Barcelona City Council

Barcelona City Council is committed to making the city an international leader in the field of science and innovation. To this end, it seeks to strengthen the city’s scientific community and promote an environment that enables research centres, universities and the entrepreneurial and productive community in Barcelona to carry out quality research in the city. 

The aim of this competitive call for proposals is to award grants for undertaking scientific research and knowledge transfer projects in order to support emerging scientific research and to:

• Strengthen the city’s emerging scientific and research ecosystem, creating opportunities and facilitating scientific careers in Barcelona.
• Help generate ideas, innovative answers and scientific evidence that can make a difference in the city.
• Encourage open access and dissemination of research results to the public in order to facilitate knowledge transfer at every level, with the aim of achieving public visibility and social return.

This call is open only to legal entities included in one of the categories that meet the specified requirements and conditions indicated.

Applications must be submitted electronically through Barcelona City Council’s e-office.

The deadline for submitting the application form and corresponding documents is 35 calendar days starting the day after the call is published in the BOPB (Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona).