The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is a world class interdisciplinary research center for the study of cognition, brain and language jointly founded by Innobasque, Ikerbasque, UPV-EHU and the Government of Gipuzcoa. The center is situated in Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country (Spain) and was set up in December 2008, when operations began to create the necessary research environment, including administrative and technical support and to recruit personnel, with a view to beginning on-site research in September 2009.