Fundación Ramón Areces

Research and public knowledge

Fundación Ramón Areces is a private Spanish institution based in Madrid that promotes scientific and humanities research. Its work includes research grants, programs to bring researchers back to Spain, academic publications, and a calendar of public lectures and roundtables.

Programs and grant calls

The foundation manages several research-support programs, including Programa Retorno, Programa PINERA, the SENEX and PUERI programs, and a Multicenter Research Project. It also runs a National Competition for Research Grants in the social sciences and humanities, and the Fundación Ramón Areces–Ragon Institute Research Fellowship.

Fields of study

• Life and physical sciences.
• Social sciences.
• Humanities.

Public programs and publications

Public events include lectures and roundtables on topics such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array, immigration’s effects on the labor market, and knowledge transfer. The foundation has an audiovisual portal, Canal FRA, and a podcast series produced with Nobel Prize Outreach. Its publications include Revista FRA, books, monographs, manuals, and a science newsletter.

Contact

Address: Calle Vitruvio 5, 28006 Madrid. Phone: +34 915 15 89 80. Email: info@fundacionareces.es. The foundation is on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn.