Année 2026-2027
Call for applications from the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study
Call open from October 23 to November 28, 2025 (5:00 p.m.).
Each year, MIAS issues a call for applications to international researchers.
Resident researchers, selected through a rigorous evaluation process, enjoy a high degree of autonomy in developing their research projects and engage in regular exchanges during interdisciplinary meetings, both among themselves and with local, regional, and national scientific communities. The MIAS scientific community is made up of around 30 researchers in the humanities and social sciences, whose stays in Madrid can vary from 3 months to 5 years.
Scholarship programs
Tomás y Valiente Contracts
The Tomás y Valiente program promotes the integration of Spanish and foreign researchers with outstanding careers in the fields of literature, humanities, social sciences, law, and the arts. Tomás y Valiente contracts are for a period of three years, renewable for two years. Beneficiary researchers receive a gross salary of €36,000 per year (€42,500 for the last two years) and are covered by the general social security system.
The contracts come with an additional €10,000 to enable beneficiaries to start developing their research project.
Number of contracts: up to 2 contracts
Candidate profile: Researchers with a PhD
Duration and period of stay: 10 non-renewable months starting October 1, 2026
Disciplines: All disciplines in the humanities and social sciences Financial
conditions: Annual salary of approximately €27,000 gross (junior) or €37,000 gross (senior) for ten months. Contract under Spanish local law.
Marcel Bataillon Program
Marcel Bataillon contracts are for a period of ten months and are non-renewable. At most, one of these contracts may be awarded to an experienced researcher (senior fellow), while the other will be awarded to a young researcher (junior fellow). Researchers with at least 10 years of research experience after obtaining their doctorate will be considered senior fellows.
The successful researchers will receive an approximate gross salary of €27,000 (junior fellow) or €3,000 (senior fellow) for a period of 10 months and will be employed as "researchers" under Spanish law and covered by the general social security system.
Number of contracts: 2
Candidate profile: Researchers with a doctorate obtained between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2022.
Contract duration: 3 years, renewable for 2 years.
Disciplines: Social and legal sciences, humanities, and arts disciplines from the relevant departments at the UAM. Financial
conditions: Annual salary of €36,000 gross per year for the first two years. Contract under Spanish local law.
Short stays
François Chevalier, Lucienne Domergue, and PicALsso programs
Stays under the François Chevalier, Lucienne Domergue, and PicALsso programs will last for three months, non-renewable, between September 1, 2026, and July 31, 2027. This call for applications for short stays is open to researchers and artists with a remarkable background in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and law.
It is reserved for holders of a doctorate. Its objective is to cover up to 30 months of scientific residence, divided into 3-month stays. Three of these monthly stipends are part of the Lucienne Domergue program, in collaboration with the French Institute in Spain, and will be given preference to researchers who have or have had a connection with French-speaking research centers. Three other monthly stipends will be awarded as part of the PicALsso program, in partnership with the Picasso Study Center at the Musée national Picasso-Paris.
Number of stays: Up to 30 monthly payments divided into 3-month stays
Candidate profile: Researchers with a PhD (specific profile detailed in the call for applications)
Duration and period of residence: 3 non-renewable months, between September 2026 and July 2027*
Disciplines: All disciplines in the humanities and social sciences Financial
conditions: Monthly stipend of €1,000. Accommodation provided by Casa de Velázquez* at its facilities. Return travel up to a maximum of €250. Additional mobility assistance of up to €300 may be granted to candidates from Africa or Latin America who request it
.* As part of the PicALsso grant, the 3-month stay will be divided as follows: 6 weeks in Madrid and 6 weeks in Paris. The researcher will be accommodated at the Casa de Velázquez (Madrid) and the Collège d'Espagne (Paris) respectively. As this scholarship involves travel in the middle of the stay, travel between Madrid and Paris will be reimbursed up to a limit of €200.
