The Barcelona Science Park research breaks investment records in 2025 with more than 85 million

BarcelonaResearch at the Barcelona Science Park of the University of Barcelona breaks investment records in 2025. According to a statement issued by the center, the centers, units, and groups of the PCB-UB raised 85.2 million euros in funding last year. In this way, the Park surpasses the already historic figure reached in 2024, when 84.6 million euros were recorded dedicated to research tasks.

According to the University, public funding continues to lead the activity of the PCB. Investment from national and European funds and grants exceeded 68.3 million euros, 80% of the total. The private sector, for its part, contributed the remaining 20%, about 16.8 million euros, an increase of 1.5% when compared to the previous year.

Overall, the entire community linked to the science park has attracted a total investment of nearly 315 million euros in 2025. To the 85 million recorded by the research centers and initiatives, we must add the nearly 230 million raised by the companies in the ecosystem in the same period. The total amount represents a substantial increase, of over 50%, when compared to the previous year.

In the eyes of the director of the Barcelona Science Park, Maria Terrades, “reaching a new maximum in funding, with a private contribution that already represents nearly 20% of the total, demonstrates the capacity of public research to attract resources and generate value for society.” For his part, the rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Guàrdia, sets himself the challenge of “being able to transform knowledge into progress.” “And to achieve this, transversal structures like the PCB-UB play an essential role,” he added.

Biomedical sector

In line with the composition of Barcelona's innovative ecosystem, which still has an increasingly strong health sector at the forefront, research in life sciences has dominated the funding attraction capacity of the Barcelona Science Park. The center that managed to attract the most in 2025 was the Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Barcelona, which accounts for nearly half of the total invested, some 41.1 million euros. Of these, nearly 33 million come from the public sector, while the remaining 8.3 million were contributed by private sources.

It is followed, within the same universe, by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, with more than 19 million euros; the National Center for Genomic Analysis, which exceeded 14 million euros, and the Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona, which reached 5 million euros in funding in 2025.