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Connect Call: from research to the social sector - 2nd edition
The Social Observatory is launching this call with the aim of promoting the relationship and combined work between the research sphere and the practice sphere (social sector and public administration) and of increasing the social impact of both spheres.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR
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The call is aimed at organisations from the research and practice spheres, with their headquarters and activity in Spain, and that will form mixed teams prepared to progress together a research project with a shared aim and that will produce a positive social impact.
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The proposal presented should be related with wellbeing and mental health in Spain.
WE ARE OFFERING
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Funded projects will receive up to 80,000 euros (taxes, indirect costs and charges, where applicable, included) per project.

WHO CAN APPLY
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In the research sphere the following can participate:
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Universities
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Organisations linked to a university
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Organisations registered as research centres in any public register
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Organisations that include research in their Articles of Association
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In the practice sphere, the following organisations can participate:
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Organisations from the Third Social Sector or the Social Economy, including also second-level or higher organisations.
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Public administrations or other local, supra-municipal, autonomous and national public administrations.
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A minimum of two collaborating organisations are required (one from the research sphere and the other from the practice sphere), and each collaborating organisation must contribute at least one person to the work team and, if they have more than one person in the team, designate a representative.

CALENDAR
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An online information session will be held on 6 October at 10.30 am. You can view the information sesion here (in Spanish):
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Submission of proposals: Proposals can be submitted before 14.00 (CET) on 1 December 2022.
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The selected projects will be announced in May 2023.

CONTACT
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For any consultation regarding this call you can write to the email address of the Social Observatory of the ”la Caixa” Foundation: [email protected].

GENERAL CALL RELATED DOCUMENTS
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Proposals must be submitted through the online platform designed for this purpose (http://grants.lacaixafoundation.org/). Applications received via other channels will not be accepted.