Ikerbasque will attract 30 researchers and raise more than 49 million euros. It had research funds in 2025
By the end of the year, there were 417 professionals from 35 countries, and 1,685 people worked in teams led by the foundation's staff.
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Ikerbasque attracted 30 new researchers last year, forming a community of 417 people, and earmarked more than 49 million euros for research, according to the organization's 2025 balance sheet.
The Minister of Science, Universities and Innovation of the Basque Government, Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias, the scientific director of Ikerbasque, Fernando Cossío, and the Director of Scientific Policy of the Basque Government, Amaia Esquisabel, presented this balance sheet on Wednesday in Bilbao, in the presence of researchers Marina Medina and Irati Garmendia Ikerbasque.
Well, by the end of 2025, Ikerbasque had a total of 417 researchers, divided into three categories to develop the scientific career: 214 consolidated researchers with extensive experience and leadership skills; 107 young researchers whose goal is to form a team of high-level scientists; 96 Research Associate, an average figure that helps shape different stages of the researcher's career.
At the hearing, it was noted that this structure "not only strengthened scientific excellence, but also boosted scientific production," with the publication last year of 1,726 articles in internationally influential indexed journals.
The total amount of funds obtained by Ikerbasque researchers in 2025 was EUR 49 million (EUR 2 million more than in 2024). Of the 1,346 projects worked on external funding, five new projects were funded by ERC (European Research Council, European Research Council).
The researchers also contributed to the creation of 48 spin-offs, the activity of which is based on the exploitation of new processes, products or services, based on the knowledge and results obtained in the research.
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The researchers who have been recruited by Ikerbasque to work in universities and R & D centres in the Basque Country came from 35 countries in 2025, with men (69 per cent) predominating over 31 per cent of women; 44 per cent were specialists in experimental sciences, 26 per cent in medical sciences, 16 per cent in engineering and 14 per cent in human and social sciences.
"European benchmark"
At the hearing, they stressed that, in view of the results obtained in 2025, 'it can be said that the Basque Country has been placed as a European reference in the field of science'. They have ensured that they already recognise the Basque Country as an 'advanced research region' at international level. An example of this is that the European Commission has six times selected the Ikerbasque research recruitment programme as the best European initiative for scientific development.
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