The Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) presented its new Strategic Plan 2025-2030 this Tuesday, in an event open to all research and healthcare staff. The plan will define the institution’s development lines for the next five years. It focuses on transformative biomedical research, connected to the real needs of society and with a clear international vocation.
The presentation event, held in the Hospital’s Assembly Hall, was inaugurated by Dr. Jordi Surrallés, director of IR Sant Pau, who highlighted that this plan “is the result of a deep collective reflection process that prepares us to face new challenges with rigor, innovation, and a collaborative spirit.” In his speech, Dr. Surrallés explained how the new strategic model was conceived, from a thorough diagnosis of the context to the definition of action lines and projects that will begin to roll out this very 2025.
The event also featured Dr. Adrià Comella, managing director of Hospital Sant Pau, and Xavier Prats Monné, president of the IR Sant Pau and Hospital Board of Trustees, who emphasized the central role that research plays in the transformation of the healthcare system and in improving people’s quality of life. The event also included various participatory actions to actively engage staff in this new phase, such as an open-ended question dynamic and the symbolic construction of the IR logo based on the wishes expressed by its team for the year 2030.
The Strategic Plan 2025-2030 is based on a new mission —to improve people’s health and quality of life through excellence in biomedical research— and a future vision that aims to position the Institute as an international leader in translational research. The values that guide its actions —commitment, passion, integrity, and creativity— become the backbone of a renewed organizational culture, more collaborative and impact-oriented.
The major strategic pillars of the plan are organized around five key pillars. The first is scientific excellence, understood as research with a high level of quality, rigor, and impact, but also aligned with the principles of responsible research and innovation. IR Sant Pau is committed to promoting highly distinctive scientific lines, driving objective and efficient evaluation of scientific production, and reinforcing clinical research, which is intimately linked to healthcare activity.
The second pillar is competitiveness, with the goal of strengthening human capital, improving infrastructures, and ensuring the necessary resources for sustainable growth. In this regard, it is expected to increase the number of top-level researchers, improve working conditions, and expand spaces and technological platforms to support research.
A third fundamental axis is impact, conceived as the ability of the knowledge generated to transform society. The plan proposes concrete actions to measure, communicate, and increase this impact —in health, as well as in economic, social, cultural, or environmental areas— and to promote the effective transfer of knowledge to clinical practice and the productive sector.
Internationalization is another major focus of the new plan. IR Sant Pau aims to strengthen its presence on the global scientific stage, increasing participation in European and international projects, establishing strategic alliances, and creating an attractive environment for international talent. Additionally, efforts will be made to strengthen synergies with the other institutions on the Sant Pau Campus, contributing to a more interconnected research ecosystem.
Finally, the plan strongly supports a cultural transformation that enables the institution to evolve towards a more agile, flexible structure oriented to serving the people who conduct research. The goal is to foster internal innovation, shared excellence, and a sense of belonging, as well as actively promote research in less conventional areas, such as primary care and nursing.
This Strategic Plan 2025-2030 culminates a design and consultation period that began in May 2024, which involved over 300 professionals through surveys, interviews, and workshops. The result is a collective project that places people at the center and aims to generate useful, committed, and transformative science.
With this new phase, IR Sant Pau strengthens its commitment to excellence in research for health and invites its entire ecosystem to join efforts to make it possible. Together, we research!