Fundació Carulla Competitors

The University of Barcelona (UB) is Spain’s leading research university, publishing more research than any other Spanish institution with the exception of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The UB has 106 departments and more than 5,000 full-time researchers, technicians and research assistants, most of whom work in the UB’s 243 research groups as recognized and supported by the Generalitat de Catalunya. In 2010 the UB was awarded 175 national research grants and 17 European grants and participated in over 500 joint research projects with the business sector, generating an overall research income of 70 million euros. The work of these groups is overseen by the UB’s research centres and institutes which collaborate with the leading research institutions and networks in Spain and abroad. The UB is also home to three large research foundations: the Barcelona Science Park Foundation (PCB), which includes the Institute of Biomedical Research (IRBB); the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS); and the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL). The guidelines for research policy are drawn up by the Office of the Vice-Rector for Research. Research activities are managed by the UB office Research Management (OGR), which is in charge of national research programs, the UB office European Research Projects (OPER), which is responsible for European projects, and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG),

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”la Caixa” Foundation manages Welfare Projects promoting programmes, actions, studies, supports and equipment, individually or collectively, to contribute to the progress of individuals and society, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable groups. With over 110 years of history, ”la Caixa” Foundation maintains a budget of 500 million euros and promotes more than 50,000 activities each year with more than 10,500,000 beneficiaries, with a firm commitment to human rights, peace, justice and human dignity. Solidarity, integrity, humanism and transcendence are the values that accompany the ”la Caixa” Foundation to achieve sustainable social change and to create opportunities for people. ”la Caixa” Foundation is the 1st foundation in Spain and the 3rd in the world, which makes it an international point of reference.