From 1 July to 9 August. Applications submitted later than this date will not be accepted.
Period for submitting applications: From 1 July to 9 August
Barcelona has launched the Barcelona Science Plan with the aim of bolstering the city as a European capital of science. It aims to create a favourable environment for the research and technology centres, universities, and entrepreneurial and productive fabric of the city to deploy innovative solutions that lead to improving living conditions in the city in a way that benefits all citizens.
This year, Barcelona City Council and La Caixa are allocating a total of €900,000 to promote projects that revolve around two thematic areas: (1) ageing and quality of life, and (2) mobility and respect for and protection of the environment, as a way of contributing to the modernisation of the city of Barcelona, within the framework of the sustainable development objectives (ODS), which guide the implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. These objectives address the issues of poverty, hunger, health, education, inequalities, inclusion, economic prosperity, the protection of the planet, the fight against climate change, cities and territories, energy, sustainable production, and consumption and governance.
A parallel aim is to incorporate technological transformation into citizen awareness as a useful tool that will encourage citizen participation in research activities on issues that directly affect them.
Groups of a minimum of three applicant institutions, two of which must be in the field of research. It is desirable that one organisation be third sector or business.
The applying organisations must present a new project concerning one of the topics described and, in the event that they are selected, develop it in a cooperative manner.
At least one of the organisations must be domiciled or have its head office in the municipality of Barcelona
Specifically, institutions that can apply for the grant are:
The projects must be based on two priority areas for the sustainable evolution of the city of Barcelona:
Regardless of the category in which they are registered, the research projects must be structured along two main lines:
a) They must incorporate a technological component as a relevant part of the proposals.
b) They must arise from the collaboration of at least three applicant institutions working together to promote synergies and optimise the design, implementation, and dissemination of the projects.
From 1 July to 9 August. Applications submitted later than this date will not be accepted.
The call for applications has two main thematic lines:
Each project can be awarded a maximum of €150,000.
Groups of a minimum of three applicant institutions, two of which must be in the field of research. It is desirable that one organisation be third sector or business.
The applying organisations must present a new project concerning one of the topics described and, in the event that they are selected, develop it in a cooperative manner.
At least one of the organisations must be domiciled or have its head office in the municipality of Barcelona
Specifically, institutions that can apply for the grant are:
Scientific and technical quality, capacity for implementation, suitability of the applicant team, and the social impact of the projects will be appraised
The selection process will be conducted by an evaluation committee, and will be based on the reports of external, national, and international experts in the subject areas set out in this call for applications, who will remotely assess the projects according to the evaluation criteria and the points system detailed in the call. Each project will be evaluated by three randomly assigned experts depending on the subject area.
Eighteen months, starting from when the grant is awarded (50% of the grant amount is given when the project gets under way and the remaining 50% when the project is halfway through).
Basic compulsory documentation:
a. Application to join the call (Application form - Appendix 1)*
Scientific and technical project report, which must be no longer than fifteen pages and written in English in Times Roman 11 point font and single spaced. For the presentation of the scientific and technical report use the detailed guide at: (Project description-appendix 2)*
This document must contain:
b.Agreement form signed by the various organisations, which specifies the terms of the agreement between the grouped organisations that are promoting the project within the framework of the research and innovation projects of the Barcelona Science Plan 2019-2020 (Agreement between the organisations - Appendix 3)*
c.Economic viability plan for the project, stating the general budget for its development and including a budget for each applicant organisation and a common budget for the entire project (Viability plan - Annex 4)*
d. CV of the project organiser (Appendix 5)*
e. DNI of the legal representatives and documentation certifying the representation.
f. Documentation certifying the legal capacity of all the organisations and their entry in the corresponding register.
g. Applicants’ NIF.
Should the grant be awarded, each applicant organisation will also have to present:
h. Declaration of Compliance for transparency as foreseen, in accordance with Article 15.2 of Act 19/2014, of 29 December, on transparency, access to public information and good governance, for grants of 10,000 Euros (Declaration of transparency - Appendix 6)*
i. Creditor data sheet: (Creditor data - Appendix 7)* Each applicant must certify their bank details.
The documents in f. g. and h. do not need to be provided when they are already in the possession of the Institute of Culture, provided that no more than five years have passed since their submission and they have not been altered in any way. In this case, the applicant must indicate the procedure in which these documents were attached.
*Documents with an asterisk will be made available to the applicants once the call for applications has been opened at the Barcelona City Council e-office.
**If appendix 1, appendix 2 and appendix 4 are not submitted, the application will not be accepted.
A dissemination article and a summary of the dissemination actions resulting from the project, which must be delivered within four months of completion of the project.
The data resulting from the research will be made public through open science channels and/or on the City Council website.
The approved subsidies will be published on the BOPB and on the Barcelona City Council website, Virtual Office and Subsidies.
You will need the registration number and the procedure reference number to check your application.