{"id":25268,"date":"2026-05-08T10:16:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibsal.es\/evento\/call-for-applications-for-the-r3-2026-certificate-as-an-established-researcher-aei\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:16:36","slug":"call-for-applications-for-the-r3-2026-certificate-as-an-established-researcher-aei","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ibsal.es\/en\/evento\/call-for-applications-for-the-r3-2026-certificate-as-an-established-researcher-aei\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications for the &#8220;R3 2026 Certificate&#8221; as an Established Researcher (AEI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Description<\/h3>\n<p>The Science, Technology, and Innovation Act states that<strong> research personnel<\/strong>may obtain an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.gob.es\/convocatorias\/buscador-convocatorias\/certificado-r3-2026\"> <strong>R3 certificate<\/strong> <\/a>as an established researcher, which will be <strong>recognized in recruitment processes for new<\/strong> <strong>permanent<\/strong> <strong>staff<\/strong> conducted by universities, public research organizations, and other research organizations of the General State Administration, by research organizations of other public administrations, including centers within the National Health System or those affiliated with or under agreement with it, as well as biomedical research foundations and consortia, and public consortia and foundations in the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>The R3 certificate will be taken into account for the purposes of <strong>evaluating<\/strong> it <strong>as research merits<\/strong> in these selection processes, and will be applied to the tests or evaluation phases assessing the r\u00e9sum\u00e9s of research staff participating in these processes, such that it will result in an exemption from or compensation for part of the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 evaluation tests or phases\u2014or their equivalents\u2014for all public administrations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Purpose<\/h3>\n<p>The purpose of this initiative is <strong> to evaluate the careers<\/strong> of domestic and international researchers within the framework of a postdoctoral pathway for entry into the Spanish System of Science, Technology, and Innovation, thereby enabling <strong> the recognition of their research quality and independence<\/strong> and, in accordance with the established European researcher profile (R3), the <strong>attainment of R3 certification<\/strong> as     <strong>established researcher.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Documentation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Documents to be submitted with the application: CVA and a summary of the applicant\u2019s research history.<\/li>\n<li>For an application to be certified, it must achieve a total score of <strong>80 points<\/strong> or higher, as well as a score <strong>of 30 points or higher<\/strong> on criterion <strong>2.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>State Research Agency<\/strong> is the body responsible for evaluating the quality requirements for research output and scientific and technological activities established for the R3 certificate as an established researcher <strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Deadlines<\/h3>\n<p>Applications must be submitted from May 19 to June 9, 2026, by 2:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Requirements:<\/h3>\n<p>a) Have earned a <strong>doctoral degree<\/strong> prior to January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>b) Have had a prior <strong>contractual relationship<\/strong> of at least (meet one of the following requirements):<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Two years<\/strong> under an access contract (Article 22 of Law 14\/2011, of June 1, on Science, Technology, and Innovation).<br \/>\n2.<strong> Three years<\/strong> under any other employment arrangement within the framework of a postdoctoral program funded by a public funding agency of the Spanish System of Science, Technology, and Innovation.<br \/>\n3. <strong>Five years<\/strong> of postdoctoral employment following the award of a doctoral degree (including periods of postdoctoral employment abroad).<\/p>\n<p>c) Have completed <strong>stays\u2014<\/strong> including periods of employment, predoctoral, and\/or postdoctoral work\u2014at national and\/or international R&#038;D centers other than the one where they completed their predoctoral training, for a cumulative period, whether continuous or intermittent, of two years or more. (This requirement does not apply to individuals who have completed their entire doctoral program and obtained their doctoral degree at a foreign university, or to individuals with a recognized disability rating of 33% or higher.) <\/p>\n<p>d) <strong>Not be a member<\/strong> of any of the <strong>university faculty civil service<\/strong> bodies at public universities, nor be<strong> a<\/strong> tenured<strong> research civil servant<\/strong> employed by the Public Research Organizations of the General State Administration, <strong>nor be employed<\/strong> by a Spanish public university as a tenured professor with a Ph.D. or a permanent faculty member (or in equivalent positions at regional agencies).<\/p>\n<p>e) <strong>Not hold<\/strong> either the R3 certificate or the I3 certificate.<\/p>\n<p>f) If the applicant applied for the R3 certificate during the AEI\u2019s<strong> 2025 application cycle<\/strong>, obtained a score <strong>of 60 points<\/strong> or <strong>higher<\/strong>, without having been awarded the certificate or having had your application rejected due to falsification or similar circumstances in the documentation submitted for the evaluation process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #003c8c;\">Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>The State Investigation Agency has created a <strong>single point of contact to <\/strong>handle inquiries, issues, and suggestions from the public.<\/p>\n<p>From now on, to submit your inquiry or request, please use the following contact form.<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.gob.es\/contactanos\/formulario-contacto\">Contact Form | State Investigation Agency<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description The Science, Technology, and Innovation Act states that research personnelmay obtain an R3 certificate as an established researcher, which will be recognized in recruitment processes for new permanent staff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1446,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[256],"class_list":["post-25268","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-calls-for-research","cat_calls-for-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.12 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Call for Applications for the &quot;R3 2026 Certificate&quot; 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