Grants, scholarships and contracts for doctorate studies

Here you can find the main calls for applications for doctoral studies and other types of grants, such as tuition fees for doctoral supervision, conference attendance, etc.

EDUZ informs promptly about the calls for applications through iEDUZ, social networks and through the UPDATE section of the website. If you know of any that are not listed here, please write to comunicadocto@unizar.es.

Grants for any type of thesis

They are organised by the organising body.

• University of Zaragoza

  • Competition for the recruitment of five pre-doctoral researchers in training

  • Call Key Action 171: Mobility of individuals for learning purposes between Erasmus+ Programme Countries and non-associated third countries | Course 2024/25 

• Department of Science, University and Knowledge Society of the Regional Government of Aragon

  • Grants for the recruitment of pre-doctoral research trainees

• Ministry of Universities

  • Grants from the University Teacher Training Programme (FPU)

• Ministry of Science and Innovation

  • Call for grants for pre-doctoral contracts for the training of doctors (FPI)

• La Caixa Foundation

  • Scholarships for doctoral studies in any Spanish or Portuguese University

• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (Spanish National Research Council)

• Fulbright Programme

• Oriol - Urquijo University Foundation Grants

• Ramón Areces Foundation Grants

Grants for co-operative theses

These grants are only open to those persons whose thesis is under joint supervision.

• Co-tutelle with the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)

• Co-tutelle within the framework of the European university UNITA

  • Call for pre-doctoral contracts in co-supervision with UNITA

  • Co-tutelle with the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (France) in the field of renewable energies.

• Scholarships Santa Caterina of Bologna

• France Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme

• Call for pre-doctoral grants from the University of Beira Interior (Portugal) for theses in co-tutela with the University of Zaragoza

• Specific collaboration agreement between the University of Zaragoza and the National University of La Plata, Argentina, for the co-supervision of theses.

Grants for industrial doctorates

• Ministries of Science and Innovation and of Universities

• University of Zaragoza

• SERENADE Project