RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIPS AND INNOVATION
Innovation
From the laboratory to the design of health-improving products
The CaixaImpulse programme transforms scientific knowledge generated in the laboratory into products capable of creating value for society. This is achieved through start-ups and also technology transfer agreements, such as licensing.
The programme is supported by Caixa Capital Risc and the European Institute of Technology (EIT Health).
The programme has promoted 102 initiatives, of which 32 have become spin-offs.
CaixaImpulse transforms the scientific knowledge emerging from laboratories into products of value to society.
CaixaImpulse also offers researchers specific training.
This annual report explains the link between the programmes of ”la Caixa” Foundation and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
ACTIONS CARRIED OUT
Highlights
Achievements in 2019
Under the name of Consolidate, in 2019 CaixaImpulse launched a call for a second type of proposal: grants aimed at biomedical innovation projects at a later development stage. On the other hand, Validate grants, which started in 2015, are given to incipient projects that have yet to define their valorisation plan. Although both types of grant are aimed at biomedical institutions, in the case of Consolidate, projects that form part of spin-offs are also accepted as long as they are led by hospitals, universities or non-profit research centres. Grants are for up to €300,000.
In first person
Susana Marcos
Instituto de Óptica. Higher Scientific Research Council (IO-CSIC). Madrid.
Recovering near vision CaixaImpulse Validate 2019
Revolutionising the treatment of presbyopia and cataracts by restoring the eye's ability to adjust.
In first person
Meritxell Teixidó
Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona). Barcelona, Spain.
Breaking through the brain's barriers. CaixaImpulse Validate 2019
Improving the delivery of drugs to the brain.
In first person
Alexandra Moreira
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC). Porto, Portugal.
More recombinant proteins. CaixaImpulse Validate 2019
How we can use new molecular tools that will benefit the biotechnology industry.
AT A GLANCE
2019, in figures
CAIXAIMPULSE (2019)
€2.8 M
IN AID
GRANTED
137
PROJECTS
PRESENTED
24
PROJECTS
