CREAF funding comes from a variety of sources:

• A subsidy from the Generalitat of Catalonia through an administrative contract which covers the operational structure of the Centre and represents approximately 17% of the Centre’s budget.
• National and international competitive research projects, representing 42 % of the Centre’s budget.
• Contracts and agreements with various public administration organism and private companies accounting for the remaining 41 %.
• There is also a non-monetary funding which includes mainly the salaries of the CREAF-attached university professors from the UAB and the UB.