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Order Fom/782/2010, 24 March, By Which Approve The Regulatory Basis For The Granting Of "ministry Of Fomento-Fulbright" Grants.

Original Language Title: Orden FOM/782/2010, de 24 de marzo, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras para la concesión de becas "Ministerio de Fomento-Fulbright".

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The Ministry of Public Works has assigned powers to promote the training and academic and professional improvement of its official staff, as a basic activity in the process of constant updating and modernization in which the Spanish Public Administration is immersed.

In this sense, the execution of the public actions entrusted to this Ministry, the permanent development of the applicable technologies for its realization and the problems of allocation of resources and organization that all this implies, has motivated the financing of a program of cooperation with the Commission of Cultural, Educational and Scientific Exchange between Spain and the United States of America, in order to favor, through the fellowships Ministry of Promotion/Fulbright, vocational training and further training of senior staff in the various areas of the competence of this Department.

Therefore, pursuant to Article 17 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, General Grant, I have:

Base first. Purpose and purpose. The purpose of this order is to establish the bases for the granting of financial aid "Ministry of Development/Fulbright", with the aim of contributing to the training and technical-professional improvement of the level staff higher education of the Ministry of Public Works and its Autonomous Bodies, through the conduct of studies and the development of concrete works in American universities and specialized centers.

Base second. Areas of Training. -Training areas will be all those that can be applied in the development of public actions that are the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works.

Base third. Administrative management of the grants. The administrative management of the grants will be the responsibility of the Commission for Cultural, Educational and Scientific Exchange (hereinafter the Commission) between Spain and the United States of America (Fulbright Program). provide the necessary collaboration for the conduct of studies, visits and relations of a professional nature.

Base fourth. Beneficiary requirements.-To qualify for the grants applicants must meet the following requirements:

1. Be a career civil servant of the A1 Sub-group or be a Fixed Workforce of the Professional Group 1 and be providing services in the Ministry of Public Works or its Autonomous Bodies.

They will not be able to participate that have dual nationality, Spanish and American, nor will they be able to choose these scholarships destined in the United States of America or those that have been there destined for the last 3 years.

2. Contar with a work experience in the General Administration of the State of no less than two years at the time of applying for the grant.

3. Poseer an excellent knowledge of the English, spoken and written language.

Base fifth. Grants for scholarships. -Grants will be provided by the following concepts, the amounts of which will be updated annually according to the variation of the Index of Consumer Prices:

1. º Concepts directly covered by the Ministry of Public Works:

In order to cover expenses arising from the grant of grants in the United States, the Ministry of Public Works will grant, in the form of a grant, an economic compensation that will be between a minimum amount Eighteen thousand seven hundred and one euro with eight cents and a maximum of fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and thirty-two euros with seventy-four cents, being the amounts to receive the ones that are then specified in these bases and that collect different assumptions depending on the period of enjoyment of the grant and the number of family members direct (spouse and children) who, if any, accompany the intern and for the time during which they reside with him in the United States of America.

Amount of economic compensation based on the duration of the grant:

Duration

6 months

7 months

8 months

9 months

10 months

11 months

12

EUR Cuantia.

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21,719.92

24.822.96

27,925.78

31.028, 64

34.131.53

37,234.38

They may also be increased if the recipient is accompanied by his or her immediate family members in the quantity resulting from the product of the number of months of their stay with that person, for the quantities fixed to The following will be based on the number of members of your family who will effectively accompany you:

a) Accompanied by your spouse or by a child: EUR 1,241.14.

b) Accompanied by spouse and son or, without being accompanied by his or her spouse, he was accompanied by several children: 1,551,39 euros.

c) Accompanied by spouse and several children: 1.891.53 euros.

The resulting amount in each of the assumptions will be paid by the Ministry of Development to the grantee in a split manner and in advance.

A first credit will be made upon receipt of the communication of the effective stay. The second book shall be carried out for the remainder of the financial compensation before 31 December of the year corresponding to the award of the grant.

2. Concepts covered by the Ministry of Public Works through the Commission:

2.1 Amount of tuition, academic fees and compulsory medical insurance of the University or specialised centre in which it is admitted, as well as pre-registration or pre-registration fees, all with the maximum amounts establish in the call.

2.2 Aid for expenditure arising from the research project, if applicable, up to a maximum of three thousand five hundred US dollars (3,500 US dollars).

3. Concepts covered by the American Government:

3.1 Disease and accident insurance, excluding the treatment of pre-existing diseases and dental services.

3.2 If the partner agency in the United States, "Institute of International Education" (IIE) considers it appropriate from the study of the applications for entry in the Universities and subject to availability of funds, the amount of an academic orientation course prior to the start of the grant.

3.3 In the event that the scholarship was completed prior to the start of the grant, the cost of living, accommodation, and basic living expenses would also be covered by the American Government. period of the course of orientation and the time required until the beginning of the university course. All this, as the body (IIE) referred to above provides.

Base sixth. Justification of the expenditure. -With the end of the period of stay of the recipients of the scholarships selected in this call, in the United States of America, the Commission will collect from the beneficiaries the invoices and proof of the costs incurred in the fifth base, paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2, and accrued by the trainees during their stay in that country and shall send them in an orderly and complete manner to the Ministry of Public Works in order to prove these expenses.

Base seventh. Duration of the grant. The duration of the research projects or training and technical-vocational training programmes shall not be less than six months and not more than 12 months.

In any case, the grantee must be incorporated before 30 September of the year of award of the grant. Scholarships are not renewable.

Base octave. Call and formalization of the application.

1. The procedure for granting the grants shall be initiated by public notice, which shall be approved by the Assistant Secretary for Public Works, by delegation of the Minister, in accordance with Order FOM/205/2009 of 2 February 2009 on delegation In relation to the common services of the Ministry of Public Works and in the field of the Secretariat, and published in the Official Gazette of the State, in which the express mention of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, General de Grants, and this Order.

2. The electronic application form, as well as that of the reference letters, are available at http://www.fulbright.es

Applicants must complete the electronic application directly. In order to complete the application, it will be necessary to print it by quadrupled on paper and deliver it, accompanied by all the documentation specified below, in the Commission or in the places set out in article 38.4 of the Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of the Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure, or send it by post, with the date of postmarks not later than the last working day, directing the documentation in the envelope of the consignment: "a/a: Fomento/Fulbright Program", to the addresses indicated below. Incomplete requests, in any of the formats, or the lack of the required documentation without explicit justification, may result in the application being cancelled.

For more information and to direct the documentation:

(a) Ministry of Public Works: Subdirectorate General of Human Resources. Paseo de la Castellana, 67. 28071 Madrid. Telephone: 91 597 84 67 or 91 597 71 91. Fax: 91 597 85 26. E-mail: area-formacion@fomento.es

b) Spanish/US Exchange Commission: Paseo General Martínez Campos, 24. 28010 Madrid. Telephone: 91 702 70 00 or 91 319 11 26. Fax: 91 702 21 85. E-mail: adviser@comision-fulbright.org. Internet: http://www.fulbright.es.

3. The application must be accompanied by the following documents:

a) Project of studies that you want to develop in the United States (in Spanish, 5 folios or 4,000 words maximum). The explanation must follow the following schema:

Objective: Project description, chosen specialty and academic degree to which it aspires, if applicable.

Importance: Explanation of the importance of the project itself, for its own academic and professional development, and for Spain.

Motivation: Reason to induce you to study in the United States.

b) Universities of preference (maximum one portfolio). Indicate three Universities in which you could follow the studies of your choice-order of preference-and the reason that leads you to select them.

c) Curriculum vitae, in Spanish. There is no need to provide other evidence that the academic is specified below.

d) Supporting documentation detailed below, ordered and identified as follows:

Certified copy of the full academic certificate.

Comppressed copy of the title or justification for requesting it.

Three letters of reference, preferably in English, in the forms provided for this with the application. According to the instructions contained therein, the signatories, either university professors or persons chosen for their academic or professional relationship, must submit the originals to the applicant in a closed envelope. The Commission shall be responsible for making the appropriate photocopies of the original letters and shall reject those letters by fax or e-mail.

Data verification consent model, or in default, photocopy of the ID or passport and a recent photograph, stapled to the original of the application.

Photocopy of the Family Book in case of having legally family members in charge of the beneficiary.

Optional: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Photocopy of results with a minimum score of 92 on the Internet-based Test; or 580 on the Paper-based Test. The examination shall be valid only if it has been carried out during the last two years prior to the closing date of the call.

Base ninth. Time limit for the submission of applications. -Applications must be submitted within 30 calendar days following the publication of the relevant call in the Official Gazette of the State.

Base 10th. Selection process.

1. The procedure's instructor will be the General Directorate of Services-Subdirectorate-General of Human Resources-Ministry of Public Works.

2. The selection of candidates shall be carried out by a Selection Committee, composed of the following members:

President: The Director General of Services.

Vocals:

The Deputy Director General of Human Resources.

An official with the rank of Deputy Director General for each of the Ministry of Public Works ' Secretaries of State.

A representative with the level of Deputy Director General for each of the Directorates-General of which candidates are present, who will act as Committee advisors.

Two representatives of the Commission's Governing Board.

Secretary: The Head of the Selection and Training Area.

3. The selection will be carried out in two phases, each of them qualifying:

a) First phase: If the applicant has not presented the TOEFL with the minimum required result, he/she must perform an English language test at the place to be determined.

This phase will qualify as eligible or unfit.

b) Second phase: Those who have passed the first phase, will have to conduct a personal interview with the Selection Committee, in which the submitted memories will be analyzed and will be valued according to the following criteria:

The oral exposure of the project and the defense of the candidate's memory (10 points).

The professional and academic merits of the aspirant (30 points).

The applicability in Spain of the research project or the studies to be carried out (60 points).

To overcome this second phase, it will be necessary for the candidate to obtain a score equal to or greater than 50 points.

4. The Selection Committee shall draw up a list of the persons selected and proposals for the grants, as well as a list with the reserve persons, if any, and shall forward them to the instructor body who shall raise the Proposal for a Resolution to the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Public Works, which, by delegation of the Minister in accordance with Order FOM/205/2009 of 2 February, will adopt the final resolution. This resolution shall be communicated to the Commission, which shall submit it to the Commission. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board ', and notified to the person concerned, in the terms laid down in Article 58 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November.

The maximum time limit for resolving and reporting the resolution may not exceed six months from the publication of the call.

The decision, which ends the administrative route, may be appealed for in replacement or be directly challenged in the context of the administrative and administrative judicial order, in accordance with Article 116 of the Treaty. of Law 30/1992 of 26 November.

5. The Assistant Secretary for Development, after having been instructed to do so, may revoke the grant or interrupt the enjoyment of a grant if any alteration of the conditions taken into account for the granting of the aid occurs.

Base 11th. Administrative situation of the trainee during his/her stay in the United States. -The administrative situation of the grantees during their stay in the United States of America will be the active service of license for studies, according to the Article 86 of Law 7/2007, of 12 April, of the Basic Staff Regulations, and Article 72 of the Law of Civil Servants of the State, articulated text approved by Decree 315/1964 of 7 February.

Base 12th. Scholarship obligations. -Will be obligations of the grantees:

1. To fulfil the various stages of the vocational training and training programme.

2. Complete the reports, forms and other documents that are sent to you by the Entities that collaborate in the management of the program.

3. Stay at the Center where your project is developed. Any proposal of absence or change of center, modification of the work project, temporary transfer to Spain or return before the end of the scholarship, must be communicated to the Commission which will request the approval of the Ministry of Promotion.

Grantees who are authorised by the Commission to remain temporarily out of the centre where they carry out their project, may continue to receive the monthly allocations established during the authorised period, which may not be more than 15 days.

4. Any alteration of the period of stay in the United States by the grantees or their relatives will result in the return of the funds advanced to this end, and not justified.

5. In the event that the grantee did not carry out the project that was approved, either by altering the object of the project, or because it will abandon the study of the project, whatever the cause, except force majeure, it will have to return the amount equivalent to the total expenses that the grant has granted for the enjoyment of the grant.

6. To present a final explanatory report on the work done and the results obtained, together with a report from the academic or professional lead supervisor, as appropriate, and, where appropriate, an official copy of the academic certification.

The memory will have a minimum of 10 fold, typed in double space. This documentation, original and photocopy, shall be submitted to the Commission within the maximum period of 60 days following the termination of the grant. The Commission shall forward the original of the said documentation to the Ministry.

7. The grantee is required to directly justify to the Ministry of Public Works the advance funds to permit his stay in the United States, in the terms of Article 30 of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, General of Grants.

This justification shall be understood as the presentation of a certificate from the Centre in which the project is being carried out. The certificate shall show the period of total duration and the regularity in the performance of the certificate throughout the entire duration of the grant.

The grantee will justify any other expenses incurred by the project that you have developed during the period of enjoyment of the scholarship.

8. The grantee who enjoys a minimum duration of six months and a maximum of nine months shall be obliged to reintegrate the amount equivalent to the total expenses which the grant has granted and the grant, in the case of not continuing in the the active service situation in the Public Administration for a minimum period of one year, counted from the date on which the trainee had to join his or her job in the Administration.

9. The grantee who enjoys a scholarship for a period of more than nine months shall be obliged to reintegrate the amount equivalent to the total expenses which the grant has granted and the grant, in the event that he does not continue to be active in the Public Administration for a minimum period of two years from the date on which the trainee had to be incorporated into his or her job in the Administration.

10. The agreement of the governments of Spain and the United States, the main sponsors of the Fulbright Program, requires that all beneficiaries who travel to the United States with the visa J-1 return to their country of origin after the end of their program. studies, research or vocational training, committing not to establish permanent residence in the United States for the next two years. Exemption from this rule is only possible with the explicit approval of the two governments.

11. Subscribe to a health insurance and accident insurance policy with full coverage for the family member, if accompanied, including international and national travel. The subscription of this sickness and accident insurance must be equal to or similar to that which the United States Government subscribes to for the scholarship with coverage of up to $100,000 for accompanying family members. The cost of this insurance will be borne by the grantee.

12. In the publications resulting from the period of vocational training and training, it should be mentioned that they have been carried out with a Ministry Fomento-Fulbright scholarship.

Base 13th. Failure to comply with the obligations laid down in the previous paragraph shall entail the timely adoption of measures by the Selection Committee on the basis of the classification of non-compliance with obligations as minor, serious or very serious. serious and shall determine the amounts to be deducted from the beneficiary or, where appropriate, the amount to be reintegrated.

Base 14th. Incompatibilities.-The enjoyment of the scholarships will be incompatible with any other type of scholarship or economic aid granted by the same or similar concepts.

It will not be possible for applicants who have previously enjoyed a Fulbright Scholarship to extend post-graduate studies to be eligible for this aid.

Base 15th. Repeal of the rules. -Order FOM/999/2009, dated April 21, is repealed, approving the regulatory bases for the grant of scholarships "Ministry of Fomento-Fulbright".

Base sixteenth. Entry into force. -This order shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Madrid, March 24, 2010. -Minister of Development José Blanco López.