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Premi de la Secció de Ciències Biològiques de l'IEC

Award / Prize Partially funded
Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) Worldwide 2026

Information

The prize, instituted in 1965, is awarded to a researcher working in a research centre or university of the Catalan language and culture territories. Candidates must be under forty years old at the time of application, with exceptions aligned to ERC project justifications. The award recognises research quality and capacity to generate new ideas; the recipient receives a monetary prize and a diploma and must submit a review text for IEC publication within six months.

Benefits

€6,000 prize and a diploma; recipient is required to prepare a review article (Catalan and English) for IEC publication within six months.

Eligibility

Researchers working at a research centre or university in the Catalan language and culture territories; applicants must be under forty years old at the time of application, with exceptions and justifications as for ERC projects.

Application

Applications are submitted electronically via the IEC online form with CV, ID copy, a text on the relevance of the three most notable publications (max 4,000 characters), and a descriptive report in Catalan of current research and future project (max 9,000 characters). The signed receipt of online submission must be sent to premis@iec.cat.

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