Scientific vocations We offer extraordinary opportunities for talented young students with a keen interest in science. Immersive experiences in real research: motivating, inspiring and relevant to guide their academic and professional careers. Breadcrumb Home > Scientific vocations > Choose your program Scientific vocations Program Choose your program Collaborating entities Contact Programs for boosting scientific vocations Youth and Science It aims to foster scientific-technological vocations among fifty students in their 4th year of compulsory secondary school (ESO) with talent and a drive to research. For three years, they have the opportunity to experience research firsthand, both locally and internationally. More information BIYSC This international program is looking for young students from around the world who are passionate for science, with the aim of stimulating their scientific talent and promoting their vocation for scientific research. More information Mad for Science The programme encourages science and tech vocations linked to the world of research, aimed at secondary school students through theory and practical sessions given by researchers from leading research centres across Catalonia. More information Youth for Medicine A program that encourages medical vocations, aimed at baccalaureate students through theory and practical sessions given by leading hospital centres. More information Science Fellows of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera If you have participated in a science program from the Science Academy project, you are #ScienceFellow of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera! More information Research promotion programs Talents Programme Research assistance for young medical specialists and other healthcare professionals who want to undertake a research project while remaining associated with the care provided at the hospital. More information Support for the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) We provide young researchers with research opportunities and promote classroom science by training scientists as teachers. More information Vanguardia Science Award This award, inspired by the example of the magazine Science, which names a ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ every December, honours and awards the most important scientific breakthrough of the year in Spain. More information Ignacio Cirac Catalonia La Pedrera Foundation Chair The goal of the Ignacio Cirac Chair is to increase Catalonia’s capacity to attract international talent and to help place Catalonia's quantum information research groups among the world leaders. More information Exporecerca Jove Award This award is given at the Exporecerca Jove event and it consists in participation in Intel ISEF, the largest and most prestigious research fair for pre-university students in the world. More information Educational innovation programs Tàndem Schools The Tàndem Schools programme promotes collaboration between an educational centre and an institution in order to target the centre as part of an innovation process. More information Oms i de Prat School Oms i de Prat School is a publicly-subsidised private school that is part of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation and seeks to be a benchmark of the Foundation’s transformative education, with two tracks for students from age 3 to the last year of compulsory secondary school. The educational community at Oms i de Prat is meeting the new educational challenges with stability, engagement, continuous training and a cooperative work culture. More information Educational Mentoring Programme (PAE) We promote the educational success of children and adolescents, accompanying them in the acquisition of study and learning strategies More information The Science Fellows network Science Fellows of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera If you have participated in a science program from the Science Academy project, you are #ScienceFellow of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera! More information Discover all the programs of Science Academy Boosting scientific vocations Youth and Science More information Boosting scientific vocations BIYSC More information Boosting scientific vocations Mad for Science More information Boosting scientific vocations Youth for Medicine More information Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera Science Networks
Youth and Science It aims to foster scientific-technological vocations among fifty students in their 4th year of compulsory secondary school (ESO) with talent and a drive to research. For three years, they have the opportunity to experience research firsthand, both locally and internationally. More information
BIYSC This international program is looking for young students from around the world who are passionate for science, with the aim of stimulating their scientific talent and promoting their vocation for scientific research. More information
Mad for Science The programme encourages science and tech vocations linked to the world of research, aimed at secondary school students through theory and practical sessions given by researchers from leading research centres across Catalonia. More information
Youth for Medicine A program that encourages medical vocations, aimed at baccalaureate students through theory and practical sessions given by leading hospital centres. More information
Science Fellows of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera If you have participated in a science program from the Science Academy project, you are #ScienceFellow of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera! More information
Talents Programme Research assistance for young medical specialists and other healthcare professionals who want to undertake a research project while remaining associated with the care provided at the hospital. More information
Support for the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) We provide young researchers with research opportunities and promote classroom science by training scientists as teachers. More information
Vanguardia Science Award This award, inspired by the example of the magazine Science, which names a ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ every December, honours and awards the most important scientific breakthrough of the year in Spain. More information
Ignacio Cirac Catalonia La Pedrera Foundation Chair The goal of the Ignacio Cirac Chair is to increase Catalonia’s capacity to attract international talent and to help place Catalonia's quantum information research groups among the world leaders. More information
Exporecerca Jove Award This award is given at the Exporecerca Jove event and it consists in participation in Intel ISEF, the largest and most prestigious research fair for pre-university students in the world. More information
Tàndem Schools The Tàndem Schools programme promotes collaboration between an educational centre and an institution in order to target the centre as part of an innovation process. More information
Oms i de Prat School Oms i de Prat School is a publicly-subsidised private school that is part of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation and seeks to be a benchmark of the Foundation’s transformative education, with two tracks for students from age 3 to the last year of compulsory secondary school. The educational community at Oms i de Prat is meeting the new educational challenges with stability, engagement, continuous training and a cooperative work culture. More information
Educational Mentoring Programme (PAE) We promote the educational success of children and adolescents, accompanying them in the acquisition of study and learning strategies More information
Science Fellows of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera If you have participated in a science program from the Science Academy project, you are #ScienceFellow of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera! More information
