Introduction
Since 2006, ACPUA has been continuously evaluating research productivity every year, following the same criteria and procedures applied at the national level by the National Commission for the Evaluation of University Activity (hereinafter CNEAI) of ANECA.
In order to provide the Aragonese R&D&I System with its own instrument for evaluating, accrediting, and certifying research activity within it, Article 85.1.a) of Law 5/2005, of June 14, on the Organization of the University System of Aragon—amended by Law 17/2018, of December 4, on Research and Innovation of Aragon—fully incorporates these tasks among the functions of ACPUA. Specifically, this provision assigns the Agency "the evaluation of the university system of Aragon, which will include the analysis of its teaching and research results and the proposal of corresponding measures to improve the quality of the services it provides, as well as the evaluation, accreditation, and certification of the agents of the Aragonese R&D&I System as established in the Law on Research and Innovation of Aragon."
Based on the above and at the request of the Aragonese R&D&I System agents mentioned in this paragraph, ACPUA's research evaluation process was extended to contracted teaching staff at the University Center for Defense, the Polytechnic University School of La Almunia, and the University School of Tourism of Zaragoza; to non-permanent research staff at the Center for Research and Agro-Food Technology of Aragon and the Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences; and to certain categories of research staff hired by the University of Zaragoza under different modalities.
In 2024, the University of Zaragoza opened a research evaluation call through an agreement with CNEAI for ALL teaching positions that had previously been evaluated by ACPUA. Therefore, to avoid duplicate evaluations of these profiles, from 2024 onwards, ACPUA will NOT evaluate any full-time contracted teaching staff at the University of Zaragoza.
ACPUA Research Evaluations
ACPUA publishes an annual call (in the first quarter of the year) open to contracted teaching staff at CUD, EUPLA, and ETUZ, non-permanent research staff at CITA and IACS, and certain research staff positions hired by the University of Zaragoza.
For inquiries regarding this process, please contact: sexenios.acpua@aragon.es
Call for application
Call for applications 2025
Published in BOA of March 18.
Application period from March 19 to April 8.
Apliccant´s guide (spanish)
Call open to the following groups:
Steps to prepare and submit the application for the evaluation of six-year periods:
1. Reade the BOA Call for applications (spanish).
2. Consult the evaluation criteria (spanish). Consult the ANECA scales document (spanish).
3. Prepare, print and electronically sign the application in the "Evaluation of Merits in Research" application (spanish) .
4. Incorporate the signed application in the electronic process (spanish). (Electronic certificate or password required).
More information: https://www.aragon.es/tramites
Inquiries: 
sexenios.acpua@aragon.es
Evaluation Committees
Appeals, complaints and claims
The ACPUA Guarantee Committee is the Agency's body responsible for reporting on appeals against decisions of the Director, ensuring the correct application of the evaluation, certification and accreditation procedure, reporting on complaints and claims of which the Director is transferred, and advising on any matters, claims or questions related to the guarantees and ethics of the evaluation that are submitted for consideration by the Board of Directors or Director of the agency.
