José Emilio Bosca and Javier Ferri (researchers at the Institute of International Economics), together with Mauro Mediavilla (professor at the Department of Applied Economics) have collaborated as scientific advisors in two evaluations carried out by the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (Airef) within the framework of the first Spending Review for Spain.
The evaluations have analyzed the implementation procedure, operation and degree of achievement of objectives of both the university scholarship system and some state programs for the promotion of talent and its employability in R&D activities, basically FPI grants and Ramón y Cajal contracts.
The results of the evaluation point to the existence of a wide margin for improvement in the procedures for the allocation of scholarships and FPI grants, as well as in the degree of compliance with their main objectives. [More information at https://www.airef.es/es/becas/ and https://www.airef.es/es/idi/]
