The Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation has added Sílvia Mora to its team as the new head of the Research Management Office (RMO). Her main responsibilities include designing and organizing the activities of the RMO, including the search for competitive funding, the application for grants and projects, and, in general, the comprehensive management of research projects with researchers. She will also work to coordinate the tasks of the office with the other areas of the entity involved, in order to achieve the funding objectives and ensure their correct management and dissemination.
Sílvia Mora has a degree in Geography and History from the University of Barcelona and has extensive experience and a long track record in the management of research grants at the national and international level. She has recently been Head of the Office for Management and Justification of R&D Grants at the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation of the University of Barcelona and, before that, she had held the position of Head of the European Project Management Area of the same entity. She has also been Head of the Research Project Management Unit of the Barcelona Science Park and Coordinator of research projects at the Research Service of the Pompeu Fabra University.
In the words of Sílvia Mora: “I am very excited about this new stage because I will be able to contribute my experience in project management to the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, a center that is constantly growing and that is part of an entity that carries out high-level scientific research as well as a very valuable social task.”.
The Research Management Office assists all researchers at the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC) in seeking and obtaining competitive funding. It also handles medical writing tasks related to the design, implementation and execution of clinical studies sponsored by the BBRC, and the review and submission of scientific publications, among others. It is also responsible for the management of the Alfa+ project and collaborates in the identification and selection of candidates for other Alfa substudies.
