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2. MANAGEMENT REPORT
searchers as a basic pillar for the maintenance of to hire research assistants and laboratory techni-
quality research, something that has always distin- cians funded by the European Social Fund, through
guished our foundation. the Youth Employment Operative Program (YEI)
PEJ2016/MED/AI-1963" with one formalized hiring.
Following our human resources strategy, CIEN Foun- With the aim that young researchers can start their
dation's selection processes are aimed at achieving careers and develop their potential, the CIEN Foun-
entrepreneurial professionals, capable of adapting dation participates in the theoretical and practical
to change, ambitious and with a clear vocation for training of university students, both in Spain and in
research and for actively participating in the pro- other European Union countries, through collabora-
jects managed by the CIEN Foundation. tion agreements carrying out university hands-on
training.
All positions offered by the CIEN Foundation have
been procured through an open competition pro- Research staff by gender
cess under criteria of capacity, merit and publicity.
Positions have been published on the CIEN Founda- 23
tion, ISCIII and CIBERNED websites, having respected
the principle of free competition and objectively as- 6
sessed the applicants' merits. This procedure is in ac-
cordance with section 6.2 of ISO 9001:2008.
All positions offered are defined with a specific pro- One more year, the Call for Grants of the Queen
file, required qualifications, requirements and func- Sofia Foundation -MAPFRE Fellowship will allow the
tions to be performed. incorporation of a specialist in biomedical sciences
within the Alzheimer Project Research Unit.
During 2017, the CIEN Foundation has counted on a
total of 51 professionals, including 30 hired from com- The different departments in which the human re-
petitive grants, 11 fellows, 1 in-training Resident Me- sources that make up the CIEN Foundation are lo-
dical Intern in neuropathology, 4 volunteers who cated and where our professionals have developed
have collaborated selflessly with the CIEN Founda- their work are the following:
tion, 4 have developed their activity under signed
collaboration agreements, and 3 professionals have • Department of Management and
been hired through a contract to provide services. Administration
The research and technical support staff funded
through CIBERNED as well as through the collabora- • Department of Neuroimaging
tion agreements for research signed by the CIEN • Department of Neuropathology and Tissue
Foundation are also part of the staff of the CIEN
Foundation. Bank
• Department of Molecular Genetic
As every year, CIEN Foundation has continued with • Department of Neurology
its commitment to young researchers and collabo- • Department of Neuropsychology
ration with public and private institutions. During 2017
has participated in the program "CAM Call for grants
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