A complex world
We live in a complex world that’s constantly evolving and presenting us with new challenges, from climate change to public health crises. Science provides us with a framework for understanding and tackling these challenges through research, helping us to build a more sustainable and equitable future for all.
Committed Scientists
In today's world, scientists must be more committed than ever to using their knowledge and experience to find innovative solutions for society. At the same time, institutions need to provide a favourable environment that allows them to carry out their research with independence and integrity, free from political pressures or external influences that could compromise the quality of their work.
New paradigms of knowledge
At ICREA, over 270 committed researchers are advancing new paradigms of knowledge in multiple areas of science, including engineering, mathematics, medicine, social sciences and the humanities. Like the great thinkers of antiquity, they all share an inexhaustible passion for understanding the problems of our complex world.
Women at ICREA
Excellence and freedom for research
ICREA’s mission is to attract and retain outstanding scientists from around the world and help boost the impact and global visibility of Catalan universities and research centres.
ICREA researchers benefit from competitive conditions of employment and can pursue their work at the host institutions that are the best fit for their projects. An external, independent promotion committee evaluates each researcher’s performance regularly over the course of their career.
Full respect for freedom of research means scientists can generate new ideas and approaches that have the potential to transform society and help build a more egalitarian and sustainable future.
Citations and impact
One third of ICREA’s publications rank amongst the top 10% most cited worldwide
Top 1% most cited researchers worldwide by Clarivate
Source: Highly Cited Researchers TM, © 2023 Clarivate
![Eduard Batlle](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Batlle-Eduard_Web_fc_051015_6692-copy-350x350.jpg)
Eduard Batlle
IRB Barcelona
![](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Corbera-Esteve_fc_210201_7638-WEB_copy2-350x350.jpg)
Esteve Corbera
UAB
![Josep Dalmau](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Dalmau-Josep_Web_fc_211015_9953-copy-350x350.jpg)
Josep Dalmau
FRCB-IDIBAPS
![](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Donat_fc_280122_8422_w-350x350.jpg)
Markus Donat
BSC-CNS
![Frank Koppens](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Koppens-Frank_Web_fc_101115_2867-copy-350x350.jpg)
Frank Koppens
ICFO
![Ai Koyanagi](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Koyanagi-Ai_Web_fc_190314_1556-copy-350x350.jpg)
Ai Koyanagi
ISJD
![Josep Maria Llovet](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LLovet-Josep-Maria_Web_fc_211015_9985-copy-350x350.jpg)
Josep Maria Llovet
FRCB-IDIBAPS
![Marurizio Mencuccini](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mencuccini-Maurizio_Web_fc_191121_7855-copy-350x350.jpg)
Maurizio Mencuccini
CREAF
These are a few ICREA Research Professors who received awards in 2022
![Salvador Aznar Benitah](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/awards-aznar-350x350.jpg)
Salvador Aznar Benitah
Premio de Investigación Biomédica de la Foundación Lilly
![Quique Bassat](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/awards-bassat-350x350.jpg)
Quique Bassat
Medalla Narcís Monturiol
![Roberto Emparan](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/awards-emparan-350x350.jpg)
Roberto Emparan García de Salazar
Medalla Narcís Monturiol
![María Escudero](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/awards-escudero-350x350.jpg)
María Escudero Escribano
Miembro de la Academia Joven de España
![Manel Esteller](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Esteller-Manel_Web_fc_211015_0020-copy-350x350.jpg)
Manel Esteller Badosa
Premio Constantes y Vitales a la Trayectoria Científica en Investigación Biomédica
![Alexander Fidora Riera](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-fidora-350x350.jpg)
Alexander Fidora Riera
Humboltd Research Award
![Elena Galea](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-galea-350x350.jpg)
Elena Galea
Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
![Maciej Lewenstein](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-lewenstein-350x350.jpg)
Maciej Lewenstein
Premi Nacional de Recerca
![Núria López-Bigas](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-lopez-350x350.jpg)
Núria López-Bigas
ISCB Innovator Award
![Núria Montserrat Pulido](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-montserrat-350x350.jpg)
Núria Montserrat Pulido
Premio Constantes y Vitales al Joven Talento en Investigación Biomédica
![Rosemarie Nagel](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-nagel-350x350.jpg)
Rosemarie Nagel
Fellow of the Econometric Society
![Sílvia Osuna](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-osuna-350x350.jpg)
Sílvia Osuna
EuChemS Lecture Award
![Jelena Radjenović](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-radjenovic-350x350.jpg)
Jelena Radjenović
Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove
![Marta Reynal-Querol](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-reynal-350x350.jpg)
Marta Reynal-Querol
Premio Rei Jaume I de Economía
![Xavier Ros Oton](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-ros-350x350.jpg)
Xavier Ros Oton
Miembro de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España
![Samuel Sánchez-Ordóñez](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-sanchez-350x350.jpg)
Samuel Sánchez-Ordóñez
Premi Fundació Banc Sabadell a les Ciències i l’Enginyeria
![Sergey Tikhonov](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-tikhonov-350x350.jpg)
Sergey Tikhonov
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
![Sergio Valenzuela](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-valenzuela-350x350.jpg)
Sergio Valenzuela
Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
![Peter Wagner](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-wagner-350x350.jpg)
Peter Wagner
Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
![Andreas Winter](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-winter-350x350.jpg)
Andreas Winter
Humboldt Research Award
ICREA’s impact in 2022
ERC grants awarded in 2022
(excluding the Proof of Concept scheme)
Advanced Grants
![Mar Albà](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/alba-350x350.jpg)
Mar Albà
Life Sciences
![Dan Brockington](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/brockington-350x350.jpg)
Dan Brockington
Social Sciences and Humanities
![Tess Knighton](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/knighton-350x350.jpg)
Tess Knighton
Social Sciences and Humanities
![Marta Reynal-Querol](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/awards-reynal-350x350.jpg)
Marta Reynal-Querol
Social Sciences and Humanities
![Jordi Sort](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sort-350x350.jpg)
Jordi Sort
Physical Sciences and Engineering
![Niek van Hulst](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/van-hulst-350x350.jpg)
Niek van Hulst
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Synergy Grants
![Gustavo Deco](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/deco-350x350.jpg)
Gustavo Deco
![Giorgos Kallis](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kallis-350x350.jpg)
Giorgos Kallis
![Albert Pol](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/pol-350x350.jpg)
Albert Pol
![Verena Ruprecht](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ruprecht-350x350.jpg)
Verena Ruprecht
![María Victoria Sánchez Vives](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sanchez-vives-350x350.jpg)
María Victoria Sánchez Vives
![Juan Valcárcel](https://memoir.icrea.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/valcarcel-350x350.jpg)
Juan Valcárcel