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Research and Innovation Financial Management Service (SGERI)

The Research and Innovation Financial Management Service's mission is the planning, coordination, training, execution and control of economic activities related to research at the University, in accordance with the current legal framework, with the aim of providing the best service to teaching and research staff and assisting the management and support units.

The head of the Service is Carlos Laffitte and the Service is divided into the following units:

  • Justifications, Requirements and Audits Unit
  • Research Accounting Unit
  • Debt Management Unit

Justifications, Requirements and Audits Unit


Management and control of research project justifications; training and advising teaching and research staff and the management centres involved.

Justifications, Requirements and Audits Unit
Head of Unit Francisco Javier Sánchez
Justifications manager

Mònica Giménez

  • Justification management and advice
  • Requirement management and advice

Elena Romero

Arantxa Barnes
Andrea Sánchez
Olga Melón
Robert Gago
Elisabet Torres
Carmen Dengra
Cristina Batalla
  • Pilar San Martin
  • Cristina Batalla
  • Ruth Lopez
  • Anna Cendros
  • Toñi Arilla
  • Veronica Espinosa
  • Laura Lafuente
  • Sonia Vico
  • Eva Corominas
  • Angeles Nuñez

Research Accounting Unit


Management of centralised accounting and support for decentralised accounting in the field of research.

Research Accounting Unit
Head of Unit Ana I. Aviñoa
  • European income
  • Client management
  • Mixed TC+TR
  • Invoice review
  • exercise operations

Elvira Aguilar

  • National income
  • Financial management
  • TC+TR
  • Advice on courses and conferences
Eva Sarria
  • Expenses
  • Import VAT
  • Registration of European fund distribution
  • VAT recovery requests
  • Intercommunity

Ester Titos

  • Ismail Fartan

Debt Management Unit


    Debt management and collection of unpaid debts, monitoring of bankruptcy situations, and preparation of third-party activity reports.

    • Miriam Hernandez
    • Anna Charles

    Research support units - front office


    In order to carry out our advisory and economic management activities for R&D projects, we are organised in a centralised and distributed service structure with the research support units within the management and support units of campuses and schools.

    Research Support Unit
    TIC Scope (UTGCNTIC)
    Civil Engineering Scope (UTGAC)
    Industrial Engineering Scope of Barcelona (UTGAEIB) and Mathematics Scope (FME)
    Building Scope (UTGAE)
    Barcelona Architecture Scope (UTGAB)
    Diagonal-Besòs Campus (UTGCDB)
    Baix Llobregat Campus (UTGCBL)
    Vilanova i la Geltrú Campus (UTGCVG)
    Manresa Campus (UTGCM)
    Terrassa Campus (UTGCT)
    Sant Cugat and Nautical Campus