The University of Valladolid announces 26,000 euros for development cooperation

The University of Valladolid has announced grants from the financial support program for international university cooperation, funded by the Development Cooperation Fund, for Global Citizenship Education and Service-Learning (SL) and/or Service-Research projects 2026. The summary of the call, dated September 25, 2026, is signed by the Vice-Rectorate for Sustainability and Social Responsibility and is published in the Official Gazette of Castile and León (BOCYL) on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The application period runs from September 30 to October 14, 2026.

The call is based on the regulatory guidelines approved by agreement of the university’s Governing Council on February 1, 2024, published in B.O.C. y L. no. 32 of February 14, 2024. The summary is disseminated in accordance with articles 17.3.b and 20.8.a of Law 38/2003, of November 17, General Law on Subsidies, and its full text can be consulted in the National Subsidies Database with the identifier 932333, as well as on the Electronic Notice Board of the electronic headquarters of the University of Valladolid.

Beneficiary Entities and Purpose

These grants may be requested by legally constituted and formally registered non-profit entities whose statutes clearly define that their object or purpose is Development Cooperation, Education for Development, or Global Citizenship Education. Entities affected by the prohibitions of articles 13.2 and 13.3 of Law 38/2003 and Law 5/2008, of September 25, on subsidies of the Community of Castile and León are excluded.

• Groups of natural or legal persons, public or private, may not be beneficiaries.
• Nor may communities of assets or any other economic unit or separate estate (art. 11 of the General Law on Subsidies).

The objective is to promote an effective contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with innovative, interdisciplinary, and transversal responses that favor access to a quality and transformative education and to a more just and supportive society, guarantor of fundamental rights and committed to the eradication of poverty and the fight against all inequality.

Amounts and Modalities

The total amount available for all modalities amounts to 26,000 euros, financed by the International Development Cooperation Fund of the University of Valladolid, managed by the Vice-Rectorate for Sustainability and Social Responsibility with the budget key 18.01.10 /333AG.01 /480.09.

• Modality 2, Global Citizenship Education for the university community: maximum total amount of 23,000 euros and a maximum amount of 4,000 euros per grant.
• Modality 3, service-learning and/or research-service projects aimed at excluded groups or those at risk of social exclusion, especially migrants and refugees in situations of special vulnerability: maximum total amount of 3,000 euros and a maximum amount of 1,500 euros per grant.

If the budget for one modality is not exhausted, the remainder may be allocated to others, provided that these are favorably assessed applications that were excluded due to the exhaustion of funds in their own modality. The grants are subject to Corporate Tax and the current withholding regime.

Execution and justification deadlines

For all modalities, the execution period spans from the date of acceptance of the grant until July 31, 2027. The justification period will end, at the latest, on September 30, 2027.

Applications must be submitted between September 30 and October 14, 2026, once the call is published on the Electronic Notice Board of the electronic headquarters of the University of Valladolid. The summary is signed by the Vice-Rector for Sustainability and Social Responsibility, Luis Javier Miguel González.

The call reinforces the role of cooperation entities in Castilla y León in the financing of educational and community service projects, and opens a window of barely two weeks for interested non-profit organizations to formalize their candidacy before the University of Valladolid.

Source: Official Gazette of Castilla y León, no. 191 of October 1, 2026, I. Community of Castilla y León, C. Grants, C.2 Calls, pp. 50-51 (official reference: BOCYL-D-01102026-191-16).