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Similarly, the idea of cooperation --a team  of people making a collective effort to achieve a common goal-- is simple to understand, but very often difficult to put into practice. However, when applied meaningfully and in a coordinated manner, something as simple as “better together” is extremely useful.

Since the creation of Ikerbasque we have been aware of the importance of our allies: the universities and research centers of the Basque Country. They have made it possible for us to achieve our goals and to be a flexible and efficient organization. We are convinced that cooperation is one of the great factors  of evolution, innovation and scientific advances.

After 15 years of experience, the Basque Foundation for Science is a consolidated organization, a scientific benchmark for attracting talent which has 312 researchers from 35 different countries, who carry out their work in all fields of knowledge. In addition, Ikerbasque has a firm commitment to hiring women researchers and to the return of researchers from the Basque Country who currently carry out their work abroad.

Since its creation, Ikerbasque has sought to be a stable and motivating platform from which researchers working in scientific institutions in the Basque Country can continue to ask new questions, posing tantalizing novel challenges and contributing to the generation of new knowledge. In other words: talent in its widest sense to give a better future for all of us.