Welcome to the Barcelona Knowledge Hub, the Southern European and Mediterranean Office of the Academia Europaea.
Our goal is to contribute to the consolidation of a genuine European area of research, education and innovation.
Cloister of the Convalescent Home (mid 17th c.), formerly the Old Hospital of the Holy Cross (early 15th c.), and current headquarters of the Institute for Catalan Studies, where the AE-BKH office is located (Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona).
NEWS
ANDRÉ MISCHKE YAE PRIZE FOR SCIENCE AND POLICY 2021 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2021
Deadline 15 April 2021.
The Young Academy of Europe Prize is awarded annually to an early to mid-career professional in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to key areas of the YAE. In 2019, the YAE Prize was named “André Mischke YAE Prize for Science and Policy” in honor of the late YAE Founding Chair, André Mischke. The prize is awarded to support and promote: science, evidence-based policy making, science communication , and future generation scientists
and scholars in Europe.
DANIEL CARASSO FELLOWSHIP CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2021
The Fundación Daniel y Nina Carasso awards the Daniel Carasso Fellowship to outstanding early-stage researchers engaged in the promotion of sustainable food systems. The Fellowship consists of a research career development grant to carry out a research project at a Spanish university or research centre for a two-year period.
Deadline March 5th, 2021
FUTURE EUROPEAN RESEARCH POLICY
An Academia Europaea statement of principles for the Future of Research and innovation policy of the European Union – Forward from 2020.
PROFESSOR MARJA MAKAROW ELECTED NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA
The Barcelona Knowledge Hub congratulates Prof. Marja Makarow on being elected the next President of Academia Europaea
BARCELONA HYPATIA EUROPEAN SCIENCE PRIZE
The AE-BKH is pleased to announce that Italian virologist Dr. Ilaria Capua, current Director of the “One Health” Center of Excellence at the Univeristy of Florida, has been selected as winner of the second edition of the Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize, for her research career conducted at the highest international level, for her leadership in the promotion of open access to genetic information on emerging viruses, and for the social impact that she has made through her contributions to the multidisciplinary concept of “one health,” encompassing human, animal and environmental health.
BARCELONA SCIENCE PLAN
The AE Barcelona Knowledge Hub supports the Barcelona City Council in its #Cities4Science initiative, calling for increased EU funding for research and innovation.
The Barcelona Knowledge Hub of Academia Europaea (AE-BKH) expresses its full support for the #Cities4Science initiative led by the Barcelona City Council on social media, and it encourages leaders across Europe to join their voices and push for greater support of science.
COVID-19
The Barcelona Knowledge Hub is working remotely due to the temporary closure of the Institute for Catalan Studies, where our office is located. Questions and/or comments during this time may be sent to barcelona@acadeuro.org
To keep abreast of the latest information about this pandemic, you can access the websites of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, USA), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Union by clicking on the corresponding organisation.
COMMUNICATION MANAGER
Rubén Duro
Updated Febuary 24, 2021, at 10.54 h
