About ICCRAM

ICCRAM (International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies) was established in 2014 as a competence Center of the University of Burgos devoted to Critical Raw Materials. Over the years, research has expanded to focus primarily on the safety and sustainability of new materials and environmental protection. In other words, making the environment we interact with as sustainable and resilient as possible, with benefits that impact both
society and industry.

As a result of the high rate of European project attraction, as well as the collaboration with other university research groups, this centre carries out a wide range of R&D activities. The team of around 40 professionals is organised into three research groups: Group ICCRAM - Environment, Sustainability and Toxicology; Group Materials design and modelling; Group Electrochemical Processes and energy storage. 

These groups are focused on six research lines working synergistically: Sustainability | Environmental Biotechnology | Microbiology & Toxicology | Biomedicine & Cell Toxicology | Multi-Scale Material Design & Modelling | and Electrochemistry & Energy Storage.

European framework

ICCRAM is involved in numerous European Projects funded under the European framework programs for Research and Innovation, as H2020 or Horizon Europe. Some of them are within the excellent science pillar Marie Skłodowska Curie or the competitive FET OPEN, as well as the NMBP Program and Social Challenge 5, related to Environment and Raw Materials. 

ICCRAM is a leading actor in international organizations as PROMETIA, European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials (EIP-RAW MATERIALS), the Nanosafety Cluster or the Association of Nanotechnology Industries.

The objectives of ICCRAM are

• To position the Center and the University of Burgos as a European leader in the research areas of biotechnology, electrochemistry, sustainability and computational simulation.
• To collaborate with other departments of the University to obtain a higher success in European Projects.
• To promote innovation in society being the driving force for industrial, institutional and social agent.