With the aim of giving a European coordinated response to the economic and social consequences of COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union Council approved on 21st July 2021 an exceptional instrument for temporary recovery known as Next Generation EU for a total amount of 750,000 million euros.
The core of this instrument is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which funds the National Recovery Plans of each Member State with the purpose of strengthening 1) European cohesion, 2) resilience, 3) the mitigation of the economic and social impact of COVID-19 crisis and 4) the green and digital transition.
In Spain, the National Plan funded by RRF is known as the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), which is equally structured across 4 objectives, also known as transversal axes: 1) ecological transition, 2) digital transformation, 3) social and territorial cohesion and 4) gender equality.
Among other actions, the PRTR finances calls for R+D+i projects and grants, of which IMDEA Software Institute has been a beneficiary on several occasions
The projects that the PRTR has financed in our institute fall under Component 17:
And under investments I01, I03 and I04:
| Call | Project | Start Date | Final Date | C.I | TOTAL EU funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planes Complementarios I+D+i | MadQuantum-CM | 17/11/2021 | 31/12/2025 | C17.I01 | 1.821.670,12 |
| Call | Reference | Project | Start Date | Final Date | C.I | TOTAL EU funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TED2021 | TED2021-132464B-I00 | Prodigy | 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2024 | C17.I03 | 521.755,00 |
| CNS2023 | CNS2023-144164 | Byzantium | 01/04/2024 | 30/06/2026 | C17.I04 | 199.362,02 |
| Call | Reference | Project | Start Date | Final Date | C.I | TOTAL EU funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FJC2021 | FJC2021-047102-I | Thaleia Dimitra Doudali | 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2024 | C17.I04 | 64.800,00 |
| IJC2020 | IJC2020-043391-I | Pedro Moreno | 01/05/2022 | 30/04/2025 | C17.I04 | 67.300,00 |
| JDC2022 | JDC2022-049711-I | Danielle Cozzo | 01/01/2024 | 31/12/2025 | C17.I04 | 67.400,00 |
| RYC2021 | RYC2021-032614-I | Marco Guarnieri | 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2027 | C17.I04 | 105.912,03 |
Quantum Communication in the Autonomous Region of Madrid
This project is funded by the Madrid Government, and by the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan throw the European Union NextGeneration EU funds.
Duration: January 2022 to December 2025
The overall objective of the project is to structure and coordinate Quantum Communications R+D+i capacities of the Community of Madrid (CM), among themselves and with other Autonomous Communities with common interests, within the framework of the Complementary Plan for Quantum Communication whose main objective is the alignment of Spain with the key European initiatives in the field of Quantum Communication, both the Quantum Flagship and the EuroQCI. MADQuantum-CM project develops the participation of the Community of Madrid in the Complementary Plan for Quantum Communication, contributing to its scientific-technological objectives as well as the creation of talent and the industrial ecosystem, through 7 scientific-technical lines:
The main line of the project is line 1, in which participation of IMDEA Software it is done, will be contribute to the first objectives defined in the European programs: the creation of a high-security communications network, resistant to any computer attack, orchestrated either through classical or quantum means.
Reference: TED2021-132464B-I00
Funded by: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, State Research Agency, and the European Union-NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
The purpose of these grants is to promote R&D&I activities in order to increase the competitiveness and international leadership of Spanish science and technology through the generation of scientific knowledge, by means of quality research oriented towards the ecological transition and the digital transition.
The digital transition aims to boost the infrastructures, skills and technologies necessary for a digital economy and society, through the digitization of the entire value chain in key sectors, taking full advantage of the synergies and opportunities of new technological and data management developments, using disruptive digital technologies, and placing people and their digital rights at the center of the process.
Reference: CNS2023-144164
Funded by: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, State Research Agency, and the European Union-NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
The purpose of this call is the promotion of the consolidation of the professional career of research personnel, encouraging the creation of permanent positions in the institutions of affiliation and facilitating the initiation or strengthening of a line of research through the financing of an own R+D+i project, as well as the adaptation and renovation of spaces and laboratories and the improvement of the equipment necessary for its execution.
Likewise, the grants contribute to the fulfillment of specific objective 9 (OE9) of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research for the period 2021-2023, to improve the retention and attraction of talent through the implementation of a predictable and stable scientific career.
References: FJC2021-047102-I; IJC2020-043391-I and JDC2022-049711-I
Funded by: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, State Research Agency, and the European Union-NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
The purpose of the Juan de la Cierva grant is to encourage the employment of young doctors for a period of two years to complete their postdoctoral research training in Spanish R&D centers other than those in which they carried out their predoctoral training.
Until 2022, this call was referred to as “Juan de la Cierva-Formación”. Since 2020, the call has received funds from the Next-Generation-EU Program as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), under Component 17, Investment 04.
Reference: RYC2021-032614-I
Funded by: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, State Research Agency, and the European Union-NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
The purpose of these grants is to promote the incorporation of Spanish or foreign research personnel with an outstanding track record in Spanish R&D centers, so that they acquire the competencies and capabilities that will enable them to obtain a stable position in a research organization of the Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation System.
