Winners of the UB Board of Trustees and Bosch i Gimpera Foundation Prizes announced
The awards panel of the University of Barcelona Board of Trustees has chosen the winners of the 6th José Manuel Blecua Prize, for the best article published in a major journal in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Ramon Margalef Prize, for the best article published in a major journal in the field of Experimental and Health Sciences. The winners have also been announced for the 3rd edition of prizes awarded jointly by the Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG), which include the Antoni Caparrós Prize for the best knowledge and technology transfer project and the Senén Vilaró Prize for company innovation. The prize-giving ceremony will be held in early December.
The awards panel of the University of Barcelona Board of Trustees has chosen the winners of the 6th José Manuel Blecua Prize, for the best article published in a major journal in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Ramon Margalef Prize, for the best article published in a major journal in the field of Experimental and Health Sciences. The winners have also been announced for the 3rd edition of prizes awarded jointly by the Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG), which include the Antoni Caparrós Prize for the best knowledge and technology transfer project and the Senén Vilaró Prize for company innovation. The prize-giving ceremony will be held in early December.
The José Manuel Blecua Prize was awarded to Dr. Álvaro Choi de Mendizábal for his article “Sequential educational expansion, equality, and growth in the Republic of Korea”, published in KEDI Journal of Educational Policy. The panel considered the paper to be of particular interest in its field, describing the study and simulation of education and its impact on the economic development of the Peopleʼs Republic of Korea. The paper represents exhaustive theoretical and empirical work, and the journal in which it was published is listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
In addition to considering the overall business results, the awards panel valued the companyʼs presence in the national and international markets and the strength of its team of entrepreneurs. The company has created a spin-off, SOM Biotech, also based in the PCB-Santander Bioincubator, which uses Intelligent Pharma technologies for drug repositioning in the pharmaceutical sector.