The Provincial Council approves study grants for its employees in 2027

The Provincial Council of Burgos has approved the guidelines for the 2027 call for study grants and scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year, intended for its employees and those of the Provincial Institute for Sport and Youth, as well as the children of both groups. The approval was formalized by resolution of the First Vice-Presidency number 2026009781, dated September 24, 2026, and the guidelines are published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Burgos no. 187, dated October 1, 2026 (reference BOPBUR-2026-04157).

The guidelines are issued under Chapter VII of the civil servant agreement and the current labor agreement of the entity, which regulate study grants and scholarships for employees and children. The text was signed in Burgos on September 25, 2026, by the deputy general secretary, Ana Isabel Rilova Palacios, and exhausts the administrative route.

The initial budget amounts to 218,314.25 euros for the Provincial Council staff (application 22.2210.162.04) and 5,545 euros for the Provincial Institute for Sport and Youth staff (application 2210.162.04). The distribution will be made up to the maximums according to each modality and, if the allocation is exceeded, the amounts will be reduced proportionally and equally.

Who can apply

Beneficiaries may be permanent or temporary employees, civil servants or contractual staff, of the Provincial Council of Burgos and the Provincial Institute for Sport and Youth who have at least one year of uninterrupted service and who, or their children, are pursuing official studies. They must be in active service or in a position with a reserved post, with at least half of the 2025-2026 academic year in active service.

Exceptionally, the commission may admit employees who retired during the course, their children, and the children of employees who passed away while in active service. Children over 28 years old and those over 23 who have contributed for more than five months at a workday exceeding 40% in the twelve months prior to the end of the course are excluded.

Modalities and amounts

• Grants for children up to seven years old: 200 euros, automatic granting.
• Grants for lower-level studies: 200 euros.
• Eight full medium-level scholarships: 1,200 euros each.
• Sixty medium-level academic scholarships: 350 euros.
• Grants for medium-level studies: 300 euros.
• Full university scholarships: 40 euros per approved credit; grants for university studies, 20 euros per credit.
• Postgraduate, master’s, courses, and doctoral theses: 900 euros per enrollment, with a single prize of 900 euros for doctoral theses.
• Employees in ESO (compulsory secondary education), vocational training cycles, and baccalaureate: 250 euros; other studies, minimum 100 euros; degree, 20 euros per credit.

Deadline, evaluation, and appeals

Applications shall be submitted to the General Registry of the Diputación within a period of twenty calendar days from the day following the publication of the call in the Official Gazette of the Province of Burgos, with a correction period of ten days.

The evaluation committee, which is advisory and parity-based, is chaired by the president of the Human Resources Commission and includes a representative from each trade union section with a presence on the negotiating table and staff from the Human Resources Service. The awarding of the scholarships is decided by the presidency of the Diputación.

An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against the rules before the president of the corporation within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed within two months before the Contentious-Administrative Court of Burgos.

The call consolidates the social action for provincial personnel and the sports organization, with a catalog covering everything from the childhood stage to a doctorate. For employees and their families, the period of twenty calendar days from publication marks the immediate calendar for the submission of applications.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Burgos, no. 187, of October 1, 2026, section III. Local Administration, page 20 (official reference: BOPBUR-2026-04157).