Knowledge Generation Projects and Actions for the training of research personnel 2025

The purpose of this call is to finance the implementation of research projects aimed at promoting the generation and significant advancement of scientific knowledge and research of proven quality, as well as moving towards finding solutions to society's challenges. The research projects to be funded will be of the following types:

• "Non-oriented research" projects, without a previously defined thematic orientation, whose main objective is to advance knowledge, regardless of the time horizon and scope of application.
• "Oriented Research" projects, which aim to solve specific problems linked to thematic priorities associated with major societal challenges, with the following priorities among which the following stand out:
  • Health
  • Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture, climate and environment

Likewise, actions aimed at training predoctoral research staff may be funded through the completion of a doctoral thesis associated with the aforementioned research projects.

Evaluation criteria

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Quality, feasibility and transfer potential of the proposal.
• Scientific, technical and economic capacity of the consortium.
• Expected impact of the results.
• Adequacy of the requested budget.

The description of the criteria, as well as their assessment and thresholds, are determined in the Annex I of the call for applications. Additional information can also be found in the same call for applications.

Opening date: November 20, 2025

Deadline: December 16th 2025