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The “Tema del Dia” (Subject of the Day) in the newspaper “El Periódico de Catalunya” is devoted to research in Spain and Catalonia. Four pages analyze the posible effects of the cut-backs announced by Mariano Rajoy for Spain and an uncertain future for many “Ramon i Cajal” researchers.
These pages also include an interview with the Director General of Research of the Catalan Government, Josep M. Martorell, in which he explains that the budgets for CERCA institutions will increase between 2% and 3%. The Ministry of Economy and Knowledge affirms that the research of excellence performed in Catalonia is in a favorable position thanks to success in competitive funding awarded by the European Research Council and the Severo Ochoa Programme.
Read the feature article (PDF in Spanish)
El Periódico de Catalunya online
Link to the news on the ERC Advanced Grants success by IRB Barcelona researchers
Link to the news on Severo Ochoa Award to IRB Barcelona
About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
