Subsidies for research and innovation projects in collaboration with the "la Caixa" Foundation
The City of Barcelona, in collaboration with the ”la Caixa” Foundation, launches a biennial subsidy line for research and innovation projects aimed at developing solutions in areas such as community health, city digitization, new technologies, quality of life improvement, climate emergency, and sustainability, to address urban challenges in the city. This initiative seeks to generate innovative, evidence-based ideas and solutions, fostering collaboration between research centres, third-sector entities, and the city's economic and social fabric.
Through this subsidy line, we aim to inform future political decisions to improve people's well-being and build a more sustainable and inclusive city. Additionally, the initiative seeks to promote open access and the dissemination of research results to citizens to ensure effective knowledge transfer and contribute to scientific culture in the public.
Call 2025
In the 2025 call, projects must be based on research related to urban challenges that fit into one of the following themes:
- Life Sciences and Health: Advanced therapies, digital health, community health.
- Technological Innovation and the City: Chips and semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies.
- Sustainability and Climate Change: Climate emergency, responsible consumption and food, green and blue economy.
Projects subsidised
Projects subsidised in the 2023 call for proposals
The 2023 call for proposals addressed two themes: community health, and sustainability and climate change. Barcelona City Council and the "La Caixa" Foundation awarded the 2023 subsidies to the following fourteen projects:
Projects subsidised in the 2022 call for proposals
The 2022 call for proposals addressed two themes: ageing and quality of life; and mobility and respect for and protection of the environment. Barcelona City Council and the "La Caixa" Foundation awarded the 2022 grants to the following seven projects:
Projects subsidised in the 2021 call for proposals
The 2021 call for proposals covered three themes: ageing and quality of life; mobility and respect for and protection of the environment; and sustainable city: new technologies applied to housing, space and public services. Barcelona City Council and the "la Caixa" Foundation awarded the 2021 grants to seven projects, six of which were 100% funded, while the seventh received a contribution of 73% of the budget.
Projects subsidised in the 2019 call for proposals
As part of Barcelona City Council's collaboration with the "la Caixa" Foundation to subsidise research and innovation projects, 7 research projects were funded in 2019-2020, with a total of 21 participating entities and an investment of 900,000 euros. The 7 subsidised projects worked on mobility and respect and protection of the environment; and ageing and quality of life:
