These grants aim to promote mobility during the undertaking of research and doctoral student visits, of at least one month, to other universities and research centres from outside the Canary Islands, in addition to participation in conferences or other types of scientific meetings.
The research projects that have been subsidised are MACARAFOOD, DESAL and MARISCOMAC, which are also supported by ERDF funds.
This agreement, pioneering within Spain, will also serve to tailor future university qualifications to the professional profiles most sought after by the business sector.
Awarded the Medalla de la ULPGC [ULPGC Medal] during the Regidor García’s mandate as rector, he held the post of chairman of the ULPGC Social Council between 1994 and 1998.