FUNDACION CANARIA GENERAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA

Their core work

The Fundación Canaria General de la Universidad de La Laguna is the public engagement and knowledge-transfer arm of the University of La Laguna, located in the Canary Islands — one of the EU's outermost regions in the Atlantic. Their demonstrable EU-funded activity centres on organising the Macaronesia Researchers' Night, a science communication event connecting researchers with the public across the Canary Islands, Azores, and Madeira. They act as a local mobiliser and implementation partner, bringing university research into public view within a geographically and politically distinct region of Europe. Beyond event organisation, their recent project themes signal an expanding mandate toward green deal topics, biodiversity, and climate awareness in remote island contexts.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their H2020 footprint is narrow — two consecutive editions of the same Researchers' Night event — so evolution is limited but visible in thematic scope. The first project (2020–2021) focused purely on the geographic identity of Macaronesia as an outermost region, with no content keywords beyond that framing. By the second project (2021–2022) the same event format absorbed substantive environmental themes: green deal, biodiversity, climate impact, and living labs appeared as explicit keywords, suggesting deliberate alignment with EU policy priorities of the moment. The direction is one of thematic deepening within an established science communication format rather than a change in core activity.

They are incrementally broadening their science communication work to cover climate and biodiversity themes, likely positioning for future green deal or LIFE-type engagement calls relevant to Atlantic island ecosystems.

How they like to work

This foundation has participated only as a non-leading partner in both known projects, working within a small, regionally cohesive consortium of Macaronesian institutions rather than building a wide European network. With just five unique partners across two countries, their network is tight and geographically focused — characteristic of outermost region collaboration models where Atlantic distance limits integration with mainland European consortia. A partner working with them should expect regional mobilisation capacity in the Canary Islands rather than broad European network leverage.

Their consortium network spans five partners across two countries — almost certainly Spain and Portugal, reflecting the Macaronesian geography of Canary Islands, Azores, and Madeira. This is a regionally bounded network with no evidence of partnerships outside the Atlantic outermost regions.

What sets them apart

This foundation is one of very few EU-funded entities explicitly rooted in Macaronesia, giving them a credible institutional voice for research that affects Atlantic island communities — a constituency that is often underrepresented in mainstream European consortia. Their connection to the University of La Laguna means they can mobilise academic researchers from the Canary Islands while serving as a recognised interface to civil society and regional government. For any consortium that needs to demonstrate meaningful outreach to EU outermost regions, they are a practical and legitimate partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MACARONIGHT 2021
  The larger of the two projects (EUR 49,427) and the one that expanded the thematic agenda to include green deal, biodiversity, and climate impact keywords — signalling a strategic shift beyond generic science night programming.
• MACARONIGHT II
  The foundation project in the series, establishing the Macaronesia Researchers' Night as a multi-territory MSCA event and defining the cross-border Atlantic island collaboration model that continued into 2021.