The role of MIAS is to promote excellence and internationalization in research by hosting researchers, mainly in the humanities, social sciences and law, with a cross-disciplinary approach linking the Iberian world to global perspectives.

MIAS contributes to building dynamic, international and multidisciplinary knowledge communities. Selected researchers are freed from any academic or administrative obligations, to devote themselves fully to innovative projects in an environment conducive to intellectual exchange between disciplines and cultures.

MIAS Fellows

The MIAS scientific community is made up ofaround thirty researchers (fellows) whose stay in Madrid can vary from three months to five years. The MIAS invitation policy is geared towards individual researchers, relieved of any teaching or administrative obligations during their stay, to develop an innovative project in an environment conducive to scientific debate between disciplines and civilizations.

The Institute does not impose exclusive disciplinary or geographical priorities, and supports fundamental research across the entire spectrum of the humanities, social sciences and law. Although the Institute intends to facilitate the incorporation of Spanish researchers into the national scientific environment, knowledge of the Spanish language or previous research in Spain are not prerequisites for the recruitment of visiting researchers.

Except for special arrangements, the call for applications for the various MIAS host programs (Tomás y Valiente contracts, Marcel Bataillon program and short-stay arrangements) is launched every year in November.