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6. SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY

▄▀ 6.4. Funded projects Call corresponding to the year 2013 of grants from
the Strategic Action in Health. Grant co-funded by
During 2018 the CIEN Foundation researchers have the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER,
participated in nine scientific research projects gran- for its acronym in Spanich). In 2018, the extension ap-
ted through various national and international com- proved by the Subdirectorate General for Evaluation
petitive calls and funded by different institutions as and Promotion of Research of the Carlos III Health
well as in two research servic provisions. Institute was executed, with the deadline for execu-
tion on December 31, 2018.
Funded research projects are cited below:
• Code: Vallecas 2 • Código: PT17/0014/0015
Principal Investigator: Dr. Alberto Rábano
Principal Investigator: Dr. Miguel Medina
Title: Vallecas 2 – Early detection of Title: Biobanks Platform
Alzheimer's disease. Risk and Funding agency: Carlos III Institute of Health
protection factors Duration: 2018-2020
Funding agency: Queen Sofia Foundation Total budget: 135,300 €
Duration: 2018-2021 2018 budget: 45,100 €
Budget 2018-2019: 600,000 € (The Queen Sofia
Foundation undertakes to contribute during Call for the year 2017 of grants within the Strategic
each of the 4 years of planned duration of Health Action 2013-2016. These grants are co-funded
the project, the successive amounts that are by the European Regional Development Fund, Inte-
agreed annually by its Board of Trustees, lligent Growth Operational Program 2014-2020.
corresponding to the first year 2018 a total
amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS • PEJ16/MED/AI-1963
(300,000 €)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Alberto Rábano
In February 2018, a new collaboration agreement Title: Grants for hiring research assistants and
was signed with the Queen Sofia Foundation, with laboratory technicians.
an expected duration of 4 years, and a contribution Funding agency: Council of Education, Youth
of 300,000 € for the 2018 financial year. This agree- and Sports, Region of Madrid
Duration: 2017-2019
ment regulates the framework of cooperation to Total budget: 45,000 €
carry out the research oriented to the identification 2018 budget: 22,500 €
of individuals with greater risk of developing Alzhei-
mer's type dementia (AD) within the project called Call for grants to hire research assistants and labo-
"Vallecas 2, early detection of Alzheimer's disease. ratory technicians through the Youth Employment
Risk and protection factors ". Operational Program and the Youth Employment In-
itiative (YEI) (2016). These grants will be co-funded by
• Código: PT13/0010/0045 the European Social Fund (FSE, for its acronym in
Spanish) through the Youth Employment Operatio-
Principal Investigator: Dr. Alberto Rábano
Title: Biobank Platform nal Program. In February 2018, the execution of the
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III 2nd annuity of the awarded grant within the frame-
Duration: 2014-2018 work of the 2016 call for the execution of contracts
Total budget: 179,934.78 € for research assistants and laboratory technicians
2017 budget: 44,478.26 € begins, which will be valid until July 2019.

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