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The University of Barcelona (UB) is Spain’s leading research university, publishing more research than any other Spanish institution with the exception of CSIC, the national research council (Third European Report on ST Indicators, 2003).
The UB has 109 departments and
more than 5,000 full-time researchers,
technicians and research assistants, most of whom work in the UB’s 249
research groups as recognized and supported by the Generalitat
de Catalunya (Catalan Government). In 2004 the UB was awarded 169
national research grants and 18
European grants and participated in over 500
joint research projects with the business sector, generating an
overall research income of 40 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 Fundació
Parc Científic de Barcelona, (Barcelona Science Park,
PCB), which includes the Institut
de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (Institute of Biomedical
Research of Barcelona, IRBB); the Fundació
Clínic-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Agust
Pi i Sunyer (Clinic Foundation/ August Pi i Sunyer Institute
for Biomedical Research IDIBAPS); and the Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica
de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute,
IDIBELL).
The guidelines for research policy are drawn up by the
Vice-Rectorates with responsibility for research. Research activities are
managed by the Oficina
de Gestió de la Recerca (Research Management Office, OGR),
which is in charge of national research programs, the Oficina de Projectes
Europeus de Recerca (the European Research Projects Office, OPER),
responsible for European projects, and the Centre
d’Innovació de la Fundació Bosch i Gimpera (the
Bosch i Gimpera Foundation’s Centre of Innovation, CIFBG) which oversees
knowledge transfer and relations with the business sector. The Serveis
Cientificotècnics (SCT) are a group of UB centres that support
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