Amparo Ruiz Carretero meets Minister Morant at the conference "Spain Attracts: A Better Country for Science"

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Amparo Ruiz Carretero, a Spanish researcher who has benefited from the competitive Atrae Program, participated this week in the meeting "Spain ATRAE: A Better Country for Science," which took place at the Residencia de Estudiantes (Madrid) and was inaugurated by the Minister of Science, Innovation, and Universities, Diana Morant.

The meeting brought together 40 internationally renowned researchers who have benefited from the prestigious program, which will launch its third edition next year. As Morant announced, the ATRAE 2025 Call, managed by the State Research Agency (AEI), will have a budget of €30 million to recruit world-leading scientists in their fields of research.

Ruiz Carretero is currently a permanent researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and leader of the SYCOMMOR group, dedicated to the synthesis and study of materials for organic electronics. However, in September 2025, she will join the Institute of Materials Science in Madrid, part of the Spanish National Research Council, where she is already working as a visiting researcher.

“You are coming to a country where the majority of society trusts its scientists and demands greater and better investment in science. And that is what we are doing,” stated Minister Morant, who also noted that Spain is a country “committed to science like never before, aware that it is the best bastion for defending democracy, people's quality of life, the competitiveness of our companies, and our strategic autonomy.”