global data of the industrial doctorate plan

Results
call 2024

Impact assessment of the Industrial Doctorate Plan

historical
data (2012-2024)

Activity report 2024

global data

call

The 2024 campaign phase, which closed on December 10, 2024, managed to promote 196 proposals: 141 in the co-financing modality and 55 in the specific aid modality. Of these proposals, 155 applications have been formalized and 149 have been granted, 106 in the co-financing modality and 43 in the specific aid modality. Partial resolutions have been resolved in June, July and December 2024, and in February 2025.

Projects awarded in the 2024 call

Projects awarded in the 2024 call according to academic environment

2024 at a glance

Participating companies and institutions
0
Aid to Catalan SMEs
42%
New companies and institutions
61%
Doctoral theses defended
0

12% of projects in the field of social sciences

11% accumulated over the total number of projects
International students
17%
Recognized Research Groups (SGR)
0

Participation of two new academic environments: – Vall-Hebron Institute of Oncological Research Private Foundation (VHIO) – IRIS-CC Private Foundation

New research staff
69%

full statistics for 2023

Evaluation of the IMPACT of the industrial doctorate plan

Evaluation of the Industrial Doctorates Plan of the Generalitat of Catalonia 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).

The evaluation of the projects carried out between 2013 and 2018 highlights their impact on employability, knowledge transfer and internationalization, as well as the future challenges to consolidate this initiative as a benchmark in academic and business collaboration.

High degree of satisfaction

+ 0 %

They would again participate in an industrial Ph.D.

Employment of industrial doctors

0 %

They work in companies and institutions | 3 out of 4 continue in the same company where they developed the project. 

High scientific production

+ 0 %

Has made more than 3 scientific publications | High scientific, business and general media production.

Protection of results

0 %
The projects have resulted in a patent or other mechanisms for protecting the results.

mobility and internationalization

0 %

He has undertaken international research stays. 24% of the doctoral theses defended have obtained international mention.

Continuity of collaboration

+ 0 %

The business and academic environments maintain links after the project is completed.

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historical data (2012-2023)​

Industrial doctoral projects depending on the state

funding associated with industrial doctoral projects

Academic environment

Industrial doctoral projects by university of enrollment

Researchers of excellence

Researchers from 519 SGR groups
0
ICREA
0
ERC grant holders
0

Industrial doctorate projects by academic environment

Industrial doctoral projects by research field

Socioeconomic environment

Industrial Doctorate projects in the socio-economic field

Company type
(667 companies)

As projects in the fields of social sciences, arts and humanities increase, new types of business environments such as foundations, associations, NGOs or public administrations are being incorporated. Despite this, the vast majority of companies participating in the DI Plan are SMEs as a reflection of a country's reality.

SMEs (404 companies and institutions)
55%
Large companies (102 companies and institutions)
14%
Emerging companies ( start-ups )
Spin-offs (115 companies and institutions)
16%
Other institutions (118 companies and institutions)
16%

degree of repetition

Companies with two or three projects tend to repeat this process, 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.

552 companies with 1 project
75%
101 companies with 2 projects
14%
58 companies with 3-4 projects
8%
23 companies with 5-9 projects
Large companies 3%
5 companies with 10 or more projects
Large companies 1%

Industrial doctoral students (origin and gender)

Gender of doctoral students I DOCTORAL STUDENTS

origin of doctoral students I DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Women's Triplets

Industrial doctoral projects with a doctoral student, a researcher and a company manager.

2024 REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATES plan

We welcome you to the report of the Industrial Doctorates Plan for 2024. Here you will find a compilation of the main actions carried out during the year, the results obtained and an overall assessment of how the program has been carried out in the context of the consolidation of the DI Plan as a public policy for knowledge transfer and fostering collaborative research. This report is mainly aimed at all participants and entities involved in the Plan, but also at all people who have an interest in collaborative research, knowledge transfer and innovation.
2024 memory