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FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCHERS CO-FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCHERS CO-FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Purpose: aims to support, link, train and enhance the professional career of experienced researchers in Bizkaia.
OBJECT: This programme aims to set and determine the aid awarding criteria for:

Support the integration in Bizkaia of experienced researchers allowing them to develop a research project in a research organisation based in Bizkaia.
Support to the linking of external collaborators who initiates innovative projects in Bizkaia, allowing very experienced researchers to build collaborations and develop innovative research projects with Biscayan organisations.
Support the training of qualified people abroad, offering researchers willing to develop a career in Bizkaia the opportunity to develop a research project and to enhance their career.

AMOUNT OF FUNDING: 1.000.000 euros.
DATA:2013 June 5th.

STRATEGIC INTEREST AREAS:
The aim is to enable the participation of any entity, under any of the research and innovation needs (technological, scientific, managerial, cultural, etc.) which organizations are currently faced with and for which there is a real demand for incorporation, retention or engagement of researchers. Research projects and areas on strategic areas for Bizkaia will be highly valued.

MODES OF FINANCIAL AID
Financial Aid Programme for researchers:

MODE 1 - Support the integration in Bizkaia of experienced researchers
Object: To establish a long term collaboration between an organisation based in Bizkaia and the researcher.

Requirements / obligations of the skilled personnel:

A PhD or at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience
Not worked in the Country of the host organisation for more than 12 months in the last 3 years at the moment of the call deadline

Requirements/obligations of the beneficiary organisation:

Firms, Universities, Associations and Foundations domiciled for tax purposes in Bizkaia or organisations with a working centre in the Historic Territory of Bizkaia.

MODE 2 - Support to the linking of external collaborators who initiates innovative projects in Bizkaia
Object: To create short-medium term collaborations to allow very experienced researchers to build collaborations and develop innovative research projects with Biscayan organization.

Requirements/obligations of the skilled personnel:

At least ten years of full-time equivalent research experience
Not worked in the Country of the host organisation for more than 12 months in the last 3 years at the moment of the call deadline

Requirements/obligations of the beneficiary organisation:

Firms, Universities, Associations and Foundations domiciled for tax purposes in Bizkaia or organisations with a working centre in the Historic Territory of Bizkaia.

MODE 3 - Support for the training of qualified people abroad, with a return phase to Bizkaia

Commitment to returning to Bizkaia once the period of training in international and prestigious organisation ends, to join the organisation located in the Historic Territory.
Object: To offer researchers willing to develop a career in Bizkaia the opportunity to develop a research project and to enhance their skills in international and prestigious organisations.

Requirements/obligations of the skilled personnel:

A PhD or at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience
Not worked in the Country of the outgoing host organisation for more than 12 months in the last 3 years at the moment of the call deadline
Want to develop in an innovative research project in Bizkaia and need to do top-level specialized training at an international centre.
Commitment to returning to Bizkaia once the period of training in international and prestigious organisation ends, to join the organisation located in the Historic Territory.

Requirements/obligations of the beneficiary organisation:

Firms, Universities, Associations and Foundations domiciled for tax purposes in Bizkaia or organisations working centre in the Historic Territory of Bizkaia.

SELECTION AND EVALUATION PROCESS

AWARD PROCEDURE SYSTEM: Merit Competition.

SELECTION AND EVALUATION
The phases of the evaluation process are:

Eligibility Criteria check Phase: An initial screening of applications that satisfy the eligibility requirement, before the evaluation process starts. This phase is carried out by the staff of bizkaia:xede.
Evaluation phase: It consists in an analysis (against transparent selection/evaluation criteria) of the file of the applicant by the evaluators.
Validation phase: The final ranking of the applications will be presented to the Board of Directors, which will formally agree on the list of awardees.

AWARD PROCEDURE
The aid will be awarded:

To those applications which have obtained a higher score, in accordance with the criteria set out in this document, the total limit of the aid to be granted being the amount set out in the amount of aid section.

Awarding of the aid will always be done once a Collaboration Agreement has been signed between the beneficiary organisation, the researcher and bizkaia:xede.

PAYMENT OF THE AID GRANTED

Mode 1: Support the integration in Bizkaia of experienced researchers
The grant will correspond to 50% of the gross salary of the researcher during the first three years of employment
Duration of the supported hiring: 3 years

Mode 2: Support to the linking of external collaborators who initiates innovative projects in Bizkaia
Bizkaia:xede contribution covers up to 61.000€/year of the researcher’s living allowance.
Duration of the supported linking: for a maximum of 2 years.

Mode 3: Support for the training of qualified people abroad, with a return phase to Bizkaia
The grant received will cover, partially or completely the mobility, travel and living allowance of the researcher up to 61.000€/year
Duration of the supported training: between 3 months and 3 years.

Documents to submit (pdf 371.82 kB)

Call presentation_2013 (pdf 226.10 kB)

FAQs (pdf 218.22 kB)

Guide for Applicants 2013 (pdf 530.84 kB)

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