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Specific collaboration agreement Established between CIBER and CIBERNED for the execution of the project “Search for biomarkers for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease in the Vallecas project cohort”, with the active participation of the Neuroimaging department and the CIEN Foundation Tissue Bank..
Actions funded within the framework of Law 18/2014, of October 15, of approval of urgent measures for growth, competitiveness and efficiency and of the Youth Employment Operative Program:
PEJ16-MED-AI-1963. Granting of support for hiring a research assistant in the framework of the call for Grants for the Recruitment of Research Assistants and Laboratory Technicians, call 2016. The contract was formalized on 02/13/2017, and on September 27, 2018 an extension was granted until July 3, 2019. The grant was terminated with the presentation of the final report.
PEJ-2017-TL-BMD. Order 4606/2017 of December 14 for which grants are given for the execution of contracts for laboratory technicians corresponding to the 2017 call. Granting of support for the employment of a laboratory technician during 2018. The CIEN Foundation, as the grant beneficiary, formalized the corresponding contract on 03/08/2018, with a duration of two years, until 03/07/2020.
2.3.2 Fellowships and grants
During 2019 the CIEN Foundation has awarded/carried out the following fellow- ships and grants:
MAPFRE-Queen Sofia Foundation Fellowship 2017-2018. The fellowship program resolved to grant in this new call to Dr. Linda Zhang. Project title: “Internal and external validation of a statistical model for predicting conversion from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment in elderly populations”. Six months stay, extended for additional six months. Research program focused on the study of neurodegenerative disorders using an approach that combines mathematical modelling and computational simulation, in order to achieve the characterization of predictive algorithms, including a stay at the Eastern University of Finland in Kuopio.
MAPFRE-Queen Sofia Foundation Fellowship 2018-2019. This call is declared void on January 9, 2019, finally being awarded in favor of Ms. Marta Garo on February 25, 2019.
2. Management report
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