Research

The mission of the Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer (OVR-RKT) at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University is to promote excellence in research and generate new knowledge in every area, so that this can then be published, transferred and shared with society.

Our commitment to knowledge transfer is not just about fulfilling our institutional responsibility. For us, it is also an ethical commitment: we are committed to contributing to the common good, to stimulating the economy, and to forming a bridge between academic knowledge and social practice.

This aligns with the aim of the Fundación San Pablo-CEU, founded by the Asociación Católica de Propagandistas, which is to contribute to the improvement of society, through the education of people who can then go on to be valuable to it on an intellectual, professional and human level.

In order to foster high-quality research, OVR-RKT also possesses internal policies regarding a range of internal funding opportunities. These include initiatives to attract Ramón y Cajal researchers and other senior researchers, initiatives to train pre-doctoral researchers, mobility programmes, support for Recognized Research Groups (GIRs), for lecturers who are not part of a research group, and for pre-competitive, unique or education research projects. All of this funding comes from internal resources as part of CEU Universities' Strategic Research Plans. Our researchers can apply for both internal funding and funding from external research institutions (both public and private).

Through knowledge transfer, OVR-RKT seeks to make connections between academia and society, and to support and enhance innovation, business development, and quality of life, through policies which foster meaningful collaborations between the university and business. These policies seek to facilitate the joint creation of innovative and valuable solutions, by applying knowledge and technology to real challenges and opportunities in our environment.