Resolution of May 27, 2024 of the Presidency of the State Research Agency, approving the 2024 call for aid to research networks.

Official description of the call

First. Beneficiary entities. Entities that may benefit from the aid, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of the call, may include public research organizations, public and private universities, public and private non-profit health entities and institutions, accredited health research institutes, Technology Centers and Support Centers for Technological Innovation, and other public and private non-profit R&D&i centers. Second. Object. The purpose of the call is to encourage the creation of research networks to promote complementarity of capabilities and optimize existing research resources. The scientific-technical activities to which these networks are directed have to demonstrate their added value based on the achievement of common and shared objectives and the carrying out of activities that could not be financed through other instruments. The aid will finance activities for the creation and development of networks of research groups aimed at: a) Promoting collaboration, coordination and creation of synergies and complementarity between research groups funded in previous calls for projects of the State R&D&I Plan, as well as increasing the impact of the research results obtained in said projects (Modality: Thematic networks). b) Promote internal coordination and activities of the networks of Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructures (ICTS) and distributed ICTS included in the current ICTS map, approved by the Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy Council (Modality: ICTS Networks). c) Contribute to the management and national coordination of national or international R&D&I strategic initiatives (Modality: Strategic networks). Third. Regulatory bases. Order CIN/1025/2022, of October 27, which approves the regulatory bases for the granting of public aid corresponding to various programs and subprograms of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021-2023, whose management corresponds to the State Research Agency. Room. Amount. The maximum total amount of aid amounts to €5,000,000, which will be allocated to budgetary applications equivalent, in the years 2025 and following, to the current 28,303,463B,750 of the General State Budgets, in accordance with budgetary availability. Fifth. Form and deadline for submitting applications. The application submission period will begin on June 12 and end on July 2, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time). Applications for participation in aid will be submitted in accordance with the procedure described in article 13 of the call. The electronic completion and presentation of the application must be carried out through the electronic means enabled for this purpose at the electronic headquarters of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Sixth. Evaluation criteria. Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: a) Quality and viability of the proposal. b) Quality and trajectory of the components of the action. c) Expected impact of the results. The description of the criteria, as well as their assessment, are determined in Annex I of the call.

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