Overview
- Seven €100,000 Jaume I prizes were presented at La Lonja de València after Felipe VI opened the rescheduled national university year in the city.
- The King called for European action to narrow the innovation gap with the U.S. and China and warned that current geopolitics discourages scientific cooperation.
- Laureates emphasized the need to boost I+D+i competitiveness, with Damià Tormo describing investment in innovation as a matter of survival for Europe.
- Economist Jan Eeckhout warned that artificial intelligence could concentrate technological control in a few companies, magnifying economic power risks.
- Foundation president Vicente Boluda urged raising R&D investment to 3% of GDP by 2030 and criticized poor administrative coordination in DANA reconstruction, as the 2025 slate improved gender balance after last year’s all‑male list.