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Ministry of Science allocates €224 million for technical equipment to strengthen research
The Spanish government has increased its budget for investing in scientific and technical equipment by a quarter compared with the previous funding round.
On 8 April, the science ministry announced it had allocated €224 million to its funding call aimed at research centres and universities, which it said was a 24 per cent increase on the last call in 2021.
The call, co-financed by the EU, will provide €130m as a repayable advance from the European Regional Development Fund, €85m in the form of a loan and €9m as a grant.
Science minister Diana Morant (pictured) said that the government was “strengthening the capacities of research centres and universities to carry out excellent science in our country”.
The ministry said the objective was to provide “state-of-the-art equipment” that would be widely accessible to researchers.
It added that the amount available for individual applications has also increased to €100,000-€2m.
The call is open from 15 April to 7 May.