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Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science, is a foundation promoted by the Basque Government in 2007 to contribute to the development of scientific research in the Basque Country by attracting researchers of excellence and consolidating careers, as well as actions to boost research. Its first scientific director was Mª Carmen Gallastegui, a professor of economics at the University of the Basque Country. In July 2009, she was replaced by Professor Fernando Cossío. Ikerbasque celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017.
Since its launch, Ikerbasque has had several recruitment programs for researchers with different profiles. All those researchers are expected to develop their work assigned to centers in the Basque science and technology network. At the end of 2024, 402 researchers carried out their activity in Ikerbasque, among them 201 professors, 89 associates, and 112 fellows. Further growth of the Ikerbasque personnel to up to 450 by the year 2028 is planned by the Basque government.
Ikerbasque Research Fellows are young researchers who have 3–10 years of postdoctoral experience, international experience and whose CV have been assessed as outstanding by the Evaluation Committee of Ikerbasque. They are assigned to Basque universities and research centres for a five-year period. This program opens annual calls since its creation in 2012, with a maximum of 25 positions each year.
The Research Associate program was born in 2017 as an instrument to stabilize the Research Fellows offering them permanent positions. In its presentation, the Basque Government indicated that "it was born specially designed so that the Research Fellows, who have proven their worth as researchers in Basque centers for five years, can give continuity to Basque research in the longer term."
The profile of Ikerbasque Research Professors is that of an experienced researcher capable of leading new research groups, or fostering existing groups, and opening up novel state of the art research topics within the Basque Science community.
In 2010, European Commission awarded Ikerbasque with a Marie Curie action - Cofund program fellowship of 5 million Euros, for co-funding this program.
Ikerbasque assisted the Basque Government in launching the BERC Basque Excellence Research Centers: 3 of them have been created by the foundation (BC3 - Basque Center for Climate Change, BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics and BCBL - Basque Center for Cognition, Brain and Language), 3 were already existing centers which were given the BERC category and funding (Donostia International Physics Center, Material Physics Center and Biophysics Unit) and the last 3 were created in cooperation with the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) from leading research groups within the University (Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Polymat - Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and BCMaterials.
Ikerbasque collaborates with diverse scientific institutions of the Basque Country (universities, BERCs, CICs, Technological Centers, Biosanitary Research Institutes) with initiatives that seek a global improvement of Basque science. These include:
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Ikerbasque
Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science, is a foundation promoted by the Basque Government in 2007 to contribute to the development of scientific research in the Basque Country by attracting researchers of excellence and consolidating careers, as well as actions to boost research. Its first scientific director was Mª Carmen Gallastegui, a professor of economics at the University of the Basque Country. In July 2009, she was replaced by Professor Fernando Cossío. Ikerbasque celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017.
Since its launch, Ikerbasque has had several recruitment programs for researchers with different profiles. All those researchers are expected to develop their work assigned to centers in the Basque science and technology network. At the end of 2024, 402 researchers carried out their activity in Ikerbasque, among them 201 professors, 89 associates, and 112 fellows. Further growth of the Ikerbasque personnel to up to 450 by the year 2028 is planned by the Basque government.
Ikerbasque Research Fellows are young researchers who have 3–10 years of postdoctoral experience, international experience and whose CV have been assessed as outstanding by the Evaluation Committee of Ikerbasque. They are assigned to Basque universities and research centres for a five-year period. This program opens annual calls since its creation in 2012, with a maximum of 25 positions each year.
The Research Associate program was born in 2017 as an instrument to stabilize the Research Fellows offering them permanent positions. In its presentation, the Basque Government indicated that "it was born specially designed so that the Research Fellows, who have proven their worth as researchers in Basque centers for five years, can give continuity to Basque research in the longer term."
The profile of Ikerbasque Research Professors is that of an experienced researcher capable of leading new research groups, or fostering existing groups, and opening up novel state of the art research topics within the Basque Science community.
In 2010, European Commission awarded Ikerbasque with a Marie Curie action - Cofund program fellowship of 5 million Euros, for co-funding this program.
Ikerbasque assisted the Basque Government in launching the BERC Basque Excellence Research Centers: 3 of them have been created by the foundation (BC3 - Basque Center for Climate Change, BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics and BCBL - Basque Center for Cognition, Brain and Language), 3 were already existing centers which were given the BERC category and funding (Donostia International Physics Center, Material Physics Center and Biophysics Unit) and the last 3 were created in cooperation with the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) from leading research groups within the University (Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Polymat - Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and BCMaterials.
Ikerbasque collaborates with diverse scientific institutions of the Basque Country (universities, BERCs, CICs, Technological Centers, Biosanitary Research Institutes) with initiatives that seek a global improvement of Basque science. These include:
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