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2. MANAGEMENT REPORT
• Magnetic resonance imaging framework of the FP7-People-2011-Cofund call. The
• Blood sampling and analysis of genetic risk program, co-funded by the European Union, consi-
der the participation of host institutions as legal enti-
factors ties in which the researchers selected in the calls for
the M+VISION program carry out their training acti-
For this project, grants have been obtained through vities through research.
public calls for research projects on a competitive
basis, which are detailed in Section 6 of this Annual The M+VISION program consider two types of grants
Report. depending on the type of mobility involved: inco-
ming and outgoing. In the incoming grants the rese-
TISSUE-BANK: Through the Department of Neuropa- archers will enjoy the three years of support in Spain.
thology of the CIEN Foundation, a biobank of neu- The program offers grants of a total duration of three
rological tissue is managed (CIEN Tissue Bank). years, consisting of one year of scholarship and two
Contributions to BT-CIEN come, in addition to those years of labor contract as well as contributions for re-
obtained in the CAFRS (Internal Donation Pro- search and travel expenses. The first year resear-
gram), from donors from the Community of Madrid chers receive funding from the Region of Madrid
and other Regions (External Donation Program). In and the scholarship is carried out in a primarily aca-
turn, the BT-CIEN, after processing, diagnosis and demic environment, while the second and third year
classification, maintains the biological material in they are hired directly by the host organizations,
long-term archive conditions and distributes it to re- conducting a more market-oriented research.
searchers and institutions that require it for research
projects, in accordance with the application and Collaboration agreement signed with King's College
transfer of biobank samples protocols. London, University of Pennsylvania and University Co-
llege London, for carrying out the project entitled
Research Program of the Queen Sofia Foundation "Phases 2b-4 Field Validation of the MDS-NMS, the In-
Alzheimer Center: Systematic evaluation, by means ternational Parkinson's and Movement Disorders So-
of a protocol adapted and agreed upon, of the pa- ciety Non Motor Scale for Parkinson's disease"
tients institutionalized in the Queen Sofia Foundation funded by The International Parkinson and Move-
Alzheimer Center (CAFRS, for its acronym in Spanish) ment Disorders Society.
and attendants to the Day Care Center, after sig-
ning an informed consent. This project includes the In addition, a specific collaboration agreement has
eventual extraction and neuropathological study of been established between CIBER and CIBERNED for
the brains donated by deceased patients. Also in carrying out the project "Search for biomarkers for
this section, funding has been secured through pro- the early detection of Alzheimer's disease in the Va-
jects grants obtained in competitive calls (see Sec- llecas project cohort", with the active participation
tion 6). of the Neuroimaging department and the CIEN
Foundation Tissue Bank.
Other projects and collaborations
Collaboration agreement between the Madridmasd Actions financed within the framework of Law
Foundation for Knowledge and the CIEN Foundation 18/2014, of October 15, of approval of urgent mea-
to regulate the participation of the Foundation as a sures for growth, competitiveness and efficiency and
host institution in the M+VISION program, within the of the Youth Employment Operative Program:
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