By the end of 2017, eight researchers of the ICMAB had been granted with nine projects of the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC operates according to a “curiosity-driven”, or “bottom-up”, approach, allowing researchers to identify new opportunities in any field of research. Accordingly, the portfolio ERC funded projects spans a wide range of topics and research questions.

Three ICMAB researchers have been granted with a Ramon y Cajal grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.

The “Societat Catalana de Química” (SCQ-IEC) organizes every year the contest on the best research chemistry projects for secondary school students (Premis als Treballs de Recerca de Batxillerat dins l’Àmbit de la Química). The award for the finalist students is a two-week scientific internship in a Catalan research center or university during July 2018. 

The awards ceremony took place on May 9, 2018, at the IEC, and was introduced by a debate on “Connecting materials science to the young students and adults” by our researchers Susagna Ricart and Arántzazu González, and followed by the awards delivery and the talks of the winners.

The New Materials in Your Classroom Project has been awarded with the first prize of the Reach.Out! Competition Award from the E-MRS Spring 2014.

We received the award on behalf of whole team involving more than 20 researchers from the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona.