Purpose
Grant for research projects in the field of gastrointestinal tumors to be conducted in Spain over a period of one year. This TTD Research Project Grant aims to promote translational research in the field of gastrointestinal neoplasms.
Requirements
Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
• Be medical specialists in medical oncology—preferably with up to 15 years* of experience since completing their residency—or final-year medical oncology residents
• Be members of the TTD Group or in the process of applying for membership.
• Have permanent residency in Spain.
• Have an employment contract with the institution where the research project will be carried out, or a collaboration agreement with that institution.
• The grant applicant must be the principal investigator of the project.
(*) When calculating the maximum period of 15 years, interruptions due to the reasons listed in Annex I may be excluded.
Documentation
— Application form: Applicant’s information, including first and last names, national ID number, place of employment, and contact information, in accordance with the standard form available on the TTD Group’s website.
— CVs of the principal investigator and research team members, following the abbreviated CVN format (https://cvn.fecyt.es/editor/#HOME), in Spanish or English.
— Scientific and technical proposal for the research project, in Spanish or English, using the standard form available on the TTD Group’s website:
The report consists of the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Work Plan and Timeline, Financial Report, and Bibliography. In addition, the potential development and implementation plan once the project is completed and the patentability of the research project’s results.
— Any other information the applicant deems appropriate to include.
The applicant, by signing, declares that all information provided is true.
The same candidate may not submit two applications as principal investigator in the same call for proposals.
Following the public announcement of the results of the Research Grant competition—or earlier if the applicant withdraws their project—the documentation will be returned to those who request it. The documentation of grant recipients will be archived at the TTD headquarters.
Please submit all documentation for the Research Project Grant application online via the TTD website at www.grupottd.org
Alternatively, you may submit the original hard-copy documentation to the TTD Group Headquarters at C/ Téllez 30 posterior, 1st floor, office 4-2/4-3, 28007 Madrid. The outside of the envelope must indicate that it is for the Call for Research Project Grants, the application date, and the name of the principal investigator.
Economic Conditions
The total amount of the grant is €10,000 (4 grants for research projects).
The full amount will be paid upon approval.
The grant funds will be deposited with the institution that manages the research funds at the center where the researcher is employed and must be administered by the researcher, who must use the entire amount for the funded research project.
Deadlines
— Application deadline: July 6, 2026
— Preliminary list of admitted students: July 10, 2026
— Comment period: July 13–24, 2026
— Review of applications and final list of admitted candidates: July 27 through August 28, 2026
— Grant decision: Second half of October 2026
— Awarding of grants: During the TTD Symposium in December 2026
Features and Incompatibilities
- Projects that are considered clinical trials or observational studies will not be eligible for funding.
- The awarding and receipt of this grant do not imply any employment relationship with the TTD, nor do they entail any commitment to subsequently hire the researchers as staff members.
- Projects must comply with current legislation and the relevant bioethical guidelines regarding the participation of human subjects or the use of human-derived material in this type of project. It is the principal investigator’s responsibility to obtain the necessary reports and authorizations.
- The original research project must not have received any prior additional funding.
- In deciding which applicants to award the grant, consideration will be given to whether the institutions are already receiving funding from the TTD for other research projects awarded in previous years and whether the corresponding final reports have been submitted and approved.
- A single institution may not receive funding for more than one project per year.
- During the term of the grant, the principal investigator may undertake other projects or studies, provided that they do not interfere with the fulfillment of the obligations set forth in these guidelines.
- With regard to civil service, statutory, or employment status, the principal investigator must have formalized such a relationship with the institution for at least the entire period between the application submission deadline and the final award decision. If the principal investigator loses this affiliation before the grant decision is issued, they will be removed from the project and cannot be replaced; this will result in the project not being evaluated and the application being rejected.
Complete guidelines for the call for applications