ICIQ is one of the implementing partners in TERRA-MED, a new doctoral programme that will train 33 early-stage researchers to address major climate and environmental challenges in Mediterranean regions. ICIQ participation includes hosting two of the doctoral fellows and participate in the organisation of network-wide training actions.
The initiative is led by the Euroregion Pyrenees – Mediterranean (Euroregió), which brings together Occitania (France), Catalonia and the Balearic Islands (Spain), three territories that are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. These shared challenges call for coordinated, cross-border research efforts capable of delivering innovative and locally adapted solutions.
The programme is supported by a dedicated training framework, co-designed by 12 Implementing Partners and 22 Associated Partners. It aims to nurture a new generation of scientific talent capable of driving innovation in climate adaptation, resource efficiency, and sustainable development. Within this framework, activities will combine high-level research, technological innovation, territorial governance, and public-private cooperation. Fellows will also develop transversal skills, strengthening their careers and preparing them to become future leaders in sustainability and environmental innovation.
Doctoral projects will be jointly supervised by academic and non-academic partners, ensuring strong alignment between scientific excellence and real-world needs. The programme strongly encourages mobility and collaboration, with fellows working closely with universities, research centres, public administrations and socio-economic actors across the three participating regions.
Through its participation in TERRA-MED, ICIQ reaffirms its commitment to research excellence and to advancing a more sustainable and climate-resilient future for the Mediterranean region.
Co-funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND 2025 call of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme, TERRA-MED has recently been announced as one of the awarded projects, to be started in January 2027. It is the first MSCA COFUND initiative coordinated by an euroregion. With a total budget of €8.1 million, it is also the largest competitive research funding project ever led by the Euroregion Pyrenees-Mediterranean.
Further information is available in the following press release: L’Euroregió Pirineus-Mediterrània impulsa un programa pioner de doctorat en sostenibilitat i resiliència climàtica, published on Govern.cat.
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