Diputació de Lleida, the Territorial Management of Lleida and Alt Pirineu i Aran and the IRBLleida join in the promotion of biomedical research in Lleida

Diputació de Lleida allocates, for the sixth consecutive year, more than € 279,000 to the 6th edition of Health Research Promotion Grants

Diputación de Lleida, the Territorial Management of the Catalan Health Institute in Lleida, Alt Pirineu i Aran, Health Services Management and the Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (IRBLleida) have joined together to promote health research with the aim of encourage to do research in professionals who have completed specialized training, doctoral studies or those who are already working in a health care facility in Lleida or the Pyrenees.

The call for Health Research Promotion Aids includes, in 2018, four different modalities. The first three, A, B and C, are co-financed by the Provincial Council of Lleida and the Territorial Management of Lleida and Alt Pirineu Aran and Health Services Management, and the D modality is financed by the Territorial Management of Lleida and Alto Pirineu Aran and Health Services Management.

In this sense, Diputació de Lleida destined this year, for the sixth consecutive year, more than 279,000 €, for scholarships to promote health research. This economic endowment, which is contributed to the IRBLleida, allows the granting of ten grants divided into several types of research.

10 researchers have been incorporated into several research groups in the hospital, primary care and CREBA centers