Grants

The University of Barcelona has a few grants for master students. 

In 2023, students must apply after doing their preregistration (during April or early May), and then apply to a grant. Students must chose a potential supervisor who is a research member of a recognized research group (such as LOGOS) and prepare a proposal for the planned final research paper.

The application is open between 27 April and 16 May 2023.

For other grants for Spanish or EU citizens, or holders of permanent resident VISAS, see other options below.

The purpose of this call is to select pre-doctoral research staff in training, with the aim of promoting research in departments and research institutes of the University of Barcelona and training qualified pre-doctoral staff in the field of research and university teaching.

The purpose of these grants is to finance pre-doctoral contracts intended for research training in doctoral programs, for obtaining the title of Doctor and the acquisition of university teaching skills in any area of ​​knowledge, which facilitate the incorporation of new doctors into the system Spanish for higher education and scientific research.

The purpose of these grants is to train doctors through the financing of employment contracts, under the modality of a pre-doctoral contract, with the aim of the researchers in training carrying out a doctoral thesis associated with a research project.

Likewise, they allow the financing of an employment contract during the postdoctoral orientation period (POP), of one year's duration, for doctoral students who obtain their doctorate in advance of the start of the last year of the grant.

The purpose of this call is to grant aid to universities and research centers for the recruitment of new research staff and the promotion of research quality with the incorporation into research groups and competitive R&D projects. The pre-doctoral aid program for the recruitment of new research staff (FI) of the AGAUR, has the financial support of the European Social Fund.

The ”la Caixa” Foundation awards 65 three-year INPhINIT doctoral scholarships for young talented researchers, of any nationality, who wish to carry out doctoral studies in Spanish or Portuguese territory. This scholarship program aims to support scientific talent and encourage high-quality, innovative research in Spain and Portugal by recruiting international students and offering them an attractive and competitive environment to conduct cutting-edge research.

The Basque Government has a scholarship program aimed at financing the completion of a doctoral thesis through a pre-doctoral contract with a maximum duration of 4 years. The recipients of the scholarship must be registered in a municipality of the autonomous community of the Basque Country at the time of application.

12 grants for predoctoral training at the IUE (Florence European University Institute) framed within the Training Subprogram of the Program for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation. The program allows the hiring of the beneficiaries and finances their salary in collaboration with the IUE while they carry out a doctoral thesis for a maximum period of 4 years. The grants are directed to the training of doctors in the areas of human and social sciences, history, law, economics and political and social sciences in execution of the "Salvador de Madariaga" program.

40 scholarships of 21 months aimed at promoting the obtaining of the academic degree of doctor for teaching staff of the universities of Latin America associated with the Carolina Foundation. The doctoral program can be carried out in those Spanish universities that have signed an agreement with the Carolina Foundation.

Scholarship program for the social inclusion and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. These scholarships aim to promote the academic and research career of university students with disabilities, thus promoting their labor inclusion in jobs highly qualified. All students and university graduates who have Spanish nationality and a legally recognized disability equal to or greater than 33% and who meet the conditions established in the bases of the Call may apply for the scholarships and grants contemplated in the program.

The Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno Foundation annually announces pre-doctoral scholarships with contacts of a maximum of four years for research on enviroment, neuroscience and related areas for young Spaniards who are going to carry out their doctoral thesis in an officially accredited doctoral program in Spain.

Helps to partially cover the expenses of the MA Registration fee.

For Spanish residents, UE citizens and people with the permanent residence VISA.

Program: Master

Beca general Ministeri d'Educació i Formació Professional

For Spanish residents.

UE citizens can opt for the grant to cover the MA Registration fee expenses.

Both UE and non-UE citizens can have access to the total grant if they possess the permanent residence VISA in Spain.

Program: Master

Usual cut-off mark in the BA: 6,5/10