Funding

The support behind our science.

Our research is supported by competitive national and international funding from leading public agencies and private foundations, enabling ambitious research in mitochondrial biology, metabolism and human disease.

Research made possible by

Competitive research projects

Uncovering the impact of aging-induced metabolic alterations in microglia that license brain metastasis progression

Lab AECC 2025

Principal investigator

Eduardo Balsa Martínez

Funding entity

Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer — Lab AECC 2025

Financing

€399,675

Duration

2025–2029

Institution

Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa — UAM/CSIC

Metabolic heterogeneity as a critical determinant of melanoma metastasis

Programa CRIS de Excelencia 2022

Principal investigator

Eduardo Balsa Martínez

Funding entity

Fundación CRIS contra el Cáncer — Programa CRIS de Excelencia

Financing

€1,250,000

Duration

2023–2028

Institution

Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa — UAM/CSIC

Exploring neuron–astrocyte metabolic interactions in mitochondrial dysfunction-induced neurodegeneration (MitBrain)

CNS2024-154370

Principal investigator

Eduardo Balsa Martínez

Funding entity

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades — Consolidación Investigadora

Financing

€199,892

Duration

2025–2027

Institution

Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa — UAM/CSIC

Deciphering mitochondrial metabolism as a target for tumour progression and metastasis

PID2022-137404OB-I00

Principal investigator

Eduardo Balsa Martínez

Funding entity

Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Financing

€231,250

Duration

2023–2026

Institution

Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa — UAM/CSIC

Molecular and metabolic mechanisms underlying mitochondrial dysfunction — MITOCURE

ERC StG 948478 — MITOCURE

Principal investigator

Eduardo Balsa Martínez

Funding entity

European Research Council — ERC Starting Grant

Financing

€1,463,410

Duration

2021–2025

Institution

Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa — UAM/CSIC

Combinatorial screens to identify novel targets to combat mitochondrial diseases

MDA Research Grant

Principal investigator

Eduardo Balsa Martínez

Funding entity

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Financing

$180,000

Duration

2017–2020

Institution

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute