October 29, 2025 of the Presidency of the State Research Agency, which approves the 2025 call for aid for the training of doctors in companies and other entities "Industrial Doctorates"

Official description of the call

First. Beneficiary entities. Companies, as well as private non-profit entities and public administrations, that in their statutes or in the regulations that regulate them or in their corporate purpose do not have R&D&I among their purposes or as an activity to be carried out, may be beneficiary entities of the aid, in accordance with the provisions of article 6 of the call. Second. Object. The purpose of the aid is to promote the implementation of industrial research or experimental development projects in companies and other entities in the socio-economic environment, in which a doctoral thesis is framed, in order to promote the employment of research personnel in these entities from the beginning of their professional careers, contribute to the employability of these researchers and promote the incorporation of talent into the productive and socio-economic fabric to increase its competitiveness. 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 amount destined to finance this call amounts to 8,000,000.00 euros, which will be allocated to budgetary applications equivalent, in the years 2027 and following, to the current 28,303,463B,770 of the General State Budgets, in accordance with budgetary availability. Fifth. Form and deadline for submitting applications. Applications for participation will be presented by the entities, in accordance with the procedure described in article 14 of the call. The completion and electronic submission of the application must be carried out through the electronic means enabled for this purpose on the website of the State Investigation Agency. The deadline for submitting applications will begin on January 13 and end on February 17, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time). Sixth. Evaluation of applications. Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: a) Academic and/or scientific-technical career of the candidate. b) Suitability of the candidate to the research activities to be carried out. c) Training Plan. d) Quality and scientific-technological feasibility of the proposed activity. e) Impact and incentive effect on the R&D&I activity of the requesting entity. The description of the criteria and sub-criteria, as well as their assessment, are determined in the annex to the call.

Issuing agency

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND UNIVERSITIES — STATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY

Scope

ESPAÑA

Category

Recipients

Large companies, LEGAL PERSONS THAT DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, SMEs (small and medium enterprises)

More information

• Official BDNS portal (infosubvenciones.es) ↗
• Governing rules ↗
• Electronic office ↗

Deadlines

Full information

Who can apply for this grant?

• Large companies
• LEGAL PERSONS THAT DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
• SMEs (small and medium enterprises)

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The full requirements may vary. Check the governing rules and the official portal to confirm all requirements.

Financial information

Documents

• Call document in Spanish ↗

Governing rules

Order CIN/1025/2022, of October 27, which approves the regulatory bases for the granting of aid from the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021-2023, whose management corresponds to the State Research Agency.

Governing rules ↗

Legal basis for the grant (State aid scheme)

• ART. 25 AID FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

Applicable EU regulation

REG (EU) 651/2014, OF JUNE 17, exemption from notification