IRBLleida offers 11 grants to promote the incorporation of personnel in biomedical research in Lleida

The Institute of Biomedical Research of Lleida (IRBLleida) has opened the ninth call for grants for the Promotion of Health Research. The Diputació de Lleida finances this aid, which this year changes its name to 'Aids for Talent in Biomedical Research', with 279,300 €. For the first time, this call includes a category of initiation in research, funded by IRBLleida, for people who have completed a bachelor's and master's degree and have been accepted by a research group attached to IRBLleida. The category created in 2020 to promote research by professionals at health centres in the Alt Pirineu-Aran Health Region is also maintained.

In total, 11 one-year grants have been announced for the incorporation of research professionals in training. The call is divided into five different categories, all with one grant per category, except category D, for the completion of doctoral theses, which has 7 grants. The grants will have a maximum duration of one year and will consist, each one, of an amount of €20,000 gross per year, intended to cover the remuneration of the beneficiary. Lleida Provincial Council also covers the total cost of each of the contracts.

Category A, postresidency aid for dedication to research, is an aid for the incorporation of professionals with specialised health training to develop or participate in a health research project within the framework of a research group attached to the IRBLleida. Category B, postresidency aid for dedication to research for professionals from health centres in the Alt Pirineu-Aran Health Region, is also for the incorporation of a professional with specialised health training who works in the Alt Pirineu-Aran Health Region before and/or while they receive the aid, to develop or participate in a health research project within the framework of a research group attached to IRBLleida.

Category C is a post-residency grant to support the CREBA centre. It is a specific grant for the incorporation of a medical professional with specialised MIR training in surgical specialities to support the development of research projects and training activities in experimental swine models. Category D, aid for the completion of doctoral theses, is aid for doctoral students who are enrolled in the PhD programme in Health or the PhD in Integrated Cures and Health Services at the University of Lleida (UdL), who are completing (ending in 2021) a pre-doctoral contract.

Category E, created this year, is for students who have completed a bachelor's and/or master's degree that gives access to the PhD programme in Health or the PhD programme in Integrated Cures and Health Services of the UdL, and who are or will be accepted in a research group attached to the IRBLleida.