Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Grants, bursaries and Scholarships for doctoral studies

 There are a variety of grants for the doctoral students in the form of contracts for research, mobility grants or prizes for top quality work. Besides the grants here stated, you may search for more options in the URV’s grants webpage, mobility for studies, research calls and R+D+I grants webpage.

Concept Description Competition Status
Special doctoral prizes, academic year 2023-24

Every academic year, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) awards various special doctoral prizes. These academic distinctions are in recognition of doctoral theses of the highest quality among the ones defended into the academic year 2023-24.

Theses defended during the 2023-24 academic year, this is, theses defended between 1 October 2023 and 30 September 2024.

2nd December 2024
Josep M. Pujol Awards

Josep M. Pujol Awards for the best doctoral thesis in Catalan in the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (or articles compendium thesis in Catalan or other languages, at least with Introduction, Objectives and Conclusions in Catalan). If you have any doubt, please contact llengues(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat

2nd December 2024

Inmaculada Sastre Miró Social Engagement Awards, from the URV, for bachelor's degree theses, master's degree theses, and doctoral theses

The aim of these awards is to recognise research work that has sought to address a real need identified in collaboration with a non-profit organisation or social entity, or that has been developed in accordance with the criteria established by the URV's Service-Learning Programme. 25th November 2024
Grants for students affected by the conflict in Ukraine, academic year 2024-25 Extraordinary financial aid for students affected by the conflict in Ukraine to cover the costs of enrolment on URV bachelor's degrees, official master's degrees or doctoral programmes. More information: urvsol(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat 2024-25 academic year (until November 2024)

Public Call for the hiring of Predoctoral Research Personnel in Training 2024 (PIPF) – Programa Martí i Franquès

The present call for applications is opened for predoctoral contracts 51 to complete a doctoral thesis at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, as part of the Martí i Franquès Research Grants Programme. 25th June 2024
Grants for doctoral theses in Catalan (TDCAT) Grants for doctoral theses written in Catalan that have been defended during the year 2023. 9th May 2024 (14h in Spain)
Industrial Doctorates Plan 2024 (AGAUR)

Aimed at PhD students interested in a research project carried out at a company, in collaboration with the university.

Web for URV internal application management (with instructions and deadlines)

1st deadline: 16 April 2024 (14h in Spain)

2nd deadline: 11 June 2024 (14h in Spain)

3rd deadline: 08 October 2024 (14h in Spain)

4th deadline: 10 December 2024 (14h in Spain)

Grants to jointly supervised doctoral programmes

Call for applications for cotutelle PhD students in URV PhD programmes academic year 2024-2025:

  • Call resolution
  • Call Basis
  • Provisional list admitted/excluded 1st phase
  • Results resolution (1st phase)
  • Provisional list admitted/excluded 2nd phase
  • Final list admitted/excluded 2nd phase
  • Results resolution 2nd phase

1st deadline: 02/12/2024 al 10/02/2025

2nd deadline: 24/02/2025 al 14/04/2025

VIII AgroBank Chair Award for the best Doctoral Thesis To recognize research carried out in agriculture, livestock or food, in a broad sense, especially in the areas of innovation, quality or agri-food safety, rewarding those thesis that represent a significant advance in knowledge in this field. 30th April 2024
Call for the URV'S future researcher grants for the 2024-25 academic year

To channel the best students to do their doctoral thesis at URV.

  • Call resolution
  • Call Basis
  • Provisional list Admitted/excluded (1st phase)
  • Definitive list Admitted/excluded (1st phase)
  • Results resolution (1st fase)
  • Provisional list Admitted/excluded (2nd phase)

1st deadline: from 2/12/2024 until 10/01/2025

2nd deadline: from 3/2/2025 until 7/03/2025

Contracts for university teacher trainning 2023 (FPU) Grants for contracting university graduates registered in a doctoral programme at a Spanish university. 15 February 2024 (14h in Spain)
Grants for students affected by the conflict in Ukraine, academic year 2023-24 Extraordinary financial aid for students affected by the conflict in Ukraine to cover the costs of enrolment on URV bachelor's degrees, official master's degrees or doctoral programmes. More information: urvsol@urv.cat 2023-24 academic year
Special doctoral prizes, academic year 2022-23 Every academic year, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) awards various special doctoral prizes. These academic distinctions are in recognition of doctoral theses of the highest quality among the ones defended into the academic year 2022-23.

Theses defended during the 2022-23 academic year, this is, theses defended between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023.

30 November 2023
"Martí i Franquès" research fellowship programme (PMF)  for the contracting of Trainee Predoctoral Research Staff

Standard Edition – 2nd edition

The purpose of this program is to complete a doctoral thesis at Rovira i Virgili University.
23 November 2023
"Inmaculada Sastre Miró" Social Commitment Awards, from the URV, for final degree projects, master's final projects and doctoral theses (In Catalan) The purpose of the URV's Immaculada Sastre Miró Social Commitment Awards for TFG, TFM and thesis is to promote the social commitment of URV students, and aims to recognize the application of research work based on real needs of society and designed in collaboration with non-profit entities, in accordance with the criteria of the Service Learning methodology. 20 November 2023
“Enrique Fuentes Quintana” Awards for doctoral theses (FUNCAS) Doctoral theses, defended between September 1, 2022 and August 31, 2023, that have obtained the cum laude mention, in various fields. 15 November 2023