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 2023 Intensification Aid application:

https://ayudas-intensificacion.idiphim.org

 The call for Intensification grants will be open until 22 of December 2022 at 3:00 p.m..

Grants Summary:

• The maximum total amount of this call for applications will be €100,000. The financial allocation paid by IDIPHISA will be €25,000 for each of the grants awarded.
• The period of benefit from the aid will be 10 months (50% increase in the researcher's working hours).
• The maximum number of grants to be awarded shall be:
  • 2 for researchers born in 1978 or later.
  • 2 for researchers born before 1978.
• In the event of the availability of budgetary funds after the closure of the 2022 fiscal year, the maximum amount of this call may be expanded by an additional 30,000 €, reaching a total maximum amount of 130,000 €. The additional amount will constitute the granting of two additional grants of 15,000 euros each. The period of enjoyment of these additional grants will be 6 months (intensification of 50% of the researcher’s working hours). These additional grants will be distributed as follows:
  • 1 for researchers born in 1978 or later.
  • 1 for researchers born before 1978.