AGAUR certifies, with 15 consolidated research groups, the excellence in research at IRBio

Last January, the Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) published the resolution of the call that supports the activities of research groups (SGR-Cat 2021) for the period 2022-2024. This call has an important impact on the Catalan scientific system as it recognizes research groups of excellence in different disciplines. In addition, it aims to boost scientific activities and strengthen the academic, economic and social impact of research, as well as to promote its international projection.

Up to 15 consolidated research groups (CRGs) have been recognized among IRBio researchers. Of these recognized CRGs, up to 9 of them, the principal investigator as well as a high percentage of their team or all of them belong to IRBio. Moreover, 6 additional groups include researchers from IRBio, although the principal investigator belongs to another department of the UB itself or to other institutions, such as IBB, UdG, ICM-CSIC, etc.

The recognition by AGAUR of the research groups is an indicator of excellence in research by the research staff of IRBio and the University of Barcelona.

The working topics of the groups belong to different scientific fields, and include genetics, evolutionary biology, ecology, biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, ethnobotany, agroecology, and paleontology, and are carried out in all types of ecosystems, marine, terrestrial and inland water.