You can apply for a Bachelor fellowship through ”la Caixa” Foundation's fellowship application website.

If you'd like to be notified when the next call begins, sign up!

For any suggestions or doubts, you can contact: fellowships@fundacionlacaixa.org.

The selection process is made up of three consecutive phases:

• Phase 1 - Eligibility

  All applications are reviewed provided they meet the eligibility requirements described in the programme guidelines.

  
  

• Phase 2 - Preselection

  Applications are evaluated remotely by at least two evaluators with relevant experience in the same disciplinary field. The criteria determining the evaluation during this phase are as follows:

  1. Academic record and CV (weight 50 %): the candidate's academic record and/or professional CV are evaluated in line with the stage of their career.

  2. Motivation and proposal (weight 30 %): the originality, innovation and potential impact of the proposal will be evaluated, in addition to the choice of the programme and the host institution.

  3. Letters of recommendation (weight 20 %): letters of recommendation supporting the candidacy are evaluated taking into account the specificity of their content with respect to the candidate, as well as the profile of the people recommending the applicant.




• Phase 3 - Selection interviews

  Shortlisted candidates are called for an individual interview before a multidisciplinary committee that evaluates them according to the following criteria:

  1. Candidate's potential (weight 40 %): the candidate's potential will be assessed considering their soft skills, such as clarity, consistent discourse and articulation of ideas, ability to express complex and independent reasoning, originality, entrepreneurship, leadership and teamwork.

  2. Motivation and statement of purpose (weight 30 %): the excellence of the ideas introduced in the statement of purpose will be assessed, considering their originality, innovative approach and their potential impact as well as the suitability of the host institution chosen and the studies or research to pursue.

  3. Academic and professional background (weight 30 %): cademic and professional background of the candidate in relation to the career stage and the opportunities they may have had.

  
  

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Each year, the Fellowship Programme benefits from the collaboration of a large number of experts from different disciplines who are involved in evaluating applications to ensure rigour and transparency in the selection process.

If you're interested in forming part of our database and would like to be involved in evaluating future fellowship calls, please contact us by sending an email to fellowships.evaluators@fundaciolacaixa.org along with your CV in PDF format or a link to the website where this can be found.