Research Pitches Contest 2025

The Compostela Group of Universities (CGU) aims to contribute to the policies developed by the member higher education institutions to promote the dissemination of their research activity with this competition. Through the research pitches contest, we foster:

  • The dissemination of research among the member universities and society in general.
  • The emergence of funding opportunities.
  • The contact with other research groups that carry out similar research.
  • The attraction of doctoral students interested in these lines of research.

Researchers from the CGU member universities have the opportunity to participate each year in this permanent activity. To do so, they must present a pitch, that is, an audiovisual presentation in which they briefly introduce the key aspects of their research.

The Compostela Group of Universities will recognise those pitches that best adapt their message to the general public, and transmit the relevance of their research and their contribution to society.

Objectives

Give visibility to the research carried out by the CGU member universities

Promote the dissemination of the results of their research teams

Target group and requirements

Researchers of the CGU member universities can take part in this contest. To do so, they must meet at least one of the following requirements:

  • To be part of a research group in a CGU member university.
  • To be enrolled in a doctoral programme from a CGU member university.
  • To be granted a university research scholarship by a CGU member university during the present call.

Prizes

Three prizes awarded in the current call:

  • First prize: 1500 euros gross.
  • Second prize: 1000 euros gross.
  • Third prize: 500 euros gross.

The resolution with the jury’s decision for the 2025 edition will be announced here.

 

Guidelines

Researchers interested in participating are advised to read the guidelines of the call carefully.

Guidelines of the IX Research Pitches Contest.

Timeline

  • December 2024 – Launch of the 2025 call of the contest.
  • January 2025 – Designation, where appropiate, of a representative for the signature of the letters of support by the member universities.
  • 31 March 2025 (12:00 PM – noon. Peninsular Spanish time) – Deadline for the submission of applications.
  • June 2025 – Jury deliberation and announcement of the winning pitches.
  • September 2025 – Official presentation of the winning pitches during the annual Compostela Group of Universities General Assembly.

      Registration form

      The form to submit the applications must be compulsorily filled in online and in English for the application to be accepted. In addition, the documentation requested in the guidelines of the call has to be included.

      Online application form.

      Templates for the  documents

      The Compostela Group of Universities makes available to researchers the templates for the letter of support and the declaration of responsibility.

      Template for the letter of support 2025 in PDF format.

      Template for the letter of support 2025 in Word format.

      Template for the declaration of responsibility 2025 in PDF format.

      Template for the declaration of responsibility 2025 in Word format.

      Logo of the network

      On the corporate image and visual identity section of our website, you will find the CGU’s logo in different file formats.

      NEW.- A ‘cape’ with the CGU logo in the correct layout is provided, for use throughout the video recording.

      ENGLISH. Violet icon of a pen writing on a colour document. ESPAÑOL. Icono violeta de un bolígrafo escribiendo sobre un documento en color.

      Jury

      The jury is composed of the CGU president and two members from the member universities of the network. Moreover, the executive secretary of the CGU acts as secretary of this body.

      The jury members will be published here.

      Contacts for the letters of support

      From January 2025 on, the details of the responsible person designated by your home university to sign the letter of support will be published in this section.

      If your university is not on the list, please contact the contest co-ordination at grupo.compostela@usc.es

      Award gallery of the research pitches contest

      Don’t know where to start? Need to find inspiration? Perhaps discovering the acknowledged presentations of the past editions of the research pitches contest may help you. We invite you to visit the gallery where you can watch the 24 winning pitches from the eight editions of the competition.