ShareAQU Catalunya will issue the accreditation of research of university teaching staff in a single annual call
This new development, which concerns the issuing of accreditations of research and advanced research, implies the elimination of the system of two annual calls for applications of three weeks each, in order to implement a system of calls that is permanently open all year round.
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AQU Catalunya will switch from the system of two annual assessment calls for the issuing of accreditation of research and advanced research to a new system of a single call open all year round. In this way, the Agency will leave behind the two annual periods of three weeks each that university teaching staff had to accredit themselves to offer them a single call that will be open permanently. This change, which includes a majority request from the Catalan Higher Education System to the Agency, will be put into practice from 8 April, when the continuous call will begin. This innovation gives more flexibility to lecturers to obtain accreditation and to universities to plan lecturer recruitment processes and, in addition, will allow AQU Catalunya to reduce response times.
The IT platform that will be used from April has successfully passed the test that was carried out in the second calls for teacher evaluation in 2023. The Agency has made this change once it has had the resources available to design, develop and implement the organisational and technological adjustments necessary to modify the previous application submission regime. The Research Assessment Commission has approved the resolution –already published in the DOGC– by which this change becomes official.
When using this new modality, please note that, although the call is permanently open, applicants will not be able to submit a new application for accreditation as long as they have an open application. In other words, they will not be able to start a new request until AQU Catalunya has notified them that the previous request has been resolved. Finally, it should be noted that this change does not affect the six-year calls, which continue with the regime of two calls per year. To obtain more information about the new system, you can check the relevant section on the AQU Catalunya website: Submitting applications.