Cosmologist Licia Verde and the program Nanoeduca are awarded the National Research Prize and the National Scientific Communication Prize

Licia Verde, ICREA researcher in the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB), has been awarded the National Research Prize 2018. This award, given by the Catalan Government and the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRi), awards the researcher who has recently contributed internationally to the progress of a scientific discipline in any of his or her fields: human and social sciences, life and health sciences, engineering and technology and experimental sciences. Moreover, the program NanoEduca, by the University of Barcelona, the Catalan Institute of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (ICN2), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Center for Pedagogical Support Resources to Innovation and Educational Research (CESIRE), was awarded the National Scientific Communication Prize.

Source: UB