Universidad de Valladolid

Universidad de Valladolid (UVa) is one of the most important centres of Higher Education in Spain. Uva offers 29 Doctoral Programs through its UVa Doctorate School (EsDUVA). EsDUVA records 1700 PhD students each year and counts on its own funds for Training Programs of the Doctorate School (transferable skills and research-oriented skills).

UVa has 173 research groups dedicated to R+D and 4 Technology Centres. UVa is the driver of Green Infrastructure and Nature Base Solutions Research Centre where 300 researchers are working on it and they constitute UVa Agrifood and Natural Resources Knowledge Platform. UVa develops efficient technologies and collaborates in the transfer of sustainable and resources management good practices. UVa manages around 180 research projects/year financed through competitive public R+D+i calls of the European Commission, such as FP4 to FP7, H2020, LIFE, INTERREG, TEMPUS, E-CONTENT, ERASMUS, CULTURE, etc., national proposals or regional projects, and approximately 500 contracts and agreements aimed at the transfer of knowledge and technology, amounting to an average value of over fifteen million Euros per year.

Furthermore, UVa has an International Welcome Point (IWP) who will try to give foreign researchers support and advice on all the issues they might need. Since 2014, UVa has joined as a member of ‘Euraxess Networking Spain: ECPs’ and also UVa is the Euraxess in Castile and León region. UVa has its human resources policy (HRS4R -Case number: 2018ES317987) aligned with the Charter&Code for Researchers based on the OTM-R. Nowadays, UVa is waiting to be officially recognized as an entity awarded with the seal of excellence “HR in Excellence''. Also, UVa counts with the support and wide experience of its European Projects Office at its General Foundation, Fundación General de la Universidad de Valladolid (FGUVA). FGUVA is an entity that has a capital and legal link with the UVa, located in the same city as UVa. Its contribution is always used under the premises of UVa and the main tasks to be carried out on the project are to give support in the training and management activities for UVa. Regarding Open Science, UVa has the European Excellence EFQM 500+ seal to the management in the Library, which ensures compliance with Open Access.

UVa works on inclusive education with the aim of integration and education for all people, for that it has facilities adapted to disabled people and gives approximately 7000/year scholarships to its students, several social, cultural and sports activities, free bike rental system (standard and electric ones), museums with free entry and other several advantages for UVa staff/students.

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