Major Research Grants:

•  Intramural Projects CSIC. 2007/30I026. Biology and population genetics of the ascidian Microcosmus squamiger , an invasive species in the Mediterranean . 50,000 €. 2007-2008. (PI: X. Turon)

•  Spanish Ministry of Science PR-2007-0054. Defense mechanisms in marine invertebrates: interactions between chemical and physical defenses in sponges. 14,500 €. 2007 (PI: X. Turon)

•  Spanish Ministry of Science CTM2007-66635-C02-02. MARMOL: Molecular tools for the study of the vulnerability of littoral benthic populations: structure, connectivity, adaptation, and gene expression (PI: X. Turon and C. Palacin). 184,000 € 2007-2009.

•  Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (France). ECIMAR: Marine chemical ecology: biodiversity indicators and applications. 32,500 €. 2007-2010 (PI: X. Turon)

•  Spanish Ministry of the Environment. National Parc Network. Genetic biodiversity of marine organisms in Cabrera National Parc (PI: E. Macpherson, CSIC). 160,049 €. 2005-2007

•  Spanish Ministry of Science CTM2004-05265-C02-01. INTERGEN: genetic interchange between Atlantic and Mediterranean in invertebrates and fish: colonization, speciation and invasions. 118,600 €. 2004-2007 (PI: X. Turon)

Research Contracts with Enterprises and Administrations:

•  Fisheries Department, Catalan government. Update of the cartography of the sea urchin populations of commercial interest in Catalonia . Scientific advisor of the enterprise in charge, Ecoproges SL. 72,000 €. 2005-2008 (PI: M. Ballesteros, C. Palacín and X. Turon)

Other funded activities:

•  Working funds for the Consolidated Research Group “Benthic Biology and Ecology” (this group includes several professors of the Univ. of Barcelona and scientists of the Spanish Research Council) (PI: X. Turon and C. Palacin)

•  Committee for Universities and Research, Catalan Government:
..........2005SGR00674. 36,600 €. 2006 2008