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According to ICIQ’s 2007-2012 Strategic Plan, the Institute commits to fund a maximum of three strategic research projects within this time frame. These projects are conceived to address the global problems of sustainability, climate change and alternative energy sources and to entail, in each case, the training of internal multidisciplinary teams from three or more ICIQ research groups, as well as the option of minority participation by groups unrelated to the Institution. The ICIQ sees this research as a risk activity. As such, it requires a long-term timeframe and must not subject to undue pressure for the hasty publication of results. However, it is also expected to yield results with very high potential. |
At this moment, three ICIQ Strategic Projects have been aproved:
- “Solar Power for Sustainable Energy and Green Catalytic Chemistry” (Prof. Antoni Llobet, coordinator, Prof. Emilio Palomares, Prof. Pau Ballester, Prof. Ricard Garcia Valls - URV -).
- “Activation of Methane and Other Alkanes with Electrophilic Gold Complexes” (Prof. Antonio Echavarren, coordinator, Prof. Pedro J. Pérez - Universidad de Huelva -).
- “New Conversions of Glycerol” (Prof. Piet van Leeuwen, coordinator, Prof. Javier Pérez Ramírez - ETH -).