The Foundation
We are working to defeat this disease and achieve a future in which aging is associated with positive experiences.
We are working to defeat this disease and achieve a future in which aging is associated with positive experiences.
I want to help defeat this disease
We talk about Alzheimer's and its impact on those affected and their families.
We believe that only through research will we achieve a future without Alzheimer's.
We work towards changing the social perception of the disease through dissemination and public advocacy.
We put Alzheimer's on the political agenda.
Help us continue investigating.
The Pasqual Maragall Foundation is located at number 30 Wellington Street in Barcelona, within the Ciutadella Campus of the Pompeu Fabra University. The building was designed by the architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg, winner of the National Architecture Award in 2014.
Opened in September 2016, its infrastructure covers an area of 4,276 m2, divided into six floors above ground and one underground floor. The services provided are:
Neuroimaging Platform: Service for obtaining brain images for scientific studies.
Clinical Trials Unit: Unit intended for testing preventive drugs in asymptomatic people at risk.
Cognitive experimentation laboratory: Space for carrying out studies related to language, memory and attention.
Fluid biomarker platform: Laboratories with cutting-edge scientific equipment for the study of biomarkers in blood and fluids.
Spaces dedicated to research: Work areas and meeting rooms equipped for the different research groups.
Spaces dedicated to raising awareness and dissemination on the different scientific programs and aspects related to Alzheimer's.
Spaces dedicated to the management of the Foundation and BBRC: Workspaces and meeting rooms for the teams that manage our various research support areas.
The building obtained a B energy rating.This rating measures aspects such as annual CO2 emissions, annual consumption of non-renewable primary energy and annual energy demand for heating and cooling, among other indicators.
In 2016, the Pasqual Maragall Foundation received a 2014-2020 FEDER grant managed by the Secretariat of Universities and Research of the Department of Economy and Knowledge of the Generalitat de Catalunya for an amount of 2.5 million euros within the framework of the call for proposals to select unique projects for the construction of buildings for R&D infrastructures.
Also in 2021, the Foundation was awarded a grant of 2.7 million euros to carry out unique institutional projects that enable the generation of excellent research, attraction of talent and the development of knowledge transfer and valorisation activities, through the construction, acquisition, fitting out or substantial expansion of buildings for AGAUR R&D infrastructures, managed by the General Directorate of Economic Promotion, Competition and Regulation, together with the General Directorate of Research of the Generalitat.
It was financed with 25% of our own resources and the rest with an interest-free loan from the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, granted in 2010.
