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HORIZONTAL PROGRAMMES

Training

The CIBER-BBN training program seeks to increase the research capabilities of the

staff recruited into the groups by means of improving the professional competence
of the research and technical staff as a factor of change, transforming attitudes,

knowledge and skills depending on the needs that arise while performing their re-
search activity.

The training programme of the CIBER-BBN is based on three actions: grants for research

initiation training, grants for mobility and researcher qualification sub-programme.

The purpose of these “Starter” grant is to cover the transitional period from the end
Grant for
of studies until the resolution of the call for proposals for public pre-doctoral grants
research or other professional itineraries which allow recruiting a recent graduate into the work

initiation force.

training
In this seventh year of life of the grant for research initiation training, two calls for
proposals were made in January and September. The number of grants increased with

respect to the previous year.

The number of applications is high in each of the calls for proposals due to the interest

these grants raise in the research groups. Fifteen grants were awarded to the candida-
tes with the best academic transcripts and to those proposals which were best suited

to the priority lines of research for CIBER-BBN.

GRANTED ABANDONED ACTIVE ENDED

2008 30 11 0 19

2009 5 0 0 5 13
20
2010 9 4 0 5 T
R
2011 19 9 0 10 PO
E
2012 8 2 6 0 L R
A
2013 15 2 13 5
NU
N
A
Grants for training for 2008-2013
/
BN
B
Most of the grants are still active and the percentage of grants being declined is still R-
BE
relatively low.
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