On June 20, 2024, the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation will receive the 2023 National Scientific Patronage Award, the highest distinction granted each year by the Government of Catalonia through the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation. The 2023 National Research Awards will be presented at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in a ceremony that will be attended by the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Pere Aragonès, and the Minister of Research and Universities, Joaquim Nadal.
This non-profit institution receives the distinction just on its 40th anniversary “for its work of more than four decades promoting research and knowledge in pharmacology, both in Catalonia and internationally”.
With more than 720 activities and 122 publications carried out over these 40 years, the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation aims to promote research in pharmacology. A commitment that materializes with close collaboration with the main scientific institutions in Catalonia, from research centers and universities to the main hospitals and scientific societies.
In addition to the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation, this year’s National Research Awards went to Eduard Batlle (ICREA), winner of the National Research Award for his discoveries on the origin and progression of colorectal tumours, and Mar Reguant (Institute of Economic Analysis-CSIC), winner of the National Young Talent Award for his studies of electricity markets.
For its part, the Scientific Communication Award has gone to the CosmoCaixa museum, recognized as “an international reference center in the dissemination of science”, while the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation has obtained the Public-Private Partnership in R+I award. which rewards the creation of science-based companies, by the spinoff Nuage Therapeutics.