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2.3.
Research projects and grants
CIEN Foundation aims to support, promote and coordinate research in neurological diseases. In order to do this, it focuses its efforts especially in neurodegenerative diseases and in coordinating prominent Spanish research groups. Research pro- jects managed by the Foundation seek to foster research and study in these fields, especially Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
2.3.1 Research projects
The CIEN Foundation was created with the aim of promoting the creation of a network center that supports, promotes and coordinates research activities. The objectives of the CIEN Foundation are specified in six fundamental activities:
• The Vallecas project
• BT-CIEN Tissue Bank.
• Alzheimer Program
• Other research projects • Service provisions
• Training
Vallecas-2 Project: Research aimed at identifying individuals with a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s type dementia (AD), based on the combination of so- ciodemographic, clinical, neurological, neuropsychological, genetic, biochemical and neuroimaging data, within the framework of the project called “Vallecas-2, early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. Risk and protection factors”. The Queen Sofia Foundation, signatory of the agreement dated on February 14, 2018, under- takes to contribute during each of the 4 years of planned duration of the project, the successive amounts that are agreed annually by its Board of Trustees, corre- sponding to the first year 2018 a total amount of three hundred thousand euros (€ 300,000.00). An equal amount has been allocated for 2019.
Queen Sofia Foundation Contribution 300.000,00 300.000,00
The Vallecas Project is one of the main research project carried out by the CIEN Foundation, both in terms of resources used and its social impact. In parallel, the CIEN Foundation is engaged in other research projects on neurodegenerative dis- eases, among which the Alzheimer Center Project and the Biobank Platform stand out.
Tissue-Bank (BT-CIEN): Through the Department of Neuropathology of the CIEN Foundation, a biobank of neurological tissue is managed (CIEN Tissue Bank). Con- tributions to BT-CIEN come, in addition to those obtained in the CAFRS (Internal
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