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project funded by the Carlos III Institute of         • PEJ-2014-C-19788. Resolution of 23 October,
Health and led by Dr. Alberto Rábano.                     2015 of the Secretary of State for Research,
Budget for 2015 adds up to 4.840,00 € (project            Development and Innovation of the Ministry of
total budget: 19,965.00€).                                Economy and Competitiveness granting
                                                          subsidies for the Promotion of Young
PT-2012-0769-010000: Design and construction              Employment and Implementation of the Youth
of a system for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's              Guarantee in R+D+i. Four actions were funded
disease based on laser raman spectroscopy                 resulting in the recruitment of two university
(INNPACTO program). 3-year project funded                 graduates and two technicians. The contracts
by the Ministry of Economy and                            signed to this effect shall have a minimum
Competitiveness, Directorate General for                  duration of two years.
Innovation and Competitiveness, led by Dr.
Alberto Rábano. Budget for 2015 adds up to            2.5. Quality Policy
17.295,00 € (project total budget: 93,320.00€).
                                                      Quality Objectives are established annually in order
PT13/0010/0045: Biobank Platform. Principal           to achieve continuous improvement in processes
Investigator: Dr. Alberto Rábano. Project             and obtaining higher levels of user satisfaction, both
funded by the Carlos III Institute of Health with     external and internal.
a budget of 44.478,26 € for 2015. On
November 26, 2014 the Carlos III Institute of         The Quality Management System is based on pro-
Health approved the continuity of funding for         cesses. To do so, the basic processes of the Founda-
the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, always subject         tion are continuously analyzed, which is a tool that
to the existence of appropriate and sufficient        allows constant improvement to meet user require-
credit.                                               ments, applicable laws and regulations, as well as
                                                      optimize the resources of the Foundation.

2.4.2 Fellowships and grants                          The tools used to carry out the monitoring of the
                                                      Quality Management System are:
During 2015 the CIEN Foundation has awarded the
following fellowships and grants:                     • Audit reports, internal and external.
                                                      • Evaluation of suppliers.
• MAPFRE-Queen Sofia Foundation Fellowship            • Complaints, suggestions and customer
    2013-2015. Stay of six months, renewed for a
    similar period (maximum 12 months) in the             information.
    Research Program in Dementia at the               • Results of studies of customer satisfaction.
    Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Texas,  • Evaluation of corrective and preventive actions.
    San Antonio, supervised by Prof. George Perry,    • Indicators of quality of processes.
    and the Case Western Reserve University.          • Quality objectives.
    Cleveland, Ohio. Gorka Guereñu Lopetegui stay     • Internal or external modifications that influence
    ended in January 2015.
                                                          the Quality System.
• MAPFRE-Queen Sofia Foundation Fellowship            .
    2015-2016. On March 18, 2015, the Selection       The quality policy of CIEN Foundation seeks to en-
    Committee decided to grant the scholarship to     sure and optimize processes related to: the orienta-
    Ms. Ana Rebollo Vazquez, formalizing het hiring   tion to the external and internal user, leadership, staff
    as provided in the call.                          participation, a process-based approach, and con-
                                                      tinuous improvement.

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