IEEC researcher María Teresa Antoja, awarded a Leonardo Grant for Basic Sciences

2021-07-07 13:00:00

A researcher from the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC — Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya) at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the Universitat de Barcelona (ICCUB), María Teresa Antoja, has been awarded one of the 59 Leonardo Grants for Researchers and Cultural Creators 2021 given by BBVA Foundation.

The commission’s decision, made public on 10 June 2021, resolved to award 59 grants in nine areas of science and culture, selected from a total of 1,274 applications and each consisting of 40,000 euros. The fellowship awarded to Dra. Antoja, Ramón y Cajal Researcher, is one of the 6 Leonardo Grants awarded in the area of Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) and will help promote her research work in the field of Galaxy formation and evolution.

The Leonardo Grants are intended to support personal projects of researchers and cultural creators in intermediate stages of their career, between 30 and 45 years, that stand out due to a significant scientific, technological or cultural production. The Leonardo program, created by the BBVA Foundation in 2014, contributes to the generation of knowledge in a wide range of fields, from basic research, biomedicine, the environment and the development of technological applications, to the social sciences, humanities, music and literature. The specific destination of the grant admits a great flexibility, adapting to the concrete needs of each project, being able to be developed within a period of 12-18 months.

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