The Community of Madrid, through the Regional Ministry of Health and SERMAS, supports the promotion of biomedical research via a collaboration agreement signed on 16 June 2017. The purpose of the agreement is joint collaboration for the complete development and coordination of a research activity intensification programme in order to enable healthcare professionals of SERMAS in the Community of Madrid to participate in research tasks across the various active priority research lines of interest to the Community of Madrid.

Based on this, a continuous line of research intensification is established, consisting of the Foundation providing funds to the hospital for the potential recruitment of healthcare professionals to replace others selected through an evaluation process, so that the latter can dedicate a percentage of their clinical time to research tasks.

Access to the 2019 Intensification Grants application:

https://ayudas-intensificacion.idiphim.org

 The call for Intensification grants will be open until 31 January 2019 at 3:00 p.m..

Grants Summary:

• The maximum total amount of this call for applications will be €60,000. The financial allocation paid by IDIPHISA will be €15,000 for each of the grants awarded.
• The period of enjoyment of the aid may be 6 months (50% increase in the researcher's working hours) or 12 months (25% increase in the researcher's working hours).
• The maximum number of grants to be awarded shall be:
  • 2 for researchers born in 1973 or later.
  • 2 for researchers born before 1973.