The SOLARIS collaborative science project with citizen participation for the total solar eclipse on 12 August will analyze the human body's response during the eclipse using anonymous data collected by smartwatches and wearable devices.

The event brought together experts from the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) and the Institute of Geosciences of Barcelona to analyze how environmental factors and the climate crisis impact population health.

The grants, amounting to more than €533,000 for VHIR, will allow clinical duties to be partially released over three years to promote strategic research projects in obesity, respiratory diseases, aortic pathology and metabolic fatty liver disease.