Report
16 Years
researching
In 2007 The Basque Government created Ikerbasque to reinforce the Basque scientific system through the attraction, recovery and retention of researchers from all around the world.
We are
curious
In 2007, The Basque Government created Ikerbasque to reinforce the Basque scientific system through the attraction, recovery and retention of researchers from all around the world.
The Basque Foundation for Science is a consolidated organization with 345 researchers from 35 different countries, from all fields of knowledge and with a firm commitment to the hiring of female researchers, as well as to promoting the return of Basque researchers who are currently working outside of the Basque Country.
For all of this, Ikerbasque provides a comprehensive offer that has long term stability, covering the different stages of the researcher’s career. Our researchers develop their work in the different universities and research centers of the Basque Country. This is all thanks to our allies, those who make it possible for us to achieve our goals and who allow us to see ourselves as an organization unrestricted by our physical boundaries.
Since Ikerbasque’s creation, we have sought to be a stable yet motivating platform from which scientists and scientific institutions in the Basque Country can continue asking themselves new questions and contributing to the challenge of generating new knowledge.
An ability to reason, persistence, critical spirit and open-mindedness are essential attitudes for a researcher, but if we had to choose one of them, that would be curiosity.
Curiosity moves us to explain the world in which we live. Being curious is having the strength of thinking and asking questions.
Curiosity makes us want to understand the things, not just know about them.
And curiosity has brought us here. This Report is the answer to the intellectual challenge of understanding things. It is the answer to curiosity.
345
Researchers
Research Professors
Ikerbasque Research Professors are senior independent researchers in all areas of knowledge with extensive research experience and leadership skills. They are assigned permanently to Basque universities and research centers.
Research Associates
Research Associates researchers with an established scientific career in all areas of knowledge. They have demonstrated maturity, intellectual independence and leadership ability. Ikerbasque offers them permanent research positions.
Research Fellows
Research Fellows are young researchers with a promising scientific career and international experience. Ikerbasque offers them 5— year research positions with the aim of offering a track towards an independent research career.
Relevant Data
€ 40 Million
Return of investment
Total funds that Ikerbasque researchers obtained from competitive calls in 2022.
1,593
People
working in research groups led by Ikerbasque researchers.
1,058
Projects
with external funding in which Ikerbasque researchers participate.
1.437
Articles
published per year by Ikerbasque researchers in indexed publications of high profile publications.
20
ERC
Ikerbasque researchers are leading 15 ERC grants. The ERC (European Research Council) is the main European organization that promotes research projects based on scientific excellence.
345
Researchers
88
PhD theses
mentored in 2022.
35
Nationalities of the researchers
€ 22 Million
Annual budget of Ikerbasque
Host Centres
Ikerbasque researchers have joined the following centres in the Basque Country.
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