duration of the grant that will enable them to progress in the development of their career,

Information about open calls can be found at Beatriu de Pinós programme.

JUAN DE LA CIERVA – FORMACIÓN

The “Juan de la Cierva-Formación” contracts are two-year contracts funded by the Spanish government. They are aimed at hiring new researchers who wish to obtain postdoctoral training at a university other than the one where they received their PhD.

Information on open calls can be found at: Ayudas para contratos Juan de la Cierva 2022

For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: cierva.incorporacion@mineco.es

 

INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATES

These grants last up to four years and cofund the contracts for predoctoral research personnel
whose objective is to develop their PhD in the industrial sector (industrial research or
experimental development project) At the time of signing the contract they must have been
accepted on a PhD programme.

For further information, you can send an e-mail to the following address: predoctoral@mineco.es.

 

“LA CAIXA” INPHINIT GRANTS

INPhINIT is a doctoral fellowship programme funded by ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation devoted to attracting international Early-Stage Researchers to Spanish research centres awarded with Severo Ochoa or María de Maeztu distinctions, such as the ICCUB. It offers an attractive and competitive environment for conducting research of excellence.

Information on general rules and open calls can be found at: https://fundacionlacaixa.org/es/becas-doctorado-inphinit-descripcion

 

MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS

The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions applicable to PhD students must by applied for through a host university or institution.

There are currently four types of MSC Actions:

  1. Innovative Training Networks (ITN): For PhD candidates
  2. Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE): For PhD Candidates, Postdocs, or Managerial and Technical Staff. The goal of this action is to support international and cross sector collaboration.
  3. Co-funding of regional, national, and international programs (COFUND): The goal of this action is to encourage recruitment on a regional, national, and international scale, and to help develop the careers and mobility of researchers.
  4. Co-funding of doctorate programs (for young researchers)
    B. Co-funding of fellowship programs (for researchers with experience)
  5. Individual Fellowships (IF): For researchers who already have four years of full time research experience.
    European Fellowships: One to two years of funding to carry out research in Europe.
    Global Fellowships: Two to three years of funding to carry out research abroad with the last year mandatory in Europe.

More information is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/