We are committed to attracting, retaining and engaging highly qualified people. Because the main competitive advantage in the new economy lies in people and their talent.

Who it is aimed at

-Organizations: Companies, technology centres, research centres and teams, universities, associations and foundations based in the Historical Territory of Bizkaia which have employed or wish to recruit / engage highly qualified people in their organization.
-Highly qualified people: Technologists, Researchers, Professors, Professionals employed, recruited or engaged by the organizations.
-Promoters: Highly qualified people who are going to promote an innovative project in the Historical Territory of Bizkaia.
-People who have joined or have engaged in an innovative project in Bizkaia, as a collaborator/advisor/expert.

Nevertheless, consideration will also be given to applications by entities with a work centre in the Historical Territory of Bizkaia where the highly qualified worker to benefit from the aid can carry out his/her professional activity, even if the entity does not have its tax address in Bizkaia.

Areas of strategic interest:

Highly qualified Professionals and Researchers must preferably be involved in any of the following strategic areas:

1. Social innovation and business transformation

Organizational management and transformation.
People management.
Management of business service provision.
Analysis/Diagnosis of the risks derived from socioeconomic and cultural innovation (prognosis).
Advanced social research methods and terms.
Social communication management.
Intelligent environments.
Sociolinguistics.
Culture (Music, musicology).

2. Scientific-technological strategy

Aeronautics.
Automotive.
Biomedicine.
Biotechnology.
Eco-innovation: Especially environmental sciences and technologies. Meteorology and climatology.
Energy: Especially energy distribution, quality, efficiency and saving. Integration of renewable energies. Wind, sun and wave energy. Production of biofuel, fuel cells and hydrogens.
Pharmaceutical and health industry.
Nanoscience and nanotechnology: Especially nanomaterials, nanosystems, nanoelectronics, nanobiotechnology and basic research in nanostructures and low dimensional structures.
New materials: Especially steel, metal mechanics, electronic material and bio-materials..
Agro-food and agro-fish resources and technologies.
Food safety.
Transport and logistics.
Telecommunications.

3. Information Society

Virtual Reality areas.
Network evolution and generation.
Linguistic Info-Engineering.
Ambient Intelligence: Especially sensor networks (SN), wireless communication networks, network safety, information, virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, content treatment technologies, biometric technologies, person-device interfaces, semantic technologies and assistive technologies.
Extended Digital Enterprise.
New technologies.

Consideration will also be given to professionals and researchers who carry out their activity in areas other than those listed in this document, provided the project and/or the person are worthwhile.

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