CREATED IN 1985
RESEARCH +DEVELOPMENT
CONTRACTuALRESEARCH
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND
TRAINING
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
ENGINE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
BE STRATEGIC PARTNER OF THE AGRIFOOD
INDuSTRY
PuBLIC COMPANY
OPERATES uNDER PRIVATE LAW
ATTACHED TO THE MINISTRY OF AGRICuLTuRE
BECOME SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
REFERENCE
The pipeline of innovation
uSES MONEY TO GENERATE KNOWLEDGE
uSES PREVIOuSLY GENERATED KNOWLEDGE
TO GENERATE VALuE (MONETARY, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL…)
SCIENCE INNOVATION
• Own staff is 514 people,distributed in our 10 owncenters and experimentalstations. there are 170researchers and 248scientific support staff.
• Gender parity is48% men, 52%women.
983TOTAL STAFF
Distribution of staff in the whole cooperative system:
514IRTA
OWN STAFF
152LINKED STAFF
317STAFF FROM
jOINT CENTERS
Human Resources
31,4%CONTRIBuTION
FROM THE CATALANGOVERMENT
68,6%SELF FINANCING
€38.14 mill.MINISTRY
OF AGRICuLTuRE
MINISTRYOF SCIENCE
COMPETITIVEPROjECTS
CONTRACTuALRESEARCH
COMPETITIVE SERVICES
>€3 mill.INVESTMENTS
Economic Resources
We are able to reach from private and competitive funds 2.28€ of each 1€ that we receive from
structural funds
ANIMAL
PRODUCTION
ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS
NUTRITION, HEALTH AND ANIMAL WELFARE
RUMINANT PRODUCTION
AQUACULTURE
ANIMAL HEALTli
PLANT
PRODUCTION
FOOD
INDUSTRY
ENVIRONMENTAL
ECONOMICS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
1ExCELLENCE
IN CONTRACTuAL RESEARCH & VALORISATION
2ExCELLENCE
IN DISSEMINATION, ExTENSION & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
3ExCELLENCE IN SCIENTIFIC
OuTPuT
1105 ONGOING PRIVATE CONTRACTS (Worth 10M€ - 13,8 M US$)
LEADER IN SPANISHAGRICuLTuRE RESEARCH
GROWING IN GLOBAL IMPACT
BETTER INTERNATIONAL POSITION THAN BIGGER COMPETITORS
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES WITH WORLD LEADERS
24.780ATTENDEES/YEAR
33PLANT VARIETY
RIGHTS GRANTED
732 DISSEMINATION
AND TT ACTIVITIES
25PATENTS FILED operating
WorldWide4START-uP COMPANIES INITIATED
48ACTIVITIES INVOLVING ROYALTIES
3 Axis to measure excellence at IRTA
Measuring productivity at IRTA
e
tr
each axiS haS a Specific index
three Major axeS conSidering oUr MiSSion:
for reSearchr
for innovatione
for technology tranSfert
Some scientific figures:
nUMber of reSearcherS and profeSSional categorieS
135
140
145
150
155
160
165
170
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Num
ber
of
rese
arch
ers
CATEGORY # RESEARCHERS % H INDEXAVERAGE # CITATIONS /YEAR
TOTAL # SCI PAPERS
TOTAL # CITATIONS
YEARS FROM THE FIRST PAPER
a 9 5 23 67 73 1,734 28
b 24 14 19 49 55 1,143 26
c 48 28 15 41 40 844 22
d 52 30 12 37 30 552 16
e 31 18 7 15 14 183 13
f 5 3 3 8 8 46 6
TOTAL MEAN 169 100.00 13 36 35 699 19
june 2015
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
r
Year
Some scientific figures:
corporative r index (2005-2014)
r index = number of citations per researcher
20
25
30
35
40
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Num
ber
of
pap
ers
YY earear
Some scientific figures:
h (hirsch index) number of total Sci papers per researcher
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
h
60
64
68
72
76
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Num
ber
of
pap
ers
Year
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
# p
aper
s w
ith
fore
ign
co-a
utho
rs
Year
Some scientific figures:
number of Sci papers in Q1
Source: Scimago, 2015
international collaboration
Some scientific figures:
Institution OutputSci Talent
Pool% Exc % Lead % Exc +Lead % IC NI Spec. % Q1
irta (CAT) 0.8 0.7 39 59 45 45 7.8 67 75
agroparistech (FR) 1.9 2.3 39 48 35 49 7.4 34 80
agroscope (CH) 0.3 0.2 43 53 34 57 7.2 72 72
inra (FR) 9.5 12.3 37 55 36 49 7.1 21 77
teagaSc (IRL) 0.7 0.6 41 62 46 40 7.6 64 78
SlUppsala (SW) 2.8 2.6 36 57 31 59 6.5 47 76
Wageningen Urc (NL) 5.8 5.5 46 56 46 58 8.7 25 77
Source: Scimago, 2015
Scientific indiceS coMparative / eUropean agricUltUral reSearch organizationS
Some scientific figures: Some scientific figures:
Institution OutputSci Talent
Pool% Exc % Lead % Exc +Lead % IC NI Spec. % Q1
irta (CAT) 0.8 0.7 39 59 45 45 7.8 67 75
agriculture and agri-food (Can)
2.4 2.1 30 57 29 45 6.0 65 62
cSiro (AU) 7.7 5.8 40 52 37 46 7.8 8 69
cornell Univ. (US) 15.3 16.1 43 59 42 34 8.6 46 73
eMbrapa (BR) 3.2 4.0 11 39 8 18 3.2 66 35
inta (ARG) 0.8 1.4 18 52 12 37 3.6 72 53
plant and food research (NZ)
0.5 0.7 27 73 36 38 6.1 71 60
USda (US) 12.7 10.5 31 57 29 30 6.1 47 68
UcdaviS (US) 14.0 12.7 40 61 41 36 7.6 44 74
Source: Scimago, 2015
Scientific indiceS coMparative / agricUltUral reSearch organizationS WorldWide
Some scientific figures:
Spanish GovernmentInstitution
OutputSci Talent
Pool% Exc % Lead % Exc +Lead % IC NI Spec. % Q1
irta 0.8 0.7 39 59 45 45 7.8 67 75
inia 0.7 0.6 29 55 28 39 5.9 51 74
ifapa 0.3 0.4 26 52 21 30 4.9 72 57
ivia 0.3 0.3 36 70 45 38 7.5 83 69
iaS 0.3 0.2 33 61 41 46 7.2 73 82
Source: Scimago, 2015
Scientific indiceS coMparative / agricUltUral reSearch organizationS in Spain
Some scientific figures:
Institution OutputSci Talent
Pool% Exc % Lead % Exc +Lead % IC NI Spec. % Q1
irta 0.8 0.7 39 59 45 45 7.8 67 75
Ub 8.8 8.9 35 54 29 48 6 43 67
Uab 7.3 9.9 33 58 28 44 6 43 64
Upc 5.9 4.6 26 65 30 47 6 7 42
Upf 2.2 2.0 40 52 33 51 7 3 64
Urv 2.1 1.9 38 67 45 40 7 48 62
Udg 1.5 1.2 32 61 31 43 6 32 56
Udl 1.0 1.0 32 67 42 32 7 4 62
Urll 0.5 0.6 25 57 21 40 4 13 44
Uoc 0.4 0.4 18 69 24 32 4 59 23
Uic 0.2 0.3 27 51 27 29 5 46 57
Source: Scimago, 2015
Scientific indiceS coMparative / agricUltUral reSearch organizationS in catalonia
Some scientific figures:
top 10 %Q1
top 10 international collaboration
top 10 excellence
top 10 output
Source: Scimago, 2015
On-going international activities
210CuRRENT
ACTIVITIES IN
33DIFFERENT COuNTRIES
INTERNATIONALFuNDS
40,1%OF THE TOTAL
REVENuE (SEP 2015)
53ONGOING Eu
FuNDED PROjECTSWORTH
€14M
International Strategy
STRATEGICALLIANCES WITH WORLWIDE RTD LEADERS (jRuS)
INCREASING CONTRACTuAL
RESEARCH OVERSEAS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND
CAPACITYBuILDING OVERSEAS
INCREASING IP LICENSING AND
PROTECTION WORLDWIDE
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