Izaskun Lacunza Aguirrebengoa (Navarra, 20th century)[1] is a Spanish scientist, director of the Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) since April 2024.[2]
She graduated in Food Science and Technology and later obtained a doctorate in Chemical Sciences at the Autonomous University of Madrid and completed an Executive Program in Governance in the Public Sector at Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses business school in Barcelona.
She started working at FECYT, a Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology run by Spanish ministry of Science in 2009, where over the years she has specialized in scientific projects management, on mobility and recruitment of scientific talent, as well as in open science and promotion of gender equality in research. Among others, she has managed and/or directed projects such as the EURAXESS initiative to attract talent, as well as the REBECA and FELISE programs,