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Teaching is concentrated in the faculties and schools, and the departments deal with research, which is also conducted by institutes and chairs, at the same time responsible for knowledge promotion.
The “Santiago Zapata” Research Awards aim to promote research applied to the topic of cork in the fields of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and technology.They are convened annually by the University of Girona’s Chair of Cork Studies.
Taking the name of Santiago Zapata, in recognition of the decisive impetus this Extremadura-born professor gave to research on cork from a multidisciplinary perspective.
The “Santiago Zapata” research awards include two categories:
a) An award of 1,000 euros, aimed at undergraduate or Master’s degree students, or local research, both in Catalonia and in the rest of Spain.
b) An award of 2,000 euros, for PhD students and senior researchers at the national and international level.
In both categories, the prizes are awarded to the best unpublished research work or a work published within the past year in the fields of humanities and social sciences (history, economics, geography, anthropology, literature, teaching, sociology etc.,)and natural sciences and technology (biology, biotechnology, chemistry, chemical engineering, ecology, forest management, engineering, industrial design etc.,)that refers to the specific thematic area of cork.
Work may be presented in Catalan, Spanish, English, French or Portuguese.
Any researcher or student who, individually or collectively, submits research work in accordance with these rules will be eligible for these awards.
Applications will be submitted via the general registry https://apps.udg.edu/Registre/ (Art. 3.2 of the Regulations of the general registry of the UdG approved by agreement of the Governing Council of the UdG in ordinary session number 8/2022, of 29 September 2022 (BOUdG 6/2022 of 7 December 2022 eBOU-2814 and DOGC No.8812, of 14 December 2022),
Candidates must attach the following documentation:
A copy of the winning works will be kept at the Chair of Cork Studies offices.
Candidates may submit their documentation from the day after the publication of the call until 30 July 2026.
The Awards Panel will comprise three specialists from different fields with a recognized track record and ability to evaluate the interest of different research works.The composition of the jury will be published on the Chair’s website (https://www.udg.edu/ca/catedres/estudis-del-suro) during the month of June 2026.The curator of the Palafrugell Cork Museum will act as a voting or non-voting secretary.
The award criteria that the jury takes into account will be as follows:
The verdict of the jury will be made public during the month of September 2026 on the noticeboard of the e-Office of the UdG, which will be final.
The Awards Panel reserves the right to propose that applicants change the category for which they apply, if deemed appropriate.
The intellectual property of the work belongs to the authors.The Chair of Cork Studies will publish the summarized version indicated in section III, letter c, on its website.
Papers published in scientific journals after obtaining the prize must also state that the research has been awarded the “Santiago Zapata” Award by the University of Girona’s Chair of Cork Studies.Authors must send a copy of the article to the secretary’s office of the Chair.
The Chair may propose the publication of complete works to the authors in book form (printed or digital).If the works are published as a book in any commercial or institutional publishing house, the condition of being awarded the “Santiago Zapata” Award by the University of Girona’s Chair of Cork Studies must be specifically stated.Authors must send a copy of the book to the secretary’s office of the Chair (info@museudelsuro.cat).
Application for an Award presupposes knowledge and acceptance of the rules.
Information on the members of the tribunal evaluating the ‘Santiago Zapata’ Awards for this 2026 edition are:
Enriqueta Anticó, professor of analytical chemistry
Laura Llorens, Professor of Plant Physiology
Rosa Ros , professor of Economic history and Institutions.
Secretary: Laura Requena, secretary of the Cork Museum (with voice and no vote)
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