The UAB Research Park is a nonprofit organization located in Barcelona, Spain. It was established to promote knowledge transfer between the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the Agrofood Research and Technology Institute (IRTA). The Research Park's mission is to facilitate collaboration between researchers and industry through licensing agreements, joint research projects, and startup companies. It provides services and resources to researchers, companies, and entrepreneurs located across its 3,500,000 square meter campus.

1. General Presentation

2. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Legal Form and Promoters
Mission and area of action

3. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Legal Form and Promoters
The UAB Research Park is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
promoting and facilitating knowledge transfer.
The PRUAB promoters are three:
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
• National Spanish Research Council (CSIC)
• Agrofood Research and Technology Institute (IRTA)

4. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Mission and area of action
The mission of the PRUAB is facilitate and promote the
knowledge transfer of the research to the society,
through licenses, collaborative research and the
creation of new companies with technological basis.
The area of action of the PRUAB is the UAB Campus,
Torre Marimon and the Esfera UAB.

5. UAB Research Park
High Level Research

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Built around a major Univesity
The “Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona” is one of the top Spanish Research Universities.
Second better Spanish University (The Times higher Educational Supplement)
40.000 students
4.300 graduates/year
518 PhD thesis/year
13 faculties and own schools.
57 departments
218 research groups
367M€ yearly budget (2010)
72M€ yearly dedicated to research (2010)
Concentrated on one campus

7. Bellaterra Campus - UAB

8. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Some figures
4.000 researchers
3.200 scientific articles yearly
600 research contracts yearly
50 patents yearly
30 research centers
18 associated medical research centers

9. UAB Research Park
Research centres

10. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Research centres

11. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
UAB + PRUAB + associated medical centres

12. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
6 Scientific Areas

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Nanocluster BNC-b
S.B. micro-nano
IMB-CNM &
D+T, A.I.E. Human Resources
Clean Room Facility
ICMAB IMB-CNM (CSIC)
ICMAB (CSIC)
UAB groups & services
CIN2 (Gen+CSIC+UAB)
TOTAL: (now!) to 440
researchers (dealing with
materials, micro and nanotech.)
MATGAS
A.I.E. A cluster of equipments,
laboratories and facilities,
shared under common
premises, under specific
owner policies
CIN2

14. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Biocluster
MEDICINE Fac.
INc
Human Resources
IBB
IBB (UAB)
CBATEG (UAB)
MRB CRAG (IRTA)
INc (UAB)
MEDICINE Fac. (UAB)
MRB (PRUAB)
CBATEG
TOTAL: more than
300 researchers
CRAG A cluster of equipments,
laboratories and facilities,
shared under common
premises, under specific
owner policies

15. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Map
1 Eureka Building
2 CRAG
3 CBATEG
4 Inst. Neurociències
5 IBB
6 Lab. Proteòmica CSIC-UAB
7 CEO-UAB
8 CRESA
9 CERPTA
10 IAE
11 IUEE
12 CED
13 IGOP
14 IERM
15 ICP
16 CNM
17 ICMAB
18 MATGAS
19 IIIA
20 CIN2
21 CVC
22 PIC
23 IFAE
24 CREAF
25 ICTA
26 IEEC – ICE
27 CRM

16. UAB Research Park
Strategic Location

17. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Location

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Innovation at Barcelona metropolitan area
BARCELONA CITY:
1 Mare Nostrum Supercomputing Centre (160 m²)
2 Parc Recerca Biomèdica Barcelona (50.000 m²)
3 Parc Científic Barcelona – UB (85.000 m²)
4 Parc tecnològic Barcelona - UPC (3.000 m²)
5 La Salle Parc d’Innovació – URL (24.000 m²)
6 Parc Tecnològic Barcelona Nord (10.000 m²)
7 Barcelona Innovació Tecnològica (150.000 m²)
8 22@Barcelona (3.200.000 m²)
CLOSE METROPOLITAN AREA:
9 Parc de l’Alba (1.090.000 m²)
10 Sincrotró Alba (160.000 m²)
11 UAB Research Park (3.500.000 m²)
12 Parc Tecnològic del Vallès (185.000 m²)
13 Campus Creapolis Esade (46.600 m²)
14 Biopol d’Hospitalet (300.000 m²)
15 Parc de Negocis Viladecans (588.000 m²)
16 Parc Aerospacial Viladecans (512.000 m²)
17 Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia (200.000 m²)

19. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Innovation and enterprises on the B-30 axis
1 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Parc de Recerca UAB
2 Parc de l’Alba (under construction)
3 Alba Synchroton
4 Parc Tecnològic del Vallès
5 Esade – Creapolis Parc de Negocis
6 Polígon Industrial Sant Joan
7 Polígon Industrial Rubí Nord
8 Polígon Industrial Rubí Sud
9 Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
10 Escola d’Arquitectura del Vallès

20. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
The local innovation environment – Cerdanyola del Vallès
UAB RESEARCH PARK
CNM CLEAN ROOM - ICTS
(CLASS 100-10.000)
ALBA SYNCHROTRON
ALBA SCIENCE PARK
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
AND PROTEOMICS ICTS
VALLÈS TECHNOLOGY
PARK

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Services
Spin-Off Companies
Incubation Areas

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Services for Companies
Services for Companies
With the aim of dynamizing the relationship with companies, we offer a great range
of collaborations.
• Strategic projects: Centres of Excellence and Open Innovation Partnerships.
• Collaborative research: Definition, partners search, financing and monitoring.
• Technologies and patents: License opportunities and agreements.
• Experience: Experts identification.
• Scientific and Technological services.
• Talent: Students’ internships, final year projects, joint PhD.
• PRUAB Innovation Liaison Programme: Special program for companies
interested in having a privileged relationship with the Park’s scientific community.

23. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Services for Companies
Access to facilities for projects in collaboration with companies
344 m2 96 m2
New adhesive materials New copper applications
139 m2
Studies of the impact of environmental odors
and sensory analysis of products and materials

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Technology Platforms and S&T Services
Cell Culture, Antibody Production and Cytometry
Chemical Analysis
Clean Room (CNM, CSIC)
Serveis Cientifo-Tècnics
Controlled Environment Laboratory
Electron Microscopy
S&T Services
Geographic Information and Remote Sensing Laboratory
Image Processing
LP- Proteomics (CSIC-UAB)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Statistics
Technical Unit for Radiological Protection
X-Ray Diffraction

25. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Services for Researchers
Services for Researchers
We offer our researchers services to facilitate knowledge transfer and innovation.
• Programme for the valorization of the research results: Patents, support in
commercialization and financing search for the development of proof-of-concepts.
• Collaborative research program: partners search, financing, agreements.
• Facilities: For projects in collaboration with companies.
2011 figures
40 patents application
40 new inventions
9 transfer agreements

26. THE UAB RESEARCH PARK
Services for Entrepreneurs
Services for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur support and promotion of entrepreneurial culture within public research.
• Support programme for the creation of new science-based companies.
• Support programme for company growth.
• Incubation areas.
• Preferential access to UAB Campus services.
Eureka Building – Incubation Facilities
Santander-UAB Business Incubator:
1.200 m2

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Services for Entrepreneurs
Programme for the creation of science-based companies
SOCOL
7 new science-based companies created in 2011
Programme for company growth:

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Spin-off companies
57 companies created since 2001
Environment &
TIC (17) Materials & Energy (9) Sustainability (5)
Biomedicine & Animal Health & Food Social Sciences &
Biotechnology (13) Technologies (8) Humanities (5)

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Santander-UAB Business Incubator
During the incubation period, since the company is generated
until it operates independently, the PRUAB considers spin-off
companies as a part of their own environment.
The incubation period lasts 3 years and, where justified, it can be
extended up to 5 years.

30. Eureka
Building
An area for open
innovation

31. MRA
Research Module A
Business Incubator
for Social Sciences
and Humanities
3200 m2

32. MRB
Research Module B
An area for
bioincubation:
600 m2

36. Thank you for
your attention
http://parc.uab.cat
parc.recerca@uab.cat