This grant is for trainee research and teaching staff in doctoral programs who are writing doctoral theses or participating in teaching activities in UB departments.
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 and free enrolment in those credits constituting the training period of the doctoral program and the academic tutoring or doctoral enrolment in the research period of the doctoral program.
University graduates satisfying the general requirements of the call.
Annual
Applications can be made during April and May at the Student Grants and Financial Aid webpage.
University of Barcelona
Third-Cycle Grants (Student Grants and Financial Aid)