ICREA, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, is a foundation jointly promoted by theCatalan Government through its Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise, and the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI). ICREA was created in 2000 aiming to boost theresearch system ofCatalonia via the recruitment of topscientists for the CatalanR&D system, scientists capable of leading new research groups, strengthening existing groups, and opening up novel forefront lines of research.[1]
To achieve its objectives ICREA works closely withCatalan universities and research centres based in Catalonia by means of long-term agreements that allow ICREA researchers to integrate in research groups within these universities and centres.
In the period 2000-2008, ICREA has hired a total of 222 tenured researchprofessors in different areas of research: 32.5% inlife andmedical sciences, 27% inexperimental sciences andmathematics, 10% insocial sciences, 13.5% in different fields ofhumanities and 17% intechnology.[2]
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