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Last calls
There are a variety of grants for the doctoral students in the form of contracts for research, mobility grants or prizes for top quality work. Besides the grants here stated, you may search for more options on the following websites:
- grants, prizes and financial assistances (various profiles and options)
- mobility for studies (mobility calls)
- research programmes and calls (Programa Martí i Franquès, COFUND, FI, FPI, FPU, etc.)
- R+D+I grants webpage (in catalan)
| Concept | Description | Competition | Status |
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| Grants for doctoral theses in Catalan (TDCAT 2026) |
It is addressed to people who have defended their thesis during the year 2025, who have obtained the degree of doctor from a university within the Catalan university system or from outside Spain, and who have written their doctoral thesis in Catalan. Additionally, the doctoral theses subject to this grant must be included in the "Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa (TDX)" repository before December 31, 2026. |
22 June 2026 (14h in Spain) |
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| Dr Joan Guinovart Mobility Scholarships for University Teaching and Research Staff (CAT) | Amics del País annually awards 15 scholarships to young researchers under the age of 35, with the aim of promoting the development of research and teaching at Catalan universities around the world. | 31 December 2025 | |
| Industrial Doctorates Plan 2025 (AGAUR) |
Aimed at PhD students interested in a research project carried out at a company, in collaboration with the university. Web for URV internal application management (with instructions and deadlines) |
1st deadline: 16 April 2025 (14h in Spain) 2nd deadline: 11 June 2025 (14h in Spain) 3rd deadline: 08 October 2025 (14h in Spain) 4th deadline: 10 December 2025 (14h in Spain) |
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Every academic year, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) awards various special doctoral prizes. These academic distinctions are in recognition of doctoral theses of the highest quality among the ones defended into the 2024-25 academic year. Theses defended during the 2024-25 academic year, this is, theses defended between 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025. |
28 November 2025 | ||
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Josep M. Pujol Awards for the best doctoral thesis in Catalan (CAT) |
For the best doctoral thesis in Catalan in our University (or articles compendium thesis in Catalan or other languages, at least with Introduction, Objectives and Conclusions in Catalan). |
28 November 2025 | |
| The aim of these awards is to recognise research work that has sought to address a real need identified in collaboration with a non-profit organisation or social entity, or that has been developed in accordance with the criteria established by the URV's Service-Learning Programme. | 28 November 2025 | ||
| Enrique Fuentes Quintana Awards for Doctoral Theses |
For doctoral theses defended between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025 that have received the cum laude distinction in the following categories:
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17 November 2025 | |
| Grants to jointly supervised doctoral programmes |
Call for applications for cotutelle PhD students in URV PhD programmes academic year 2024-2025: |
1st deadline: 17/10/2025 til 20/01/2026 2nd deadline: 01/02/2026 til 17/04/2026 |
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| Call for the URV'S future researcher grants for the 2025-26 academic year |
To channel the best students to do their doctoral thesis at URV. |
1st period: 17/10/2025 til 30/10/2025 2nd period: 1/12/2025 til 22/01/2026 |