Human Capital Training
Programs

Human Capital training is a key priority for the Fundación Ramón Areces and it is primarily coordinated through three main action plans.

An annual scholarship program that allows graduate students and PhD holders to continue their studies abroad; an annual scholarship program for the children of the El Corte Inglés Group's employees that is assigned by the Joint Committee of the Fundación César Rodríguez and the Fundación Ramón Areces; and the financial support of different scientific training excellence programs that are carried on by other institutions.

In 2019, the Foundation allocated a total of €8,045,293 for these scholarship programs.

For the 2019-2020 call, the Foundation received a total of 318 applications, awarded 36 new scholarships (21 for Life and Matter Sciences and 15 for Social Science) and approved 28 extensions. The Foundation allocated €3,139,093 for this training program.

In 2019, the Joint Committee of the Fundación César Rodríguez and the Fundación Ramón Areces allocated a total of €3,850,000 for the program for the children of the El Corte Inglés Group's employees.

Finally, the Foundation allocated €1,056,200 for the excellence scholarships carried on by other institutions. See below a selection of the most outstanding ones:

Scholarships for the Master Programs in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biotechnology, and for the PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
One Fundación Fero Fellowship of €80,000 for young scientists with research projects on Translational Cancer Research at national research centers of excellence.
Two pre-doctoral fellowships for Spanish students called by the Centre for Genomic Regulation.
Scholarships for Master and Specialization Programs of the Fundación Carolina.
Assistantship grants at Portuguese and Brazilian universities, and grants for Scientific Diplomacy, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.
Jointly with El Corte Inglés, scholarships for further education in the United States of Fulbright Spain.
Scholarships for PhDs in Economic and Business Law at the ESADE Law School and Masters of Business Analytics.
Alumni UC3M Scholarships at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid for first-year students that demonstrate academic achievement and have scarce financial resources.
Tuition grants for the students who have the best academic record in order to access the official Master Degree in eAccounting, Auditing and their Effects on Capital Markets (MACAM), jointly held by the University of Alcalá and the Autonomous University of Madrid.
One postdoctoral fellowship for the Archaeological site of Atapuerca research team in order to allow one of its members to research human evolution.
Scholarships for the Postgraduate Studies Program for high-level specialists in Economy and Finances that is held by the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI).
15 tuition grants for the students of the Master's Degree in Retail that is held by the Chair of Commercial Distribution of the Fundación Ramón Areces.
The Foundation and the Spanish Royal Physics Society offer four fellowships for Spanish Program of the CERN, in Geneva, for Science and Technology high school teachers.

In 2019 more than eight million euro were allocated to the different training programs of excellence.

Chairs of Excellence

In the field of excellence training, the Fundación Ramón Areces sponsors and supports the Alfredo Kraus Chair of Singing at the Reina Sofía School of Music, the Chair of Commercial Distribution at the University of Oviedo, the Luis de Camoens Chair at the University Carlos III of Madrid and the Chair of Biomedical Engineering of the Carlos III University of Madrid.

The Fundación Ramón Areces has been sponsoring the Alfredo Kraus Chair of Singing at the Reina Sofía Shool of Music since its inception in the 1994-1995 academic year. Throughout these years, 96 students of 18 nationalities have been trained under the leadership of the great figures who successively directed the Chair: Alfredo Kraus, Teresa Berganza, Tom Krause and, currently, Ryland Davies.

The Chair for Commercial Distribution of the Fundación Ramón Areces, as a result of the collaboration agreement signed in 2008 with the University of Oviedo, focuses on the analysis, research, teaching and training of young professionals with regards to the current affairs, reality, problems and perspectives of the different areas of Commercial Distribution.

Since 2016 the Foundation has financed the Luis de Camoens Chair at the Carlos III University of Madrid. The Chair aims to disseminate the Portuguese culture and science in the Spanish society, especially at university level.

In order to promote study and research, in 2010 an agreement was signed with the Carlos III University of Madrid, by which the Ramón Areces Foundation finances the Chair in Biomedical Engineering at the Carlos III University of Madrid.

Allocated resources to the different grant programs in 2019
Programs	Allocated financial resources (€)
Scholarships for studies abroad	3,139,093
Joint committe of the Fundación Ramón Areces-Fundación César Rodríguez	3,850,000
Other grant programmes	1,056,200
Total	8,045,293

Grants abroad in 2019
Field of Knowledge	Awarded	Extensions	Total active grants in 2019	Total allocated funds (€)
Life and Matter Sciences	21	18	39	1,273,509
Social Science	15	10	25	1,865,584
Total	36	28	64	3,139,093

Grant holders' origins
Origin region	Grant holders	Origin country	Grant holders
Autonomous Community of Madrid	22	Austria	1
Valencian Community	3	United Kingdom	2
Catalonia	9	The Netherlands	1
Region of Murcia	3
Andalusia	12
Castile and León	6
Cantabria	1
Basque Country	2
Extremadura	1
Navarre	1