Subsidies for young and emerging research projects
The Barcelona City Council, through the Department of Science and Universities, promotes a subsidy scheme aimed at consolidating the city's emerging scientific and research community, creating opportunities, and facilitating scientific careers in Barcelona.
These subsidies aim to generate ideas, innovative responses, and scientific evidence that can have an impact on the city and address various challenges in the fields of health and well-being, climate action, and the city and society.
2024 Call for Proposals
The application period is from 24 April to Tuesday 28 May. Projects must be based on tackling challenges that fall within one of these three thematic areas and address one of the twelve specific challenges:
- Health and well-being in the city: health and quality of life; social well-being and improvement of public services; urban planning, housing, and public spaces; sustainable mobility of people and goods.
- Climate action: climate emergency and the city; urban, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems; urban food and agriculture; water and sustainable urban energy.
- City and society: green and blue economy in the city; new spaces and models of responsible production and consumption; digital and smart cities; democracy, community, participation, and human rights.
Information Session
The Department of Science and Universities has held a virtual public information session on the call for applications on Tuesday, May 7th, at 12:00 p.m. You can download the PDF of the session here:
Subsidised projects
Status of the call for proposals
More about the call 2024
Projects subsidised in the 2022 call for proposals
Projects subsidised in the 2020 call for proposals
In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, in 2022 Barcelona City Council launched the Scientific Research Awards for Urban Challenges in the City of Barcelona, aimed at all members of the scientific community up to the age of 40 and from any field of knowledge. The main objectives were to stimulate and strengthen young Barcelona talent, and to support innovative projects that rethink the city model in a global way. The following are the projects funded through these grants, which eventually became the Grants for Young and Emerging Research Projects:
