Her Majesty Queen Letizia received this morning in audience at the Zarzuela Palace a delegation from the Spanish Brain Council (CEC), in an institutional meeting in which the entity presented the strategic advances developed in recent months in the field of research, brain health and international positioning of Spanish neuroscience.
This event has allowed the Royal Household to understand the role of the CEC as a scientific and health coordination platform, integrating scientific societies, health professionals, researchers and entities committed to promoting brain health as a strategic national priority.
Among the main milestones presented is the Report on the State of Neuroscience in Spain , whose official presentation will take place on April 15, 2026. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the brain science research ecosystem in our country, with a structured and comparative view of the period 2014–2024.
The report, sponsored by the Ramón Areces Foundation, Merck, and the Biomedical Innovation Research Institute of Cádiz (INiBICA), was prepared based on a systematic analysis of scientific publications and funded projects between 2014 and 2024. The document provides a comparative overview of the international standing of Spanish neuroscience, its funding, its geographical distribution, and its main areas of specialization. The work was developed using advanced semantic classification methodologies in a co-design process with experts from the Spanish Neuroscience Centre (CEC). The document’s structure encompasses an analysis of scientific output and its impact, international leadership and collaboration, a study of national and European public funding, and the evolution of research across major areas and selected pathologies based on epidemiological criteria such as disease burden and prevalence. The result is a detailed map that will help identify challenges and strengths and better understand the opportunities for future development of Spanish neuroscience.