Deadline: 30-May-23
The BBVA Foundation is accepting applications for its Fundamentos Research Program.
This first call of the “Fundamentos” research program flows from the BBVA Foundation’s engagement over more than two decades with the promotion of scientific research and its transmission to society, which it sees as the best means to understand the natural and social world, while enlarging individual and collective choices and delivering effective solutions to the key challenges of the 21st century.
The Fundamentos Research Program targets exploratory projects that innovatively address the core or fundamental questions of a scientific field or discipline at its current stage of development, or questions of the same fundamental nature emerging from the intersection of various disciplines. Immediate practical applicability is not part of the spirit of this call. In areas where pertinent, support will go to projects that, while conserving their basic nature, make use of today’s most advanced data science techniques.
The Fundamentos Program is open to projects led by up to three principal investigators from one or more disciplines, and incorporating researchers attached to centers in any country.
Object
- The purpose of this call is to provide funding for the conduct of research projects addressing the fundaments of one of more knowledge areas.
- Where appropriate, and notwithstanding the fundamental nature of the objects to be addressed, support will go to projects involving massive data analysis through the use of advanced data science tools.
- The research projects may belong to one or more areas of those listed:
- Physics, Chemistry
- Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Sciences, Artificial Intelligence
- Biology and Biomedicine
- Environmental Science
- Social Sciences (Economics, Psychology, Political Science, Sociology, Legal Sciences, Cultural and Social Anthropology, Linguistics)
Funding Information
- The global amount of funding under this call has been set at 3,000,000 euros.
- A maximum of 5 grants will be awarded for a gross amount of up to 600,000 euros per project.
- Duration: The maximum term for the execution of awardee projects will be 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The call is open to researchers from public or private universities, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and other public research organizations, and hospitals, as well as to the research staff of private nonprofit organizations. Researchers applying under this call may submit one project only, and principal investigators may not currently be in receipt of any other funding (for teams or individuals) granted by the BBVA Foundation.
- The principal investigator of the applicant organization, who will also serve as project coordinator, must meet the following conditions:
- Spanish national or resident in Spain in the terms envisaged in these call conditions.
- In possession of a PhD at the time of submitting the application.
- Maintain a public service or contractual employment relationship with a university institution or public or private non-profit organization engaging in research, in all cases headquartered in Spain. This relationship must persist through the period envisaged for the implementation of the project. Any transfer of the approved project to a different center due to a move by the principal investigator will require the express permission of the BBVA Foundation.
- The project may have up to two additional principal investigators, who will be jointly responsible for the organization and execution of project activities and must meet the following conditions:
- In possession of a PhD at the time of submitting the application.
- Maintain a public service or contractual employment relationship with a university institution or public or private non-profit organization engaging in research, headquartered in any country. This relationship must persist through the period envisaged for the implementation of the project. Any transfer of the approved project to a different center due to a move by the principal investigator will require the express permission of the BBVA Foundation.
- Remaining research team members may belong to universities or public or private non-profit research centers in any country.
- A maximum of 30% of all research team members may have their residence abroad.
For more information, visit Fundamentos Research Program.