The OCPI has an institutional project called STARS4UDC, funded by the State Research Agency of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, through its call for public aid for the preparation and management of European projects, facilitating the recruitment of international talent in R&D institutions (GPE 2023) (Project reference: GPE2023-001245-T).

Its implementation period covers the years 2024-2025 and its main objectives are the following:

Objective 1. Annual update of the strategy for attracting researcher talent, aligned with the priority scientific areas of the UDC and its research centres.

Objective 2. Increase the attraction of international researcher staff in key research areas, maintaining gender balance and diversity.

Objective 3. Develop a comprehensive care service for international researcher staff during their transfer, incorporation and integration into the UDC.

Objective 4. Strengthen the technical support service for the development of excellent science proposals by attracted and/or retained international researcher staff.