1/ Subject matter and scope

The purpose of this call is the award of THREE RESEARCH STAYS to researchers and professionals in the field of cultural and natural heritage management for the development of a research or territorial project with a high innovative character within one of the fields of activity or area of work specified below.

Proposals may address zero or preparatory phases, development phases or piloting and testing phases of ongoing projects.

Proposals must include as a fundamental part of their development a justified physical stay in one or more of the localities of Territorio Mudéjar. The projects presented must demonstrate a direct impact on at least three partner towns of Territorio Mudéjar and provide evidence of the influence of this impact on the rest of the territory.

Objectives:

• To promote the knowledge of the rural territory from its Mudejar identity through innovative approaches innovative approaches whose main aim is to have a positive impact on the villages.
• To encourage work with a high territorial impact developed from the experience of the habitability of the peoples. Assist in the creation and implementation of a network with a shared vision of the potential of heritage, cultural and natural resources, helping to strengthen other sectors through interdisciplinary and collaborative work.
• Create mechanisms for social participation in the management of heritage resources from a territorial perspective. of heritage resources from a territorial perspective.

Specific objectives:

• To promote knowledge of heritage resources in order to encourage the implementation of projects, contribute to a better protection and favour the conservation of the Mudejar heritage of the villages.
• To contribute to a better knowledge of UNESCO World Heritage and the benefits it brings to the territory as an international brand. the benefits it brings to the territory as an international brand.
• To give special support to projects that refer to the previous sections and that include two or more localities of the above and which include two or more localities of the Mudejar Territory.
• Support projects that serve as a framework for action for a wide range of sites or assets, or that propose solutions and formulas that contribute to improving the sustainability and management capabilities of Mudejar heritage in general.
• Support projects that help to promote the social function of cultural heritage.

Areas of strategic knowledge addressed in Territorio Mudéjar:

• New perspectives on Mudejar art
  • Updating data and knowledge on Mudejar heritage in all its diversity: monumental, urban, ethnographic, linguistic, agricultural, hydraulic, geographical, materials, processes, etc.
  • Technical languages applied to the Mudejar: planimetry, photogrammetry and Mudejar 3D.
  • Geolocation, cartographies and maps.
  • Any subject that will broaden the scientific base on Mudejar art.
• Strategic management of Mudejar heritage. Heritage, cultural landscape and urban landscape
  • New models of use beyond the classical classic concept of ” tourist or leisureuse “.
  • Methodologies applied based on “Authenticity Criticism” and “Preventive Conservation”
  • Physical, economic and intellectual accessibility studies
  • Future models for conservation or intervention.
  • Property resources and the actions of individuals
  • Natural and socialcontexts
  • Interactions between landscape and monumentality
• Mudejar heritage: Communication, dissemination and social function as key elements of territorial development
  • Mudejar heritage and the media
  • New media discourses
  • Interpretation and ways of accessibility to knowledge of the Mudejar heritage
  • The emotional bond as a key element for the care, protection and management of heritage.
  • Population Contexts: The Value of Intergenerational Experience
  • Social participation in the valorisation, exchange and collective construction of knowledge and new forms of learning.
• Creative Laboratory through artistic practice and the creation of new data derived from the physical creative residency in the villages of Territorio Mudéjar to highlight them as spaces for thought where new paths can be explored through artistic practice.

NEW 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The 6th call for proposals presents partnerships with various collaborating entities and links to national and international projects that will enable us to address issues of interest for the management and conservation of Mudejar heritage resources and their short-, medium- and long-term impact on the partner towns of Territorio Mudéjar.

2/ Modalities and collaborating entities

MODALITY 1. THE USES OF THE HERITAGE OF THE VILLAGES OF THE MUDÉJAR TERRITORY: STUDY, DIAGNOSIS AND PILOT CASES

FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATION AND DEVELOPMENT: RELIHE PROJECT, RELIGIOUS HERITAGE IN RURAL AREAS, INTERREG EUROPE PROGRAMME

This research stay and pilot projects are part of the Interreg Europe REliHE (Religious Heritage in Rural Areas) project, in which Territorio Mudéjar is a stakeholder through the Provincial Council of Zaragoza as a partner in the project.

Religious heritage is a key part of the European cultural landscape, but in rural contexts it is at risk due to the progressive loss of its original use, physical deterioration and disconnection from local communities when these are undergoing population decline.

The scholarship aims to select a proposal that studies and diagnoses the historical uses of religious heritage in general and its current state in order to delve deeper into the strategic role of religious heritage in rural environments, particularly in terms of its territorial, architectural and community dimensions.

Through our work processes and results, we seek to generate applied knowledge to reverse this situation, integrating these assets into current territorial policies through proposals for uses, in a pilot stage, that maintain the original spirit for which the spaces were conceived, but proposing solutions that are compatible, sustainable, viable and socially significant for the heritage and partner towns of Territorio Mudéjar.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:

1. Conduct a territorial and typological diagnosis of religious buildings in Mudéjar Territory.
2. Analyse the identity and community ties associated with these buildings.
3. Propose models of co-functionalisation, compatible uses and, exceptionally, reuse with material and immaterial values.
4. Establish territorial networks that connect buildings with other local resources.
5. Develop a methodology to assess the impact of new uses on territorial development.
6. Translate the results into useful criteria for public policy.

RELATED AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE:

1. New perspectives on Mudejar art
2. Strategic management of Mudejar heritage. Heritage, cultural landscape and urban landscape
3. Mudejar heritage: Communication, dissemination and social function as key elements of territorial development

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH: A combination of fieldwork, documentary analysis, digital tools (such as GIS) and participatory processes with local actors should be proposed.

EXPECTED RESULTS:

• Preparation of a technical report and thematic maps
• Development of a methodological guide for sustainable reuse, including at least two pilot cases that serve as a methodological model for the continuity of the project in subsequent phases.
• Writing an article summarising scientific results and contributions
• A minimum of two transfer actions at community and institutional level.

PILOT CASES: At least two historic buildings will need to be selected from those listed in the villages of the Mudéjar Territory for the application of results and their subsequent use as a methodological model for the continuity of the project in later phases.

POSSIBLE SOCIAL TRANSFER PROPOSALS:

• For local communities: participatory workshops, travelling exhibitions and possible synergies with the routes project based on the project.
• For public decision-makers and managers: guide to best practices, technical dissemination workshop, and applicable planning tools.

MODALITY 2. STUDY AND DIAGNOSIS OF MANAGEMENT MODELS FOR THE MONUMENT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AUTHENTICITY AND PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION

FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATION AND DEVELOPMENT: PARISH OF LA SEO, CATHEDRAL OF EL SALVADOR IN ZARAGOZA

Within the general framework of European policies for sustainable territorial development and cultural regeneration, this call for research grants has the dual objective of studying and analysing the state of conservation through the application of methods of authenticity criticism and preventive conservation, as well as reinterpreting and activating actions on the potential of unique heritage spaces and their surroundings, in rural, peri-urban and intermediate city contexts, focusing on their territorial integration and functional activation through hybrid management and usage models.

• Authenticity critique: Formulated precisely and rigorously by art historian and professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, this method consists of studying and identifying the various phases, states and modifications that a work of art may have undergone, whether it be a building, a painting, a sculpture or any other historical or artistic object.
  This process is crucial because it serves not only to unravel which elements are original and which have been transformed into a work of art, but also to carry out a scientific historical-critical assessment based on this identification, which is carried out through a meticulous on-site study of the work, contrasted with the documentary sources preserved about it.
  As art historian Ascensión Hernández points out, authenticity criticism is essential when considering interventions in historical monuments, since the professionals who design these projects must understand not only the overall value of the monument, but also the value of each of its parts, which must be identified as original, transformed and added at different times, or restored in the contemporary era, in order to consider their value and therefore the need or otherwise to conserve, restore or remove them.
• Preventive conservation: This is a working method that allows deterioration processes to be detected and controlled through constant comprehensive management, which translates into a substantial improvement in the state of conservation of cultural assets in the medium and long term, both for current and future use. This method not only includes a physical risk analysis scheme, but also determines a project for the use and enhancement of cultural property under the concept of compatible use that facilitates society’s access to such property. The result of this systematic work also leads to a reduction in the need for costly and complex interventions in both immovable heritage and the restoration of movable heritage objects and collections, implying a rationalisation of investments and the possibility of planning based on an objective scheme of priorities.

Unique heritage sites – whether isolated buildings, minor complexes, historic enclaves or territorial objects with symbolic or identity value – represent a strategic opportunity to rethink the relationship between heritage, landscape and community. Their marginal, abandoned or specific status within broader systems calls for innovative and holistic approaches to intervention.

The research grant is part of an initial stage of study and diagnosis which, through the combination of the methodologies indicated, will enable us to study the current state of the property and propose any preventive conservation measures necessary for the material and environmental conservation of the defined property and its protected surroundings, as well as actions aimed at preventing alterations that could lead to the eventual degradation of its historical character and material conditions.

The results of the study will provide the methodological and operational basis and initial steps to ensure the proper implementation of all intervention, restoration, maintenance and conservation processes in accordance with the various factors contributing to deterioration and the risks identified in the study.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:

1. Identify and characterise unique heritage sites that are in use, underused or at risk of losing their functional purpose, in both rural and intermediate urban areas.
2. Delimit the functional, symbolic and spatial areas of influence of these assets, recognising the ecological, social, productive and cultural networks in which they are or could be integrated.
3. Analyse opportunities for territorial integration and collaborative work between entities, with a focus on multi-level governance, public-private cooperation and the efficient use of available resources.
4. Propose models for repurposing and co-functionalisation, with a special focus on hybrid indoor-outdoor uses, which reconnect heritage assets with their surroundings, generate eco-social services and articulate flows of activity compatible with their identity.
5. Design replicable diagnostic and activation methodologies that can be applied to other cases with similar characteristics at regional or European level.
6. Translate lessons learned into strategic tools for owners, relevant authorities, heritage managers, citizen groups and cultural agents.

RELATED AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE:

1. New perspectives on Mudejar art
2. Strategic management of Mudejar heritage. Heritage, cultural landscape and urban landscape
3. Mudejar heritage: Communication, dissemination and social function as key elements of territorial development

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH: The methodological proposal should include:

• Morphological and functional analysis of spaces: connectivity, accessibility, visibility, current and potential uses.
• Study of precedents and types of intervention at European level, with an emphasis on reversible, mixed, cultural, social and productive uses.
• Preventive conservation diagnosis
• Participatory processes, co-design workshops, and interviews with local stakeholders.
• Think about and prepare the conditions for new ideas, solutions or projects to emerge, creating the right environment for them to be implemented, from minimal viable actions to long-term projects, with impact indicators.

EXPECTED RESULTS:

• Technical report with diagnosis and strategic proposals tailored to pilot cases.
• Atlas of unique spaces with maps of territorial and functional relationships.
• Prototypes of hybrid indoor-outdoor interventions, studies and tests, etc.: with applicability guidelines: pilot cases,
• Replicable methodological guide for heritage institutions and technicians.
• Scientific publications and transfer materials for diverse audiences.

PILOT CASES: The development of studies and diagnoses must have a real application in at least THREE PILOT CASES:

• Pilot cases 1 and 2: It will be necessary to choose, in a justified manner, at least TWO historic buildings and their surroundings from among those listed in the partner towns of Territorio Mudéjar for the application of results and their subsequent use as a methodological model for the continuity of the project in later phases.
• Pilot case 3: Collaboration with the parish of La Seo, Cathedral of El Salvador in Zaragoza, focuses on a specific study of the Parroquieta de La Seo or Cathedral of San Salvador (UNESCO World Heritage Site 2001), as well as an analysis of the relationship between the monument and its protected surroundings. Of particular interest are the analysis and proposals for the Patio del Archivo Capitular (Calle Pabostría).

POSSIBLE SOCIAL TRANSFER PROPOSALS:

• For local communities:
  • Citizen laboratories and collaborative residences in the selected spaces.
  • Activation of heritage narratives and prototyping of temporary uses (festivals, workshops, temporary installations).
  • Participatory documentation (oral archives, collective mapping).
• Para decisores públicos, propietarios y gestores:
  • Technical conference on integrated heritage management and territorial regeneration.
  • Document containing recommendations for public policies on heritage sites that are “outside the system”.
  • Repository of best practices and framework for assessing cultural and territorial impact.
• Expected impact
  • Reactivation of the links between heritage, territory and community.
  • Implementation of open, resilient and adaptive management models.
  • Contribution to the European debate on new forms of heritage enhancement with an eco-social approach.

MODALITY 3. STUDY OF ALABASTER PLASTER AND ITS IMPACT ON THE TERRITORY: INNOVATION AND QUALITY FROM ITS HISTORICAL STUDY

FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATION AND DEVELOPMENT: CIDA. COMPREHENSIVE CENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALABASTER

Since the first studies carried out by Professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, knowledge of plaster has been fundamental to understanding different aspects of Mudejar architecture in general, and Mudejar architecture in Aragon in particular.

In the first call for these Research and Project Stays, in 2019, the proposal by the team of architect and researcher Pedro Bel, “Mudejar plaster, its current use: a search through the memory of artisans. The keys to traditional manufacturing.” The research residency, which was part of the work involved in writing a doctoral thesis that was defended in 2024 at the University of Granada, confirmed that the technique used to manufacture this material did not change until the mid-20th century.

Based on the premise that the process has remained unchanged over time, the research delved into traditional plaster manufacturing methods, locating former plaster craftsmen to document their techniques and study current variables. quarries and old kilns were catalogued, and the first steps were taken to revitalise the craft through local plaster production companies for possible current manufacture in some of the historic manufacturing sites, as well as for its reintroduction not only in the restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings but also for use in contemporary architecture.

The plaster kilns and historical material studied were located in 17 villages belonging to Territorio Mudéjar and in wider areas such as the Ebro Valley, revealing immediate connections between the history of the places, territorial links and historical economic networks.

FRAMEWORK FOR COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT:

Since its establishment in 2018, the Territorio Mudéjar association has been building a framework for collaboration between entities and institutions that promotes the study and potential of its partner towns as places of innovation based on the uniqueness of their heritage resources. Within this framework, it collaborates with CIDA, the Alabaster Development Centre, which is part of the Albalate del Arzobispo Town Council, and a centre that has been promoting the use of alabaster in the town since 1998. which coordinates various actions with the aim of promoting alabaster, in agreement with the entities collaborating on the project (public entities, companies and research centres) which, since 2023, has been known as Alabaster Spain (www.alabasterspain.es).

Since its inception, the CIDA-linked project has sought to bring together different actions linked to varied but interconnected objectives through the common thread of alabaster, a genuine and versatile material, and its derivatives (alabaster plaster, anhydrite, etc.). Alabaster is a material with exceptional and distinctive mineralogical properties that make it a true endogenous resource of the territory, with 85-90% of its global extraction and production located in Aragon, particularly in the Bajo Martín region, the Ribera Baja del Ebro and the final section of the Jiloca river valley before it flows into the Jalón river.

With a multidimensional approach to the material, CIDA aims to strengthen and expand the economic, social and cultural dynamics that can arise from this natural resource and its by-products, with the promotion of collaborations being the main objective in order to join forces, creating synergies that generate mutual benefits and contribute to strengthening the development of alabaster in all its dimensions and its vision of strengthening the territory.

Links with companies that extract and process the product, located in or very close to the partner towns of Territorio Mudéjar, are particularly important. These companies’ R&D&I work seeks to make full use of the material.

In this regard, CIDA has launched a flagship project called “Laboratorio de formas” (Laboratory of Forms) to provide solutions for the use of production surpluses through the creation of new uses and products.

At this point, the collaboration between Territorio Mudéjar and CIDA has been considered essential. Firstly, due to the geographical relationship with the location of historical and current alabaster deposits in towns such as Gelsa, Velilla de Ebro, Quinto, Fuentes de Ebro, in the Ebro Valley, or the partner towns in the Jalón and Jiloca valleys; and secondly, taking as a starting point the background of applied research, due to the possibilities that historical knowledge of the use of the material, especially in Mudejar buildings and their historical technical-constructive and aesthetic-ornamental processes, may lead to the creation of new products, particularly given the significant professional and economic impact on the villages.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES:

1. To study the possibilities of alabaster plaster from its optimal use as a craft market product, taking into account its historical uses in both construction and ornamentation.
2. Identify and highlight Mudejar heritage sites where alabaster plaster is predominantly used to give the construction of the new products’ brand a unique character.
3. Study the actual implementation of traditional kilns, taking into account new products, their real development potential, opportunities for territorial integration and collaborative management with current extraction and production companies, with a focus on multi-level governance, public-community cooperation and the efficient use of available resources.
4. Study, through applied pilot cases, the widespread introduction of material derived from processes.
5. Study the implementation of training and professionalisation actions related to historical processes.
6. Study the enhancement of the alabaster gypsum landscape.

RELATED AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE:

1. New perspectives on Mudejar art
2. Strategic management of Mudejar heritage. Heritage, cultural landscape and urban landscape
3. Mudejar heritage: Communication, dissemination and social function as key elements of territorial development

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH: A combination of theoretical work and fieldwork should be proposed, both in the partner towns of Territorio Mudéjar that are proposed and at the CIDA headquarters in Albalate del Arzobispo, including documentary and background analysis, scientific analysis processes, the use of digital tools, and participatory processes with local actors.

EXPECTED RESULTS:

• Technical report with diagnosis and strategic proposals tailored to the research objectives
• Map of unique monumental sites, plaster production sites (historic kilns), ancient and current quarries, and production sites, indicating territorial and functional relationships.
• Proposals for technical-construction, aesthetic-ornamental and object-based products, with applicability guidelines: pilot locations
• Replicable methodological guide for companies, institutions, and heritage technicians.
• Publications and transfer materials for diverse audiences.

PILOT CASES: The development of studies and diagnoses must have real application in at least FIVE PILOT LOCATIONS:

• Pilot sites PARTNER TOWNS IN THE MUDÉJAR TERRITORY: It will be necessary to select, with justification, at least two historic buildings and two gypsum landscapes from those listed in the partner towns of the Mudéjar Territory for the application of results and their subsequent use as a methodological model for the continuity of the project in later phases.
• CIDA pilot site: Collaboration with the Alabaster Development Centre will take the form of a working stay at CIDA headquarters (a minimum of 10 days and a maximum of 20 days, as proposed by the professional researcher(s)), as well as a visit (minimum) to each collaborating company and to the sites where alabaster gypsum is extracted and produced.

POSSIBLE PROPOSALS FOR SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFER:

• For local communities:
  • Citizen laboratories and collaborative residences in the selected spaces.
  • Activation of heritage narratives and prototyping of temporary uses (festivals, workshops, temporary installations).
  • Participatory documentation (oral archives, collective mapping).
• Para decisores públicos, propietarios y gestores:
  • Technical conference on integrated heritage management and territorial regeneration.
  • Document containing recommendations for public policies on heritage sites that are “outside the system”.
  • Repository of best practices and framework for assessing cultural and territorial impact.
• Expected impact
  • Reactivation of the links between heritage, territory and community.
  • Implementation of open, resilient and adaptive management models.
  • Contribution to the European debate on new forms of heritage enhancement with an eco-social approach.

3/ Procedure

The procedure for awarding grants will be processed on a competitive basis in accordance with the assessment criteria established in the call for applications. in accordance with the assessment criteria established in the call for applications and, in accordance with Article 22.1 of the Ley 38/2003, de 17 de noviembre, Ley General de Subvenciones (Law 38/2003, of 17 November, General Law on Subsidies)

4/ Applicants

Proposals may be submitted by natural persons and groups of natural persons without legal personality who fulfil all the requirements of this call for proposals.

The applicant (or group of applicants) may be at an early or intermediate stage of their research career or professional activity and must be able to demonstrate:

• Higher education related to the areas covered by the call.
• Documentary evidence of at least two years of research or professional experience -remunerated or not-.
• Professional experience shall be understood to mean the completion of specialised studies related to the management of cultural and historical-artistic heritage, or to any of the proposed areas of work, totalling a minimum of two years of effective training and in which work has been carried out using “project” methodologies.

The call is not open to legal entities of any kind: companies, partnerships, associations, communities of property or groups under any other type of legal associative formula.

When the project is submitted by two or more persons, the formula is called “team” and each member of the team must be accredited individually.

If the project submitted is part of a research project linked to a university, public research centre or private (non-profit) centre, this must be indicated in the project report.

Acceptance of the project and completion of the stay is compatible with other professional activities, provided that the manner in which they are to be combined (working hours) is specified and justified in the project report.

The project submitted may have other sources of funding as long as they are complementary and are specified in the report.

Total income may never exceed the development costs of the projects.

5/ Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor’s, Graduate’s or Architect’s degree or equivalent.
• Master’s degree specialising in heritage and/or any of the various areas related to heritage, or proof of a minimum of two years’ research experience and/or professional career in the field in which the proposal is developed (whether remunerated or not).
• Be up to date with their tax and social security obligations, as well as accrediting compliance with obligations for the reimbursement of subsidies.
• Not be affected by any of the causes established in art. 13 of the LGS.

6/ Submission deadline

The deadline for submitting applications is FRIDAY, 31st OCTOBER 2025.

Proposals sent by e-mail will be accepted until 23.59 hours (Spanish time).

If the application contains errors that can be corrected, the organising body will inform the applicant so that the corrections can be made within a non-extendable period of two days from the date of notification, as an essential condition for the application to be taken into account in the evaluation process.

7/ Features and conditions

Duration: Proposals for PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS must be carried out within a minimum period of FOUR months and a maximum period of SEVEN months from the date of notification of project selection.

Timetable: Projects and placements can be carried out according to the following timetable:

• Work phase 1: Until 24 December 2025.
• Phase 2: Analysis, presentation, and delivery of interim results. Until 30 March 2026.
• Phase 3: Presentation and delivery of final results. Until 30 June 2026.

Funding: Projects will receive a maximum financial allocation of €7,500.00, which must be justified in the project report according to the expenses indicated in the following section.

Types of funding by modality:

• Modalidad 1. Estudio y diagnóstico de los usos del patrimonio de los pueblos de Territorio Mudéjar. Marco de trabajo proyecto Interreg Europe REliHE.
  • The maximum cash prize will be €7,500.00, financed entirely by the Territorio Mudéjar association.
• Modalidad 2. Estudio y diagnóstico desde la crítica de autenticidad y la conservación preventiva como método para la gestión, conservación y restauración de la arquitectura mudéjar y su entorno de protección.Marco de colaboración y desarrollo: parroquia de La Seo, Catedral del Salvador de Zaragoza.
  • The maximum cash prize will be €7,500.00, 66% of which (€4,950.00) will be funded by the Territorio Mudéjar association and 34% (€2,550.00) by the Parish of La Seo, Cathedral of El Salvador in Zaragoza.
• Modalidad 3. Estudio del yeso alabastrino y su impacto en el territorio: innovación y calidad desde su estudio histórico. Marco de colaboración y desarrollo: CIDA. Centro Integral de Desarrollo del Alabastro.
  • The maximum cash prize will be €7,500.00, financed entirely by the Territorio Mudéjar association.
  • This modality includes an in-kind grant, which varies depending on the proposal submitted, financed 100% by the Alabaster Development Centre: Costs for use of facilities, work and study materials, tools and machinery for prototypes or possible laboratory sampling, logistics, tutoring, mentoring and support, accommodation in Albalate del Arzobispo during the proposed physical stay for up to a maximum of 20 days.

Expenditure chargeable to the grant: In all proposals, the budget must identify the concepts subject to and deriving directly from the needs of the project – for example: expenses arising from the development of the work, materials, travel, meals, accommodation, others – including, if any, the corresponding taxes, as well as payment for reproduction, exhibition and public communication rights, if the project requires it.

If the project has other sources of funding , it must be specified: Entity, duration, actions financed (object and content) and to which part of the project it is addressed.

Compatibility: The development of the stay is compatible with other work, professional or research activities justified to the organisation. The project must indicate the degree of compatibility and the method of work to be carried out in order to avoid overlapping and non-compliance with the conditions indicated in this call.

Number of calls: Beneficiaries may not obtain full support in more than two consecutive calls for the same project. Therefore, resident researchers who have been beneficiaries in the last two calls will not be eligible to apply for the call and will be excluded if they do so.

** Exceptionally, researchers who have not exceeded the amount of €12,000.00 in two consecutive calls may be considered as beneficiaries if they have been runners-up in previous years’ calls.

Others:

The beneficiaries shall be included in the entity’ s liability insurance.

Beneficiaries shall not establish any type of employment relationship with the organising entity or with the collaborating entities.

All aid shall be subject to deductions and taxes as stipulated in the legislation in force, which shall be deducted from the corresponding financial envelope.

8/ Applications

Applications must be sent to the Territorio Mudéjar Association in digital format to the following email address: convocatoria@territoriomudejar.es

1. Application-Basic identification data of the applicant and the project.
2. Copy of ID card.
3. Summary of the applicant/s professional career (maximum 2,000 characters)
4. Project/proposal summary (max. 2,000 characters)
5. Abbreviated academic and professional CV (max. 5 pages)
6. Five completed projects that, in the applicant’s opinion, are relevant as a starting point for the proposal (summary of each project, max. 2,000 characters)
7. Report on the project to be carried out, including (max. 5 pages): Title; Background and current status of the subject; Hypothesis, methodology, work plan and timetable; Description of the specific objectives of the project; Locations directly and indirectly affected by the proposal; Location or locations proposed for the stay and expected length of stay; Detailed budget for the research, which will refer to the amount requested.
8. Optionally, a letter of recommendation from a relevant person in the field of the proposed work may be provided.
9. In the case of teams, both the application and the award decision must expressly state the implementation commitments undertaken by each member of the team, as well as the amount of subsidy to be applied by each of them, who will also be considered as beneficiaries. A sole representative or proxy of the grouping must be appointed, with sufficient powers to fulfil the obligations which, as beneficiary, correspond to the grouping. The team must undertake not to dissolve the grouping until the limitation period provided for in Articles 39 and 65 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November 2003 has elapsed.

9/ Selection process and criteria

The project selection process will be carried out based on evaluations by the Scientific Committee and the organisation’s management team, who will draw up a ranking according to the following criteria:

• Curriculum vitae, education and previous achievements of the applicant: 10%. The focus of the applicant’s academic background in relation to their chosen field of work will be taken into consideration.
• Impact area / number of locations involved: 35%. The way in which the project acts in the area will be assessed. This may be a direct present or future impact, but in any case it will be an essential requirement. It will be highly valued to predict a realistic impact without falling into bias and media hype.
• Project quality and innovative nature of the proposal: 20%. Projects that are well planned and presented in a rigorous and detailed manner will be valued. The framework of objectives/actions/resources/budget must be correctly planned. The timetable must be realistic. The project must consider its evaluation and future viability.
• Assessment of proposed results: 10%. Proposals that propose a greater number of deliverable results in accordance with the objectives described will be valued. Each result added to those specified will be valued at 5 points, up to a maximum of 10 points. Proposals for innovative deliverables that facilitate the effective management of the results of the proposed studies, contribute to the transfer of knowledge to local communities and public decision-makers, and integrate with the various European heritage strategies, supporting sustainability, project continuity and the incorporation of these assets into territorial and cultural policies, will be valued.
• Complementary activities involving the local population: 15%. The inclusion of activities that involve the local population in the development of the project will be valued. Involvement does not necessarily have to be through cultural activities. The introduction of activities that have an impact on culture in an unconventional way will be valued.
• Digitisation strategy for the Mudéjar Territory: 10%.
• Alignment of expected results with the published criteria for the ‘European Common Space for Cultural Heritage’. Contribution of ideas and proposals for integrating the results in digital format into the platforms enabled by Territorio Mudéjar.

10/ Assessment and resolution

The decision on the grants will be announced on 17 November 2025.

The call may be declared totally or partially void and the decision of the commissions shall be final.

Once the call for applications has been resolved, the list of beneficiaries and the composition of the evaluation committee will be published on the Territorio Mudéjar Association website www.territoriomudejar.es .

In no case will individualised information on the applications received or on the deliberation of the evaluation committee be provided.

11/ Formalisation, justification and payment of grants

Formalisation: Beneficiaries must sign the acceptance agreement before the start date of their project, according to the calendar, and no later than 21 November 2025. This agreement will serve as an essential document for receiving the grant. Once the acceptance document has been signed, they must join the project on the date indicated in the proposed schedule.

Payment: Payment of the grant will be made in accordance with the following stages:

• Phase 1. 50% upon signing the acceptance agreement. 30 November 2025.
• Phase 2. 30% halfway through project development. 1 April 2026.
• Phase 3. Remaining 20% upon delivery of the final project report. 15 July 2026

These conditions shall be general to all beneficiaries unless , exceptionally, the project report justifies the need for a different financial distribution over time.

Justification and presentation of results:

Beneficiaries will be obliged to justify compliance with the requirements and conditions established in this call for proposals by means of: An intermediate report halfway through the stay that allows the progress of the project to be evaluated. A final report on digital support of the project describing objectives, fulfilment of aims and results; and a financial report justifying the cost of the activities carried out.

Beneficiaries must deliver to Territorio Mudéjar all the results derived from the project financed according to the proposal presented in the application, it being understood that this proposal will act as a contractual document for the grants.

In the case of works subject to intellectual property, current legislation will be applied with regard to authorship and the transfer of rights of use and reproduction will be assigned to Territorio Mudéjar.

Financial control:

The interim report shall include a revision of the estimated budget either confirming its continuity or proposing necessary adjustments where justified.

The final report shall include a detailed financial report as follows:

• A list of expenses incurred indicating creditor, amount, date of issue and payment. As the project includes an estimated budget , the list of expenses will be classified according to the items of the project or subsidised activity. Where applicable, any deviations that may have occurred in the development of the project must be justified.
• Proof of payment: Invoices, tickets or supporting documents and proof of payment. If the payment has been made in cash, this must be indicated on the expense document with the concept correctly specified.
• The justification of nominative hours devoted to the project will be detailed in the report in terms of the results developed, specifying the working hours assigned to the actions carried out.
• The justification of mileage expenses shall be made by means of a sworn statement and a detail shall be included in the report according to the results developed, specifying the journeys made and assigned to specific actions.

Non-compliance:

The aid will be cancelled and the amounts received will be reimbursed if the conditions established in these rules are not met, and in general in the cases established in article 37 of the General Law on Subsidies.

12/ Dissemination of project results

The Asociación Territorio Mudéjar may request the collaboration of the beneficiaries of the grants in activities to disseminate the projects. To this end, the beneficiary will provide the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar with all the information and documentation required and will grant the latter, free of charge, the appropriate rights for the dissemination of the results.

Beneficiaries must mention the source of the grant in materials or results using the phrase “Project carried out with funding from Territorio Mudéjar through the Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis 2025 Grants for Internship and Projects call for proposals” and include the organisation’s logo whenever possible.

For its part, the association Territorio Mudéjar will always identify the authorship of the projects.

13/ Acceptance of the terms and conditions

Participation in this call for applications implies acceptance of its rules and its decision, which shall be final, as well as the waiver of any type of claim.

Exceptionally and for duly justified reasons, the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar reserves the right to interpret and modify the wording of the rules in order to clarify or specify their content, without this implying a substantial or arbitrary alteration of the same.

Para cualquier consulta los solicitantes podrán ponerse en contacto con la Asociación Territorio Mudéjar a través del correo electrónico: convocatoria@territoriomudejar.es