Scholarships for external internships within the "UCLM RURAL. University students in the face of depopulation" program with financing from the Provincial Councils of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo. University of Castilla-La Mancha. Year 2026

What is this grant about?

This scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis: you must apply before November 30, 2026 and your file will be compared with those of other candidates; Meeting the requirements does not guarantee that you will obtain it. It is aimed at official degree or master's degree students from the University of Castilla-La Mancha who, in the 2025-2026 academic year, comply with the external internship regulations and, if you have a degree, you have passed at least half of the credits. The aid consists of a non-refundable financial subsidy, with a total fund of 156,000 euros.

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Official description of the call

First. Beneficiaries. People who meet the following requirements may be beneficiaries of this call: 1. Be an official undergraduate or master's student at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in the 2025-2026 academic year. 2. Meet the requirements established in the internship offer. 3. For undergraduate students, having passed 50% of the credits of the study plan in which they are enrolled. This condition will be verified 14 days before the start of practice and, if not met, the scholarship will be revoked and awarded to the next person on the reserve list. Likewise, this condition will not be necessary for official master's students. 4. Comply with the requirements established in the Regulations on external academic internships for students of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Government Council Agreement of February 26, 2013). 5. Not be subject to the prohibitions for obtaining the status of beneficiary of article 13 of Law 38/2003, of November 17, General of Subsidies. 6. The applicant will have both a telephone number and a contact email address registered in their profile in the institutional internship application https://practicasyemplo.apps.uclm.es/index.aspx as they will be the means to contact the student during the process. Failure to comply will be cause for exclusion. 7. The applicant must have Spanish nationality or be a foreigner, both from a member country of the European Union and from a non-EU country, with a valid residence permit in Spain at the time of joining the Company or Institution and maintaining this condition until the completion of the internship. Second. Object. Financial funds are provided for internship scholarships within the VI Edition of the "UCLM-Rural. University students in the face of depopulation" (UCLM Rural) program according to the following distribution: - 13 scholarships of between 2 and 5 months duration for students who carry out their internships in the province of Albacete. - 13 scholarships of between 2 and 5 months duration for students who carry out their internships in the province of Ciudad Real - 13 scholarships of between 2 and 5 months duration for students who carry out their internships in the province of Cuenca - 13 scholarships of between 2 and 5 months duration for students who carry out their internships in the province of Toledo The internships may be carried out in large companies, SMEs, microenterprises, social economy companies, third sector entities and other public and private institutions located in towns in Castilla-La Mancha with less than 5,000 inhabitants. The physical location of the practice will be taken into account, not the corporate headquarters of the company or entity. The selected students will have to carry out their internships between May 1 and December 31, 2026. Third. Regulatory bases. Regulatory bases that form part of the full text of the call. Room. Amount of aid. The budget for this call amounts to 156,000 euros. The gross monthly amount of each internship scholarship is 500 euros. Additionally, students registered in a location other than the one where the internship is carried out but who find a housing solution in the town where the internship is carried out will receive a grant of €500 gross per full month, for living and accommodation expenses. If the student resides in a nearby town and travels to carry out the internship, the additional aid will be €250. To establish this additional aid, the registration data as of December 31, 2025 will be taken into account. Fifth. Application submission deadline. The registration submission period for each of the internship offers will be open for 10 days from the publication of the offer on the UCLMRural program website (https://ww.uclm.es/es/empresas/cipe/UCLMRural). The practices of the first selection process, called “general selection”, will be published starting in April. The end of the offer publication period will be open until the budget is exhausted.

Issuing agency

UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA-LA MANCHA

Scope

CASTILLA LA MANCHA

Category

Recipients

NATURAL PERSONS WHO DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

More information

• Official BDNS portal (infosubvenciones.es) ↗
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Deadlines

Full information

Who can apply for this grant?

• NATURAL PERSONS WHO DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

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

Regulatory bases that form part of the full text of the call.

Governing rules ↗