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Eleven UAB researchers awarded ICREA Academia recognition prize

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Eleven members of UAB's academic staff have been awarded recognition prizes by the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) in the second edition of the ICREA Acadèmia Programme. The prize includes 50,000 euros per winner and full dedication to research activities during five years in public universities of Catalonia. UAB researchers awarded the prize account for 35% of this year's winners.

09/04/2010

Professors awarded the ICREA Acadèmia 2009 prize are Maria Dolors Baró, Enrique Fernández Sánchez and Alex Pomarol of the Department of Physics; Joaquín Ariño and Salvador Ventura of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Jordi Caballé of the Department of Economics and History of Economics; Maria Teresa Espinal of the Department of Catalan Studies; Jaume Llibre of the Department of Mathematics; Rafael Mora of the Department of Prehistory; Agustí Nieto-Galán of the Department of Philosophy; and Jordi Suñé of the Department of Electronic Engineering.

The objective of the ICREA Acadèmia Programme is to motivate and retain university professors with excellent research careers. It is addressed exclusively to university academics carrying out research at university (in departments or institutes) and especially to those at the height of their research activities.

Each of the winners receive 25,000 euros per year. An additional 20,000 euros are given to the university, principally towards the hiring of teaching or research support staff. The university is also endowed with 5,000 euros for the management of the researcher's programme.

A total of 30 prizes were awarded. UAB is the university to receive the greatest number of ICREA prizes this year. Following UAB are: 8 researchers from University of Barcelona, 5 from Pompeu Fabra University, 3 from Technical University of Catalonia, 2 from Rovira i Virgili University and 1 from University of Girona.

By area of knowledge, nine of the 30 researchers carry out projects in the area of Mathematics and Experimental Sciences and six in the area of Humanities. The remaining 15 researchers -five in each of the following areas of knowledge- work in Medical and Life Sciences, Social Sciences, and Technology.