Results
Call 2023
Evaluation of the Industrial Doctorates Plan
Global data
announcement
The phase of the 2023 campaign, which closed on December 11, 2023, managed to promote 158 proposals: 125 for co-financing and 33 for specific grants. Of these proposals, 129 applications have been formalised and 122 have been awarded, 93 for co-financing and 29 for specific grants. The partial resolutions were resolved in July and December 2023, and in February 2024.
Projects awarded in the 2023 call
| Modality | July | December | February 2024 | Total | Amount awarded | %s/total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-financed grant | 35 | 30 | 28 | 93 | 5.290.950 € | 89,4% |
| Specific aid | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 626.400 € | 10,6% |
| Total | 39 | 38 | 45 | 122 | 5.917.350 € |
2023 at a glance
8% of projects in the field of social sciences
Participation of two new academic environments: BSC-CNS | Barcelona Supercomputing Center | Private Health Foundation of the Maresme Health Consortium | Tecnocampus Mataró-Maresme Foundation | Jordi Gol Primary Care Research Institute | Pere Virgili Health Research Institute
Full 2023 stats
Evaluation of the industrial doctorates plan
During 2023, the evaluation of the Industrial Doctorates Plan of the Generalitat de Catalunya in the period 2013-2018, co-financed by the Promotion Fund for the Evaluation of Public Policies of the Department of Economy and Finance (PROAVA), whose results will be published during the first half of 2024, has been carried out.
This evaluation gives continuity to the evaluation of the first cohort of Industrial Doctorates, corresponding to the pilot test (2012), which was made public in 2018 at the 3rd Congress of Economics and Business of the College of Economists of Catalonia (https://www.scipedia.com/public/Alba_Granados_2018a).
The evaluation of the Industrial Doctorates Plan for the period 2013-2018 aims to:
1. Evaluate the impact of the Industrial Doctorates Plan on the different types of agents involved (business environments, academic environments and industrial doctoral students).
2. Design an outcome collection and monitoring system that guarantees the replicability of the previously proposed evaluation system.
The evaluation of the impact of Industrial Doctorates, based on quantitative methodologies (questionnaires) and qualitative (focus or discussion groups), is classified into 5 dimensions: Training career, Employability, Impact on academic and business environments, links between industrial doctorates; university research and the business sector; Overall assessment.
Population Assessment
The % of response obtained varies depending on the participant profile: 55% of thesis supervisors; 33% of company managers and 37% of industrial doctors.
after 5 years
- 91% of academics consider that a DI thesis has a level equivalent to that of a conventional academic thesis.
- 80% of academics consider that the publications generated have a similar level to that of publications originating from an academic thesis.
- 90% of company tutors believe that the presence of an industrial doctoral student has had a positive influence on the functioning and way of working in the company.
- 19% of the projects have been the subject of a patent or utility model.
- Tax credits or deductions have been applied to 63% of the projects.
historical data (2012-2023)
Industrial doctorate projects depending on the state
| Pilot | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposals | 17 | 113 | 96 | 98 | 109 | 104 | 125 | 124 | 135 | 157 | 146 | 158 | 1382 | ||||||||||||
| Granted in the resolution | 17 | 64 | 84 | 86 | 95 | 92 | 102 | 96 | 108 | 117 | 117 | 122 | 1100 | ||||||||||||
| Granted initiates | 17 | 55 | 78 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 93 | 90 | 96 | 113 | 109 | 120 | 1036 | ||||||||||||
| To read | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 32 | 50 | 70 | 97 | 93 | 119 | 509 | ||||||||||||
| Theses | 17 | 40 | 64 | 59 | 57 | 58 | 38 | 22 | 9 | – | – | – | 364 |
Funding associated with industrial doctorate projects
| Pilot | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contributions of the Generalitat | €1.14M | €2.91M | €3.99M | €4.10M | €4.43M | €4.28M | €4.09M | €4.06M | €4.74M | €5.14M | €5.33M | €5.71M | €49.91M |
| Contributions from companies and institutions | €1.48M | €4.32M | €6.63M | €6.60M | €7.14M | €7.23M | €7.20M | €7.17M | €7.80M | €9.19M | €8.76M | €10.75M | €84.23M |
| Private impulse | 56% | 60% | 62% | 62% | 62% | 63% | 64% | 64% | 62% | 64% | 62% | 65%% | 61% |
| TOTAL | €2.62M | €7.22M | €10.62M | €10.70M | €11.56M | €11.51M | €11.28M | €11.23M | €12.54M | €14.32M | €14.08M | €16.44M | €137.14M |
Industrial doctorate projects by enrollment university
| Pilot 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UB | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 166 | ||||||||
| UAB | – | 9 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 180 | ||||||||
| UPC | 11 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 40 | 295 | ||||||||
| UPF | – | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 68 | ||||||||
| UdL | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||
| UdG | – | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 74 | ||||||||
| URV | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 69 | ||||||||
| URL | – | 2 | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 43 | ||||||||
| UVIC-UCC | – | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 51 | ||||||||
| UOC | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 41 | ||||||||
| UIC | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| UAO | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 17 | 55 | 78 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 93 | 90 | 96 | 113 | 109 | 120 | 1036 |
Researchers of excellence
Industrial doctorate projects by academic environment
| University or Research Centre | Projects |
|---|---|
| Polytechnic University of Catalonia | 278 |
| University of Barcelona | 150 |
| Autonomous University of Barcelona | 119 |
| University of Girona | 68 |
| Rovira i Virgili University | 63 |
| Pompeu Fabra University | 57 |
| University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia | 59 |
| Ramon Llull University | 43 |
| University of Lleida | 35 |
| Open University of Catalonia | 32 |
| Spanish National Research Council | 23 |
| Institute for Research on Agrifood Technologies | 13 |
| Computer Vision Center | 9 |
| International University of Catalonia | 9 |
| Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Foundation | 5 |
| Vall-Hebron University Hospital Foundation - Research Institute | 5 |
| Institute of High Energy Physics | 5 |
| Catalonia Institute for Energy Research | 5 |
| EURECAT FOUNDATION | 4 |
| Barcelona Institute for Global Health Private Foundation | 4 |
| Sant Joan de Déu Foundation | 4 |
| Mar Institute of Medical Research Foundation | 3 |
| Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia | 3 |
| Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute | 3 |
| Telecommunications Technology Centre of Catalonia – CTTC | 3 |
| Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia | 3 |
| Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Research Institute Foundation | 3 |
| Jordi Gol Primary Care Research Institute | 3 |
| Centre for Genomic Regulation | 2 |
| Catalan Institute of Chemical Research | 2 |
| Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics | 2 |
| Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute | 2 |
| Institute of Photonic Sciences | 2 |
| Natural Science Museum of Granollers | 2 |
| Catalan Institute for Water Research | 1 |
| Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida | 1 |
| August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute | 1 |
| International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 1 |
| School of International Trade | 1 |
| Research Institute of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | 1 |
| Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) | 1 |
| Abat Oliba CEU University | 1 |
| Centre for Innovation in Transport (CENIT-UPC) | 1 |
| Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación | 1 |
| Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) | 1 |
| Tecnocampus Mataró-Maresme Foundation | 1 |
| Private Health Foundation of the Maresme Health Consortium | 1 |
| 1036 |
Industrial doctorate projects by field of research
| Environment | Projects | |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 10 | 1% |
| Biology | 53 | 5% |
| Health and Biomedical Sciences | 242 | 23% |
| Chemical Sciences and Technologies | 152 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 109 | 11% |
| Industrial Design and Production | 87 | 8% |
| Civil and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Architecture | 64 | 6% |
| Mathematics and Physics | 59 | 6% |
| Information and Communication Technology | 260 | 25% |
| Total | 1036 |
Industrial Doctorate projects in the socio-economic field
Type of company (667 companies)
As projects in the fields of social sciences, arts and humanities increase, new typologies of business environments such as foundations, associations, NGOs or public administrations are incorporated. Despite this, the vast majority of companies participating in the ID Plan are SMEs as a reflection of a country reality.
degree of repetition
Companies with two or three projects usually repeat it, on average, two and a half years after starting the first project. As companies accumulate more projects, they reduce the time between projects, causing many to coexist over time.
Industrial doctoral students (origin and gender)
origin of doctoral students
Gender of doctoral students
Women's triplets
Industrial doctorate projects with a doctoral student, a researcher and a company manager.
