This grant is awarded to trainee research staff writing doctoral theses in specific research projects in the framework of the R&D plan being conducted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarollo e Innovación Tecnológica (the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation).
Regulated by ministerial law (the Estatuto de personal investigador en formació [EPIF]), the program has a length of four years: two years in which the recipient is awarded the money in the form of a grant and two years in which the recipient holds a labour contract.
The grant comprises a monthly payment, social security coverage, financial aid for short stays in other R&D centres and free enrolment in those credits constituting the training period of the doctoral program.
University graduates satisfying the general requirements of the call.
Applicants must
Annual
Applications can be made between October and December at the Ministry's webpage.
The Ministry of Science and Innovation
Third-Cycle Grants (Student Grants and Financial Aid)