One of the factors that most shapes a research career is early access to funding – fellowships, contracts or grants – as highlighted by the European Commission’s MORE4 study. The trajectories of Irene Marco, Marc Suárez-Calvet and César de la Fuente, fellows of the ”la Caixa” Foundation, show that innovation requires not only talent, but also time and trust.
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Scientific director of the Work4Progress programme, Gorka Espiau advocates for a different way of tackling development challenges: through genuine innovation, local participation and collective learning.
Today only 7% of research resources is directed towards health issues that affect women exclusively or with greater prevalence, such as endometriosis or migraine. Through its Health Research and Innovation Calls, the ”la Caixa” Foundation supports projects linked to women’s health that contribute to reversing this lack of equity.
