The University of Barcelona (UB) presented the first university Virtual Museum in Spain, which aims to disseminate the extensive cultural heritage of the UB, in an event held in the university’s Great Hall.
The Management of the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) has called for applications for the third edition of the PCB pre-doctoral grant program. The aim of the program is to promote the training of new researchers. The grants, which are awarded for a period of 2 years, may be followed by a 2-year working contract at the PCB. This represents a major advantage for doctoral students when it comes to finding a place in the employment market later on.
This year a group of secondary school students from 40 schools in Catalonia will conduct their 2009-2010 school year research project in collaboration with researchers from the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). This collaboration is possible thanks to the “Tutoring for Secondary School Students” programme, promoted by the Science Diffusion Area of the PCB together with the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the support of the Social Welfare Department of the Caixa de Catalunya. The objective of this programme is to promote research in the educational community, as well as to encourage scientific vocations amongst the youth.
On May 20th and 21st the Palau de Congressos of Catalonia (The Congress Centre in Barcelona) will host the eighth edition of the «Day of the Entrepreneur», the largest annual meeting point for entrepreneurs and support services for business initiatives and growth in Barcelona. The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG) –with offices at the Barcelona Science Park- is one of the more than 60 institutions that will be participating in this event with the objective of providing its support to the city’s companies.
Next Saturday, May 16, the “Inventiveness Party” will be held at the Auditorium of the Vertex Building of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. This initiative is framed within the programme “« Enginycat! », created by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation, and aims to recognise the talent and effort of 100 young Catalan secondary students who received first prize in 2008 for their projects relating to science or technology. The three secondary students who won the “Research at Secondary Schools Awards”, granted annually by the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) with the support of the Obra Social Caixa Catalunya, are included amongst the winners.
A debate on “Climate Change: new challenges for the XXI century”, organised by the Catalan Institute for Climate Sciences (IC3), based at the Barcelona Science Park, was held on the 13 May at the Royal Academy of Sciences. The objective of the event was to establish a space for debate and reflection concerning the effects of global warming on water, energy, food and nutrition, tourism, and population’s health, especially in what concerns the proliferation of infectious diseases.
The Barcelona Science Park has announced the fifth grant call aimed at researchers who wish to tutor secondary school students during their research projects. The initiative is included within the program «Research in Society», developed by the PCB, and its objective is to promote research within the educational community and to foster scientific vocations amongst the youth. Application deadline is May 4.
Last Thursday March 26 the book “Directores de cine en Cataluña, de la A a la Z” by Magí Crusells, professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona (UB), and secretary of the Film-History Research Centre, organization linked to the Barcelona Science Park, was presented at the Social Club of the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) in Catalonia. The following individuals spoke at the ceremony: Joel Joan, president of the Academy of Catalan Cinema; Joan Durant, editor of the UB; Joan Oliver, head of the Department of Contemporary History of the UB; the book’s author, Magí Crusells, and Josep Maria Caparrós, director of the Film-History Research Centre.
The company Neuroscience Technologies –located at the Barcelona Science Park, and part of the Bioincubator PCB-Santander– is included within the twenty Catalan technological companies selected to participate in the Global Growth Program (GGP’09), a training forum aimed at improving business management with a global approach: sales, alliances and financing. This initiative –consisting of three workshops, a networking event and a seminar on financing that will take place throughout 2009- has been launched by 22@ Barcelona and Barcelona Activa, in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, ACC1Ó and the three universities present at the technological district: IL3 – the Institute for Lifelong Learning of the University of Barcelona (UB)-, the UPC Foundation and the Pompeu Fabra University.
The Management of the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) has called for applications for the second edition of the PCB pre-doctoral grant program. The aim of the program is to promote the training of new researchers. The grants, which are awarded for a period of 2 years, may be followed by a 2-year working contract at the PCB. This represents a major advantage for doctoral students when it comes to finding a place in the employment market later on.
