UPC leads Catalan universities in European Horizon 2020 projects for 2014-2015

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) is the top-ranked university in Catalonia in terms of the number of projects funded under the Horizon 2020 (H2020) programme in 2014-2015. The University is participating in 41 of nearly 200 projects being carried out at Catalan universities and leads 13. These results are presented in a report produced by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI). To date, the UPC has been awarded H2020 funding for 61 projects, most of which fall under the Excellent Science pillar.

The report indicates that 36% of the funding obtained by Catalonia in the 2014-2015 calls is to support research under the Excellent Science pillar, mostly within the framework of projects led by universities and research centres. Excellent Science is the area in which the UPC has the most projects (23). Three of these have been awarded Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC) and another has received a Starting Grant from the EU funding body.

Under the tackling societal challenges pillar, the University is very active in projects related to energy and climate.

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