CiTIUS Summer Scholarships 2026

Annual call for the CiTIUS Summer Fellowships, which in 2026 offers 15 grants to undergraduate students who wish to have their first research experience in the field of Intelligent Technologies (IT). The Fellowships will preferably fund these stays during the upcoming month of July, with the aim that the beneficiaries can develop a research project within the framework of the CiTIUS Scientific Areas.

The selected group of students will thus have a first contact with research in areas such as reliable AI, language technologies, machine learning and automated reasoning, robotics, high-performance computing, virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, data and process science and engineering, or electronic design of intelligent devices. In addition, during the fellowship period, the students will be able to participate in the training activities developed at CiTIUS, which include attendance at courses, lectures by internationally renowned researchers, or presentations of the most up-to-date software tools in the field of IT.

The grants are endowed with €850 gross plus an allowance for students not resident in Santiago de Compostela intended to finance travel expenses, with a maximum amount of up to €300 for students from outside Galicia, and up to €80 for students residing in other municipalities of the Autonomous Community.

Applications

Applicants must submit the required documentation through the Electronic Headquarters of the University of Santiago de Compostela, using the application form available at this link, which must be addressed to the Singular Research Centre in Intelligent Technologies (CiTIUS) until Monday 18 May of June at 23:59 h (CEST). The following documentation must be attached to the application form:

• Copy of the academic transcript of the degree or equivalent qualification, showing the grades obtained, and with the average grade expressed on a scale of 0 to 10. In the case of studies carried out abroad in a language other than English, the transcript must be submitted with an official translation into Spanish or Galician.

  Candidates for these grants must certify the equivalence of the average grade of their university studies carried out at foreign institutions according to the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. This procedure is carried out online. Detailed information can be found at the following [link](https://universidades.sede.gob.es/pagina/index/directorio/Equivalencia_nota s_medias/language/en).

• Copy of the proof of enrollment corresponding to the 2025/2026 academic year, or an accrediting document issued by the corresponding university.

• Curriculum vitae of the applicant.

• Motivation letter, including a statement of interest in obtaining the fellowship.

Evaluation

The ranking of applications will be made according to the following criteria, on a maximum score of 10 points:

• Academic record of the applicant (70% of the score obtained).
• Curriculum vitae submitted: publications, awards, and training related to the subject of the Fellowships, among other aspects, will be taken into account (20% of the score obtained).
• Expression of interest of the applicants, formulated in the cover letter (10% of the score obtained).

More information in the regulatory bases or by sending an email to citius.rrhh@usc.gal, indicating in the subject [CiTIUS Summer Fellowships 2026].