Pedro Sánchez Meets ATRAE International Research Leaders at Moncloa as Programme Commits 38.9 Million Euros for 37 Scientists
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met on October 22 at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid with researchers benefiting from the latest call of ATRAE, the state programme for attracting international research talent, to hear about their high-impact projects. Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities Diana Morant also attended the meeting, organised by the Presidency of the Government together with the ministry and the State Research Agency (AEI).
ATRAE is run by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the AEI. Its latest call commits 38.9 million euros to bring 37 international scientific leaders to work at Spanish universities and research centres.
Only 14 of the programme's beneficiaries were invited to the Moncloa reception, and four were selected to present their projects in detail to the prime minister and the minister. They included Nilda Flores-González, who joined the University of Murcia as a Distinguished Researcher on October 1 from Arizona State University in the United States to study the sense of belonging among young people of immigrant origin; the University of Murcia secured 1.9 million euros under this ATRAE call.
Another participant, Joleah Lamb of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, specialises in the interaction between human health and marine ecosystem conservation and will lead the four-year GREENMARINE project on nature-based solutions to eliminate antibiotic-resistant pathogens in built marine environments.
Source: Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：实验室技术人员调整显微镜。Shixart1985 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0。 / Photo: A lab technician adjusting a microscope. Photo by Shixart1985, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
