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Teresa Pérez GraciaBest National Science Communication Project

The SWICEU team, led by Teresa Pérez Gracia, Professor of Microbiology at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University, has received the highest score in the latest round of national grants to promote scientific culture, known as Ayudas para el Fomento de la Cultura Científica. These grants are awarded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), which forms part of Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. More than 550 applications were made, and CEU's project received the highest score among those submitted by Spanish universities, alongside four others, proposed by science museums and national research centres. The citizen science project Pueblos con-Ciencia (Science-Conscious Villages) from the SWICEU team involves residents of small towns and villages in the search for microorganisms with antibiotic capacity, in response to the global health challenge posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR).