Research in an education programme
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Grants given
Grants for employment contracts, intended for
- The preparation of doctoral theses or
- The incorporation of technical staff and doctoral graduates in public and private R&D enterprises, depending on the call.
Grants for the co-financing of salaries and employer social security contributions of researchers and technicians recruited, as well as additional funding for research activities granted in certain calls.
For whom are they intended?
Those applying for grants are:
- For calls for grants related to pre-doctoral and post-doctoral contracts for training PhD graduates.
The applicants are Spanish or foreign individuals who must meet the requirements for participation established in the calls.
- For the rest of the calls, the applicants are Spanish public or private non-profit R&D centres and companies with tax residence or permanently established in Spain which submit the previously-selected candidates.
The person concerned must first contact the centre in which they are interested.
In all cases, the beneficiaries of the grants are:
- Public or private non-profit R&D centres, and
- Companies that recruit candidates during the final stage of their university studies, PhD graduates (with university qualifications) or technicians (with vocational training qualifications).
Existing grants
Relevant links
Information for each Autonomous Community









Andalucía Aragón Asturias, Principado de Balears, Illes Canarias Cantabria Castilla y León Castilla-La Mancha Cataluña Ciudad de Ceuta Ciudad de Melilla Comunitat Valenciana Extremadura Galicia Madrid, Comunidad de Murcia, Región de Navarra, Comunidad Foral de País Vasco Rioja, La
Legal and/or technical references
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Order on the regulatory bases for aid from the State Research Agency (boe.es)
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Order on the regulatory bases for aid under the Strategic Health Action (boe.es)
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National Grants Database (BDNS) (hacienda.gob.es)
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State Research Agency call notices (aei.gob.es)
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Strategic Action on Health (isciii.es)
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Spanish State Scientific and Technical Research & Innovation Plan (ciencia.gob.es)
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Annual Action Programme (ciencia.gob.es)
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Researcher Career path in Spain FECYT (ciencia.gob.es)