The Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades on 18 September 2026 the provisional grant award list for research grants from the Acción Estratégica en Salud 2026 published. It states that 75.2 million euros has been earmarked for 399 health research projects. The programme is administered by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III The announcement is a provisional resolution; final grant awards will follow once the review and appeals periods have ended.
According to the ministry, the selected projects cover a wide range of biomedical topics, from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and care research. Funding is being awarded to both basic research and applied projects. The list of provisionally selected projects forms part of the published resolution; details of the thematic and institutional breakdown will follow in the final decisions.
In procedural terms, this is a provisional funding decision. At this stage, formal reviews, corrections and objections may still lead to changes. Grants become legally binding only with the final resolution. Regional breakdowns are sometimes published in separate announcements. For example, reports put the provisional allocation for Castilla y León at 2.77 million euros for 14 projects.
The measure is part of the regular Acción Estratégica en Salud programme, which brings together public funding for biomedical research in Spain. According to the ministry, its aim is to strengthen research capacity, improve knowledge transfer and stabilise scientific employment. The 75.2 million euros announced now supplement the increases in state spending on research and development announced in recent months. The impact of the funding on clinical applications, publications and technology transfer will depend on how the projects are implemented and on subsequent funding rounds.
Europa Press and official announcements from La Moncloa and the ministry both give the total as 75.2 million euros and the number of projects as 399. Differences between provisional and final decisions are common in such procedures; the authorities point to standardised review processes. No date for publication of the final resolution had been announced as of 18 September 2026.
Editor: Andreas M. Brucker (Article created with AI assistance).