The Serra Hunter Programme (SHP) aims at recruiting new faculty members into the Catalan public universities. The SHP is funded by the Government of Catalonia and the seven Catalan public universities: the University of Barcelona (UB), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the Technical University of Catalonia – BarcelonaTech (UPC), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), the University of Lleida (UdL), the University of Girona (UdG) and Rovira i Virgili University (URV).