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20806 - Ajuts postdoctorals Beatriu de Pinós (BP 2024) Departament de Recerca i Universitats accio
  • What do you need to know?
  • What is it?
  • Who is it for?
  • Deadlines
  • Documentation
  • Requirements
  • Fees
  • Further information

Steps to follow

  1. 1. Apply
  2. 2. Reply from the Administration
  3. 3. Sending documents
  4. 4. Acceptance of grant
  5. 5. Incorporation of candidate
  6. 6. Payment of the grant
  7. 7. Monitoring the grant
  8. 8. Final justification of the grant
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Beatriu de Pinós postdoctoral grants (BP 2024)

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From 12/18/2024 to 02/04/2025

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Beatriu de Pinós postdoctoral grants (BP 2024)

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Regulation

  • RESOLUCIÓ REU/4085/2024, de 14 de novembre, per la qual s'aproven les bases reguladores dels ajuts postdoctorals Beatriu de Pinós (BP).

    . Open in a new window. (DOGC  no.  9294  posted  20/11/2024)
  • RESOLUCIÓ REU/4498/2024, de 9 de desembre, per la qual s'obre la convocatòria dels ajuts postdoctorals Beatriu de Pinós (BP 2024) (ref. BDNS 802038).

    . Open in a new window. (DOGC  no.  9312  posted  17/12/2024)
  • Resolució REU/2506/2025, de 13 de juny, per la qual es modifica la Resolució REU/4498/2024, de 9 de desembre, que obre la convocatòria dels ajuts postdoctorals Beatriu de Pinós (BP 2024) (ref. BDNS 802038)

    . Open in a new window. (DOGC  no.  9446  posted  03/07/2025)

What do you need to know?

What is it?

The purpose of the Beatriu de Pinós programme is to award the grants on a competitive basis for the employment and incorporation of postdoctoral researchers into the Catalan science and technology system.

Contacts:

  • Marta Renato (marta.renato@gencat.cat) Phone 93.781.97.89;
  • Montse Boada (montse.boada@gencat.cat) Phone 93.268.77.21

The period for the submission of provisional applications for researcher candidates shall start on the day following the publication of this Resolution in the DOGC and shall end on 4 February 2025 at 14:00:00, local time in Barcelona.

You can refer to the guide to draft a narrative CV (version 1.1).

The deadline for the institutions to confirm or reject the submission of provisional applications shall run from 14 February to 28 February 2025

REGULATION (English version): General terms and Call

IMPORTANT: All the procedures for this call can only be done by electronic means.


Justification: the justification forms and documents are available on the pages of the pertinent calls: BP 2020, BP 2021, BP 2022, BP 2023

Applicable regulation

Authority responsible

  • Departament de Recerca i Universitats

Other related authorities

  • Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
Who is it for?
Citizens
Entities
Other government agencies

The universities of the university system of Catalonia, research centers, hospital foundations and the three major ICTS infrastructures of the research system of Catalonia (the Alba Synchrotron of the CELLS Consortium, the MareNostrum supercomputer of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center - National Center for Supercomputing and the National Center for Genomic Analysis) can benefit from these grants. All beneficiary entities must have an operational headquarters in Catalonia.

Science and technology parks, technology centers, technology activity support centers and technology dissemination centers are excluded from these bases.

Deadlines

The period for the submission of provisional applications for researcher candidates shall start on the day following the publication of this Resolution in the DOGC and shall end on 4 February 2025 at 14:00:00, local time in Barcelona.

The deadline for the institutions to confirm or reject the submission of provisional applications shall run from 14 February to 28 February 2025. 

Documentation

Documents

Annex BP 2024

Guide to draft a narrative CV

FAQS BP 2024

Model of responsible declaration for entities BP 2024

Resolution of inadmissible applications BP 2024

Resolution BP 2024

Acceptance document BP 2024

Communication of renunciation BP 2024

Incorporation certificate BP 2024

Statistics BP 2024

Requirements

Candidates of any nationality must meet the following requirements:
a) Having obtained the doctoral degree between between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2022 (the date of obtaining the doctorate is understood as the date of thesis defense and approval).

The period for obtaining the doctoral degree shall be between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2022 if any of the following circumstances can be justified during this period:  

- Having taken a period of maternity or paternity leave.  

- Having had dependent children under 6 years of age.

- Having had dependents with a legally recognised physical, mental or sensory disability.

- Having suffered a serious illness or accident requiring major surgery or treatment in a hospital resulting in temporary incapacity for the person's usual occupation or activity for a continuous period of at least 6 months. Minor surgery and outpatient surgery and rehabilitation treatments carried out outside the hospital system are excluded.

- Being a researcher with recognised refugee status under the 1951 Geneva Convention.

- Having suffered any of the situations provided for in Article 1 of Organic Law 1/2004, of 28 December, on Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender-Based Violence.

b) Have, at the deadline for applications date (first phase), a minimum of 2 years of postdoctoral experience outside of Spain. This postdoctoral experience, regardless of the type of affiliation, may have been carried out in different institutions, as long as the total period of postdoctoral stay is at least 2 years.
c) Comply with the following mobility rule: not have resided in Spain for more than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the deadline for applications (first phase). The mobility rule is also not met if candidates have worked in Spain for more than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the deadline for applications date. In the case of organizations that, through an agreement applicable to Spain, are considered extraterritorial for these purposes, not having worked at the institution for more than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the deadline for applications (first phase). In the case of refugee research staff, the mobility rule applies from the date of obtaining official refugee recognition according to the Geneva Convention of 1951.

One of the grants is reserved for candidates with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33% issued by the assessment and guidance team of the attention centres for people with functional diversity of the Government of Catalonia or equivalent. In the event that no candidate opts for this aid, it will be reassigned by seeking a balanced distribution by knowledge area based on the number of submitted applications.

Candidates who opt for this position must state this and provide the supporting documentation when AGAUR requires it. In the event that this documentation is written in a language other than Catalan, Spanish or English, a sworn translation into one of these languages ​​must also be provided. The non-accreditation of the degree of disability will involve the treatment of the application as ordinary. Candidates who opt for this position must meet the requirements set out in section 4.1 of the regulatory bases.

Candidates who have benefited from a Beatriu de Pinós grant (totally or partially) cannot apply in a new call for these grants.

The responsible researchers for the application must meet the following requirements by the deadline for applications:

Have an employment relation (through a labour contract, or a statutory or affiliation agreement) with the grant beneficiary entity. This relation must guarantee the supervision of the candidate during the three years of the grant. Part-time staff, staff on leave, visiting teachers and emeritus teachers are considered not to meet this requirement.

Fees

There are no taxes associated with this procedure.

Further information

Period of execution and duration

The grants awarded have a duration of 3 years. 

The beneficiary entities of the grants must recruit the candidates and formalise the contract in accordance with the relevant regulations in force within the period between the date of publication of the award decision on the Electronic Board of the Administration of the Government of Catalonia (<https://seu.gencat.cat/ca/informacio-publica.html>) and 1 March 2026.

Amount of the grant

The amount of the grant for the recruitment of researchers shall be 161,400.19 euros (one hundred and sixty-one thousand four hundred euros). This amount shall cover the cost of each research contract for the period of time provided for in this call for applications and shall include the remuneration to be received by researchers and the employer's Social Security contributions. The minimum remuneration to be paid to the researchers, which must be specified in each contract, shall be 36,480.00 euros gross per year (thirty-six thousand four hundred and eighty euros).

Grants are subject to the tax regime in force at the time of award. 

In addition, the fellowship shall also include a supplementary amount to cover the costs of compensation for termination of the contract due to expiry of the agreed time, with an amount equivalent to that provided for fixed-term contracts in Article 49 of the Consolidated Text of the Workers' Statute Law, up to a maximum of 3,648.00 euros (three thousand six hundred and forty-eight euros) per fellowship.

The supplementary amount shall be 12,000.00 euros (twelve thousand euros). This grant is exclusively aimed at the actions implemented by the candidate during the period of enjoyment and which must be managed by the beneficiary entity itself. This supplementary amount may include the following concepts:

a) Training activities, such as courses related to the scientific field and professional skills (management, organisation, entrepreneurship, dissemination and scientific communication, transversal skills, etc.).

b) Attendance and participation in conferences and congresses, carrying out field work or short-term research stays abroad.

c) Expenses directly related to the research activities carried out by the candidate, such as attendance at international meetings and gatherings, subscriptions to scientific associations, the purchase of bibliographic material or consumable office material and laboratory, specialised scientific and technical services that cannot be carried out within the host institution itself or the acquisition of specific software.

d) It can also include expenses related to the publication and deposit of results and data, including the technical services of review, translation and adaptation of these.

e) Expenses associated with intellectual property rights.

f) An IT device (personal computer or tablet) intended for the candidate's research and training activities during the grant lenght.

The expenses derived from the purchase of office equipment and scientific and technical equipment, including computers of all kinds except as specified in point f ), and the technical services of installation, maintenance or repair of office equipment and scientific-technical or IT equipment, must be assumed by the receiving entity and cannot constitute eligible costs of this complementary amount.

Steps to follow

  1. 1

    Step one

    Apply

    Applications must be submitted electronically in two phases.

    Deadlines
    From 12/18/2024 to 02/04/2025

    Applications must be submitted electronically in two phases.

    a) First phase (application submission by the candidates):
    The provisional application may be submitted by the candidate to the postdoctoral grant or the responsible researcher, electronically through the “Procedures” section on the Government of Catalonia’s website (<http://web.gencat.cat/ca/tramits/>) following the instructions provided.
    Both candidate and responsible researcher can send only one application within this call.
    The application form consists of a general form and a annex document that must be attached to the form in pdf format.
    Since this is a competitive call, no improvements to the application will be accepted after the deadline for submission of applications.
    The evaluation will be carried out exclusively on the information provided in the form and in annex document. In the event that the annex document is left blank or is illegible, the evaluation will be based only on the available information provided.

    b) Second phase (confirmation of the submitted applications by beneficiary intitutions):
    To access the second phase it is essential that the applicant entities have previously signed the agreement with AGAUR following the procedure which can be found on the AGAUR website (https://agaur.gencat.cat/en/lagaur/procediment-de-presentacio-de-persones-juridiques/index.html)
    Once the deadline for first phase has passed, a deadline will be opened for entities applying for the grant to access the AGAUR grant management application (BOGA) to confirm or reject the presentation of the applications submitted by the candidates.

    This procedure can only be done by internet

    Submission of provisional applications: idCATMòbil or digital certificate it is not needed.

    By Internet

    Application form

    Start . Go to Application form

    Submission of provisional applications:

    Donwload and complete the document “Annex to the application” and save it on your computer. This document, when completed, must be converted to PDF (the only valid format for this file) and attached to the application form.

    Access to the “HTML application form” and fill it in. Then attach the Annex PDF file, and create a draft by using the button provided at the end of the application form. The draft will be received in the email indicated in the corresponding box.

    The HTML application form together with the annex file makes the complete application to this grant. The maximun total size of the annex is 10 Mb.

    Click the send button and send the complete application. Once the application has been correctly send and submitted, the service provides a message indicating that the proposal has been received. This is an automatic message and allows to download the acknowledgement of receipt.

    You can check the technical conditions need to carry out the procedures online.

  2. 2

    Step two

    Reply from the Administration

    When is the answer received?

    When is the answer received?

    The legal deadline for the resolution is six months from the day after the date of publication of the call for applications in the DOGC. Upon termination of this deadline without an express resolution, the grant application shall be deemed rejected due to administrative silence.

    Which answer is received?

    Before awarding the grants, the examining body must decide upon the inadmissibility or rejection of applications, which shall be notified to the interested party by means of publication on the Government of Catalonia’s e-noticeboard.

    The interested parties shall be notified of the grant resolution by means of publication on the Government of Catalonia e-noticeboard.

    Can the decision be appealed against?
    The resolution shall indicate the appeals that may be made against it.

  3. 3

    Step three

    Sending documents

    The required documents will be send (with electronic signatures) by using one of the following electronic registers and in the following preference order.

    1. Procedure Associated with an AGAUR file (contribution of documentation and other requests) Whith electronic personal signature. The number of the file must be correctly identified (year(space)BP(espace)file, i.e, 0000 BP 00000).
    2. EACAT (if the beneficiary instituion is registerd to it).
  4. 4

    Step four

    Acceptance of grant

    The acceptance of the grant must be formalised using a standardised form signed by the legal representative of the beneficiary entity, in which they must undertake to comply with the regulatory bases [...]

    The acceptance of the grant must be formalised using a standardised form signed by the legal representative of the beneficiary entity, in which they must undertake to comply with the regulatory bases and the corresponding call.

    In addition to the acceptance document, the following documentation must be provided:

    a) A copy of the DNI, passport or NIE of the candidate. If the identifier number has changed compared to the one presented in the application, it will be necessary to present a copy of both the current one and the one that was included in the application.

    b) A copy of the doctoral degree or the receipt of the application for the issuance of the doctoral degree of the candidate. If applicable, a document stating the date of the thesis defense.

    c) If applicable, the documentation which certifies the following candidate's conditions: maternity leave or paternity leave; taking care of children under 6 years, or people with physical, mental or sensory disabilities, or older people over 65 years who are dependent on the candidate and who require special care; having suffered a serious illness or an accident that requires major surgery or treatment in a hospital and that causes temporary incapacity to carry out their regular employment or usual activity for a minimum continuous period of 6 months.

    d) A letter certifying the postdoctoral stays carried out outside Spain, indicating the dates on which these stays were carried out.This certification must be signed by the responsible person who supervised the stay, or by a representative of the host organization, which can be the legal representative, the management or the human resources department.

    Beneficiary status is obtained at the moment of accepting the grant. It is understood that entities that have not submitted the acceptance document and the rest of the documentation within the deadline and under the conditions provided for by the regulatory bases and the corresponding call, without the need for prior request, tacitly renounce the grant.

  5. 5

    Step five

    Incorporation of candidate

    The beneficiary entities must hire the candidate and formalise the contract in accordance between the date of publication of the awarding of the grant and the date provided in the call.

    The beneficiary entities must hire the candidate and formalise the contract in accordance between the date of publication of the awarding of the grant and the date provided in the call.

    Within two months from the day after the incorporation takes effect, the standardized document and the following documentation must be presented:

    a) The copy of the signed contract, which includes the gross annual remuneration, the duration and dates of the contract and the place of provision of the candidate's research work.

    b) If the research project includes any aspect that must be subjected to ethical assessment, a copy of the report of favorable results issued by the corresponding ethics committee and linked to the host institution. If this report is not available at the time of joining the organization, the candidate must declare that he/she has started the procedure and the expected date of obtaining it.

    By Internet

    The incorporation must be certified within 2 months from the day after it becomes effective, through:
    - A letter from the responsible researcher certifying that the candidate has joined and the date of joining his/her workplace (standard model) and the research career plan.
    - A copy of the signed contract, which must state the gross annual remuneration, the duration, the dates of the contract and the place where the doctor's services are provided.

  6. 6

    Step six

    Payment of the grant

    Payment of the grant will be made by bank transfer to the account indicated by the beneficiary entity.   1. Payment of 50% of the grant for the recruitment of the candidate and payment of [...]

    Payment of the grant will be made by bank transfer to the account indicated by the beneficiary entity.
     
    1. Payment of 50% of the grant for the recruitment of the candidate and payment of 100% of the complementary ammount will be processed when the beneficiary institution certifies the incorporation of the hired researcher, within two months from the day after it becomes effective, through the documentation required in the call general terms (point 22)
    2. The second payment is 30% of the grant for the recruitment of the candidate will be processed at the time the beneficiary institution presents the follow-up scientific and technical report to the AGAUR, in accordance with the call general termps (point 26).
    3. The remaining payment of 20% of the grant for the recruitment of the candidate, and, if applicable, 100% of the end of work compensation will be made once the justification for the grant has been presented and reviewed, in accordance with the call general terms.
  7. 7

    Step seven

    Monitoring the grant

    In order to assess the fulfillment of the objectives set out in the application, the beneficiary institution must present, during the eighteenth month of the contract, the following documents:

    In order to assess the fulfillment of the objectives set out in the application, the beneficiary institution must present, during the eighteenth month of the contract, the following documents:

    • The follow-up scientific and technical report. The model can be found on the AGAUR website.
    • The data management plan of the research project, following the instrucions indicated in base 30 of the call general term.

    Once the grant period has ended, the AGAUR may require information from the beneficiary entities and the candidates as a measure to monitor the impact of the program on the candidate's research career.

  8. 8

    Step eight

    Final justification of the grant

    Beneficiary entities must justify the effective execution of the projects and certify it during the two months following the end of the grant, regardless of the reasons that cause it.

    Beneficiary entities must justify the effective execution of the projects and certify it during the two months following the end of the grant, regardless of the reasons that cause it.

    The documentation that must be attached is the following:
    a) Scientific and technical report explaining the fulfillment of the objectives of the grant, with an indication of the activities carried out and the results obtained, signed by the candidate and by the responsible researcher who coordinated the research activity. This memory must follow the standardized model. If applicable, it is necessary to fill in the section for updating the ethical implications and provide any related documentation. This report also includes a certificate from the responsible researcher, attesting to the work carried out and the dates, with the signature of the legal representative of the entity
    b) A certification of the recruitment cost of the candidate during the grant period detailed monthly (salary expenditure and employer's fee), signed by the entity's legal representative. If required, the beneficiary entities must make available to the AGAUR the necessary documentation to be able to manage any incident regarding the recruitment.
    c) Copy of the document from the General Treasury of the Social Security "Report of data for the contribution / Employees for the account of others" (IDC).
    d) A classified report of the expenses incurred with the complementary ammount, signed by the legal representative, with identification of the concept, the creditor, the number of the invoice or document of equivalent probative value, the amount, the date of issue and, if applicable, the date of payment. This expense ratio must follow the standardized model. If a partial resignation occurs before having enjoyed at least 18 months of the aid, the maximum justifiable amount of the complementary grant will be reduced.
     
    If applicable, a detailed list of other income or subsidies that have financed the subsidized activity, indicating the amount and source. When the supporting documents for expenses are partially attributed to other subsidies, the exact amount or percentage attributed to each must be indicated, with identification of the entities that have granted them. In the event that the final effective cost of the subsidized activity is lower than the initially budgeted cost, the amount of the grant awarded will be reduced in the same proportion.
     
     
     

     

    Justification: the justification forms and documents are available on the pages of the pertinent calls: BP 2019, BP 2020, BP 2021, BP 2022, BP 2023

Update date 07/07/2025

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