Annual Report 2024
The year 2024 has been a year of renewal for the CERCA Institution (I-CERCA). With a change in leadership, structural and organisational reforms have been driven forward to consolidate its core mission: to be an agile and efficient tool at the service of the CERCA centres, enhancing research and its impact on society. The new […]
Institutional declaration #8M2025 of the Government of Catalonia
Institutional declaration on 8 March, International Women’s Day On 8 March, International Women’s Day, we come together to assert, more than ever, the strength of the feminist movement as a driver of change and social transformation. We celebrate the progress made and recognise the struggles overcome, but we also give visibility to the persistent difficulties […]
Annual Report 2023
We present the 2023 annual report, highlighting the advances and achievements made by the CERCA Institution. During 2023, I-CERCA continued to support CERCA centres, promoted collaboration activities, training, and facilitated knowledge transfer and synergy creation. A significant part of the year’s activity focused on developing actions aimed at promoting and communicating knowledge transfer within the […]
Plan to boost knowledge transfer and innovation in social sciences and humanities
The program to boost innovation in social sciences and humanities aims to promote the transfer of knowledge and innovation in the social sciences and humanities centres of the CERCA system (CED, CREI, IBEI, ICAC, ICP, ICRPC and IPHES). Dr. Jessica Meijer, head of innovation and business development at LURIS, the transfer unit of Leiden University, […]
Annual Report 2022
If the year 2021 can be considered to have marked the turning point in the evolution of I-CERCA, advancing the system of centres towards a European model, the year 2022 has meant the consolidation of the research and development model in Catalonia with the approval of the Science Law on 21 December. The long-awaited new […]
Ombudsperson operating regulations
The actions of the CERCA Ombudsperson are aimed at ensuring compliance with the CERCA Code of Conduct, preventing irregularities in the CERCA system and providing young researchers with a framework to generate trust in compliance with rules
CERCA Conference 2022
This year, the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) will be hosting the meeting at its facilities in Tarragona (Avda. de los Països Catalans, 16, 43007, Tarragona), for which we are very grateful. After a number of years in which we have been unable to hold the meeting or do so […]
Annual Report 2021
The year about to end will be seen as a turning point in the evolution of the CERCA Institute. Obtaining the first positive results in the European Commission Horizon Europe calls for applications and funding from the General State Budget for the CERCAGINYS project will undoubtedly mark the an advance in the institute in […]
Annual Report 2020
The system has now reached a degree of maturity, making it time to move towards more ambitious positions and bring us closer to what we would like to be. Believing we can have a system of centres similar to the Max Planck Society should not be a chimera or a dream, but our goal. Viewing […]
Campaign: #JoSocReCERCAire
The celebration of the CERCA Institute’s 10th anniversary was cut short by the COVID-19 outbreak. One year on and we have finally been able to celebrate the 10+1 anniversary, in conjunction with all the centres. We have produced 14,000 T-shirts with the slogan #JoSocReCERCAire (I am a researcher) to distribute among all the centre’s staff. […]
