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The Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities of Spain (MICIU), has publishe the provisional resolution of the 2024 call for Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento, the biggest call of the MICIU, which annually provides competitive funding to the best research projects developed in Spain. In the case of the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), the center has been awarded 16 projects, which carry a combined grant of over €2.2 million.

The Minister of Science, Innovation, and Universities, Diana Morant, stated that this year's edition "has achieved a historic goal, being the largest budget to date, which will allow us to continue advancing knowledge and respond to social, economic, and technological problems, in addition to offering strong support for the training of new PhDs," according to the MCIU press release.

In total, €667 million has been pre-awarded, 2% more than the previous year and 34% more than in 2018. Of this amount, €512.9 million will be allocated to 3,252 research projects and €154.2 million to 1,149 pre-doctoral contracts. The grants are co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund Plus.

ICMM-CSIC projects

Of the 16 projects awarded to the ICMM-CSIC, three include the hiring of predoctoral researchers, and the majority are for women researchers (56.3% of the grants). The research projects, which will begin on September 1, 2025, and will last three years, cover topics ranging from materials modeling to photonic crystals, including the study of quantum technologies and materials for health.

The researchers leading the projects are: Silvia Gallego; Marisa Ferrer, Leni Bascones; Felipe Gándara, Álvaro Blanco, Pedro David García; Miriam Jaafar; Ana Espinosa de los Monteros; Federico Serrano; Guilherme Vilhena; Antonio Picón; Celia Castillo; Elsa Prada; Yue Ban; Laura Rego y Borja Cirera.

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 14:08