Annual Report 2013 Edit: State Agency Spanish National Research Council Edition Date: June 2014

Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

Annual Report 2013 Edit: State Agency Spanish National Research Council Edition date: June 2014

Coordination: Office of the President Documentary sources: CSIC: Governing Bodies. Corporate Databases (Data: December 2013) Images: P Fotciencia11 P CSIC Department of Communication P Cover page: Humanoid robot of the SARBOT (Search And Rescue Robot) team participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Design: Art Factory Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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1 organization 5 organizational chart 6 1.1 Governing Bodies 7 1.2 Institutes, Centres & Units 11 1.3 Institutional Relations 13 1.4 Action Plan 2014-2017 15

2 management 17 overview 18 4 scientific-Technical Areas 67 2.1 Human Resources 20 4.1 Humanities & Social Sciences 68 2.2 Economic Resources & Assets 22 4.2 Biology & Biomedicine 75 4.3 Natural Resources 82 3 scientific andT echnical Activity 27 4.4 Agricultural Sciences 88 Project Data & Scientific Output 28 4.5 Physical Science & Technologies 93 3.1 Research Groups 31 4.6 Materials Science & Technology 101 3.2 Research Projects, Actions & National Funding Programmes 32 4.7 Food Science & Technology 107 3.3 European Programmes 38 4.8 Chemical Science & Technologies 115 3.4 Internationalization 41 3.5 Collaboration Agreements. CSIC Institutions & Networks 44 5 science Outreach 121 3.6 Knowledge Transfer. Public-Private Commitment 46 5.1 Science dissemination activities 122 3.7 Researcher Training 51 5.2 Communication 128 3.8 ICTS-Large Facilities & Special Installations 54 5.3 Women & Science 132 3.9 CSIC Editorial Office 59 3.10 Scientific Research Information Resources 62 6 Fundación General CSIC 134 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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On 24 November 2014 the Spanish National Research Coun- In an increasingly complex environment undertaking great transformations, which require quick cil (CSIC) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. It is a long history adaptation, these two factors make it ever more difficult for the SIC C to compete with its peers, combining growth and consolidation; times of internal reor- not only internationally, but also domestically, some of the Spanish institutions being equipped ganization and stages of expansion; quiet management periods with more modern and flexible structures and management capabilities, even though partially and other more challenging times. All this comes as a natural financed with public funds like the SIC C. fact in a constantly evolving, complex and diverse organization like the CSIC has always been. Being aware of its strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and potential risks, in order to deploy the best strategy, the CSIC has established the 2014-2017 Action Plan, adopted by the Steering Among all difficult periods, year 2013 has undoubtedly been Committee at its meeting held on December 18 and setting the following objectives: one of the toughest, however we are proud to say that the CSIC has managed to successfully overcome the difficulties, as this is Strengthen CSIC’s structure, renovate the internal organization and adapt operating protocols. highlighted by the figures and other activity indicators included Emilio Lora-Tamayo D’Ocón in this Annual Report. President of the CSIC Maintain and improve the level of scientific output and quality research to address societal challenges. The CSIC has managed to remedy the deficit in the operating budget and initiate the replenish- ment of the treasury remnant. Two key dates have been determining for those achievements: Increase the public-private commitment to contribute to industry leadership. second fortnight of June and second fortnight of October, when the Cabinet approved the respective credit supplements, amounting €95 million. However, just as relevant has been the joint and Promote synergies and alliances with other national and international institutions. continue efforts devoted by the scientific, technical, trainee, management and administration staff, who have implemented the Feasibility Commitment Plan, enabling a saving of €60 million Promote scientific and technological culture and prepare the new generations of scientists by reducing expenditures and increasing revenues. and technologists.

Once the economic situation is improving, our main concern during the last two years, we must Achieving these goals will be our joint commitment in the coming years. Shared efforts and now focus on the two issues that long affect to the CSIC and which increasingly endanger our overcoming challenging situations shall bring on the necessary individual and institutional mission: the lost and aging of personnel, and a management structure lacking the required strengths. Fortunately we count with the priceless experience along our outstanding history. All flexibility. my gratitude for your hard dedication and your confidence on the future. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

1. Organization organizational chart 1.1 Governing Bodies 1.2 Institutes, Centres & Units 1.3 Institutional Relations 1.4 Action Plan 2014-2017

Image: “Acidophilic Extremophile” Author: José Luis Lozano Romero FOTCIENCIA11 Living organisms capable of developing under impossible conditions are called Extremophiles. This feature implies that they could have been part of the first stirrings of life on the Planet. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Deputy Vice-Presidency for Scientific Programming Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology Research 1 Organizational Chart Deputy Vice-Presidency for Scientific-Technical Areas

Deputy Vice-Presidency for Institutional Ministry for Economy & Competitiveness Vice- Presidency for Organization Organización & Coordination and Institutional Affairs Deputy Vice-Presidency for Organization Secretary of State for Research, and Scientific Culture Development & Innovation

Deputy Vice-Presidency for Knowledge Transfer Vice-Presidency for Technology Steering Committee Presidency Transfer and Internationalization Deputy Vice-Presidency for Internationalization

President´s Office Deputy Secretariat General for Financial Management and Control

Deputy Secretariat General for Human Resources Secretariat General Ethics Committe Deputy Secretariat General for Works and Infrastructure

ScientificA dvisory Government Deputy Secretariat General for Information Technology Committee Legal Office

Women and Science Institutes, Centres Institutional Coordinators of Scientific- Intervention CSIC Editorial Office Committee & Units Coordinators Technical Areas Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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1.1 Governing Bodies STEERING COMMITTEE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS D. Luis de GUINDOS JURADO President Deputy Vice President for Institutional D. Emilio LORA-TAMAYO D’OCÓN Organization & Coordination SECRETARIAT OF STATE FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT Dña. Mª Luz MARTÍNEZ CANO AND INNOVATION Vice President for Scientific and Technical Research Dña. Carmen VELA OLMO D. Antonio FIGUERAS HUERTA Deputy Vice President for Scientific Culture Dña. Mª Pilar TIJERAS SÁNCHEZ PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Organization RESEARCH COUNCIL (CSIC) D. José Ramón URQUIJO GOITIA Deputy Vice President for Internationalization D. Emilio LORA-TAMAYO D’OCÓN D. Jesús RICOTE SANTAMARÍA Vice President for Transfer and Internationalization Dña. Alicia CASTRO LOZANO Deputy Vice President for Knowledge Transfer D. Angel CABALLERO CUESTA Secretary General D. Alberto SERENO ÁLVAREZ Deputy Secretariat General for Human Resources D. Miguel Angel ZAPARDIEL ÁLVAREZ Director of the President’s Office Dña. Mercedes RUBIO PASCUAL Deputy Secretariat General for Financial Management Dña. Carmen SANABRIA PÉREZ Deputy Vice President for Scientific Programming D. Eusebio JIMÉNEZ ARROYO (until June 2013) Deputy Secretariat General for Works & Infrastructure D. José Ramón NARANJO OROVIO (as of July 2013) Dña. Mª Carmen GONZÁLEZ PEÑALVER

Deputy Vice President for Scientific and Technical Areas Deputy Secretariat General for Information Management Dña. María GASSET VEGA Dña. Clara CALA RIVERO Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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STEERING COMMITTEE

STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN (Art. 12.1) PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND TREASURY

D. Emilio LORA-TAMAYO D’OCÓN D. Juan José HERRERA CAMPA President of the CSIC director-General for Staff Costs and Public Pensions

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE BOARD MEMBERS Dª Edelmira BARREIRA DIZ FOUR MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS, deputy Cabinet Director for the Vice President of the Government AND ONE MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MINISTRIES: PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND TREASURY; INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND TOURISM; HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVI- INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND TOURISM CES AND EQUALITY; AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT (Art. 12.1 A) D. Manuel VALLE MUÑOZ ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS director-General for Industry and SMEs

Dª Mª Luisa PONCELA GARCÍA HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES AND EQUALITY director-General for Innovation and Competitiveness secretariat General for Science, Technology & Innovation (as of 2 April 2013) Dª Mª Mercedes VINUESA SEBASTIÁN director-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation D. Cayetano LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ director of CIEMAT (Research Centre for Energy, Environment & Technology) AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT

D. Juan María VÁZQUEZ ROJAS Dª Susana MAGRO ANDRADE director-General for Scientific andT echnical Research director-General of the Spanish Department for Climate Change

D. Alfredo González-Panizo Tamargo technical Secretary General for Economy and Competitiveness Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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FIVE BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE HEAD OF THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND THREE BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE UNIONS (Art. 12.1 D) COMPETITIVENESS, RECOGNIZED AS RENOWNED PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (Art. 12.1 B) U G T D. Javier MARTÍNEZ DE SALAZAR BASCUÑANA D. Mariano BARBACID MONTALBÁN CSIC Research Professor researcher from the National Cancer Research Centre CC OO D. José Manuel GARCÍA VERDUGO Dª Alicia DURÁN CARRERA instituto Cabanilles. Universidad de Valencia CSIC Research Professor

Dª Amparo MORALEDA MARTÍNEZ C S I F President of SIE, Sistemas y Servicios de Iluminación Eficiente Dª Esperanza IGLESIAS FERNÁNDEZ oPIS Technical Specialist D. Daniel RAMÓN VIDAL director of Biópolis, S.L. VICE-CHANCELLOR APPONTED BY THE COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITIES (Art. 12.1 E)

Dª Matilde SÁNCHEZ AYUSO Dª Montserrat CASAS AMETLLER CSIC Research Professor Vice-Chancellor of the Universitat de les Illes Balears (until March 2013)

BOARD MEMBER FROM THE INTER-TERRITORIAL COMMITTEE (Art. 12.1 C) SECRETARY OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE (Art. 12.3)

D. Francisco TRIGUERO RUIZ D. Alberto SERENO ÁLVAREZ secretary General for Universities, Research and Technology of the Junta de Andalucía secretary General of the CSIC Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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COODINATORS

COORDINATORS OF SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL AREAS INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATORS D. Fernando GARCÍA SANZ roma Da Cristina de la PUENTE GONZÁLEZ D. Miguel Ángel FERRER BAENA Humanities and Social Sciences andalucía D. Jorge Luis E. VELASCO GONZÁLEZ Brussels Da Dolores GONZÁLEZ PACANOWSKA D. Víctor Manuel ORERA CLEMENTE Biology and Biomedicine aragón ACTING INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATORS D. Xavier QUEROL CARCELLER D. Cosme GARCÍA FRANCISCO natural Resources Canarias D. Joaquín TINTORÉ SUBIRANA islas Baleares D. Carlos GARCÍA IZQUIERDO D. Mariano SÁNCHEZ CRESPO agricultural Sciences Castilla y León Da Rosa Mª MENÉNDEZ LÓPEZ Principado de Asturias D. Manuel LOZANO FANTOBA D. Luis CALVO CALVO Physical Science and Technology Cataluña D. Carlos Javier GARCÍA IZQUIERDO región de Murcia D. Pedro A. SERENA DOMINGO D. Eduardo José PARDO DE GUEVARA Y VALDÉS materials Science and Technology galicia D. Christian GORTÁZAR SCHMID Castilla-La Mancha D. Francisco TOMÁS BARBERÁN Da Cristina de la CALLE VIAN Food Science and Technology madrid D. Enrique MARTÍNEZ GONZÁLEZ Cantabria D. Francisco Javier ROJO MARCOS D. José Pío BELTRÁN PORTER Chemical Science and Technology Comunidad Valenciana

Scientific Advisory Committee Ethics Committee Board Woman and Science Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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1.2 Institutes, Centres & Units

The Vice Presidency for Institutional Affairs and Organization is responsible for creating new institutes and centres, as well as for closing or restructuring existing ones, while also coordina- ting R & D units associated with CSIC. Research Institutes

In 2013 CSIC included 123 research institutes (70 exclusively run by CSIC and 53 joint centres), all located in Spain with the exception of one CSIC centre based in Rome. Own and joint research centres, by scientific-technical areas 31/12/2013 PPJoint Centres CSIC JOINT RESEARCH AREA TOTAL The CSIC shares ownership of these joint research institutes with other public and private ins- CENTRES CENTRES titutions. Humanities and Social Sciences 12 5 17 PPService Centres Biology and Biomedicine 8 15 23 Natural Resources 12 9 21 These centres provide technical and administrative support to numerous research institutes. In 2013 the CSIC had 8 Service Centres, 5 of them being CSIC-owned centres and 3 joint centres. Agricultural Sciences 9 3 12 Physical Science and Techlology 10 11 21 PPAssociated Units Materials Science and Technology 6 5 11 Food Science and Technology 4 2 6 These research units belong to public and private institutions associated with CSIC through its research institutes by means of 3-year collaboration agreements which may be extended depen- Chemical Science and Technology 9 3 12 ding on the results of the collaboration. In 2013, the CSIC had 118 associated units, of which 10 TOTAL 70 53 123 initiated the agreement in that year and while 29 were renewed. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Own and Joint research centres territorial distribution 31/12/2013

Asturias Cantabria País Vasco Galicia Navarra La Rioja Castilla León Cataluña Aragón 3670 CSIC CENTRES Madrid JOINT 53 Baleares CENTRES Castilla Extremadura La Mancha C. Valenciana

DETAIL Rome Murcia

Andalucía

Canarias Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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1.3 Institutional Relations

In CSIC’s early years, it was careful to establish a network of partnerships throughout the Spa- The CSIC has a long tradition of advising state institutions. At present CSIC’s technical means nish geography to avoid an overly centralist bias in its research activities. Consequently, today and staff, in collaboration with the Instituto Geográfico Nacional and the Instituto Geológico more than half of its institutes are located outside Madrid. y Minero de España, are responsible for maintaining the networks of seismic stations and they prepare reports on the submarine eruption in El Hierro. Maintaining this observation network The targets set in the Agency’s action plans include the strengthening of the CSIC’s strategic and obtaining own data is key to the scientific activity, as it enables the completely autonomous position in the R&D+i System by enhancing and diversifying relations with political, scientific, performance and publishing of activity models, maintaining the principle of independence of academic, business and cultural institutions of each Autonomous Region, promoting research judgment. based on excellence and innovation and emphasizing the transfer of knowledge to enterprise and the ability to respond to real problems linked to the interests of society. Despite no chances of new investments in buildings due to the economic situation, in 2013 the construction of the headquarters of the laboratories of the Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del To comply with this policy, throughout the year, CSIC’s situation was analyzed by studying each Vino was completed; this means that during 2014, once fully equipped, the research groups of its institutions and its incorporation to the R&D+i System of each region. can relocate, and thus the ICVV will begin a new stage towards consolidation.

This initiative was developed during the months of May and June at various venues (Barcelona, Work on the new building of the Unidad de Biofísica de Vizcaya has also completed, co-funded by Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, Valladolid and Zaragoza). In the context of the preparation of the various institutions (Provincial Council of Vizcaya, Science and Technology Park of Vizcaya, Ministry Strategic Plan 2014-2017, the initiative addressed the situation of the various institutes around of Science and Innovation, Basque Government and the Basque Country University). Spain, pooling information from them (mainly institutional relations, research and knowledge transfer) based on the powers exercised by each of the vice-presidencies and the General Secre- It should be noted that given the fact that CSIC was not in a position to undertake the project of tariat. These sessions ended in a meeting with the managers of the institutes analyzed. building new headquarters for CEQMA (Centro de Química y Materiales de Aragón, which should house the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón and the Instituto de Síntesis Química y In the context of regional relations, the agreement-programme was entered into with the Xunta Catálisis Homogénea, the general Council of Aragon took on this responsibility to then hand them de Galicia (23/12/2013), a measure to alleviate even if temporarily and partially the impossibi- over to the institutions that form the Centre. lity of participating in competitive calls for research projects, a situation that can be remedied in the near future. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Of late, science outreach has greatly increased, both through specific activities and by means of Other important initiatives in this same vein include the agreement signed with the Generalitat broader activity programmes, often undertaken in collaboration with universities, local autho- Valenciana to promote the transfer of scientific technological results to the production and rities and foundations such as La Caixa, BBVA, FECyT, etc. service sectors; or participation in MADRID NETWORK, a public-private network of over 750 partners, large and small companies, research centres, universities and technology centres, and Activities in this field have been thematically targeted according to the most current issues which is considered a key factor for the improvement of the innovation system of the territory. related to the Higgs boson and food. Such activities increasingly take the form of stable cycles.

But undoubtedly noteworthy is the consolidation of the Casa de la Ciencia de Sevilla, with an important role in the cultural life of the Andalusian capital.

Since Horizon 2020 research and innovation strategies are focusing on Enterprise, researchers are forced to establish contacts with the industrial network.

During 2013 all Autonomous Regions have worked on issues related to the definition of the RIS3 programme, which will define the new European investment strategy to boost the economy of the member states. Through its delegations in each region, the CSIC has worked with the regional authorities in the definition of the key areas.

In addition, there are other collaborative initiatives with industry such as the so-called Baskrete - Open Days Industrial Conference held in San Sebastian, which has attempted to stimulate the transfer of knowledge and technology to companies by establishing cooperation agreements with industry stakeholders. A similar initiative was launched in the Canarias by the Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA) known as Espacio Virtual Ambiental (EVA) that seeks to combine the development of the primary sector and environmental conservation. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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1.4 Action Plan 2014-2017

The Statute of the CSIC State Agency specifiesthat its activity must be developed in accordance with the Annual Action Plan and the Multi-Year Action Plan “during the effective term and in accordance with the Management Agreement”. This Management Agreement has never been approved, making necessary the use of the Multi-Year Action Plan as a reference, modulated from time to time by the characteristics of the economic situation, insofar as it impacts on the resources provided to support development.

During 2013, CSIC has developed its Action Plan 2014-2017, approved by the Steering Commit- tee at the meeting held on 18 December 2013, an opportunity to reflect and propose strategies to govern their activity during that period, anticipating changes and strengthening its scientific and technological leadership

CSIC’s five main objectives for the Action Plan 2014-2017 are:

Reinforcing CSIC’s structure, renovating internal organization and adapting the operating protocols. http://www.csic.es/web/guest/plan-de-actuacion-2014-2017 Maintaining and improving the level of scientific output and research quality to address societal challenges. The Action Plan 2014-2017 describes the CSIC as a whole, including global strategies and Increasing public-private commitment to contribute to industrial leadership. those established by their disciplines in the respective Action Plans of the eight scientific and Promoting synergies and alliances with other national and international institutions. technical areas. All CSIC stakeholders have been involved in its development. The groups, Promoting scientific and technological culture and preparing new generations of scientists Institutes, Scientific-Technical Areas and Management Bodies of the CSIC’s Central Organiza- and technologists. tion have conducted and coordinated their own analyses and made proposals. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The development process began in September 2012, with the design and corporate implemen- Other contributions were provided by a reflection Group, consisting of various experts, the tation of an essential tool to identify and define the SIC C reality, the Groups Application (GA). recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee and of the Steering Committee. In a second step, the research groups contributed by specifying their specialization charac- The novelties with regard to the former Action Plan 2010-2013 include: teristics, their activity, their ability to attract competitive resources and their scientific and technological objectives. The fundamental units of the Institutes are the Research Groups. The Institutes then detailed their strengths and weaknesses and proposed strategic actions The functional and instrumental support unit is the Scientific-Technical Service. which have been endorsed in their respective staff meetings. The assessment and monitoring of groups, services and institutes are conducted during the The Action Plans for the Centres and Institutes have been developed using a corporate ap- development of the Action Plan. plication, the Action Plan Application -Institutes (APA-I). The proposed objectives and their fulfilment are not linked to the pre-allocation of resources. The Scientific andT echnical Areas, through their coordinators and committees, put together the Areas Action Plans, discussed and agreed in meetings with management staff. In parallel, the various units of the Central Organization proposed their own Action Plans that include a collection of actions that constitute the basis of the Strategic Programmes.

Many of these ideas were also analyzed and collected from May to July in a series of meetings held around Spain between the CSIC Steering Committee and the Coordinators of the Scientific and Technical Areas and the Institutional Coordinators, in order to analyze the situation of institutional relations and institutes, both from the point of view of their situation and scientific capacity, and their connections and collaborations with the productive sector. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

2. Management overview

2.1 Human Resources 2.2 Economic Resources & Assets

Image: “Beautiful complexity” Author: Belén Sotillo Buzarra FOTCIENCIA11 (Special Award “International Year of Crystallography”) The image shows a nano-arabesque decoration manufactured in a very simple way, by physically evaporating the material. The crystal structure will determine the shapes that appear in the arabesque motif. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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2 Overview

The CSIC is the leading Spanish state agency and the main public institution engaged in re- In the light of the above scenario, during 2013 CSIC’s main management activities have fo- search, based both on its scientific output and on the quality and quantity of resources and cused on regularizing and standardizing the Agency’s budgetary and financial situation and infrastructure, its territorial presence or its role in building the European Research Area. pursuing the development of medium and long term strategic, projects designed for the rationalization and improvement of management systems launched in 2012. The CSIC State Agency is a complex institution whose management is conditioned by the nature of its main activity (scientific and technical research), by the legal system and its status asS tate In 2013 CSIC has managed to successfully address the deficit existing in the operating budget Agency, by its internal organization and external factors such as the current economic climate. at the beginning of the year, while replenishing the treasury surplus and solving any liquidity or credit issues. Two credit supplements approved by the Council of Ministers for the budget of the The specific nature of its core business, namely, scientific research, determines the special fea- Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for a total value of EUR 95 million have greatly con- tures of CSIC’s management since, ultimately, management activities are an essential support tributed, in addition to nearly 60 €M saved by the Agency, due to lower spending and higher for the development of science. income during the year under the Commitment Feasibility Plan. By organizing and balancing the accounts, the CSIC has achieved the stability needed to confidently and reliably face the fu- Because CSIC is a State Agency, institutional management is also affected, although the auto- ture, and the Agency, as of 2014, can continue its research activity normally, while being more nomy and other characteristics inherent to such type of institution will not be fully achieved un- competitive in a sector taking great transformations to be quickly adapted to. til the CSIC formalizes its Management Agreement, which together with the approval of a new Statute adapted to the current needs will create a framework for a more efficient management. Furthermore, in 2013 CSIC continued with the development of strategic projects for the rationalization and improvement of management systems. With the approval of Multiyear Action Regarding its internal organization, CSIC’s size and structure imply a management scenario Plan 2014-2017 this set of initiatives are included in GOAL 1 of the Plan: to strengthen CSIC’s marked by the amount of human, economic and budgetary resources, and by territorial and structure, renew and adapt the internal organization and operating protocols. functional decentralization, having more than 135 centres with autonomous spending criteria and cost allocation; CSIC is additionally involved in other organizations such as foundations, In the context of the plans to strengthen the professional status of institute and centre governance consortia or corporations. and with the aim of improving the coordination of decentralization work, actions included the implementation of a Management Plan with measures to solve the main management problems From the external point of view, the economic situation has noticeably influenced the manage- and involving the creation of the Management Office, which aims to provide comprehensive assis- ment of the Agency, because it has set a scenario of reduced profits obtained from its own tance, to generate initiatives to solve common problems and to promote pilot projects which may activity and budget transfers to cover its operational costs. be disseminated, generating useful information and providing knowledge for decision making. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The improved management systems include the noteworthy incorporation of strategic planning agement improvements; in the context of risk prevention, the installation and staffing of a new systems in the area of economic management, using a methodology based on quality, excel- Basic Health Unit on the Campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. lence and continuous improvement; in the context of human resources, important measures are the standardization and generalization of procedures, such as social security regularization Despite the progress, CSIC’s management model needs to further improve throughout 2014, for staff traveling abroad for professional purposes or disability procedures in cases of high-risk under the cover of a new statute and the relevant Management Agreement for the Agency, pregnancy. which still need to be worked on; the implementation of the remaining tasks related to the internal reorganization of certain units and work processes must be addressed, while moving The rationalization initiatives especially include the development of information systems, since towards a more proactive, collaborative and institutionally responsible management model this is an ideal mechanism in order to progress in this direction. In 2013, the Deputy Secretary that promotes an overall view of all the CSIC units and its institutional strengthening under the General for Information Technology has designed new systems and put them into production, premise “excellent science requires excellent management.” including the information to research groups which is particularly relevant, with the purpose of providing information on the composition and scientific activity of research groups to the main researchers, to CSIC centres and to its management units; it highlights the necessary symbiosis that should exist between scientific activity and management for CSIC to operate properly and efficiently. Also, systems implemented in previous years as a result of regulatory changes have been improved (e.g., in the employment pool to adapt to the Bologna system), improved control (e.g. co-financing certain procurement programmes) or process simplification or database integration. Other notable initiatives include the joint projects that attempt to bring the CSIC closer to the General State Administration’s standardized procedures, such as the agreement with the General State Comptroller of the State Administration for the development of a new version of the Sorolla2 information system.

Similarly, other important management goals have been achieved in 2013, such as the recovery of approximately one million euros thanks to the implementation of the Debt Collection Plan; the remarkable reduction of CSIC’s Social Security debt; with regard to the European Social Fund, the proposal to increase its funding, plus the fact that the CSIC is very likely to continue being an intermediate institution in the Operational Programme 2014-2020 thanks to its man- Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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2.1 Human Resources

CSIC’s Human Resources management is undertaken by the Deputy Secretary General for Hu- man Resources. This unit manages all aspects of the CSIC staff, whether civil servants or TOTAL STAFF 15,763 labours, staff training, payroll and social security, employment relations and social action aid, occupational risk prevention. STAFF AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN CSIC CENTRES 4,292

The heterogeneity of CSIC’s staff makes it highly complex and even more so bearing in mind TOTAL STAFF IN CSIC CENTRES AND JOINT CENTRES 11,471 the needs to coordinate the staff among the various units of the Central Organization and the Institutes and Centres within the CSIC and, particularly, with the competent authorities of the General State Administration. Staff distribution: employment regime / functional group, and gender

2013 has maintained the trend set in 2012, with the consequent reduction of the CSIC’s SUPPORT/ PERSONAL TOTAL CSIC SCIENTISTS ADMIN. MEN WOMEN own staff. This trend creates difficulties for the replacement or rotation of staff, especially for TECHNICIANS management personnel, which is also proportionally much smaller in number than in other Civil servant 5,670 2,970 1,793 907 3,067 2,603 European counterpart institutions (about 8% of the workforce). As regards scientific staff, while the number of scientists has been reduced, this situation has been alleviated to a limited Employment 1,209 15 846 348 651 558 extent, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Employment Offer. contract Contracted 4,189 730 3,395 64 1,867 2,322 Despite the trend and economic conditions, which led the CSIC to suspend its own recruitment programmes, a total of 2,702 contracts were formalized in 2013, representing a high Fellowship 403 403 - - 155 248 number compared to the size of CSIC’s own staff: 11,471 people. Of that total, 29 were pre- doctoral contracts and 13 were access contracts to the Spanish System of Science, Technology Total 11,471 4,118 6,034 1,319 5,740 5,731 and Innovation, pursuant to Law14/2011 of 1 June of Science, Technology and Innovation; Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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1,677 contracts for research projects, 145 contracts for different programmes (Ramón y Cajal, STAFF DISTRIBUTION: GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION/ FUNCTIONAL GROUP Marie Curie -EU-, ACs), 477 trainees (JAE, 2 +2, Juan de la Cierva, etc..) and 47 temporary contracts for reasons of production, among others. AUTONOMIC REGION/ ABROAD TOTAL SCIENTISTS SUPPORT / TECHNICIANS ADMIN.

Until such time as the restrictions on the access of new staff are lifted, CSIC needs to work on Andalucía 1,939 704 1,049 186 the design of a Human Resources Plan capable of facing the future with an adequate coverage Aragón 444 180 215 49 of staff needs. Asturias (Principado de) 186 63 100 23 Canarias 70 37 27 6 Cantabria 64 31 30 3 Castilla - La Mancha 30 13 15 2 STAFF DISTRIBUTION: SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL AREAS /FUNCTIONAL GROUP Castilla y León 240 90 126 24 Cataluña 1,662 658 858 146 ÁREAS CIENTÍFICO-TÉCNICAS TOTAL SCIENTISTS SUPPORT / TECHNICIANS ADMIN. Comunidad Valenciana 826 290 473 63 Humanities and Social Science 749 355 280 114 Extremadura 12 7 4 1 Biology and Biomedicine 2,377 755 1,446 176 Galicia 329 94 194 41 Illes Balears 100 41 48 11 Natural Resources 1,772 621 942 209 Madrid (Comunidad de) 5,243 1,780 2,731 732 Agricultural Sciences 1,535 540 852 143 Murcia (Región de) 221 80 122 19 Physical Science and Technology 1,346 548 691 107 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 23 15 6 2 Materials Science and Technology 1,263 519 645 99 País Vasco 41 22 16 3 Food Science and Technology 587 258 280 49 Rioja (La) 24 7 14 3 Chemical Science and Technology 1,207 471 636 100 ITALY 11 5 2 4 CSIC Central Services 635 51 262 322 BELGIUM 6 1 4 1 TOTAL STAFF 11,471 4,118 6,034 1,319 TOTAL STAFF 11,471 4,118 6,034 1,319 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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2.2 Economic Resources & Assets

Budgetary implementation Assets

The Deputy Secretary General for Financial Management had a final budget for 2013 of The management of CSIC assets and administrative contracting are carried out by the Deputy 707.6 €M, which represents a 70.7 €M reduction compared to 2012. Secretary General of Works and Infrastructure. For the performance of its institutional activities, the CSIC possesses rural estates and urban properties, distributed throughout the country and Regarding the revenue budget, it amounted to 726.3 €M for the financial year 2013, in several European countries, durable goods and historical and artistic property. representing an execution of around 102.7%. The revenue budget execution has been higher this year compared to the previous year (102.7% versus 80%), despite the economic difficulties. Real estate involves the most complex management, conditioned by the nature of the right This increase is partly explained by the current and capital transfers mainly as a result of being exercised over the estate: property rights, transfer, concession, surface rights, assignment MINECO’s extraordinary transfers in 2013 amounting to 95 €M. Also to be highlighted are the or lease, and the need for constant data updating as a result of changes referred to cadastral over 10 €M from the European Social Fund, bearing in mind that the budget originally covered details, measurements or encumbrances, among others. only 2 €M. In any case, without including the increases resulting from credit supplements, the revenue increase was 11 €M compared to 2012. It should be noted that departmental transfers In relation to the historical and artistic property, during 2013 a number of properties were represent 68.5% of the revenue budget. registered, either due to purchase (such as the mural work of Eugenia Balcells sent to the Pascual Vila Research and Development Centre), inventory regularization (as in the case of the Miguel Fisac lamp for the Daza Valdés Optics Institute) or donation (e.g., several boxes of dry With regard to the spending budget and its implementation in 2013, the obligations recog- preserved specimens and slides, a collection of 73 specimens of mammals and naturalized birds nized in the year amounted to 683.6 €M, representing an execution of around 96.6%. Budget or several batches of insects, amounting to a total of 2,697 specimens). implementation in 2013 has resulted in a saving of 46.9 €M compared to 2012. Regarding the distribution of these costs, the largest proportion relates to staff costs (69%) and the rest is Also in 2013 CSIC has lent a total of 754 historic items for their inclusion in temporary exhibi- distributed among real investment (5%) and other expenditure (26%). tions and the treatment process for the restoration of 275 goods for the Royal Botanic Gardens and the National Museum of Natural Sciences has been initiated. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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TRENDS IN CONSOLIDATED INCOME 2012-2013 550 YEAR 2013 500 FINANCIACIÓN YEAR 2012 YEAR 2013 450 3.15 400 AMOUNT € % AMOUNT € % 350 300 27.05% 250 STATE 418,356,187.48 67.45 507,024,600.00 69.80 200 CSIC: OWN FUNDS 191,208,136.04 30.83 196,452,237.15 27.05 150 FOREIGN 10,638,491.38 1.72 22,878,136.41 3.15 100 50 69.80% TOTAL 620,202,814.90 100.00 726,354,973.56 100.00 0 CSIC: OWN FONDS FSE/FEDER M€ STATE

DISTRIBUTION BY TYPE OF EXPENSE 2012-2013 (€) 550 YEAR 2013 500 450 YEAR 2012 YEAR 2013 5.14 400 AMOUNT € % AMOUNT € % 350 300 26.21% 250 HUMAN RESOURCES 476,382,608.81 65.21 469,299,293.32 68.65 200 OTHER EXPENSES 197,523,217.90 27.04 179,158,633.11 26.21 150 100 INVESTMENT 56,651,865.54 7.75 35,151,734.05 5.14 50 68.65% TOTAL 730,557,692.25 100.00 683,609,660.48 100.00 0 HUMAN OTHER EXPENSES INVESTMENT M€ RESOURCES Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURE BY SCIENTIFIC AREA 2012-2013 (€) 2012 2013 AMOUNT (€) % AMOUNT (€) %

Humanities and Social Sciences 48,277,061.72 6.61 44,040,954.35 6.44 Biology and Biomedicine 153,533,141.94 21.02 139,985,306.29 20.48 Natural Resources 113,707,342.65 15.56 108,387,760.23 15.86 Agricultural Sciences 66,358,784.07 9.08 64,439,555.29 9.43 Physical Science and Technology 81,662,205.20 11.18 75,944,473.13 11.11 Materials Science and Technology 83,227,638.11 11.39 78,937,004.16 11.55 Food Science and Technology 36,864,803.79 5.05 36,244,191.89 5.30 Chemical Science and Technology 72,561,849.43 9.93 65,512,047.92 9.58 General Administration and Other 74,364,865.34 10.18 70,118,367.22 10.26 Total 730,557,692.25 100.00 683,609,660.48 100.00

160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 M€ GENERAL HUMANITIES AND BIOLOGY AND NATURAL AGRICULTURAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE MATERIALS SCIENCE FOOD SCIENCE CHEMICAL SCIENCE ADMINISTRATION SOCIAL SCIENCES BIOMEDICINE RESOURCES SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR INCOME 2013 (€) INCREASE + PENDIING INITIAL BUDGET FINAL BUDGET ACCREDITED ALLOCATION ALLOCATION RECEIVED DECRESE - RECEIPT Chapter III 20,123,830.00 - 20,123,830.00 34,520,609.94 23,611,730.54 10,908,879.40 Chapter IV 320,563,270.00 20,000,000.00 340,563,270.00 341,271,790.11 339,789,396.89 1,482,393.22 Chapter V 2,145,000.00 - 2,145,000.00 1,749,963.50 1,445,078.52 304,884.98 Chapter VI - - - 1,200.00 1,200.00 - Chapter VII 153,485,680.00 136,691,981.30 290,177,661.30 334,443,205.90 333,633,398.13 809,807.77 Chapter VIII 106,056,740.00 -65,000,000.00 41,056,740.00 211,925.27 121,063.47 90,861.80 Chapter IX - 13,588,021.16 13,588,021.16 14,156,278.84 14,156,278.84 - TOTAL 602,374,520.00 105,280,002.46 707,654,522.46 726,354,973.56 712,758,146.39 13,596,827.17

TRENDS IN ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR INCOME 2012-2013 (€) YEAR 2012 YEAR 2013 ACCREDITED ALLOCATION ACCREDITED ALLOCATION FINAL BUDGET ACCREDITED ALLOCATION FINAL BUDGET ACCREDITED ALLOCATION / FINAL BUDGET (%) / FINAL BUDGET (%) Chapter III 27,529,657.11 38,921,796.90 141.38 20,123,830.00 34,520,609.94 171.54 Chapter IV 322,594,970.95 322,461,504.43 99.96 340,563,270.00 341,271,790.11 100.21 Chapter V 2,200,000.00 1,724,514.44 78.39 2,145,000.00 1,749,963.50 81.58 Chapter VI - 350.00 - - 1,200.00 - Chapter VII 224,534,694.80 230,053,285.40 102.46 290,177,661.30 334,443,205.90 115.25 Chapter VIII 183,426,380.00 206,224.46 0.11 41,056,740.00 211,925.27 0.52 Chapter IX 18,121,439.56 26,835,139.27 148.09 13,588,021.16 14,156,278.84 104.18 TOTAL 778,407,142.42 620,202,814.90 79.68 707,654,522.46 726,354,973.56 102.64 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURE 2013 (€) INCREASE + INITIAL BUDGET FINAL BUDGET ACCREDITED OBLIGATIONS AVAILABLE CREDIT DECRESE - Chapter I 329,843,250.00 - 329,843,250.00 326,157,888.20 3,685,361.80 Chapter II 118,784,190.00 48,932,328.34 167,716,518.34 151,401,652.14 16,314,866.20 Chapter III 500,000.00 - 500,000.00 670,644.88 -170,644.88 Chapter IV 4,978,970.00 - 4,978,970.00 8,413,178.97 -3,434,208.97 Chapter VI 135,172,900.00 49,347,674.12 184,520,574.12 178,181,976.05 6,338,598.07 Chapter VII 8,795,210.00 - 8,795,210.00 7,176,143.61 1,619,066.39 Chapter VIII 300,000.00 - 300,000.00 127,992.56 172,007.44 Chapter IX 4,000,000.00 7,000,000.00 11,000,000.00 11,480,184.07 -480,184.07 TOTAL 602,374,520.00 105,280,002.46 707,654,522.46 683,609,660.48 24,044,861.98

TRENDS IN ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURE 2012-2013 (€)

YEAR 2012 YEAR 2013 ACCREDITED ALLOCATION ACCREDITED ALLOCATION FINAL BUDGET ACCREDITED ALLOCATION FINAL BUDGET ACCREDITED ALLOCATION / FINAL BUDGET (%) / FINAL BUDGET (%) Chapter I 338,946,197.00 317,104,732.61 93.56 329,843,250.00 326,157,888.20 98.88 Chapter II 171,281,421.04 168,805,450.56 98.55 167,716,518.34 151,401,652.14 90.27 Chapter III 500,000.00 633,648.51 126.73 500,000.00 670,644.88 134.13 Chapter IV 4,978,970.00 5,019,619.28 100.82 4,978,970.00 8,413,178.97 168.97 Chapter VI 237,668,363.79 215,929,741.74 90.85 184,520,574.12 178,181,976.05 96.56 Chapter VII 18,235,812.71 12,329,584.65 67.61 8,795,210.00 7,176,143.61 81.59 Chapter VIII 300,000.00 133,945.26 44.65 300,000.00 127,992.56 42.66 Chapter IX 6,496,377.88 10,600,969.64 163.18 11,000,000.00 11,480,184.07 104.37 TOTAL 778,407,142.42 730,557,692.25 93.85 707,654,522.46 683,609,660.48 96.60 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

3. Scientific andT echnical Activity Project Data & ScientificO utput 3.1 Research Groups 3.2 Research Projects, Actions & National Funding Programmes 3.3 European Programmes 3.4 Internationalization 3.5 Collaboration Agreements. CSIC Institutions & Networks 3.6 Knowledge Transfer. Public-Private Commitment 3.7 Researcher Training 3.8 ICTS-Large Facilities & Special Installations 3.9 CSIC Editorial office 3.10 Scientific Research Information Resources

Image: “Antelope Canyon” Author: Eberhardt Josué Friedrich Kernahan FOTCIENCIA11 (First Prize Micro Category) The image shows the surface of a single crystal of tin sulphide (SnS) synthesized in a laboratory. Because of its optoelectronic properties, this semiconductor is being studied for the development of solar cells on thin film using non-toxic environment-friendly elements plentiful in nature. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

Project Data & 3.1 Research 3.2 Research 3.3 European 3.4 Internationalization 3.5 Collaboration 3.6 Knowledge 3.7 Researcher 3.8 ICTS. Large 3.9 CSIC Editorial 3.10 Scientific Research Scientific Output Groups Projects Programmes Agreements Transfer Training Facilities Office Information Resources

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3 Project Data & Scientific Output

CSIC Severo Ochoa Centres of Excellence Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC centre in the Area of Natural Resources. (Call 2012)

Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT), joint centre CSIC-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). (Call 2012)

Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ), joint centre CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). (Call 2012)

Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT), (ICMAT), joint centre CSIC- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)-Universidad Complutense de Madrid ICMAT (UCM) -Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). (Call 2011)

Support for research at the frontiers of knowledge ERC (European Research Council) IDEAS Programme Effective Starting Grants: 18 amounting to 21.7 M€ Projects 2013 Advanced Grants: 12 amounting to 20.4 M€ Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PROJECTS AND ACTIONS CURRENTLY 3,592 RTD Projects and Actions, funded with 696.9 M€ 3,022 National Programmes, amounting to 491.0 M€ 570 European Projects, amounting to 205.9 M€

PROJECTS AND ACTIONS APPROVED 2013

R & D Programme NO. PROJECTS FUNDING TOTAL (€) ANNUITY 2013 (€)

NATIONAL 87.39% 575 115,818,819.89 32,489,281.54 REGIONAL 6.84% 45 6,036,875.37 5,666,776.37 FIS 5.02% 33 3,732,214.16 1,635,208.08 OTHERS 0.76% 5 94,800.00 94,800.00 Total 100% 658 125,682,709.42 39,886,065.99 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT

INDEXED NON INDEXED PRIORITARY BOOKS PhD THESES ARTICLES (1) ARTICLES PATENTS Humanities and Social Sciences 356 266 113 61 - Biology and Biomedicine 1,789 114 8 234 35 Natural Resources 2,096 159 30 168 5 Agricultural Sciences 1,146 143 26 139 7 Physical Science and Technology 2,291 128 17 136 21 Materials Science and Technology 1,644 89 13 132 19 Food Science and Technology 618 37 14 73 9 Chemical Science and Technology 1,520 85 10 136 41 TOTAL 11,460 1,021 231 1,079 137

(1) Indexed articles are those published in ISI /SCOPUS journals

GROWTH SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT

2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 ARTICLES AND BOOKS 12,712 12,936 14,203 11,238 12,084 10,830 PRIORATARY PATENTS 137 145 191 182 185 159 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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3.1 Research Groups

Research groups are basic units, specific in nature, that have been created to achieve scientific objectives through the implementation of research projects funded through competitive calls and contracts with public or private entities. Their scientific objectives include generating knowledge, training research and technical personnel, technology transfer, service management, scientific dissemination, expert advice, and any other that facilitates or contributes to the fulfilment of SIC C’s mission or main goals.

The CSIC has 1,521 research groups working in Social Sciences and Humanities, Life Sciences, and Physics and Engineering, thematic blocks which cover the 8 Areas. 48% of these groups include someone from research staff and employees from CSIC and from other institutions. This composition based on a single “senior” researcher varies from 23% for the area of Humanities and Social Science to 88% in the area of Biology and Biomedicine. The research groups are the backbone of CSIC’s activity and are responsible for finding resources and implementing projects detail TABLE / chart and contracts. Distribution of the number of groups by specialty of the European Research Council (ERC). Source: Group Application.

Humanities and Biology and Natural Agricultural Physical Science Materials Science Food Science and Chemical Science Social Sciences Biomedicine Resources Sciences and Technology and Technology Technology and Technology Institutes / Centers 17 23 21 12 21 11 6 12 Scientific staff 355 755 621 540 548 519 258 471 Groups 124 459 152 182 165 171 134 134 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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3.2 Research Projects, Actions & National Funding Programmes

SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY (CSIC & EXTERNAL), BY SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL AREAS

EXTERNAL CSIC SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME No. PROJECTS/ FUNDING ANNUITY No. PROJECTS/ FUNDING ANNUITY ACTIONS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) ACTIONS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) Humanities and Social Sciences 237 11,963,111.75 1,197,865.91 19 3,117,533.28 647,865.92 Biology and Biomedicine 690 139,940,507.75 18,112,390.23 79 6,596,720.24 1,808,356.94 Natural Resources 430 67,295,205.31 9,695,602.48 60 6,320,778.53 2,003,913.55 Agricultural Sciences 339 47,632,459.99 8,434,458.29 13 1,279,951.76 437,946.00 Physical Science and Technology 298 64,622,204.34 12,781,946.38 47 6,175,043.76 1,178,807.18 Materials Science and Technology 255 35,893,595.88 5,853,567.50 53 13,563,919.13 2,395,136.36 Food Science and Technology 137 20,387,974.64 2,794,374.30 37 2,193,174.78 744,518.36 Chemical Science and Technology 244 34,756,471.32 6,108,672.05 52 4,959,508.14 979,616.54 CSIC Central Services 17 11,217,895.00 161,700.00 15 13,122,441.16 1,851,822.82 Total 2,647 433,709,425.98 65,140,577.14 375 57,329,070.78 12,047,983.67 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY, BY SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL AREAS

No. PROJECTS/ FUNDING ANNUITY ACTIONS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) Humanities and Social Sciences 8% 256 15,080,645.03 1,845,731.83 Biology and Biomedicine 25% 769 146,537,227.99 19,920,747.17 Natural Resources 16% 490 73,615,983.84 11,699,516.03 Agricultural Sciences 12% 352 48,912,411.75 8,872,404.29 Physical Science and Technology 11% 345 70,797,248.10 13,960,753.56 Materials Science and Technology 10% 308 49,457,515.01 8,248,703.86 Food Science and Technology 6% 174 22,581,149.42 3,538,892.66 Chemical Science and Technology 10% 296 39,715,979.46 7,088,288.59 CSIC Central Services 1% 32 24,340,336.16 2,013,522.82 Total 100% 3,022 491,038,496.76 77,188,560.81

PROJECTS APPROVED, BY SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL AREAS

FUNDING ANNUITY No. PROJECTS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) Humanities and Social Sciences 9% 61 2,879,869.79 423,436.36 Biology and Biomedicine 25% 165 29,152,724.67 9,000,672.30 Natural Resources 13% 83 19,674,520.56 6,511,800.05 Agricultural Sciences 15% 97 16,098,472.46 6,731,565.24 Physical Science and Technology 11% 73 18,162,678.27 8,498,648.92 Materials Science and Technology 10% 69 9,920,591.75 2,906,030.72 Food Science and Technology 6% 39 6,057,758.48 1,861,143.80 Chemical Science and Technology 11% 70 13,180,898.44 3,952,768.60 CSIC Central Services 0% 1 10,555,195.00 - Total 100% 658 125,682,709.42 39,886,065.99 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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detail TABLE 1

Projects approved, by R&D programme (source of funding)

SPECIAL ACTIONS APPROVED, BY SCIENTIFIC AREA

NATIONAL PLAN REGIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHERS SPECIAL FUNDING ANNUITY SPECIAL FUNDING ANNUITY ACTIONS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) ACTIONS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) Humanities and Social Sciences - - - 9 117,000.00 117,000.00 Biology and Biomedicine 2 13,625.00 13,625.00 3 40,000.00 40,000.00 Natural Resources 1 10,780.00 10,780.00 10 155,369.00 155,369.00 Agricultural Sciences - - - 10 48,273.00 48,273.00 Physical Science and Technology - - - 9 130,433.00 130,433.00 Materials Science and Technology - - - 11 53,608.88 53,608.88 Food Science and Technology - - - 2 45,030.00 37,080.00 Chemical Science and Technology 1 5,850.00 5,850.00 12 108,060.00 84,060.00 CSIC Central Services - - - 7 161,700.00 161,700.00 Total 4 30,255.00 30,255.00 73 859,473.88 827,523.88 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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CSIC SCIENTIFIC ACTION PROGRAMME, BY SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL AREAS (PROJECTS)

FUNDING ANNUITY No. PROJECTS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) Humanities and Social Sciences 5% 19 3,117,533.28 647,865.92 Biology and Biomedicine 21% 79 6,596,720.24 1,808,356.94 Natural Resources 16% 60 6,320,778.53 2,003,913.55 Agricultural Sciences 3% 13 1,279,951.76 437,946.00 Physical Science and Technology 13% 47 6,175,043.76 1,178,807.18 Materials Science and Technology 14% 53 13,563,919.13 2,395,136.36 Food Science and Technology 10% 37 2,193,174.78 744,518.36 Chemical Science and Technology 14% 52 4,959,508.14 979,616.54 CSIC Central Services 4% 15 13,122,441.16 1,851,822.82 Total 100% 375 57,329,070.78 12,047,983.67

CURRENT PROJECTS, BY R&D PROGRAMMES

FUNDING ANNUITY No. PROJECTS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) NATIONAL 81% 1,910 358,872,293.44 52,297,503.89 REGIONAL 13% 310 42,901,962.70 9,486,539.77 FIS 4% 96 17,827,683.38 2,372,536.10 OTHERS 2% 38 2,204,162.74 121,400.00 Total 100% 2,354 421,806,102.26 64,277,979.76 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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CURRENT PROJECTS, BY SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL AREAS

FUNDING ANNUITY No. PROJECTS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) Humanities and Social Sciences 8% 185 10,499,711.75 1,126,865.91 Biology and Biomedicine 28% 653 137,712,742.75 18,058,765.23 Natural Resources 16% 367 63,991,688.97 9,522,453.48 Agricultural Sciences 14% 321 46,710,486.99 8,386,185.29 Physical Science and Technology 11% 264 63,530,371.34 12,651,513.38 Materials Science and Technology 10% 224 35,095,072.00 5,785,832.62 Food Science and Technology 6% 131 19,964,082.14 2,750,731.80 Chemical Science and Technology 9% 208 33,746,751.32 5,995,632.05 CSIC Central Services 0% 1 10,555,195.00 - Total 100% 2,354 421,806,102.26 64,277,979.76

CURRENT ACTIONS, BY SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL AREAS

No. SPECIAL FUNDING ANNUITY ACTIONS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) Humanities and Social Sciences 18% 52 1,463,400.00 71,000.00 Biology and Biomedicine 13% 37 2,227,765.00 53,625.00 Natural Resources 22% 63 3,303,516.34 173,149.00 Agricultural Sciences 6% 18 921,973.00 48,273.00 Physical Science and Technology 12% 34 1,091,833.00 130,433.00 Materials Science and Technology 11% 31 798,523.88 67,734.88 Food Science and Technology 2% 6 423,892.50 43,642.50 Chemical Science and Technology 12% 36 1,009,720.00 113,040.00 CSIC Central Services 5% 16 662,700.00 161,700.00 Total 100% 293 11,903,323.72 862,597.38 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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CONSOLIDER PROJECTS detail TABLE 2

REFERENCE PROJECT TOTAL (€) Current projects 2013 by R&D programme (source of funding) Humanities and Social Sciences CSD2010-00034 2,700,000 CSD2007-00058* 6,000,000 Biology and Biomedicine CSD2008-00013 3,600,000 CSD2010-00045 4,000,000 CSD2009-00088 4,200,000 CSD2007-00057* 6,188,000 CSD2007-00023* 6,696,000 CSD2007-00008* 7,127,000 Natural Resources CSD2006-00041* 5,400,000 CSD2008-00077 5,528,000 CSD2007-00002 6,000,000 CSD2006-00015 7,000,000 Agricultural Sciences CSD2007-00005* 5,400,000 Physical Science and Technology CSD2010-00024 3,000,000 CSD2010-00064 4,000,000 CSD2009-00067 4,440,000 CSD2009-00046 4,560,000 CSD2009-00038 4,800,000 CSD2007-00022 5,262,000 CSD2008-00037 6,000,000 CSD2007-00042 11,750,000 Materials Science and Technology CSD2008-00023 5,400,000 CSD2007-00041 6,000,000 Food Science and Technology CSD2007-00063* 6,797,000 Chemical Science and Technology CSD2009-00050 4,200,000 CSD2009-00065 4,640,683 CSD2007-00067* 6,413,000 TOTAL 147.1 M€ * Project completed Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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3.3 European Programmes

7th FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME The Marie Curie (People programme) actions promote the training and mobility of young researchers, so this is an important programme for this institution. Participation has increased The last calls of the 7th Framework Programme of the EU (FP7) took place in 2013 while the first in recent calls; in 2013, 45 actions were funded, both individual projects and networks, which for Horizon 2020 (H2020) started on the emblematic date 11/12/13. FP7 was distributed in four represent 12.4 €M. key programmes: Cooperation, Capacities, People (Marie Curie) and Ideas (ERC). The last strategically relevant FP7 programme for the CSIC is Ideas, projects funded by the Eu- http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html ropean Research Council (ERC). In 2013 9 new projects have been approved, which along with ERC projects approved in 2013 calls to begin the following year, plus 30 currently underway, Throughout FP7, the CSIC has submitted more than 3,000 proposals, of which 724 have been reach the amount of 44 ERC projects at CSIC, with a total funding of approximately 76 €M. funded, becoming the firstS panish institution in attracting European funds and the sixth worldwide. However, in 2013 457 FP7 projects were effectively underway, funded with 178 €M, of which more than 200 were collaborative projects of the Cooperation programme, and more than 150 In 2013, 126 new projects have been approved, funded with 62.2 €M. The programme pro- were Marie Curie projects. viding the highest funding was Cooperation 46%, followed by Ideas (ERC) 30% and People (Marie Curie Actions) 20%. The two scientific and technical areas providing the highest funding In 2013, 20 FP7 projects led by CSIC researchers have started: 11 Projects from the Coopera- have been Biology & Biomedicine and Physical Science & Technology, whose projects exceed tion Programme, 7 ERC Projects and 2 Marie Curie Projects. the amount of 30 €M. Table 1, 2, 3.

The Cooperation programme ranks first in the number of projects approved, 56, with a funding of 28.6 €M, of which 11 projects are coordinated by the CSIC. detail TABLE Leadership Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Table 1 No. OF FP7 PROJECTS AND ACTIONS 2013 AND TOTAL FUNDING AWARDED. BREAKDOWN Table 3 No. OF FP7 PROJECTS AND ACTIONS 2013 AND TOTAL FUNDING AWARDED. BREAKDOWN BY SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL AREA BY INSTRUMENT

APPROVED EFFECTIVE APPROVED EFFECTIVE SCIENTIFIC-TECH. AREAS NUMBER FUNDING (€M) NUMBER FUNDING (€M) INSTRUMENT NUMBER FUNDING (€M) NUMBER FUNDING (€M) MARIE CURIE ACTION Humanities and Social Sciences 10 5.20 24 10.29 29 9.50 139 29.85 COLLABORATIVE PROJECT 34 19.49 40 19.83 Biology and Biomedicine 19 16.86 81 46.37 CONSOLIDATOR GRANT 1 1.43 - - Natural Resources 24 7.24 95 29.97 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH - - 1 0.05 Agricultural Sciences 7 1.86 30 7.90 CP-CSA 1 0.11 1 0.12 Physical Science and Technology 25 13.25 98 37.26 CP-FP 2 1.94 1 1.18 Materials Science and Technology 12 4.46 47 21.27 CP-IP 1 0.52 1 0.52 Food Science and Technology 5 2.70 22 6.17 CP-TP 1 0.23 1 0.23 Chemical Science and Technology 14 7.87 45 17.01 CSA (COOR. & SUP. ACTION) 3 0.19 30 9.33 Unassigned 10 2.78 15 1.85 CSA-CA 1 0.08 1 0.08 Total 126 62.22 457 178.09 ERC - ADVANCED GRANT 7 15.35 12 20.38 ERC - STARTING GRANT 1 1.26 18 21.70 MC-CIG 6 0.53 12 1.01 Table 2 No. OF FP7 PROJECTS AND ACTIONS 2013 AND TOTAL FUNDING AWARDED. BREAKDOWN MC-IEF 7 1.47 3 0.74 BY SPECIFIC PROGRAMME MC-IOF 3 0.86 2 0.61 APPROVED EFFECTIVE MC-ITN - - 1 0.12 PCOL&CSA 7 3.04 23 6.33 PROGRAMME NUMBER FUNDING (€M) NUMBER FUNDING (€M) COLLABORATIVE PROJECT 12 5.09 151 63.19 CAPACITIES 13 2.06 51 14.07 RESEARCH FOR SMES - - 1 0.02 COOPERATION 56 28.57 211 87.66 SMALL OR MEDIUM SCALE 1 0.26 7 1.35 COOPERATION JTI 2 1.12 6 1.56 SME 6 0.10 9 0.14 EURATOM 1 0.07 2 0.38 SME-TARGETED COLLABORATIV 1 0.03 2 0.90 IDEAS 9 18.04 30 42.08 STREP 1 0.41 1 0.41 PEOPLE 45 12.36 157 32.34 MISCELLANEOUS 1 0.33 - - Total 126 62.22 457 178.09 Total 126 62.22 457 178.09 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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OTHER EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES No. OF EUROPEAN PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE FP APPROVED AND UNDERWAY IN 2013 AND TOTAL FUNDING Outside the Framework Programme, during 2013 the CSIC has continued to par- AWARDED. BREAKDOWN BY SPECIFIC PROGRAMME ticipate in other European research programmes promoted by the various Direc- torates General of the European Commission or other EU Agencies or Institutions. PROGRAMA NON-FP EUROPEAN PROJECTS NON-FP EUROPEAN PROJECTS Among other programmes, the CSIC participates in the following: APPROVED IN 2013 UNDERWAY IN 2013 PROGRAMME NUMBER FUNDING (€M) NUMBER FUNDING (€M) Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) ACTIONS IN SCIENTIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE 1 0.07 9 4.67 CECA / RFCS 2 0.57 13 2.66 Research Programme for Coal and Steel (RFCS) CIP 2 0.28 3 0.37 CULTURE 1 0.20 2 0.28 Territorial Cooperation Programme (INTERREG IV) EFSD - - 1 0.10 EMRP - - 4 0.21 Programme for the Development of Culture (CULTURE) ENIAC - - 8 2.05 Programme for the Protection of Nature and the Environment (LIFE +), etc. ERA-NET - - 11 1.44 ERA-NETWOODWISDOM-NET 2 - - 2 0.12 20 projects were approved in 2013, which in addition to those already underway EUROCORES - - 2 0.17 reach the number of 113, accounting for 27.8 €M. INTERREG IV 2 0.35 9 2.02 LIFE + 3 0.49 17 6.27 These programmes present a great variety of actions and instruments of participa- PART. INSTAL. INTER. INSTRUM. ESP. - - 3 3.58 tion, highlighting the LIFE + Programme from the funding standpoint, with 17 PLANT-KBBE - - 8 1.74 actions in all and 6.3 €M granted. MISCELLANEOUS 9 0.73 21 2.10 Total 20 2.69 113 27.78 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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3.4 Internationalization DETAIL TablE 1 DETAIL Scientific activities based on cooperation agreements signed between the CSIC and foreign institutions. Internationalization activities are coordinated by the Deputy Vice-Presidency for Internationalization and are focused on promoting the formation of international consortia of scientific or technological excellence in some cases, and in others they focus on scientific cooperation for development. For this purpose, 40 framework agreements and specific agreements with many other institutions from 24 countries were signed and processed in 2013. Some of these agreements lead to bilateral programmes, which in 2013 involved the financing of 46 activities with institutions from 9 countries for a total France China amount of approximately 440€M (Table 1). To be high- Japan lighted within the framework of these bilateral collaborations is the organization of two joint seminars. First, Cuba Taiwan Mexico the traditional “Opening Doors” organized together with the British Council, which this year focused on ecology of Vietnam Colombia inland waters as its theme, and was held at the Biologi- cal Station of Doñana. In addition, and for the first time, Brazil a joint seminar was organized together with the French CNRS, holding meetings for 42 experts from both institutions on the 18th and 19th of November in Madrid on the issue of nanomaterial for health. The good results obtained encourage us to continue developing this type of joint activities with our counterparts in other countries. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Additionally, the CSIC has an agreement with Fundación Endesa, which in 2013, for the sec- In the field of scientific development cooperation,SI C C researchers have also secured funding ond consecutive year, funded 11 internships in the Experimental Station of Huinay in Chile. through programmes of the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AE- The excellent scientific results obtained in the trips that took place in 2012 were presented CID) (Table 3), (5 CAP and 1 PIFTE 360€M). Moreover they have received funding for activities in in a ceremony in October. In Chile, the CSIC also has an international laboratory of global the international scene by the Secretariat of State for Research Development and Innovation and change with the Pontifical University of Chile (PUC) called LINC Global. In 2013, besides the Ministry of Education (Table 4) (67 projects with a budget of 5.8€M). Not only national funds working on the signing of a new agreement to allow future incorporation of new members, have been achieved, but also the participation in competitive calls by public institutions, such as they organized the firstE scuela Iberoamericana en Cambio Global (Iberoamericana School in the National Institute of Health of the United States of America, and also from private founda- Global Change) from the 3rd to the 6th of October in LINC Global’s facilities in the Coastal tions such as AXA Research Fund, meaning that for a second consecutive year CSIC has achieved Marine Research Station of Las Cruces (Chile). This meeting was an opportunity to work and postdoctoral funding to help one of its candidates. The total funding attained amounts to almost reflect on the issues of global change in marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. 1.3€M, with a total of 24 projects achieved (Table 5).

Continuing with the trend in recent years, in 2013 CSIC developed a greater effort in financing major calls for promotion of internationalization, without geographical or thematic limi- DETAIL TablE 2 DETAIL TablE 3 tations (Table 2). The goal of the i-LINK programme is to stimulate collaboration with major CSIC Internationalization meetings Research projects granted by the international research groups, and they have been able to maintain 34 projects in 2013 with (without bilateral agreement) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AECID) a budget of over 305€M. Promoting the creation and strengthening of stable bonds oriented towards scientific development cooperation is the goal of the i-COOP programme, which in 2013 has had a special meeting (i-COOP H2O) dedicated to the development of actions for scientific and technical cooperation and / or training in issues related to water resources, DETAIL TablE 4 DETAIL TablE 5 especially in the search for solutions for integrated and sustainable use and management in the context of the International Year of Water, declared by Unesco. In all, both with the tra- Research projects granted by the Successful applications in programmes ditional and the special meeting on water, 18 projects have been funded with a total budget Ministry of Science and Innovation. funded by foreign institutions of approximately 106€M. Total funding granted for the entire duration of the project. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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TABLES 2, 3, 4 & 5 (RELATIONS OF INSTITUTES CSIC)

Norway Netherlands Denmark Russia Canada United Kingdom Germany Slovakia France Serbia Portugal Switzerland Japan USA Syria China Tunisia Morocco Israel Republic Algeria of Korea Mexico Egypt Puerto Rico Mauritania India Cape Verde Costa Rica Ethiopia Vietnam Colombia Ecuador New Zealand Brazil Peru Bolivia Paraguay DETAIL Chile

Argentina Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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3.5 Collaboration Agreements. CSIC Institutions & Networks

CURRENT COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS - GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION (*)

42 34 68 Asturias Cantabria 93 Pais Vasco Galicia 22 2 Navarra 348 94 La Rioja CURRENT AGREEMENTS Cataluña Castilla León 96 National Agreements 2,108 Aragón International Agreements 294 879 TOTAL 2,402 Madrid 35 Baleares 19 42 153 AGREEMENTS Extremadura Castilla C. Valenciana Processed 475 La Mancha Signed 337 Completed 400 36 287 Murcia Andalucía (*) The number of current agreements shown on the ADDENDA map is higher than the number of current national 35 agreements shown in the table Processed 208 Canarias Signed 148 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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CSIC INSTITUTIONS & NETWORKS YEAR 2013 2012 2013 FOUNDATIONS 60 55 CONSORTIA 28 21 ASSOCIATIONS 15 16 ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPINGS (EIG) 5 5 SOCIETIES 4 4 TOTAL 112 101

NEW AGREEMENTS STARTING 2013 AGREEMENTS ENDING 2013

Foundations 1 Foundations 6 Consortia 1 Consortia 8 Associations 1 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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3.6 Knowledge Transfer. Public-Private Commitment

MAIN ACTIONS IN 2013 publications in Spanish (I3C), which has been extended until December 2015. This project is carried out in close cooperation with Universia, and an economic interest group (EIG) has been The mission of the Deputy Vice-presidency for Knowledge Transfer (VATC), which belongs to the established between the CSIC and Universia for its development. Vice-presidency for Transfer and Internationalization (VITRI), is to bring the CSIC’s capabilities, scientific and technological achievements to all socioeconomic sectors. In late 2013, the CSIC signed a collaboration agreement with MINECO to implement the project “RECUPERA 2020: Programme for the Development of Innovative Technology for the Moderniza- The actions undertaken by the VATC related to increasing and disseminating knowledge transfer tion and Enhancement of Andalusian Agricultural Farms through Pre-Commercial Public Procure- are reflected by its participation in different forums;I t is worth mentioning its active involvement ment. The main goal is to promote the agricultural and livestock sectors in Andalucía, contribut- in presentations held within the framework of working meetings of the Presidency and Vice- ing to the creation of a diversified industry, with a high technological content and added-value, presidencies of CSIC in different Autonomous Communities. In parallel, visits were made to various thereby enhancing the use of new technology and encouraging innovation in rural areas. CSIC centres. The VATC has also organized and actively participated in various Conferences and Congresses related to knowledge transfer organized by the CSIC and other entities. RECUPERA 2020 is the result of initiatives taken by the VATC and the joint effort of 40 research groups from nine CSIC centres located in Andalucía. The project mobilizes 5 €M provided by the In 2013, work towards the ISO 9001:2008 Certification - Quality Management accreditation of CSIC, which together with 20 €M contributed by MINECO through the Technology Funds Pro- its Departments was continued. It successfully renewed quality accreditation for the R&D Con- gramme, provides funding of 25 €M with an implementation period of two years. This project is a tract Department and the Marketing Department for Technology Portfolio and negotiating License pioneer in the strategy for collaboration between public research organizations and companies to Agreements. Work was completed to gain Certification for theR esearch Results Protection Depart- jointly perform technological development and innovation projects. ment, which allowed quality accreditation in October 2013. Currently actions are underway to accredit the Unit for the Promotion of Technology-Based Firms. During 2013, a total of 150 inventions have been filed (137 priority patents, of which 13 were European priority), and 95 patents have been internationalized. Parallel to this work, 80 licence During the first quarter of 2013 final approval was achieved for projects related to PlanE manage- contracts have been successfully signed to national and international companies, of which 67 ment delegation agreement, submitting the relevant scientific-technical and economic reports. were patents. The number of licenses is the third highest value reached by the CSIC throughout its Also, during 2013 the VATC continued working on the project to index and categorize scientific history, and its relevance is supported by the fact that the degree of internationalization of patent Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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licenses remained at the value reached in the last years (15-20%), indicating that, on average, one The CSIC has participated in international trade-fairs and exhibitions in the Spanish Pavilion, or in col- in six licenses are patented internationally, showing the CSIC’s firm commitment to knowledge laboration with other entities such as ICEX, CDTI, or the Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitive- transfer and its internationalization. Table 4. ness (MINECO), with funding from these institutions, and the European Enterprise Network (EEN), in which the VATC participates actively. In 2014, the Fundación General CSIC will collaborate to enhance national and international participation in Transfer Fairs and Forums. detail TABLE Knowledge Transfer Tools As a whole, our participation in these exhibitions and fairs has enabled us to present more than 450 As in the previous section, in some cases the license agreements are linked to the signing of technology offers to their corresponding industrial sectors, similar to the number presented in the research contracts (additional funding) with the licensee so that the research groups participate previous year. Meetings were held with more than 300 companies, mostly working in the areas of in recovery, demonstration and scale-up projects, etc.., of research results. The VATC supports nanotechnology, biomedicine and food, reaching 67 license contracts, of which about 15% were with submission of the project to calls assessing research results. foreign companies.

GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF RESEARCHERS TAKING PART IN CURRENT CONTRACTS AND AGRE- Date Subject Event Venue EMENTS BETWEEN THE CSIC AND COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE PERIOD 2006-2013 30 January-2 nano tech 2013 - The 12th International Nanotechnology Exhibi- Nanotechnology Tokyo February tion & Conference Multi-thematic and Transfiere 2013. 2º Foro Europeo para la Ciencia, Tecnología e 13-14 February Malaga multi-sectorial Innovación 2,980 3,105 3,091 2,913 26-27 February Renewables Genera 2013 (EEN). Feria Internacional de Energía y Medio ambiente Madrid 2,503 2,490 2,250 2,431 11-13 March Biotechnology Bio-Europe Spring 2013 Barcelona Micro & Nano- 9-11 April Hannover Messe (EEN) Hannover technology 23-26 April Nano-technology ImagineNano (EEN) Bilbao

22-25 May Energy & Environment VI Astana Economic Forum Astaná 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 11 July Biotech. & Health Jornada TT Andalucía Sector Biotecnología y Salud Sevilla SIMO Network, Feria Internacional de Servicios y soluciones TIC 15-17 October Computing Madrid PARTICIPATION IN KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER CONFERENCES para Empresas AND EXHIBITIONS 21-22 October Food Murcia Food Brokerage Event 2013 (EEN) Cartagena 12-13 November Water Tech. Global Innovation & Technology Alliance Anual Platform 2013 Nueva Delhi Participation in 2013 remained similar to that in 2011 and 2012. Such participation in national and 29-30 October Pharmaceuticals PharmaProcess: Innovation Forum in Pharmaceutical Process Barcelona international exhibitions and fairs has covered different topics, as shown in the table. 2 December Health X Jornadas Andaluzas Salud Investiga Granada Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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TRANSFER RESULTS FOR 2013

The total funding committed in 2013 amounted to 58.1€M. This was from existing contracts and agreements between the CSIC, companies and institutions. This indicator does not include Table 2 NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CSIC AND COMPANIES AND INS- the revenue from agreements between the CSIC and companies within the European Union TITUTIONS IN 2013 WITH THEIR FUNDING COMMITMENT. BREAKDOWN BY AUTONOMOUS REGIONS. Framework Programme. During 2013 a total of 4,304 services were provided for a sum of 7.9€M, tripling the amount with respect to 2012. Tables 1, 2 and 3. CONTRACTS AND AGREE- CONTRACTS AND AGREE- MENTS IN EFFECT (2013) MENTS SIGNED (2013) FUNDING (€M) NUMBER (ANNUITY 2013) NUMBER FUNDING (€M) Table 1 NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CSIC AND COMPANIES AND ANDALUCIA 638 6.38 224 4.09 INSTITUTIONS IN 2013 WITH THEIR FUNDING COMMITMENT. BREAKDOWN BY SCIENTIFIC AREA ARAGON 130 0.68 49 0.70 ASTURIAS (PRINCIPADO DE) 86 1.40 39 1.93 CONTRACTS AND AGREE- CONTRACTS AND AGREE- BALEARS (ILLES) 29 0.23 20 0.25 MENTS IN EFFECT (2013) MENTS SIGNED (2013) CANARIAS 32 0.15 11 0.05 FUNDING (€M) CANTABRIA 14 0.09 7 0.05 NUMBER (ANNUITY 2013) NUMBER FUNDING (€M) CASTILLA - LA MANCHA 9 0.12 2 0.00 Humanities and Social Sciences 137 2.15 53 0.84 CASTILLA Y LEON 52 0.36 14 0.18 Biology and Biomedicine 916 5.85 272 4.05 CATALUÑA 560 9.31 227 7.42 Natural Resources 390 8.84 165 6.26 COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA 299 2.33 100 11.61 Agricultural Sciences 909 2.75 166 2.49 EXTREMADURA 4 0.03 2 0.07 GALICIA Physical Science and Technology 377 3.06 118 12.71 126 0.99 36 1.31 MADRID (COMUNIDAD DE) 2,291 35.33 899 32.90 Materials Science and Technology 892 6.94 381 6.67 MURCIA (REGION DE) 563 0.56 41 0.36 Food Science and Technology 366 1.95 125 1.54 NAVARRA (COMUNIDAD FORAL DE) 19 0.00 7 0.03 Chemical Science and Technology 578 5.18 211 4.36 PAIS VASCO 7 0.00 0 0.00 Several Areas 77 20.29 31 20.64 RIOJA (LA) 15 0.05 6 0.04 CSIC Central Services 153 1.10 113 1.65 OTHER COMUN. 16 0.10 9 0.22 Total 4,795 58.11 1,635 61.21 Total 58.11 61.21 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Table 3 NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CSIC AND COMPANIES AND INSTI- percentage obtained in 2012. There were 95 PCT International extensions, representing a decrease TUTIONS IN 2013 WITH THEIR FUNDING COMMITMENT. BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF CONTRACTING ENTITY of 20% compared to 2012, due to the smaller number of priority patents filed that year. If the data are normalized, approximately two thirds of priority patents obtain PCT annually. In 2013 the CONTRACTS AND AGREE- CONTRACTS AND AGREE- number of patents extended from the national phase, 37 extensions to 22 countries, remained the MENTS IN EFFECT (2013) MENTS SIGNED (2013) same as the previous years. NUMBER FUNDING (€M) NUMBER FUNDING (€M) (ANNUITY 2013) The Technology Portfolio had 394 patents in 2013, 428 in 2012, 502 in 2011 and 498 in 2010. Association 62 0.37 31 0.23 Town/Provincial Council 25 0.30 12 0.07 There were 67 patent license agreements in 2013 out of a total of 83 license agreements for pro- Autonomous Community 245 3.45 100 2.49 tected objects (patents, software, know-how, etc.), greatly exceeding forecasts made by the CSIC Private Company 2,254 16.86 747 12.65 Action Plan for the third consecutive year. State-Owned Company 62 0.32 18 0.40 Foundation 278 3.35 87 2.38 The creation of Technology-Based Firms has maintained steady indicators compared to 2012; fifteen International 934 9.53 372 9.78 new initiatives were launched in 2013 as compared to twelve in 2012. Ministry 83 21.36 39 21.60 OPI o Universidad 657 1.40 168 11.33 Table 4 Number of patent applications and licence contracts in 2013, broken down by Others 195 1.17 61 0.28 scientific area Total 4,795 58.11 1,635 61.21 PATENT APPLICATIONS EXPLOTATION LICENCE AREA CIENTIFICO-TÉCNICAS PRIORITY PCT CONTRACT The total number of contracts and agreements in force (4,795) increased slightly over the previous Biology and Biomedicine 35 22 24 year (4,546), while the total amount fell by 4.2%. However, the amount of new contracts and agree- Natural Resources 5 4 1 ments signed during 2013 increased by 112% compared to 2012, from 28.8 €M to 61.2 €M, which Agricultural Sciences 7 4 14 reveals a more significant recovery. Physical Science and Technology 21 22 7 Materials Science and Technology 19 10 6 Compared to the previous year, patent applications went down slightly in 2013, by 5.5%, while the number of invention proposals remained steady (222). By contrast, the rigorous evaluation Food Science and Technology 9 7 10 procedures for inventions and patentability reports demanded by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Chemical Science and Technology 41 26 18 Office (SPTO) have enabled 11.7% of patents to be filed asE uropean priority patents, doubling the Total 137 95 80 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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GROWTH OVER THE PERIOD 2005 - 2013 OF THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS IN EFFECT BETWEEN THE CSIC AND COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS AND THE (ANNUALISED) FUNDING COMMITTED IN THEM.

4,795 4,269 4,546 3,265 3,235 3,032 3,099 2,919 2,788 74,296.51 84,146.77 78,600.00 68,967.76 62,344.14 60,655.17 58,108.83 48,402.43 53,889.88 Number

Funding (thousands €) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

EVOLUTION OF THE NUMBER OF PATENT APPLICATIONS CLAIMING SPANISH AND EUROPEAN PRIORITY, INTERNATIONAL PCT APPLICATIONS AND OPERATING LICENSE AGREEMENTS IN THE PERIOD 2005-2013, AND METHODS OF INVENTION AND PATENTS CLAIMING EUROPEAN PRIORITY 2012-2013

224 222 Priority Patents Applications 191 185 182 PCT Patents 159 145 Claming 133 137 123 122 119 119 Opperating License 111 109 94 Agreements 88 84 83 64 76 64 72 63 Methods of 49 54 41 Invention 37 21 16 8 European Priority Patent Applications 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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3.7 Researcher Training

Researcher training is coordinated by the CSIC Postgraduate and Specialization Department The CSIC is involved in the teaching activities of more than 75 national and international uni- and covers: versities. In 2013 researchers from CSIC institutes have done over 10,437 hours of teaching in specialized training and curriculum practices, and 28 educational cooperation agreements The teaching given by CSIC researchers in national and international Degree, Masters and relating to Masters and PhD degrees, and internships were signed. Doctorate programmes. Moreover, in partnership with the International University Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) an of- The direction of doctoral theses and Final Project or Final Dissertation research papers. ficial Postgraduate Programme forM asters and PhDs is maintained between CSIC and UIMP, whereby in 2013 five Masters and Doctorates with references to quality were offered with a The direction of six Official ostgraduateP Programmes (Masters and PhD) in partnership total of about one hundred students enrolled in the year: with the International University Menéndez Pelayo. High Specialization in Plastics and Rubber Management of calls addressed to pre-doctoral training and associated mobility. Global Change

With the current reformatting of training activities, CSIC’s participation in future Doctoral Crystallography and Crystallization Schools and Erasmus + programmes has become a primary objective. To formalize participation in both programmes, the presence of CSIC researchers in the various graduate pro- Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells grammes in Spanish universities has been analyzed. This has enabled the development of a CSIC-University Framework Cooperation Agreement for Teaching. Similarly, there has been Phonics a profound change in corporate digital bases to adapt and facilitate the joint training of researchers. In the field of pre-doctoral training, in 2013 727 doctoral theses have been carried out, 44 Final Projects and 33 final Dissertations have been directed, and the research trainees (1,991) belonging to different public calls have been managed (graph shown below), along with as many as 687 actions based on the associated mobility programmes. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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TRAINEE STAFF DISTRIBUTION* BY FUNDING INSTITUTIONS: CSIC 681 CSIC (JAE INTRO) 39 MECD 241 MINECO 858 CC.AA 40 OTHER 52 TOTAL 1,911 *Trainee Staff (interns and contracted staff) in effect throughout 2013 (even if only for a day)

TRAINEE STAFF DISTRIBUTION, BY SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL AREAS AND SITUATION:

Humanities and Biology and Agricultural Physical Science Materials Science Food Science Chemical Science Social Sciences Biomedicine Natural Resources Sciences and Technology and Technology and Technology and Technology TOTAL PREDOCTORAL 113 536 307 181 220 217 118 180 1,872 INTRODUCTION 0 3 3 2 15 9 1 6 39 TOTAL 113 539 310 183 235 226 119 186 1,911

TRAINEE STAFF DISTRIBUTION, BY SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL AREAS AND GENDER:

Humanities and Biology and Agricultural Physical Science Materials Science Food Science Chemical Science Social Sciences Biomedicine Natural Resources Sciences and Technology and Technology and Technology and Technology TOTAL % MEN 45 200 118 62 151 112 27 75 790 41.34 WOMEN 68 339 192 121 84 114 92 111 1,121 58.66 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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TRAINEE STAFF DISTRIBUTION, BY REGIONS AND GENDER: TRAINEE STAFF DISTRIBUTION, BY NATIONALITY:

9 27 4 4 6 5 1 Asturias Cantabria Pais Vasco Extranjero 9 32 SPAIN 1,517 Galicia 4 10.99% 2 4 EUROPE 184 Navarra 130 160 OTHER 210 9.63% 14 31 La Rioja Cataluña TOTAL 1,911 Castilla León 35 45 Aragón 79.38% 366 455

Madrid 13 13 Baleares 1 1 4 4 48 105

Extremadura Castilla C. Valenciana La Mancha

12 22 129 203 Murcia Andalucía

8 5 Canarias

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3.8 ICTS-Large Facilities & Special Installations

Singular Scientific and Technological Oceanographic research vessel Hesperides Infrastructure (ICTS) http://www.utm.csic.es/

CSIC provides services to the scientific community through its work as manager of Singular The Hesperides belongs to the Spanish Navy and is based in Cartagena (Murcia), where it Scientific andT echnological Infrastructure (ICTS), with a relatively large investment and mainte- was built and launched on 12 March 1990. CSIC’s Unidad de Tecnología Marina (UTM) is nance cost in relation to the budgets for R & D investments in the scope of its activity. Its impor- responsible for the maintenance of the scientific equipment of the ship and provides the tance and strategic nature justifies the fact that it is open to the entire scientific community and technical support staff for the oceanographic campaigns. Its instrumentation and labo- society in general, and due to this many domestic and foreign researchers are welcomed each ratories enable the research of the natural resources, the atmosphere, climate, marine year. The scientific and social importance and impact of its large installations are recognized resources, global change, marine biodiversity and natural hazards. and supported by the European Union. The Hesperides has conducted numerous research campaigns, BASE ANTÁRTICA Juan Carlos I traveling more than http://www.utm.csic.es/ 300,000 nautical miles and welcoming more Launched in 1988, the Base Antártica Juan Carlos I is occupied only than a thousand for- during the austral summer, although automated records are maintained eign researchers. Her throughout the year. hull is reinforced to sail the polar regions Projects developed at the base relate to subjects such as Glaciology, In- of Antarctica and the tegrated Ecosystem and Geophysical Surveys. Since 1999, the Unidad Arctic, so it also lo- de Tecnología Marina (UTM), attached to CSIC’s Centro Mediterráneo de gistically supports the Investigaciones Marinas y Ambientales (CMIMA), undertakes the techni- Spanish base at the cal and logistics management of the base. South Pole. Base Antártica Juan Carlos I Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Oceanographic vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) http://www.utm.csic.es/ http://www.esrf.eu/home.html

The Sarmiento de Gamboa, launched in 2006, is dedicated to research in the Atlantic Ocean, Located in Grenoble (France), the Laboratory is a large facility shared by 18 European countries, so its base of operations is located in the port of Vigo (Galicia). which operates the most powerful synchrotron radiation source in Europe.

Focused on the study of global ocean circulation, marine biodiversity, fisheries and climate Each year it welcomes thousands of visiting researchers who develop their experiments. Spain change, it incorporates the most advanced research teams and navigation systems. contributes 4% of the total budget. The CSIC has been entrusted with the management of Spain’s participation.

Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory http://www.iaa.es/es

Launched in 1979, it has several telescopes with apertures of 1.23, 2.2 and 3.5 meters equipped with various cameras, spectrographs, computer and electronic detectors, among other equipment for astronomical research at optical and infrared ranges.

The observatory belongs to the Ger- man-Spanish Astronomical Center at Calar Alto (CAHA), A.I.E., shared entity shared by the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA) in Germany Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory Oceanographic vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa and CSIC. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Reserva Estación Biológica de Doñana Integrated Microelectronics Clean Room http://www.ebd.csic.es/ http://www.imb-cnm.csic.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=70 &lang=es Created in 1964 to provide a refuge for endangered species, including the Iberian lynx, and as a stopover for migrating birds, in 1994 the UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site and The facilities of the Integrated Micro and Nano-manufacturing Clean Room of the National Micro- Biosphere Reserve. electronics Centre are located at the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona.

The reserve is part of the Doñana National Park (Huelva-Sevilla) and it researches biodiversity, It is specially designed for performing R&D+i projects that require technologies using silicon devices natural history, evolution, ecology, systematics, biogeography, genetics and conservation biol- and integrated circuits (chips), from their design and manufacture to their encapsulation and sub- ogy and applications thereof for wild fauna and flora. sequent electrical and physical characterization. Also here, the large White Room capacity to other materials for the realization of micro and nanosystems.

Reserva Estación Biológica de Doñana Integrated Microelectronics Clean Room Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Singular facilities PPmuseo nacional de ciencias naturales http://www.mncn.csic.es/ The CSIC has unique facilities of particular interest and relevance to the Spanish scientificcom- munity: The current Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales was created by King Carlos III in 1771 as a Royal Cabinet of Natural History. The building in which it is located since 1910, along with the School of Industrial Engineering, was built in 1881 in el Alto Hipódromo of Ma- PPcasa de la ciencia drid by the architect Felix Boix. http://www.casadelaciencia.csic.es/ The main goals of research are to describe the various forms of biological and geological Popular science centre of the Higher Council for Scientific Research in Sevilla (Spain). Lo- diversity of our planet in general, and of the Ibero-Balearic geographic environment in par- cated in the former Pavilion of Peru (Iberoamerican Exhibition of 1929), a building of great ticular, to study the different processes that generate, configure and maintain this diversity beauty situated in the scientific / cultural area of the Gardens of San Telmo. and promote its conservation. To achieve these goals the implementation of interdisciplinary research projects in collaboration with scientists from other institutions is undertaken and seminars, conferences or any other activity aimed at achieving a better understanding PPCasa del Chapiz de la Escuela de Estudios Árabes of our natural environment are promoted. http://www.eea.csic.es/

Venue of the Escuela de Estudios Árabes, the so-called Casa del Chapiz is a set of two Moor- PPParque de Rescate de la Fauna Sahariana de la Estación Experimental ish houses declared of Cultural Interest. Its origins date back to the fourteenth century, and is de Zonas Áridas located in Albaicín (Granada neighbourhood, included by UNESCO in the World Heritage List), http://www.eeza.csic.es/es/default.aspx at the confluence of the Cuesta del Chapiz and the Camino del Sacromonte. Integrated into the Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (Almería), the park aims to prevent The research work of the School focuses on the one hand, on the study of history and the An- the extinction of large ungulate species inhabiting the Western Sahara. In addition, the park dalusian texts and, secondly, on Archaeology and Islamic architecture. has a Genetic Resource Bank, which is a deposit of biological material whose management, handling and study aims to help species conservation. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PPReal Jardín Botánico PPResidencia de Estudiantes de Madrid http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/ http://www.residencia.csic.es/

The Real Jardín Botánico (RJB) is a living museum and a centre for research and dissemination The Residencia de Estudiantes is of botanical science. Founded in 1755, and from 1781 installed in the so-called “Salón del a foundation created by the CSIC, Prado”, the beauty of its neoclassical design joins other unique elements such as the Pabellón whose Board is formed by various go- Villanueva, Puerta de Murillo and Puerta del Rey, designed by the royal architects Sabatini and vernment agencies and private entities. Villanueva. Each year about three thousand The most representative research lines are: Systematics of vascular plants: floras and mono- researchers and professionals from graphs. Evolutionary biology of plants: patterns, processes and mechanisms. Bryophytes and differing fields and from around the fungi: biodiversity and conservation biology. Ecology, conservation of aquatic macrophytes and world live together in the Residence. global change. A unique set of bibliographic and documentary collections can be viewed in the documentation centre. It develops various research projects and many publications are issued under its publishing label. Residencia de Estudiantes de Madrid

PPResidencia de Investigadores de Barcelona http://www.residencia-investigadors.es/

The Residencia de Investigadores is a public consortium created in 1993 by the Higher Council for Scientific Research and the Generalitat de Catalunya.

It offers a residential housing space for teachers and researchers, while scientific and cultural Real Jardín Botánico activities are organized within the facilities. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

59 CSIC Annual Report 2013

3.9 CSIC Editorial Office

The Editorial CSIC, under the Vice Presidency for Organization and Institutional Relations, de- Journal Publishing velops its publishing activity within the legal framework of Royal Decree 118/2001 of 9 Febru- ary, on official publications (BOE 02/10/2001). Its publishing programme is approved by the The number of periodicals published by Editorial CSIC is 38. In 2013 a new scientific jour- Publications Committee of the CSIC and is part of the General Plan for Official Publications nal was added: Loquens. All of them are available on the CSIC electronic journals platform managed by the Ministry of the Presidency of the Government and approved by the Cabinet. It (http://revistas.csic.es). The 38 journals published are included in the DOAJ (Directory of Open includes management, editorial production, electronic publishing and distribution services. The Access Journals) directory and are in the major international databases with information on the sale of books and periodicals is done through the Editorial itself, through distribution compa- impact index. nies and the Scientific Library, located at calle Duque de Medinaceli no. 6, Madrid.

The Editorial CSIC has a quality assurance system for its editorial services (UNE-EN ISO Electronic Publishing of Journals 9001:2008). In 2013 the total production of new frontlist documents incorporated into the CSIC journal platform was 1,202 and 1,520 the number of backlist documents from the historical collections. Book Publishing The total number of standardized downloads in 2013 was 7,431,026 (27% increase compared The number of titles published under the 2013 publishing programme totalled 71 in paper to 2012), of a total of 23,083 documents (5% increase over the previous year, including frontlist format, 49 in electronic format and 1 in audio format (CD). publications and historical collections), representing about 322 downloads per document in 2013. Throughout the year, 21 co-publishing and co-financing agreements were signed with different publishers and public and private institutions. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Electronic publishing of CSIC books International Book Fair of Buenos Aires 2013, from 25 April to 13 May 2013, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Shared stand. In late 2013 the CSIC Books platform (http://libros.csic.es) provided access to a total of 598 books, uploaded as of April 2011. The number of visits to the book platform, from April 2011, LIBER, from 2 to 4 October 2013 in Madrid (Spain). Shared stand. was 689,357, which represents an average of 1,153 visits per book. Of these, 569,088 (83%) were the Spanish version and 120,269 (17%) the English version of the bibliographic record. International Book Fair of Puerto Rico, from 16 to 20 October 2013, Puerto Rico (USA). Backlist remittance.

Dissemination and promotion of the editorial Feria Internacional del Libro Guadalajara 2013, del 30 de noviembre al 08 de diciembre de collection 2013, Guadalajara (México). Envío de fondos.

In 2013 various activities were conducted in order to distribute, disseminate and promote the Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires 2013, del 25 de abril al 13 de mayo de 2013, backlist: Buenos Aires (Argentina). Stand compartido.

Participation in national and international fairs LIBER, del 2 al 4 de octubre de 2013 en Madrid (España). Stand compartido.

XXXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, from 30 May to 1 Feria Internacional del Libro de Puerto Rico, del 16 al 20 de octubre de 2013, Puerto Rico June 2013 in Washington (USA). Backlist remittance. (USA). Envío de fondos.

Madrid Book Fair from 31 May to 16 June 2013 in Madrid (Spain). Fair retail. Dissemination and distribution platforms

XXII Granada Book Fair from 19 to 28 April 2013 in Granada, Spain. Shared stand. The catalogue of publications may be viewed and purchased at our websites:

International Book Fair of Frankfurt 2013 from 9 to 13 October 2013 in Frankfurt (Ger- http://editorial.csic.es many). Stand. http://edicionelectronica.csic.es/ International Book Fair of Guadalajara 2013, from 30 November to 8 December 2013, Guadalajara (Mexico). Backlist remittance. And physically viewed and purchased at CSIC’s Scientific Library in Madrid. The publisher’s catalogue is available to distributors and booksellers on the DILVE platform. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Other dissemination activities Awards

Editorial CSIC publications have been dis- Editorial CSIC received the following awards: seminated through book presentations in a number of places such as the CSIC Second prize in the 2012 Awards for the Best Edited Books, in the section of books Scientific Library, the SIC C Assembly Hall, on art for El vidrio en la pintura del Museo Nacional del Prado by José María Fernández the Madrid Book Fair and others. Navarro and Francisco Capel. This prize was awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. They have also been disseminated through press announcements shared National University Publishers Prize for the best translation 2013, for the book from with other academic publishers, printed the Alma Mater collection Plato’s Timaeus, translated by Ramón Serrano Cantarín and Mer- and electronic news bulletins and the cedes Diaz de Cerio Díez. Editorial CSIC page of the social network Facebook. Book presentation at the CSIC Scientific Library

Distribution of publications

The catalogue contains 2,438 monographs in print, 447 in electronic format; 28 journals in print and 38 in electronic format.

Sales of books and journals

During 2013, a total of 16,779 monographic papers were sold. The number of subscribers to journals that are distributed in print amounted to 3,870.

Over 3,000 shipments of publications were sent for exchange and dissemination purposes. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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3.10 Scientific Research Information Resources

The Unidad de Recursos de Información Científica para la Investigación (URICI) under the Vice Presidency for Organization and Institutional Relations coordinates the development and operation of the Network of CSIC Libraries and Archives (65 libraries, 13 scientific archives/ 190 professional archives), their in-person and / or digital services and automated management of bibliographical, archival, and digital collections. Its primary mission is to provide scientific information to support CSIC’s research activities, organized as a comprehensive, consistent and quality horizontal system. The following functions are assigned to it:

Efficient management of library network structure, human resources, spaces and infrastructure.

Negotiation and acquisition of scientific information resources.

Organization, filing, keeping and open access dissemination of CSIC’s research output.

Support for CSIC researchers and units in managing their scientific information environment, accompanying users in the evolution to the new digital paradigm.

Recovery of CSIC’s documentary heritage: historical memory of the institution.

The work lines followed in 2013 are part of the 2010-2013 Strategic Plan to achieve the objectives set out therein. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Collection Management Technical Process

PPCIRBIC Catalogues: Statistics show that in 2013 the inflow of new titles has recovered to 2011 levels. There have been 91,544 new books (102.49% more than in 2012), while despite the budget cuts for the The CIRBIC Collective Catalogue is an essential information source for locating print and digital acquisition of monographs, a significant number of works have been added through various library resources. The 2013 data on its use revealed as many as 1,889,320 inquiries (5,040,708 means (purchase, donation, exchange, retrospective cataloguing, etc..), 49,288 in digital for- pages served). mat and 42,288 in printed format. Journal collections has shown a reduction in the number of live titles going from 18,550 to 13,364 (27.96% less), mainly due to adjustments on account Catalogue Number of records for the cancellation of individual printed subscriptions and the elimination of low-use electronic titles; the total number of collections has increased from 75,128 to 75,923 (1.06% more).

CIRBIC-Books 1,291,292 records corresponding to 1,946,924 copies Noteworthy with regard to the Digital Catalogue is the incorporation of 27,062 e-books: (an increase of 69,426 records, representing 5.68% over 2012) and representing 18,165 from the Ebrary platform, 8,428 from Springer, 120 from Oxford University Press, 91,544 new copies. 176 donated by the Editorial Fundación BBVA accessible by all CSIC centres. As for electronic journals, updates by different editors are maintained adapting the catalogue titles that have CIRBIC-Journals 48,821 records corresponding to 75,923 collections been decommissioned in 2013. (an increase of 478 records, representing 0.99% over 2012) and representing 805 collections. The Authorities Catalogue registered an increase of 1,369 records and received 16,792 queries (12.06% less than in 2012). Work on the Authorities Catalogue is associated with the CIRBIC-Maps 14,694 records corresponding to 28,749 copies maintenance of the access points of the bibliographic catalogue, which has meant the creation (an increase of 130 records, representing 0.89% over 2012) of 1,452 new records and the modification of 4,539 records.T he Authorities catalogue, bibliographic catalogue and Archives were unified with the review of 1,787 records from the latter, CIRBIC-Archives 116,824 records incorporating 409 new records and updating 844 existing ones. Work on the catalogue has (an increase of 19,226 records, representing 19.70% over 2012) including its processing for improvement and the standardization of nearly 400,000 headings (materials, personal authors, organizations, geographic locations, etc...). CIRBIC-Authorities 74.302 records (an increase of 1,369 records, representing 1.88% over 2012) For its part, the Archives Catalogue, 4 uploads from local databases have been computerized: the National Museum of Natural Sciences (7,797 records), the Royal Botanic Garden of the Mutis Collection (3,908 records), Photo Archive of the Centre for Humanities and Social Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Sciences (1,781 records) and the Popular Songs Collection Division (725 records). Additionally nals through institutional licenses included 10,635 titles amounting to € 6,366,907 and in da- there have been other cataloguing tasks on 6 files, increasing the number of computerized tabases, € 413,150. items in the catalogue to 19.70% over 2012, reaching 116,824 records. Early contracts for 2014 processed in 2013 were secured through extensions, and as the result The Z39.50 Server CIRBIC has managed 223,050 consultations, and has served 508,826 of a close negotiation with the publishers, 2013 prices were maintained. records, representing a 15.47% decrease with regard to the previous year. On the other hand through the OAI server the CIRBIC catalogues had 63,481 entries. Throughout 2013 we have participated in the FECYT technical committee to negotiate national licenses for WOK and SCOPUS for the period 2014-2017.

PPDigitization of CSIC collections A novelty to be noted is the management in 2013 of the Cambridge Structural Database Sys- tem National License for 2014, with CSIC acting as the NAC (National Access Contact) for Spanish CSIC’s digitized collection http://simurg.bibliotecas.csic.es sincludes over one million images. universities and CSIC centres (30 Spanish research institutions, CSIC centres of the Chemistry In 2013 work has focused on reviewing projects pending publication (300,000 images) and area). these images were uploaded to the preservation space (CABAS). The portal opened in beta mode in 2013 for internal consultation of CSIC libraries. PPInstitutional Repository: DIGITAL.CSIC

Regarding the Goobi digital objects management software, the basic configuration for different In 2013 there have been 3,440,300 visits and 6,553,856 downloads of documents, representing document types has been completed, especially for archival documents. an increase of 29% compared to 2012. 2013 predictions were fulfilled reaching 83,681 documents representing a 40% growth. Also to be noted are the positions climbed in the Ranking Web of World Repositories where DIGITAL.CSIC ranked 6th in the European ranking and 18 PPBibliographic acquisitions in the world ranking of institutional repositories. Currently it is the first Spanish repository in this section. The CSIC has allocated a total of € 7,931,307 to acquire scientific information (print subscriptions, e-journals, e-books, reference databases, etc..) 15% less than in 2012, while cancelling Throughout the year we have developed various features and improvements. individual print subscriptions (the online version is available through institutional licensing of e-journals) and reducing the existing level of duplicates in individual subscriptions, adjusting Statistics module for open access items, statistics module in the gateway Pasarela ConCIENCIA- licenses of electronic journals of the collection to the most used titles. Digital.CSIC, results export functionalities.

CSIC’s centralized contracting of individual printed journals and / or e-journals included 1,446 Incorporation of bibliometric APIs at record level, incorporating new descriptive metadata subscriptions (1,402 titles) amounting to € 1,107,123.24. The centralized contracting of e-jour- uploading templates through Digital.CSIC and Pasarela ConCIENCIA-Digital.CSIC. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Library Services PPInformation and referral services: the digital collection PPQuality Plan LJournal platforms: The collection of e-journals in 2013 had 10,635 subscription titles (of The planned annual review of the Library Network Service Charter was conducted. Regarding which 8,788 are titles subscribed for all the CSIC and 1,847 are titles for one or more libraries), the Indicators catalogue, 2012 data have been collected throughout 2013 for production compared to 1,402 titles in the printed collection. In addition the access to 10,822 free titles, and the relevant data record has been prepared. making a total of 21,457 titles available in the CSIC Virtual Library. The use of the e-journals collection has generated 2,573,399 full-text downloads. The average ratio of cost / downloaded PPInterlibrary loan services- document retrieval article stands at € 2.47.

The interlibrary loan service of the Libraries Network has reached 41,391 transactions, of which E-books: The collection has added 22 titles from the publisher Elsevier (Biochemistry, Genetics 36,453 were for articles and 4,938 for originals. The centralized document retrieval service and Molecular Biology Collection) and titles from the aggregator MyLibrary (€ 8,040.77). The SURAD (last resort service for document access) has processed 9,488 transactions (29.64% purchase of the Springer Book Archive collection (Mathematics and Statistics. 7,026 tit.) has more than in 2012) of which 3,594 are transactions are of libraries attached to the CSIC, 3,651 also been handled. are transactions of CSIC centres without libraries (100%Digital Plan) and 2,288 requests of non-CSIC libraries of the CSIC Digital Collection. 254,301 e-books are available in the catalogue. There have been 342,556 downloads.

PPPersonal Loan Services Databases: CSIC has access to 83 reference databases through its Virtual Library, 25 as subscriptions. The number of searches in 2012 amounted to 1,638,633. Loan services represent 64,966 transactions (loans + renewals), 29,705 being personal loans; and 35,261 renewals. Active readers have been 4,540, with an average of loans per user of PPCSIC Virtual Library (SUMMON-SFX) 14.31. Moreover, 12,821 automatic loans were processed using RFID technology in libraries: Tomás Navarro Tomás, Mila y Fontanals and the Doñana Biological Resort. The unified point of access to 198 resources of scientific information that make SI upC C’s digital collection. It offers a wide range of services: simultaneous searches, navigation between In addition, during 2013 53,025 documents have been viewed on-site at the library. resources, access to full text, locating collections, request for photocopies and loans, record downloads, impact factor queries, etc.. The version of the SFX link resolver has been updated PPGRANADO Service: Cooperative Permanent Conservation Deposit (553,859 calls and 463,036 services accessed) and SUMMON continues to be used as a discovery tool (39,170 sessions, 189 091 searches, 518 searches a day). In late 2013 the compacted GRANADO deposit was 1.032 ML full and this year 247 journal titles and 2,189 monographs have been received from various CSIC libraries, vacating 282 ML in the libraries of origin. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PPServices of Remote Access to information resources: PAPI System Training

3,948 CSIC users were registered with PAPI (Point of Access to Providers of Information) at the 5 courses for librarians have been organized in collaboration with the CSIC GF, with a to- end of 2013. The service has processed a total of 41,945 sessions in transactions for access to tal attendance of 101 students. There have also been 28 training activities for librarians and various scientific information products. users with 701 attendees (sessions on Digital.CSIC latest news and developments, ProQuest, SciFinder, Reaxys, Refworks, Web of Knowledge and Scopus). The integration of the credentials for this service with those of access to the institutional intranet (LDAP.CSIC) has been developed. Also actions have been taken to integrate in PAPI new authentication models based on SHIBOLETH.

PPWeb information services and tools 2.0

The “CSIC libraries” site has had 225 939 visits (sessions) and has served 586,890 pages. The Intranet of the Libraries and Archives Network is the other major web information service with 4,958 visits (sessions) and having served 16,931 pages. The Digital.CSIC website has had 740 379 visits (sessions) and has served 2,701,247 pages.

The wall on Facebook launched on 2 February 2013 has 1,156 followers. The Twitter channel of the CSIC Library Network @bibliotecasCSIC has published 1,428 tweets, reaching 11,066 followers. The Assistance And Virtual Reference Service (SARV) in chat format for enquiries on the provision of scientific information has served 463 queries.

PP100% DIGITAL Plan: scientific information services

The 100% DIGITAL Plan addresses the needs of scientific information through digital services for CSIC centres not provided with physical libraries. At the end of 2013 32 centres are part of this Plan, 5 having joined in 2013. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

4. Scientific-Technical Areas

4.1 Humanities & Social Sciences 4.2 Biology & Biomedicine 4.3 Natural Resources 4.4 Agricultural Sciences 4.5 Physical Science & Technologies 4.6 Materials Science & Technology 4.7 Food Science & Technology 4.8 Chemical Science & Technologies

Image: “Natural hydrophobic materials” Author: Danel Solabarrieta Arrizabalaga FOTCIENCIA11 (Second Prize General Category) Butterfly wings are a good example of hydrophobic material that can be found in nature. These have been a source of inspiration, for instance, for the creation of a new material to cover and protect solar panels. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

4.1 Humanities & 4.2 Biology & 4.3 Natural Resources 4.4 Agricultural Sciences 4.5 Physical Science 4.6 Materials Science 4.7 Food Science 4.8 Chemical Science Social Sciences Biomedicine & Technologies & Technology & Technology & Technologies

4.1 Humanities & Social Sciences

17 Institutes (12 CSIC centres / 5 joint centres) 1 Service Centres Staff Scientific staff: 355 Technical/Support staff: 280 Management/Administration: 114 Expenditure 44,0 €M Research Projects/ Actions 280 national and international, funded with 25.4 €M Knowledge transfer 137 contracts and agreements in force with companies and institutions, funded with (annuity) 2.1 €M Producción Científica: 356 indexed articles and 266 not indexed articles. 113 books. 61 theses. Research lines Anthropology, political science, economics, philosophy, geography, history, linguistics and sociology.

Image: “Autumn Mazes” Author: Roberto Bueno Hernández FOTCIENCIA11 In the deciduous forests of North America, a small moth larva creates interesting patterns on the leaf surface while feeding on epidermal cells. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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4.1 Humanities & Social Sciences

SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT AND SELECTION OF MILESTONES The Instituto de Filosofía (IFS) has completed in 2013 the European projects ESF Networking programme, Drugs and Marie Curie ITN ENGLOBE, and the IRSES WORDBRIGDES project was Throughout 2013 all institutes in this Area have achieved many goals: the organization and par- granted. Also to be noted is that some researchers from the Department of Theoretical Philoso- ticipation in international seminars and conferences and the publication of numerous papers; phy and Practical Philosophy take part in the international project “Standardization and orthogo- the execution of collaboration agreements; participation in the XIII Science Week; work on joint nalization of the gene expression flow for robust engineering of NTN (new-to-nature) biological projects with other national and international institutions. Despite the importance of all these properties” (2011-2015) and various CTS department members are part of the Red Iberoameri- achievements, this Annual Report is unable to cover them in detail, and only focuses on a selec- cana de Ciencia, Tecnología y Género (RICTYG), funded by CYTED for 4 years, involving the partici- tion of other relevant events. The year 2013 started -22 January- with a press conference in which pation of 9 countries and coordinated by Eulalia Pérez Sedeño. Eduardo Pardo de Guevara (IEGPS) reported the important discovery of the will belonging to the Mariscal del s. XV Pardo de Cela; 2013 has thereafter featured the unceasing development and The Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología (EEHAR) has engaged in the European project publication of work which attests to the important activity and projection of the humanities and “Mediterranean Mountain Landscapes an historical approach to cultural heritage based on tradi- social sciences: tional agrosystems (MEMOLA)” funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Frame- work Programme FP7-SSH-2013-2 (Collaborative Projects). 1. In the matter of fundraising and internationalization, Mercedes García-Arenal (ILC) was awarded in 2013 an Advanced Grant as the main researcher in a project entitled “Conversio, Over- Another researcher from the same centre, Carolina García Sanz (EEHAR) has been included in the lapping Religiosities, Polemics, Interaction: Early Modern Iberia and Beyond “(CORPI). Manuel international project “1914-1918 Online”, supervised by the Freie Universität Berlin (Friedrich- Molina, from the same institute, is a member of the project “Ur of the Chaldees: A virtual vision of Meinecke-Institut, Center for Digital Systems) in cooperation with the Bavarian state library and Woolley’s excavations” funded, as of 2013, by the British Museum, the University of Pennsylvania the foundation for German research. Museum and the Leon Levy Foundation. An ERC Advanced Grant has also been granted to Albert Marcet (IAE) for his project “Asset Prices and Macro Policy when Agents Learn”. At the end of the 2. 2013 has also included work for the creation or updating of electronic formats, as well year, the IPP launched a European project (FP7) RISIS (Research infrastructures for the assessment as for the development and management of databases. There has likewise been an effort to of science, technology and innovation policy) with significant SIC C participation. publicize important documentary collections. The internationalization of some of these projects is also worthy of mention. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo (ILC) has undertaken themselves and their relations with Spain), developed at the institute since 2006, led by Paloma major projects: Diaz Mas PhD. It was published in June 2013 and in addition to information about the project, it offers OA options including several useful resources for researchers, for teaching and for 1) The widely demanded open access online version of the Greek-Spanish Dictionary Project those interested in Sephardic culture in general. has been presented. At the Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos (EEHA) of Sevilla, Laura Giraudo has consoli- 2) A collaboration agreement has been signed with the Dutch Editorial Brill, and an office has dated and expanded the Interindi Network through the website www.interindi.net, a network been opened in the ILC for the Index Islamicus, the most important literature in the field of of researchers on Inter-American Indianism. Arabic and Islamic studies. On the cover of the relevant volume of literature of 2012, published in 2013, reference is already made to ILC as the venue hosting the Index Islamicus, as well as The Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF) of Barcelona has presented the CSIC-IMF Fondo de its other venue, the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Two members Música Tradicional website. In the field of musicology, a record by the composer Alonso Lobo employed by the Index Islamicus work full time on this project. was published and presented in December 2013, a collaboration between the IMF researcher Mariano Lambea and Albert Recasens (Lauda Musica), which is receiving numerous international 3) Since March 2013, the digital publication of the cuneiform collection of the Museum of awards, including the prestigious “Choc” from the French magazine Classica. Montserrat (Barcelona) is available open access. The team that carried out this project includes: Bertrand Lafont (CNRS, Nanterre), Klaus Wagensonner (University of Oxford), ILC researchers, Researchers from the Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía (IEGD) ave conducted Ignacio Márquez Rowe and Maria Dolores Casero Chamorro. This collection, with almost the Conferences introducing the Historical Spatial Data Infrastructure of the City of Madrid 1200 items, is characterized as the most comprehensive and valuable collection of cuneiform (HISDI-MAD) and the Database for the experimental Longitudinal Study “Aging in Spain “(ELES), inscriptions that can be seen in Spain. It is sponsored by the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative respectively dealing with issues of great scientific and social relevance. (University of California, Los Angeles / Max Planck Institut, Berlin) and is available on the CDLI project website. 3. The various results in relation to training must be highlighted. Many official and specialization courses were given, and PhD Theses were read at various institutes. Remarkably, as many 4) The Egyptology Hans Goedicke documentary collection is available to the public at the Tomas as 5 Theses were read in 2013 at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) in Valencia. Navarro Tomás Library; its acquisition was managed by the Egyptologist, José Manuel Galán (ILC). The International Seminar for Young Researchers (SIJI) of the CSIC Institute of Philosophy should be highlighted after a decade of existence, aiming to become a forum for discussion and intellectual At the Instituto de Lengua, Literatura y Antropología (ILLA) the Sefardiweb academic web- exchange. Coordinated by the pre and post-doctoral contracted staff, the SIJI has organized monthly site has been launched (http://www.proyectos.cchs.csic.es/sefardiweb/), it is the result of the meetings on a topical issue: globalization, subjectivity, identity and difference, diversity, and research project Los sefardíes ante sí mismos y sus relaciones con España (The Sephardim to interdisciplinarity, which for the last five years has also been offered as a SIC C postgraduate course. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The educational work performed in the Area often has an important social significance. For Major tasks by the IHMC of Valencia include the organization of exhibitions, primarily at its example, the Instituto de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia “López Piñero” (IHMC) has entered headquarters, the Palacio de Cerveró: Curator of the exhibition “Colección científico-médica into a specific collaboration agreement between the Plan Municipal de Drogodependencia de de la Universitat de València, 2. Medicina y Sociedad”, from 5 June; “Exposición: La esfera del la Concejalía de Sanidad del Ayuntamiento de Valencia and the University of Valencia for the agua” 26 February to 14 March; “Exposición: Darwin y Galileo a través del cómic”, 2 July to 31 “Dissemination of information and knowledge on drug addiction which has been developed October; “Exposición: Pinacoteca de la ciencia 2013”, 5 to 29 November; “Exposición: Infancia, over the year 2013 and has been generously funded. salud y enfermedad. El Dr. Ramón Gómez Ferrer (1862-1924)”, 18 September 2013 to 21 March 2014, with over 2,500 visitors. In April 2013, the “Ingenio PhD Days” took place at the INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), a pre-doctoral workshop organized by doctoral students of the Institute. Its objective is to enhance the training and acquisition of skills for doctoral students in innovation studies, to strengthen relations between experts and scholars and to encourage the creation of new networks with other institutions. 56 papers from 18 different countries were applied.

Also the Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento (INGENIO) (CSIC-UPV) in collaboration with the UAM-Accenture Chair in Economics and Innovation Management, held the annual Conference of the Eu-SPRI in Madrid from 10 to 12 April 2013. 165 Communications from 305 authors from 30 countries were presented.

4. Several exhibitions of varying contents were organized at different venues:

Antonio Cea PhD, an ILLA researcher, has been in charge of the curating, design, installation direction and scientific direction of the Exhibition Temporalia. Los Santos de la Peste en la Sierra de Francia from 29 June to 30 September 2013, La Alhóndiga (Miranda del Castañar, Salamanca).

At the Centro de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Miguel Cabañas, Lidia Mateo and Car- men Gaitán, researchers from the Instituto de Historia (IH) have coordinated the exhibition “La Funerary cone and Seventeenth Dynasty coffin. Campaign of the Djehuty maternidad suiza de Elna. Tiempos de exilio y solidaridad”. Project by José Manuel Galán (ILC) Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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5. Researchers from the Humanities Area have conducted archaeological excavation cam- 6. One of the strengths of the Department of Humanities are the scientific journals, including paigns, some of which have had great impact. In January, the XII excavation campaign of the a new journal created by Raul Navarro García (EEHA) entitled Agua y Territorio thanks to the Djehuty Project took place in Luxor, Egypt, led by the ILC research professor José Manuel Galán collaboration between EEHA and the University of Jaén. Allué, with the discovery of important relics of the Seventeenth Dynasty.

Important EEHAR work includes the long-term task of enhancing the late antique and medieval AWARDS AND RECOGNITION skyline of the city of Tusculum, based on the overall analysis conducted through archaeological excavations, use of non-invasive methods -such as geophysical surveys-, and archaeo-biological Some researchers of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences have received awards analysis. Excavations conducted in 2013 have allowed to uncover the main Christian basilica in and distinctions throughout 2013: the city, in addition to obtaining interesting information necessary for the reconstruction of the socio-economic and environmental structure of the post-classical nucleus. AWARDS

Field activities conducted by the Instituto de Arqueología de Mérida (IAM) include: • On 19 February 2013, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, ILC ad honorem researcher, received the National Prize for Literature 2012 from HRH Prince of Asturias. • Geophysical surveys in La Serena (Badajoz), RITECA project

• Architectural analysis of Giano’s Arch, Rome (Italy)

• Archaeological excavations at Cerro Borreguero (Badajoz)

• Archaeological Surveys in the Valley of Sado, Alcacer do Sal (Portugal)

• Excavations in the Via degli Augustali, Pompeii (Italy)

• Surveys in Contributa Iulia, Medina de las Torres (Badajoz)

• Surveys in the Valle de Alconétar, Garrovillas (Cáceres)

Presentation of the National Award for Literature 2012 to Francisco Rodriguez Adrados (Palacio de El Pardo), 19 February 2013. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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• Luis Alberto de Cuenca y Prado, ILC research professor, received the ABC Cultural-Ámbi- • Mª Luisa Laviana Cuetos (EEHA) has been appointed Honorary Member of the Asso- to Cultural El Corte Inglés prize; and the Research Award “Julián Marías” 2013 Community ciation of American Studies of the Principado de Asturias “AEAPA”, University of Oviedo of Madrid, for his scientific career. and Honorary Member of the Fellowship of Historians “Camilo Destruge”, Guayaquil (Ecuador). • José Ramón Urquijo Goitia has been awarded the white emblem Cross of the Order of Merit of the Civil Guards. • Therese Martin (IH), appointed International Associate of the Board of Directors, Interna- tional Center of Medieval Art-The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. • Miguel Ángel Garrido Gallardo, research professor at the ILLA, has received the “2013 Award Emilio Castelar” awarded by the city of Cadiz. • Omar Licandro (IAE) has been appointed Secretary General of the International Economic Association.

APPOINTMENTS OTHER AWARDS • Mercedes García-Arenal and Maribel Fierro, ILC research professors, were appointed as members of the European Academy. • Inclusion of the Diccionario español de términos literarios internacionales (Spanish dictionary of international literary terms), directed by Miguel Angel Garrido Gallardo, • Mª Ángeles Durán Heras ((IEGD) received a Doctor Honoris causa from the University of among the projects of Humanities and Social Sciences and merits which the IAU (In- Granada. ternational Union of Academies) has invoked to apply for the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award. • Alfredo Moreno received a Doctor Honoris causa from the Universidad Ricardo Palma, Peru. • The article by Ana Crespo (IH), “Trusteeship and Cooperation in the Flemish merchants • Rafael Valladares was appointed Académico Correspondiente of the Royal Academy of History. community in Cadiz: The brotherhood of “San Andrés de los Flamencos” (17th-18th centu- ries)” Journal of Arts and Humanities (JAH), Volume 2 , No. 3, April 2013, has been voted • Camilo Álvarez de Morales (EEA) was elected in 2013 member of the Andalusian the “best Paper” by the Maryland Institute of Research (MIR). Academy of History. • Award granted: ICREA Conference Award 2013 to M. Madella (IMF) and Victoria Reyes • Salvador Bernabéu Albert (EEHA) (EEHA) has been appointed member of the General (ICTA-UAB) for organizing the workshop Small-Scale Societies and Environmental Archive of the Indies Trust Transformations: Co-evolutionary Dynamics. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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• I CTA Essay Award on Innovation in Andalusia: “Between two worlds: the adventu- re of innovation and entrepreneurship n Andalusia”, awarded to IESA-CSIC researchers Inés Andújar Nagore, Ana Fernandez Zubieta and Manuel Fernández Esquinas (February 2013).

• Quality Mention of the Andalusian Association of Sociology for the article “The Quali- ties of Local Participation: The Explanatory Role of Ideology, External Support and Civil Society as Organizer”, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 35 (5), 932-48 (September 2013), by Joan Font (IESA-CSIC) and Carolina Galais (University of Montreal).

• Javier Salido Domínguez, PhD scholar of EEHAR, has won the Special Prize for a Doctoral thesis defended in 2010 (Autonomous University of Madrid).

• The thesis by Susanna Allés Torrent (IMF) received the first prize in the 3rd edition of the “International Award of Doctoral Theses of the Ana Maria Aldama Roy Foundation (Latino Studies)” (Jury meeting in Madrid on 8 May 2013); and the PhD Extraordinary Award, academic year 2011-2012, for her doctoral thesis (award approved by the Consell de Govern “The Light of Knowledge”, by Javier Perez. de la Universitat de Barcelona in its regular session on 23 July 2013). Library “Tomás Navarro Tomás”, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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23 Institutes (8 CSIC centres / 15 joint centres) 1 Service Centre Staff Scientific staff: 755 Technical/Support staff: 1,446 Management/Administration: 176 Expenditure 140 €M Research Projects / Actions 850 national and international, funded with 192.9 €M Knowledge transfer 916 contracts and agreements in force with companies and institutions, funded with (annuity) 5.8 €M Scientific output: 1,789 indexed articles and 114 not indexed articles. 8 books. 234 theses. 35 patents with priority claim. Research lines Structural biology, biotechnology, molecular and cellular basis of cancer, developmental biology, plant biology, pathophysiology, genetics and functional genomics, microbiology, virology, immunology and neurobiology.

Image: “Island” Author: Ramón Santamaría Sánchez FOTCIENCIA11 Antibiotic-producing microorganisms defend their habitat by producing molecules. They are of great scientific interest due to their therapeutic application to combat pathogens. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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MILESTONES IDENTIFIED

PPTHEMATIC AREA 1. Structural Biology

The work undertaken by the team led by Carlos Fernández Tornero, Centro de In- vestigaciones Biológicas (CIB) is especially important, having established the three- dimensional structure of RNA polymerase I. Published as cover story in the journal Nature, the study opens the door to finding new antitumor drugs (fig-1) (Nature. 2013, 502 (7473):644-9). fig-1

Moreover, other CIB researchers, led by Oscar Llorca and Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba, have determined the structure of properdin, a component of innate immunity that protects us from pathogens (fig-2)(P NAS. 2013, 110 (33):13504-13509).

At the Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), groups under Alberto Marina and José Penadés have evidenced and decoded, both structurally and functionally, a novel signalling mechanism for the enzyme dUTPase, which resembles that described for GTPases (fig-3) (Mol Cell 2013, 49:947-58; Curr. Opin Microbiol. 2013, 16:163-170).

Researchers of the Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB) have developed a method for the structural elucidation of proteins by X-ray based on existing databases on the local folding of small domains (Nat Methods 2013, 10 (11):1099-101). fig-2 fig-3 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PPThematic Area 2. Molecular Medicine and Immunology

The scientist from the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB) José R. Castón has steered an international collaboration with researchers in Austria, the U.S. and Spain thanks to which it has been possible to establish a model that explains how human rhinovirus, the cause of the common cold, manages to release its genome into the cytoplasm of the cell it infects. These findings pave the way for developing effective treatments against a contagious and widespread disease (fig-4) (PNAS. 2013; 110(50):20063-20068).

The group under Fernando Moreno-Herrero, also from the CNB, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Bristol, has managed to elucidate the mechanism of examination or scanning used by the AddAB fig-4 protein in the repair process of a cut of the DNA double helix. The results are essential to understand how cells repair damage to their genes, thus preventing the accumulation of mutations that can lead to diseases such as cancer (fig-5) (PNAS.2013, 110 (28):E2562-2571).

Mario Mellado’s group at the CNB has identified a new strategy for treating type 1 diabetes. By using a murine model of the disease, researchers have shown that growth hormone, used by physicians for decades to treat growth disorders in children and adolescents, prevents the immune system from attacking the cells of the pancre- as and in this way delaying the development of type 1 diabetes (PNAS.2013,110(48):E4619-E4627). Mitofusin 2 has a critical role in both mitochondrial fusion and interaction between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Additionally the hypothalamic ER stress is related to the development of leptin resistance and obesity.

Researchers from the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona (IIBB) and from IDIBAPS have participated in a study demonstrating that intracerebral administration of chemical chaperones such as 4-phenyl butyric acid or tauroursodeoxycholic acid are able to recover and improve the function of the ER in knock-out mice for mitofusin 2 (Cell. 2013; 155,172-187).

Also of interest is a collaborative study of Dr. Varela-Nieto (IIBM) with CNIO researchers describing senescence as a mechanism that operates during the development of the inner ear (Cell. 2013, 155(5):1104-18).

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PPthematic area 3. Developmental biology, morphogenesis and Researchers at the Centro de Biología differentiation Molecular Severo Ochoa (CMBSO) have described that ø29 p1 protein is located The group led by James Castelli-Gair Hombría, from the Centro Andaluz de Biología del at the central part of Bacillus subtilis cells Desarrollo (CABD), in collaboration with Dr. Sol Sotillos’ group, have published a paper in and colocalizes and is associated in vitro which they describe how the adoption of a gene to control the formation of an organ can result with the FtsZ protein involved in cell divi- in cellular instability creating evolutionary pressures which result in the recruitment of other sion. (PNAS. 2013.110, 12313-12318). genes to restore the balance. This model explains how the complex gene networks involved in the development of almost all organs could have been formed (PNAS. 2013, 110, 4303-4308). Dr. Calvete’s group, at the Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), participated Moreover, a research group of the Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB) in the first genome sequencing of described the role of the morphogen Sonic in maintaining the identity of progenitors during a venomous snake, the King Cobra development of the spinal cord (Cell Rep. 2013, 4(3):492-503). (Ophiophagus hannah) (fig-6) (PNAS. 2013, 110 (51):20651-6].

PPthematic area 4. Regulation of gene expression, genomics and cell cycle Scientists at the Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC) have In the Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CABIMER), F. Prado’s shown that the catalytic domain of the re- group has shown that it is necessary that the recombinase Rad51 is recruited to replication laxase TraX defines a group of relaxases re- forks in order to repair the damage using S. cerevisiae as a model (EMBO J. 2013, 32:1307-21). lated with restriction endonucleases (PNAS. 2013, 110 (33):13606-11). In another study, Andrés Aguilera’s group has revealed that DNA-RNA hybrids induce chroma- tin condensation and compaction by changing serine 10 or lysine 9 of histone H3 (Mol Cell. Finally, the Instituto de Biología Funcional fig-6 2013 52:583-590). y Genómica (IBFG) has demonstrated the central role in cell division of a polysaccharide of the fungal cell wall, a functional equivalent of At the IBMB, an embryonic variant of histone H1 has been discovered, which plays a central the extracellular matrix of animal cells (J. Cell Biol. 2013, 203: 265-282). role in transcriptional inactivity of the Drosophila zygote (Cell Dev. 2013, 26(6):578-90). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PPthematic area 5. Molecular pathophysiology and new therapies reduces brain size (Nature Commun. 2013, 4:2879).

Mario Delgado’s group at the Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neira (IPBLN) has The group led by Dr. Flames, IBV, has progressed in the understanding of the factors that identified the neuropeptide cortistatin as an endogenous regulator of arterial remodelling and generate dopaminergic neurons in the C. elegans worm (Genes and Development 2013, a therapeutic agent in highly prevalent vascular diseases that present neointimal lesions such 27:1391-405). as atherosclerosis and vascular stenosis (Circ Res. 2013, 112:1444-1455). Researchers at the Instituto de Neurociencias (IN) have found that interneurons originating CBMSO researchers have shown that N-ras couples the antigen receptor signalling to eomeso- from the same progenitor tend to occupy approximately the same position in the cerebral dermin and to the memory of functional T CD8+ cells but not to the differentiation of the effec- cortex. In addition, the study demonstrates that interneurons occupying the deep and super- tor (J. Exp. Med. 2013, 210:1463-1479). ficial layers of the cortex are derived from different cell lines, which contradicts the currently established ideas on the formation of the cerebral cortex (Nature Neuroscience., 2013, 16, 1199-1210). PPthematic area 6. Microorganisms Biology and Biotechnology Other researchers from this centre have established that the gene Trnp1 is key in the develop- Dr. Penadés’ group, from the Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV) has shown that the ment of the cerebral cortex, controlling its size and folding in both mice and humans (Cell. structure of teichoic acid, present on the surface of Gram-positive bacteria, determines whether 2013, 153 (3):535-49). the transfer of DNA between different bacterial species and / or genera is possible or not (Nat. Commun 2013, 4:2345). Another study has identified a novel progenitor cell type in the mammalian forebrain called bipolar basal Radial Glial cell. Two-photon video-microscopy demonstrated that this new type of cell has Scientists from the CIB and the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM) have carried a high amplification power, generating a large number of neurons N( at. Comm. 4:2125. 2013). out an interdisciplinary project that has allowed, for the first time, to measure the pressure in the interior of intact human cells subjected to osmotic pressure. To perform this work, micro-devices Also at the IN, it has been shown that the size and folding of the cerebral cortex depends on the of nanostructured silicon were made using microelectronics techniques, and introduced into the relative abundance of specific types of progenitor cells during embryonic development (EMBO interior of the cells (Nat. Nanotech.2013, 8:517-521). J. 32:1817-1828).

CBMSO researchers have described the neuronal protective induction of ATF5 in endoplasmic reticu- PPthematic area 7. Neurosciences lum stress induced by the “status epilepticus” (Brain. 2013, 136:1161-76).

The Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG) has conducted work which shows that the Moreover, CBMSO researchers have described a dual effect for overexpression of GSK3 in a condition- lack of Cdh1 protein in neuronal precursors in mice shortens the length of the cerebral cortex and al mouse model, observing a decrease in neuronal connectivity (Mol Psychiatry. 2013, 18 (4):451-60). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, FUNDRAISING, PATENTS to be part of INSTRUCT, Europe’s largest research infrastructure in structural Throughout 2013, the Area of Biology and Biomedicine has published around 1,800 SCI papers, biology and to contribute to this platform most of them (66%) in prestigious journals. The groups in this Area have been funded with with the Instruct Image Processing nearly 43 million euros in research projects in competitive calls and 6.5 million in contracts with Centre (I2PC) for the processing of industry and other entities. With regard to exploitable results, the Area has applied for a total images, obtained with the most of 26 patents and has granted 19 licenses. The development of training activities is represented advanced electron microscopy and X-ray by 179 doctoral theses read and 2274 training courses. techniques. In addition, Lluís Montoliu has initiated the implementation of Regarding transfer activities, IPBLN has licensed a method of differential diagnosis of Chagas the ESFRI Infrafrontier-I3 project. With disease, and a useful chimeric molecule in immunotherapy against leishmaniasis. The CBMSO this project, the European Commission has granted licenses on the patents “HIV-1 group O reverse transcriptase active at high tem- maintains the CNB’s the role as the peratures” and “Peptide vaccines for the prevention of foot-and-mouth disease”. The CABD Spanish node of EMMA (European has developed a patent disclosing heterologous expression systems for functional analysis of Mouse Mutant Archive). metagenomic libraries. The CNB has signed a licensing agreement for the operation of cell lines that produce antibodies against human CCR2 receptor, a potential target for the treatment Outreach projects include the initia- of autoimmune diseases such as lupus. The IN has developed a method of diagnosis and / or tive entitled “science with chocolate”, prognosis of Alzheimer’s disease. CNB and IN scientists have created the spin-off companies an activity coordinated by Dr Enrique Proteobotics and Avizorex Pharma SL respectively. de la Rosa, CIB, which responds to the need for rigorous disclosure of research With regard to fundraising, an important initiative is the INDOX European project coordinated results to society. Researchers from the by Dr. Angel Martinez, CIB, a multidisciplinary consortium that combines efforts to provide a fig-7 IIBM coordinate the Outreach section of wide range of oxidoreductases optimized for use in different reactions of interest for industry. the SEBBM web portal and participate IC researcher Mariano Carrion coordinates the EU project FP7 CELLULOSOMEPLUS with groups in the organization of lectures to celebrate SEBBM’s Fiftieth Anniversary. Several centres of the in Israel, Germany, France, Poland and Ireland. Also in 2013, Victor de Lorenzo and Victor Area participated in Researchers’ Night (fig-7). Finally, on the occasion of CNB’s Twentieth Muñoz, CNB, have started their respective ERC Advanced Grants. The CNB has consolidated Anniversary, Queen Sofia visited the centre and in August 2013 IBBETC staff and equipment its participation in the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures. Likewise, during were relocated to the new building at the Scientific and Technological Park of Cantabria in 2013 the CSIC signed an agreement that enables the CNB, coordinated by José María Carazo, Santander. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION • Lluís Montoliu (CNB) takes office as President of the Collegiate Body for Animal Experi- • The research professor from the Instituto Cajal Javier de Felipe was appointed Director mentation in the field of Public Research Agencies. of the Section of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, subproject “Strategic Data of the Mouse Brain” of the European Flagship Project, The Human Brain Project. • José María Valpuesta (CNB) was elected member of the European Academy in the area of Cell Biology. • Professor Shomi Bhattacharya from CABIMER won the Solidarity Lifetime Achievement Award ONCE 2013. • José López Carrascosa (CNB) was awarded the Prize of the Spanish Society of Virology.

• The FAMA Research Award by the Universidad de Sevilla, Research Achievement 2013 was • Eduard Rodríguez Farré (IIBB) was appointed member of the Scientific Committee on awarded to Dr. A. Aguilera from CABIMER. Emerging and Newly Identified HealthR isks of the European Commission.

• Dr. Felipe Cortés from CABIMER received the Young Sevillian Researchers Excellence • Ángel Barco (IN) was elected President of the European Molecular and Cellular Cognition Award, Seville Town Hall-CSIC. Society, and Carlos Belmonte (IN) Special Honouree for Outstanding Research of the ARVO Foundation and Dowling Society, USA. • Margarita Salas from CBMSO received the Ferrer International Homenot Health Prize, Homenot National Prize awarded by the Fundació Avedis Donabedian-UAB; she has been • Victor Borrell (IN) has received the Olympus-SENC Young Neuroscientists Prize 2013 and appointed Member of the Advisory Health Council of the Principado de Asturias and re- Juan Lerma (IN) was awarded the Scientific Merit Distinction. Generalitat Valenciana. ceived the 2012 Madrid+d Award for best patent • Ángela Nieto (IN) was appointed Member of the Scientific Committee of l’Institute de • Luis Menéndez, CNB, received the Tohoku Medical Society Lecture Medal 2013. Genomique Fonctionelle (Lyon, France) and Member of the Editorial Board of Trends in Genetics. • Víctor de Lorenzo (CNB) was elected board member of EMBO and Member of the Advisory Council for Science and Technology of the President of the European Commission. • Luisa Mª Botella, CIB researcher, received the Research Award of the Spanish Federation for Rare Diseases, for dedicating her life to studying and helping people with such diseases. • Juan Pablo Albar (CNB) was elected board member of HUPO (Human Proteome Organisa- tion), and of the Executive Committee of CHPP, the International Consortium of the Human Proteome Project Focused on Chromosomes. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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21 Institutes (12 CSIC centres / 9 joint centres) 1 Servicie Centre Staff Scientific staff: 621 Technical/Support staff: 942 Management/Administration: 209 Expenditure 108.4 €M Research Projects/ Actions 585 national and international, funded with 103.6 €M Knowledge transfer 390 contracts and agreements in force with companies and institutions, funded with (annuity) 8.8 €M Scientific output: 2,096 indexed articles and 159 not indexed articles. 30 books. 168 theses. 5 patents with priority claim. Research lines Biology of organisms and terrestrial systems, earth and atmospheric sciences, marine science and aquaculture and global change.

Image: “Bumblebee foraging in Lantana” Author: José Manuel Guerra Sanz FOTCIENCIA11 Foraging bees collect pollen and nectar of bee flora in lantana, from the Verbena family. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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MILESTONES IDENTIFIED

Area researchers have either directed or taken part in numerous studies on climate change, published in prestigious scientific journals and used by theI PCC in its reports. Highlights:

• Fiz F. Pérez et al. (2013). Atlantic Ocean CO2 uptake reduced by weakening of the meridional overturning circulation. Nature Geoscience. DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1680 (IIM, fig.1).

• Duarte, C.M. et al. (2013). The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation Nature Climate Change 3, 961-968 (IMEDEA).

• Fordham, D.A. et al (2013). Adapted conservation measures are required to save the Iberian lynx in a changing climate. Nature Climate Change 3 (10): 899-903. Doi 10.1038/NCLIMATE1954 (MNCN, EBD).

• Ahmed, M. et al. (2013). Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia. Nature Geoscience, 6(5), 339–346. doi:10.1038/ngeo1797 (IGEO).

• Poloczanska E., et al. (2013). Global imprint of climate change on marine life. Nature Climate Change 3, 919-925 (IMEDEA).

• Peng S, et al. (2013) Asymmetric effects of day and night-time warming on Northern Hemispheric vegetation. Nature, 501, 89-92. (CREAF).

• Cook C.P et al (2013). Dynamic Behaviour of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during Pliocene Warmth. Nature Geosciences, Vol 6, Issue 9: 765-769 (IACT). fig-1 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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‘Brinicles’ are pipes of ice that can be meters Researchers at the Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD) have collaborated on a study that long which form in winter in the freezing ocean analyzed the mitochondrial genomes of 18 prehistoric canids from Eurasia and the New World, beneath sea ice near the poles (fig2). IACT re- along with those of a full set of modern dogs and wolves. The study shows that domestic dogs searchers have studied the mechanisms of for- are the culmination of a process that began with the European hunter-gatherer society and the mation of these structures, which may play a canids with which it interacted. Thalmann, O. et al (2013). Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of still unquantified role in the energy balance of Ancient Canids Suggest to European Origin of Domestic Dogs. SCIENCE 342 (6160): 871-874. the Arctic and Antarctic and, therefore, in cli- Doi 10.1126/science.1243650). Another EBD study addresses the effects of functional extinc- mate change. Cartwright, et al. (2013). Brinicles tion of large frugivorous animals. The results show that the loss of large fruit-eating birds such as a case of inverse chemical gardens. Lang- as toucans and cotingid birds results in a reduction in the size of endemic palm seeds. Galetti, muir, 29, 7655-7660. M et al. (2013). Functional Extinction of Birds Drives Rapid Evolutionary Changes in Seed Size. Science 340 (6136):1086-1090. Doi 10.1126/science.1233774. Experts from the Consorcio Centro de Inves- tigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales A study by the Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA) covers data on the abun- (CREAF-CSIC) have found that it is possible to dance and traits of marine biodiversity; it has detected high functional diversity spots other continuously and remotely estimate the amount than in tropical seas where high specific marine diversity is typically found. This has changed of volatile organic compounds produced by the biodiversity patterns in the ocean and emphasizes the need to preserve the warm seas of plants in large areas. Peñuelas, et al. (2013). the planet. Stuart-Smith R.D., et al. (2013) Integrating abundance and functional traits reveals Photochemical reflectance index as an indirect new Global hotspots of fish diversity.N ature 501: 539-542. estimator of foliar isoprenoid emissions at the ecosystem level. Nature Communications, 4, fig-2 The genome sequencing technologies have enabled great progress in the knowledge of 2604, doi:10.1038/ncomms3604. the human genome and genetic diversity by sequencing individuals of our own species. However, our great ape relatives have been studied to a far lesser extent. A group at the A study of the Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA) shows new developments Instituto de Biología Evolutiva (IBE-UPF) has sequenced the genomes of a large number of in biology and biotechnology for the use of algae in an emerging market. The strong growth in the great apes from across Africa and South Asia. The human genome shows a relatively small use of marine biological resources represents a fundamental change in the way humans benefit variation intra-species, compared to most of the great apes. Prado-Martinez, J., Marques- from the ocean: Mazarrasa, I. et al. (2013). Rapid growth of seaweed biotechnology Provides Op- Bonet, T. et al. (2013). Great ape genetic diversity and population history. Nature 499 portunities for Developing Nations. Nature Biotechnology. 2013 31. 591-592. (7459):471-475. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The appearance of multicellular or metazoan animals through the evolution of their closest of the ionospheric electron density profiles. In this way the IRI improves climate prediction of unicellular relatives is one of the most important evolutionary transitions in the history of life. total electron content (TEC) over previous versions and the NeQuick model that implements the However, despite its importance, this process is still poorly understood. Researchers at the ESA satellite system Galileo. Instituto de Biología Evolutiva (IBE-CSIC-UPF) have progressed a great deal in this regard, with studies showing that the unicellular ancestor of metazoans was far more complex than The Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO) has started participation in the NASA Mars Science Labo- previously believed, since it already had many genes and pathways involved in cell adhesion ratory mission (Rover Curiosity), currently active on Mars, and in the ESA-ExoMars mission, and cell signalling. The results are presented in two articles: A) Suga, H., Ruiz-Trillo, I. et al. scheduled for 2018. 2013. The Capsaspora genome reveals a complex unicellular prehistory of animals. Nature Communications 4:2325. B) Mendoza, A., et al. (2013). Transcription factor evolution in The IGEO started collaboration in 2013 with the Government Presidency Department of Home- eukaryotes and the assembly of the regulatory toolkit in multicellular lineages. Proceedings land Security for scientific issues related to geomaterials, georesources and risks. of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (50): E4858-66.

Researchers at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN) participated in a study in SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, FUNDRAISING, PATENTS which a global map of zoo-geographical regions is generated by combining data on the distribution and phylogenetic relationships of 21,037 species of amphibians, birds and mammals. It The Area is extremely active in terms of scientific output. Average fundraising values have been is shown that the integration of phylogenetic information provides valuable information on the between 29 and 45 M € / year, with an increasing trend until 2010 (45 M€) and a decrease until historical relations between regions, allowing the identification of evolutionarily unique regions 2012 (33 M€). Between 1,818 and 2,350 SCI articles per year were published (1063-1408 Q1, of the world. Holt, B. et al. (2013). An update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic regions of the World. usually over 80 IF> 9). On average, 5 doctoral theses per year per centre, with a clear downward Science. 339: 74-78. trend after 2010. Likewise, between 8 and 17 patent applications are filed annually, and in 2013 there are 3 active Spin-offs. The Area has also developed numerous management commissions with Research performed at the Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (ICTJA) has government authorities; it has participated in the development of legislation (4 European directives, interpreted the possible implications of the recent discovery of exotic phases at high pressures 4 Royal Decrees, 1 State Plan, the creation of 2 marine reserves and many protected areas and and temperatures of sodium chloride. The synthesis of compounds such as sodium trichloride regional legislation); in addition, it responds to numerous parliamentary questions and participates or trisodium chloride, which show unusual chemical bonds and surprising physical properties, in international entities beyond the scientific scope M( aB-MAGRAMA-UNESCO, WHO, European opens the door for possible synthesis of exotic phases of inorganic compounds at pressures Environment Agency, EMEP-UN, IPCC-UN, MAGRAMA committees, Civil Protection, among others) and temperatures existing in the interior of the earth or giant planets. Ibañez J. (2013). and collaborates regularly with MAE to approve the execution of oceanographic surveys in Spanish Reformulating salt under Pressures. Science, 342, 6165, 1459-1460: 131-143 IF:31,027. waters. It has also provided scientific advice on the subjects of natural and induced natural hazards (volcanic and seismic crises such as El Hierro or the CASTOR project). The Observatorio del Ebro (OE) has contributed to the latest version of the International Reference Ionosphere Model (IRI2012) which has adopted its models of thickness and shape Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The preceding section highlights some of the most relevant scientific articles. Below are some of the • Corporate contracts include: the ICTJA-STATOIL and ICTJA-ENRESA collaboration, and OE achievements in terms of project coordination in 2013: contract with Red Eléctrica de España, REE, (GEOE-210313) to assess the vulnerability of the entire high-voltage network to currents induced geomagnetically by solar storms. • The CREAF Team, supervised by Professor Josep Peñuelas, CSIC, has been awarded a Synergy Moreover, the OE develops a contract for seismic monitoring in the area of underground Grant (17 million €), to quantify and understand how life, society and the earth system will natural gas storage (CASTOR). It operates a seismic network capable of detecting very low respond to the current and future shortage of phosphorus. (fig.3) magnitude earthquakes (magnitude of completeness 1.2).

Relevant transfer activities include:

Management commissions: CEAB “Management commission from SGP to IEO for the study of the eastern stock of Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) -Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea- using the Spanish tunny fisheries as scientific observatories”. IDAEA: “Management commission with MAGRAMA for work related to the study and evaluation of air pollution by particulate matter and metals in Spain”. CEAB: Knowledge transfer to the Namibian government through the assistance and participation of the Spanish Embassy and Cooperation in fig-3 Namibia and major fishing companies.I CM: The app MedJelly gives real-time reports on the • BEWATER is a new European project coordinated by CREAF (Spain, Cyprus, Slovenia and presence of jellyfish on the beaches along the Catalan coast (200 beaches); this application Tunisia.) which aims to promote dialogue and collaboration between science and society for is available for Android and iPhone. ICM: In collaboration with fishermen from the Cofradía the sustainable management of water in the Mediterranean. de Palamós have developed the red shrimp Management Plan.

• The implementation of the Project Parasite Risk Assessment with Integrated Tools in EU fish production value chains (PARASITE) Seventh Framework Programme (4 million €) was launched, coordinated by Santiago Pascual and Angel F. González (IIM). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Major exhibitions: MNCN- Museo del Prado: “His- AWARDS AND RECOGNITION torias Naturales. Un proyecto de Miguel Ángel Blan- co” 19/11/2013 to 27/04/2014. MNCN-National • The Sonso Co-management Committee, which is part of the el Instituto de Ciencias del Mar Heritage in the Royal Palace of Madrid: “Goya y el (ICM), has been awarded 2013 WWF Award for Conservation Merit. Infante Don Luis: el exilio y el reino” 30/10/2012 to 28/02/2013. (fig.4) • Juan Manuel García Ruiz (IACT). MISSCA Gold Medal Award 2013 awarded by the Italian, Spanish and Swiss Crystallographic Associations (September 2013).

• Xavier Querol Carceller (IDAEA). 2013 King Jaime I Prize for Environmental Protection.

• Francesc Piferrer (ICM). XII Jacumar Aquaculture Research Award. S. G. Fishing and MA- GRAMA.

• Miguel B. Araujo (MNCN). International Biogeography Society (IBS): MacArthur and Wil- son Award; and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): Ebbe Nielsen Prize.

• Relevant editorial committees: Ramon Carbonell (ICTJA) Editor in Chief of the journal Tec- tonophysics since 2013; José M. Reyes Gómez (EEZA): member of the Editorial Committee of Ecology Letters since 2013.

Other relevant committees 2013: IDAEA: Members of the WHO ScientificA dvisory Committee (8 members) for the REVIHAAP programme (Evidence on health aspects of air pollution to review EU policies) and HRAPIE (Survey on emerging Risks to health from air pollution) 2013 whose results were presented in December 2013 by the EC European Environment Commissioner. IMEDEA: Beatriz Morales-Nin was appointed SEAS-ERA Scientific Coordinator by MINECO, responsible for the Era-Net.

fig-4 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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12 Institutes (9 CSIC centres / 3 joint centres) Staff Scientific staff: 540 Technical/Support staff: 852 Management/Administration: 143 Expenditure 64.4 €M Research Projects/ Actions 382 national and international, funded with 56.8 €M Knowledge transfer 909 contracts and agreements in force with companies and institutions, funded with (annuity) 2.7 €M Scientific output: 1,146 indexed articles and 143 not indexed articles. 26 books. 139 theses. 7 patents with priority claim. Research lines Agricultural water, quality and organic matter in soils, plant nutrition, photosynthesis, fruit and forestry, breeding, plant pathology and livestock.

Image: “Orange Fibre” Author: Juan Ramón Marijuán Quesada FOTCIENCIA11 Citrus fruits are acidic, with a pH between 2.5 and 3. Besides vitamin C, phytochemicals are present, such as flavonoids (antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects) and limonoids (anticarcinogenic). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Throughout 2013 the Area of Agricultural Sciences has generated scientific knowledge that has ii) “ARIN Complex “Normalization of remote images through vegetative pseudo-invariant fea- allowed the agriculture and agri-industrial sector to innovate and improve plant and animal produc- tures (ARIN) (Luis García Torres, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS). Remote sensing (using tion, as well as its quality, providing sufficient resources to maintain the future population through satellite imagery from conventional aircraft, and / or drones UAV) is increasingly important in the sustainable use of our resources. It generates knowledge and technological development within agriculture / environment. This is an original (patented) process which has been developed for a basic sector for the Spanish economy, helping to support agricultural and environmental policies. the normalization of multitemporal remote images of agricultural scenes based on vegetative pseudo-invariant features (tree plantations such as citrus, olive trees, poplars), and abbreviated with the acronym ARIN. MILESTONES IDENTIFIED iii) Major publications: Javier Pérez Hormaeche, Francisco J. Quintero and José M. Pardo have 1. Extension of the Agricultural Sciences Area. The Area has increased its critical mass participation in a publication in the journal Nature Communications “Release of SOS2 kinase (over 600 researchers in all) in 2013, having recruited researchers in the field of Aquaculture from sequestration with GIGANTEA determines salt tolerance in Arabidopsis” which describes and Molecular Biology of Plants. The synergies achieved between the various research groups the molecular mechanism that coordinates the flowering time with the perception and response that now make up the area of Agricultural Sciences are reporting a clear benefit to it, allowing to salt stress. The description of the peach genome also featured a publication of interest: an increase in quantity and quality of the research developed. Verde, I., Abbot, A.G., Scalabrin, S., Arus, P., Orellana, A., et al., The high-quality draft genoma of peach (Prunus pérsica) identifies unique patterns of genetic diversity, domestication and 2. Integrated Research in Projects for the future. The Area of Agricultural Sciences helps genome evolution (2013) Nature Genetics, vol 45 (5), pp. 487-494. to increase the production and quality of food and plants based on technologically innovative and competitive agriculture and animal production, acting sustainably in changing global and climate scenarios. In this context major projects developed include: 3. Internationalization of research. The Area promotes its internationalization, not only to access European funding, but for the purpose of gaining visibility and in order to approach i) Experiment “Seedling Growth 1” (SG1) at the International Space Station. The International European forums to position ourselves in the best conditions for H2020. Examples include the “Seedling Growth” (SG) project is a joint initiative between ESA and NASA to analyze the effects following: of the space environment on growth and development of plants and thus optimize their cultiva- tion in space. This project involves North American researchers, coordinated by Prof. John Z. a) During 2013, the Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC) received three re- Kiss, University of Mississippi, and European researchers, coordinated by Dr. F. Javier Medina, search projects on transnational access users within the European project AQUAEXCEL: Dr. from the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB-CSIC) of Madrid. Fabian Grammes (Norway); Christiana Kounna (Greece); Dr. Simona Rimoldi (Italy). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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b) The groups under Salomé Prat and Juan Antonio García, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Abecia, L.; Martín-García, A.I.; Martinez, G.; Newbold, C.J.; Yáñez-Ruiz, D.R. 2013. Nutritional lead international joint programming actions 2013 to strengthen the Spanish participation in interna- intervention in early life to manipulate rumen microbial colonization and methane output by kid tional PLANT-KBBE programme. goats postweaning. Journal of Animal Science, 91: 4832–4840.

c) Maria José Suso Llamas (IAS), has been nominated expert for EIP-AGRI Focus-Group Genetic Re- Lee Y, Rubio MC, Alassimone J, Geldner N. A (2013) Mechanism for localized lignin deposition sources (Focus Groups of the European Innovation Partnership on “Agricultural Productivity and Sus- in the endodermis. Cell 153 (2): 402-412. tainability) by the European Commission Vicente-Serrano SM, Gouveia C, Camarero JJ, Beguería S, Trigo R, López-Moreno JI, Azorín-Molina C, Pasho E, SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, FUNDRAISING, PATENTS Lorenzo-Lacruz J, Revuelto J, Morán-Tejeda E, Sánchez- Lorenzo A. (2013)Response of vegetation to drought a) Excellent national and international scientific consideration. Agricultural Sciences time-scales across global land biomes. PNAS, 110 (1): has many SCI publications (60% increase in high-impact publications in the last three years). 52-57. During 2013, we have published more than 800 SCI scientificarticles, of which almost 70% of them are in the first quartile of their field, with many quotes. As an example of the scientific Matamoros M, Fernández-García N, Wienkoop S, output quality, representative publications of the area include: Loscos J, Saiz A. (2013) Mitochondria are an early target of oxidative modifications in senescing legume Moreno-Delafuente A, Garzo E, Moreno A, Fereres A Plant Virus Manipulates the Behavior nodules. New Phytologist 197 (3): 873-885. of Its Whitefly Vector to Enhance Its Transmission Efficiency and Spread. PLoS ONE (2013) 8, e61543. Viruega, J.R., Moral*, J., Roca, L.F., Pérez, N., Trapero, A. 2013. Spilocaea oleagina in Olive Groves of Calduch-Giner, J.A., Bermejo-Nogales, A., Benedito-Palos, L., Estensoro, I., Ballester-Lozano, G., Southern Spain: Survival, Inoculum Production, and Sitjà-Bobadilla, A., J. Perez-Sanchez, J. Deep sequencing for de novo construction of a marine Dispersal. Plant Disease 97:1549-1556. fish (Sparus aurata) transcriptome database with a large coverage of protein-coding transcripts. BMC Genomics, 2013, 14:170. BOOK: Dr. José Manuel Palma Martínez and Dr. Fran- cisco Javier Corpas Aguirre, published, together with fig-1 Book published by EEZ researchers Hanley-Bowdoin L.; Bejarano E.R.; Robertson D.; Mansoor S. Geminiviruses: Masters at redi- Dr. Dharmedra K. Gupta, the book “Heavy Metal Stress recting and reprogramming plant processes. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 11: 777 (2013). in Plants”. (Elsevier). (fig-1) Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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b) Fundraising. The Area of Agricultural Sciences raises funds through competitive national • Chirimoya IX24 (Alboran) IHSM. 2013/2434, Farré, J. M., E. Girado, J. J. González, J. M. projects (State Plan), as well as through calls in the various autonomous regions, if any. It is true Hermoso, M. A. Perez de Oteyza, J. I. Hormaza, Registro variedades vegetales, J. I. Hormaza. that in 2013 the number of projects has dropped due to a lack of calls, but, despite this, over 17 million € were raised during the year, much of this amount through European projects. In • Commercial exploitation license Bacillus strains UMAF6614 and 6639, Romero, D.; de this regard, several projects come from the last calls of the 7th Framework Programme and from Vicente, A.; Cazorla, F. M.; Pérez-García, A., Biostimulant and biofungicide, Koppert BV other European programmes. Some projects obtained in the Area during 2013 are discussed Royalties 1.5% sales-10 years, A. Pérez García. below: • “Method to prevent and / or control bacterial infections”. Inventors EEZ: María José Soto • An example of European projects in the final section of the 7th Framework Programme, is Misffut, Joaquina Nogales Díaz, José Olivares Pascual, Juan Sanjuan Pinilla. FP7-PEO PLE-20 12-CI G by Myrian Calonje Macaya. Do plants go further in deciding their cell fate: different target genes, different Polycomb Group Mechanisms? • The CNB has signed two licensing agreements for the exploitation of strategies developed by Vicente Rubio, allowing to obtain stress-resistant plants, as well as new compounds, • Other European projects that are not included in the Framework Programmes, but accessed based on the research of Roberto Solano, which interfere with the hormonal response of by many research groups, are LIFE’s projects. This type of demonstration projects have been plants to jasmonate. achieved during 2013 in a very acceptable amount. For instance, the Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS) has obtained more than 8 in the last 3 years; in 2013 d) Outreach events. Some of the events which have taken place during 2013 at institutes it achieved two: BIOREM and CLEANSED. within the Agricultural Sciences Area include:

• ERA-NET projects. European projects created for the development of networks, some having Ciudad Ciencia Project. With the collaboration of the Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA) been obtained by the Area, such as the ARINNET project, together with INIA. funded by La Caixa, aimed to enable the inhabitants of towns located far away from large cities to receive first-hand information on current science and technology issues. c) Technology transfer. The Area of Agricultural sciences transfers its results in a sufficiently The ICA is responsible for the “Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture in the Classroom” productive manner. First, it should be noted that approximately 25% of the funds raised during http://www.ciudadciencia.es/Actividades-taller-agricultura. 2013 by all our institutions derive from contracts with companies (contracts with Fertiberia, Repsol Petróleo, Syngenta, or Fertinagro, among others). Within the field of technology trans- Half a century of the EEZ International Course of Soil Science and Plant Biology. The “International fer, Area institutes generate patents being licensed to business (32 during the last 5 years, and Course of Soil Science, Soil Fertility and Plant Biology” sponsored by the CSIC and the University 8 in 2013). Some examples include: of Granada, acknowledged by the UNESCO, coordinated by Prof. José Miguel Barea and with the presence of former UNESCO CEO, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, in the closing ceremony of its 50th anniversary. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Science Days. Science Days is a programme launched by the Estación Experimental del Zaidín, in col- AWARDS AND RECOGNITION laboration with the ‘Huerto Alegre’ Educational Innovation Centre. This • Dr. Paloma Mas (CRAG) has received the “Carmen and Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology initiative aims to familiarize chil- Research Award 2013” from the Carmen and Severo Ochoa Foundation. In addition, Dr. Mas dren with scientific thought, and to was elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) develop in them curiosity and the fig-2Advert for Science Day at the EEZ desire for knowledge. (fig-2) • Dr. Reyes Benlloch (CRAG) received the LÓREAL -UNESCO Prize “For women in Science”. Spain.

The IBMCP has developed the programme PLANTéatelo, la Ciencia es divertida, (http://www. • Dr. Miguel García Guerrero (IBVF) has been awarded the Great Cross of the Civil Order of youtube.com/PLANTeateloIBMCP) directed by Secondary Education Teachers with the collabo- Alfonso X el Sabio and the Medal of Honour for Fostering Invention from the García Cabre- ration of FECYT and the Spanish Bio- rizo Foundation. technologists’ Association. (fig-3) • LOPEZ NEYRA Parasitology Medal, awarded by the Spanish Society of Parasitology to Prof. La Cantera de la Ciencia (The youth Francisco A. Rojo Vázquez, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (IGM). of science). The Institutes Juan Carlos I, of Murcia and Domingo Valdivieso, • The Council of Malaga’s Distinction of honour 2013 awarded to the Estación Experimental of Mazarrón, in collaboration with the “La Mayora” for its scientific research on subtropical crops since 1968. CEBAS, have conducted a pioneering initiative in the region. Fifteen students • Dr. Juan Luis Ramos Martin, EEZ, has received Lwoff Prize awarded by the Federation of from these two centres will undertake European Microbiological Societies (FEMS). six research projects during the academic course. • Young Researchers Award 2013, awarded by the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla- Academia de Ciencias de Sevilla to Jorge Rencoret for his scientific merits.

• Jorge Álvaro Fuentes, Permanent Researcher of the Estación Experimental de Aula Dei fig-3Poster advertising “Plantéatelo”, IBMCP (EEAD-CSIC) , has won the “2013 Inspiring Young Scientist Award” from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), in the section of environmental quality. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

4.5 Physical Science & Technologies

21 Institutes (10 CSIC centres / 11 joint centres) 2 Service Centre Staff Scientific staff: 548 Technical/Support staff: 691 Management/Administration: 107 Expenditure 76.0 €M Research Projects / Actions 443 national and international, funded with 108.1 €M Knowledge transfer 377 contracts and agreements in force with companies and institutions, funded with (annuity) 3.1 €M Scientific output: 2,291 indexed articles and 128 not indexed articles. 17 books. 136 theses. 21 patents with priority claim. Research lines Astrophysics, atomic and molecular physics, particle physics, nuclear physics, optics, mathematics, nano-science and nanotechnology, physical technologies, computer science, complex systems and integrated micro and nano systems.

Image: “Expansive Science” Author: Sonia Rueda Pardo FOTCIENCIA11 The image shows a laboratory facility, immersed in a large crystal ball enabling the public to come close and view everything researched within thanks to its transparency. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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MILESTONES IDENTIFIED End of ESA Herschel mission After more than 3 years of observations of the cold Universe, the liquid Helium of the Herschel’s Establishment of the Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y de la información “Leonardo cooling system has run out. CAB Researchers have actively participated in this mission. Torres Quevedo” (ITEFI) It comprises the Instituto de Seguridad de la Información (ISI) the Centro de Acústica Aplicada Measurements of iodine-127 concentra- y Evaluación No Destructiva (CAEND) and the Centro de Tecnologías Físicas “Leonardo Torres tion in the Arctic ice Quevedo” (CETEF). Measured for the first time in the world through the AMS method in the SARA accelerator of the Cobalt-60 Gamma irradiator at the CNA CNA. (fig-1) The irradiator has an activity of 403 TBq and is Spain’s most powerful irradiator. Main uses include the irradiation testing of aerospace components, radiobiology experiments and radia- Ten billion years of cosmic evolution within tion metrology. reach Over 7 years, the ALHAMBRA survey from the New gonio-spectrophotometer for measuring BRDF of materials in the IO Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA, Almería), has This device measures the BRDF (bidirectional reflection distribution function) of materials and been able to identify and classify more than half has unique properties worldwide: actual retro-reflectance measurement, measurement inside a million galaxies and calculate their distances and outside the plane of incidence and measurement without using a reference standard. from us. fig-1

New IO services for the calibration of optical magnitudes and for spectrophotometric Confirmation of the oldest and weakest anomalous magnetar characterization SGR 0418 +5729 confirmed to be an anomalous magnetar (neutron star with an extremely Located in the Laboratory of Photometry, Radiometry and Fibre Optics of the IO, they are fo- powerful magnetic field); this has been possible thanks to the observation during three years cused on LED-based light sources and new materials such as special effect pigments. by the ESA and NASA space telescopes: Chandra, XMM Newton, RXTE and Swift. The study was led by Nanda Rea (ICE) and published in Astrophys. Jour. and Nature. (doi:10.1088/0004- 637X/770/1/65; doi:10.1038/nature12386) Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Identification of compounds that form in Titan’s atmosphere A team of researchers led by the Until now, the composition of the haze that covers the surface of Titan was unknown, and CAB and IEM has detected NH4 + whether the molecules that form it are generated there or come from other altitudes. An analy- in space sis of a compound recently detected in the upper atmosphere of the satellite, conducted by IAA The ammonium ion (NH4+) through astronomers, resolves both issues. its isotopic variant Nh3D+ is now added to the list of over a hundred Ten research centres and eleven Spanish companies will participate in the design of SKA molecules detected in space. This ion is The finaldesign stage of SKA begins: Square Kilometre Array (http://www.skatelescope.org/), the the starting point for the formation of largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world. 21 Spanish teams, including the IAA, ammonia, NH3 and aminated prebiotic area involved. molecules in space. It has been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics Approval of the construction of the CARMENES instrument (doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/771/1/L11). This is a spectrograph designed to findE arth-like planets around low-mass stars and is installed fig-2 on the 3.5m telescope of Calar Alto Observatory (Almería). The project has been devised by the IAA in cooperation with Spanish and German institutions. IEM and CAB researchers rule out the presence of pure amorphous CO2 ice in space A new spectral band of pure amorphous CO2 ice, which has been named Band X has been iden- Approval of the construction of the CALIFA spectrometer for FAIR tified in the laboratory. This band was not detected during space observations, which has led CALIFA is one of the detectors of an experiment that will analyse the structure of exotic atomic researchers to rule out any pure amorphous CO2 ice in space. It has been published in PNAS. nuclei and nuclear reactions on stars. It will be located at FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1222228110). Research), the European reference facility for nuclear physics research. IEM researchers are greatly involved in its design and construction. IFCA researchers have been actively involved in the development of 3XMM, allowing astronomers to explore the extreme universe IEM researchers design a new metamaterial with an unnatural property The European Space Agency (ESA) has released the latest edition of its catalogue of X-ray They have manufactured an artificial material with a negative index of refraction, which may help to sources, 3XMM obtained from the XMM-Newton space observatory. This work was conducted reduce signal losses in telecommunications. The secret lies in coating gold or silver nanowires with jointly by the international consortium “XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre” (SSC), which the silicon; this has been published in ScientificR eports. (doi: 10.1038/srep01507). (fig-2) IFCA is part of. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Presentation of the future international linear accele- New magnetic microscopy mode for HDD analysis rator (ILC) A team of researchers from the IMM-CNM has developed a new form of magnetic microscopy In a global event held in Tokyo (KEK), Geneva (CERN) and to analyse computer hard drives. The results of the work, published in Nanotechnology, show Chicago (Fermilab), the technical design reports and the that the method improves by 15% the resolution and is capable of making visible bits that were ILC’s scientific purposes were disclosed. These reports have previously hidden. (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/16/165704). involved researchers from CNA, ICE, IEM, IFCA, IFF, IFIC, IFT and IMB-CNM through the CPAN Consolider project. (fig-3) Porous gold nanostructures with interesting catalytic properties A group of researchers from the ICMS and IMM-CNM has grown new gold nanostructures with Study on flight delays fig-3 porous cavities by using grazing incidence deposition by sputtering, enabling industrial use. It A study by IFISC researchers and published in ScientificR e- has been published in Nanotechnology. (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/4/045604). ports, based on data from the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S., shows that the crew rotation and connections for passengers systemically propagate delays in the airline network New method of direct writing by ul- due to a domino effect. (doi: 10.1038/srep01159). trashort laser pulses in waveguides The IO Laser Processing Group produced by di- The Wikipedia publishing war uncovered rect writing with optical ultrashort laser pulses An international study involving the IFISC has developed a mathematical model describing a laser/optical amplifier in waveguide with a the dynamics of conflicts arising in the publishing of Wikipedia articles. The results, published length of 16.5 mm and an internal gain of 5.2 in the journal Physical Review Letters, are a step towards understanding the mechanisms of dB/cm at 1534 nm. The results have been pub- formation of collective opinion. (doi: 1207.4914v2). lished in Laser Physics Letters and Optics Let- ters. (doi: 10.1088/1612-2011/10/10/105802 Similarity between unconscious mental processes associated with discoveries and doi: 10.1364/OL.38.005248). (fig. 4) aesthetic appreciation The study, conducted by IFISC researchers, the EVOCOG partner unit (UIB) and the Centro de Distributed fibre optic pressure and tem- fig-4 Tecnologías Biomédicas (CTB) (Centre for Biomedical Technology), has been published in PNAS. perature sensor, 240 km length and 5 m (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1302855110). resolution A combination of Brillouin effects (for detection) and Raman effects (for amplification) was Science and Technology Contributions of Spain to the BigBOSS Experiment used, and coding of the sensing pulses. With an actual length (round trip) of 120 km, these The “Science and Technology Contributions of Spain to the BigBOSS Experiment” event was results represent a world record of real distance measurement in this type of sensor. held at the IFT; this initiative endeavours to help unravel the mystery of dark energy. The IFT and IAA, representing the CSIC, participated in the Spanish Consortium. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Transmission of long distance high information density signals using conventional fibre SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, FUNDRAISING, PATENTS IO researchers in collaboration with Aston University in the UK have managed to transmit for the first time high information density signals over 6000 km away with conventional fibre, PPUnique projects using phase encoding, Nyquist multiplexing, coherent detection and amplification based on 82 km ultralong fibre lasers. • The CNA Researcher Manuel García Muñoz has obtained a Career Integration Grant from the EU for the development of Ionoluminescence detectors for use in fusion reactors. Evidence of how the eye adapts to its high order optical aberrations Research by the IO VioBio Group has shown how the human eye is able to adapt to compensate • The ICMAT has won two new ERC Consolidators: Javier Fernandez de Bobadilla (MISTS: for high order optical aberrations. New Methods and Interactions in Singularity Theory and beyond) and José María Mar- tell (HAPDEGMT: Harmonic Analysis, Partial Differential Equations and Geometric Measure Presentation of a robotic vehicle by the Mobile Robotics sub-line of the IRII Theory). With these two, the ICMAT totals 8 ERCs, ranking first in European mathematical An autonomous electric vehicle for multiple applications. research centres together with the University of Oxford.

Microfluidic cell for the detection of bacteriophages • Cesar Gomez, IFT researcher, along with Prof. Georgi Dvali at the LMU in Munich, has have Developed by researchers at the ITEFI Sensing Group in collaboration with the IMB-CNM and won an ERC Advanced Grant (SELFCOMPLETION: A Quantum Model of Black Holes) the University of Bordeaux, it is based on Love wave devices. • The IAA researcher, Rainer Schödel, has obtained an ERC Consolidator Grant to study the Spanish researchers designed a lightweight fuel cell for drones centre of the Milky Way. Researchers from the LIFTEC, University Cardenal Herrera and the aerospace company Medavia have designed a lightweight polymer fuel cell powered by hydrogen; it uses new materials such • The IFT participates in the EU COST Action “The string theory universe”, which began in as magnesium alloys, and high-temperature membrane electrodes. 2013 and will continue until 2017, involving more than 150 researchers from 20 countries.

• The Dark Energy Survey project began its five-year mission, involving the ICE and the IFT. The Dark Energy Camera DECam will map the southern sky; each image will be able to show the light from over 100,000 galaxies up to 8 billion light years away

• Luis Fonseca, IMB-CNM, coordinates the European project Sinergy (Silicon friendly materials and device solutions for microenergy applications) lasting from 2013 to 2016. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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• The IMB-CNM has licensed a patent to Laboratorios Salvat SA based on a flexible polymer PPMagazine covers substrate microsensor that allows a proper adaptation to the cornea for clinical use to non- invasively analyse the functional status of the cornea. • José Antonio Plaza and other IMB-CNM and CIB researchers, in Nature Nanotechnology (front cover) (doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.118) (fig.5) • The IO Vio-Bio group has licensed the patent “Refractive multifocal intraocular lens with optimized optical quality in a range of focus and method to obtain same” to the company • Stella Vallejos, IMB-CNM, in Advanced Functional Materials (front cover) (doi:10.1002/ PhysIOL SA adfm.201201871) (fig.6)

• The IMB-CNM White Room has been granted a contract with CERN for the manufacturing • Daniel Peralta-Salas ICMAT, in Physical Review Letters (front cover) (doi:10.1103/PhysRev- of 3D-type particle detectors for the Insertable b-Layer (IBL), of the Atlas experiment. For Lett.111.150404) (fig.7) the first time detectors manufactured at the IMB-CNM will be installed in an international high-energy experiment.

• The group of Information Security ITEFI on the initiative of the U.S. State Department signed a Technical Assistance agreement in April for the export of unclassified technical data and relevant defence services to achieve the objectives of the International Interoperability Con- trol Working Group (IICWG).

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• Gaspar Armelles and other IMM-CNM researchers in Advanced Optical Materials (back cover) Awards and recognition (doi:10.1002/adom.201370002) (fig.8) • Dr. Elena Garcia (CAR) won the madri+d Award for Best Technology-based Business Idea for her research in Robotic Walking Devices which has enabled the design of a bionic exoskeleton that helps people with leg paralysis to walk. PPLibros • Prof. Pascual Campoy and his research group Computer Vision from the Centro de Au- • Horacio Sergio Wio, IFCA researcher, has published the book entitled “Path Integrals for tomática y Robótica (CAR) came first place in the Indoor Autonomy category in the 2013 Stochastic Processes: An Introduction”. (fig.9) edition of the International Competition of Micro Air Vehicles (IMAV).

• Alberto Casas, IFT, and Teresa Rodrigo, IFCA, have published in the CSIC/Catarata Editorial a • The Real Academia de Ingeniería (RAI) has distinguished Dr. Eduardo Rocon with the new outreach book on the Higgs boson in the collection ¿Qué sabemos de? (fig.10) Young Researcher Award Juan Lopez de Peñalver for his contribution in the field of neuro- prosthesis robotics. The jury took into account the development of an exoskeleton to correct deficiencies of people suffering from tremors and cerebral palsy.

• Alberto Enciso (ICMAT) has been acknowledged the best young applied mathematician with the prize of the Spanish Society of Applied Mathematics in 2013.

• Manuel de León (ICMAT) has been elected Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences. He will read his opening speech in 2014.

• The Professorship of Excellence Guillermo Haro 2013 INAOE (Mexico) for senior scientists in astrophysics and instrumentation went to Enrique Pérez Jiménez, IAA.

• The IAA researcher Pablo Santo Sanz received the 2013 SEA-SF2A Award for his project fig-8 fig-9 fig-10 “Characterization of trans-neptunian objects from thermal radiometry and stellar occultations”. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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• The IAA and the PIIISA Project, Introduction to Innovation Research in Secondary Schools in rewards the best idea or project to prevent unconventional threats, such as chemical, biolo- Granada, have obtained the first prize E( x Aequo) in the contest “Science in Action 2013”. gical, radiological, nuclear or explosive threats in the field of defence and security.

• Xavier Barcons, IFCA, ranks among the top 100 most prominent figures in the LatinA me- • The doctoral theses “Intelligent Generation and Control of Interactive Virtual Worlds” by rican world in 2013 listed annually by the newspaper El País. He was selected since he is Tomas Trescak and “Social Norms for Self-policing Multi-agent Systems and Virtual Socie- the firstS paniard chairing the Council of the European Southern Observatory and based on ties” by Dani Villatoro, developed at the IIIA received a special doctoral award from the his participation in the ALMA Telescope. UAB for the 2009-2012 period.

• Almudena Alonso, IFCA, was appointed to the Science and Technology Committee (STC) • Juan Antonio Rodríguez-Aguilar has been elected a Fellow of ECCAI (the European As- of ESO. This committee brings together a small number of selected astronomy researchers sociation of Artificial Intelligence) in 2013 from all over the world, forming ESO’s scientific and technical eferencer team. • Two Physics undergraduates, supervised by IMS-CNM researchers and US Professors, Al- • Belén Gavela, IFT, has been elected Member of the Scientific olicyP Committee (SPC) at berto Yúfera and Gloria Huertas, have been awarded first prize in theE uropean “Analog CERN for a period of three years. This post is granted ad personam on the exclusive basis Design Contest in Europe 2013” organized by the semiconductor company Texas Instru- of scientific excellence. ments and awarded with $10,000.

• Ramón López de Mántaras, IIIA, has been awarded the National Prize of Computing • The IMSE-CNM researcher and professor at the University of Seville José M. de la Rosa has “Garcia Santesmases” 2012 (awarded in 2013) by the Spanish Society for Scientific Com- received the award for best associate editor of the journal IEEE Transactions on Circuits and puting. Systems-I: Regular Papers 2012-2013.

• The European Physical Society 2013 awards, granted the ‘Award for Particle Physics’, High • Pablo de Gracia Pacheco, from the IO, has received the Mike Daley Ezeii-Essilor Award, Energy Physics, to the collaborative work performed by ATLAS and CMS, with the participa- with a prize of $ 9,500 awarded by the American Academy of Optometry. tion of IFIC, IFCA and IMB-CNM researchers for the Higgs boson discovery. • Susana Marcos, IO, has been appointed the Director-at-Large of the Optical Society of • The Smalle Technologies project, a spin-off created by Jaume Esteve and M. Cruz Acero, America (OSA). IMB-CNM, has won the Fundación Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund 2013. It develops a micro- generator capable of generating electricity from mechanical energy. • Joaquín Campos, director of IO has been appointed Member of the Steering Committee of the Spanish Centre of Metrology, based on his outstanding reputation in the metrological • The REWARD European project coordinated by Manuel Lozano, IMB-CNM, has been scientific community. the winner of the NCT CBRNe Innovation Award 2013. It is an international award which Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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11 Institutes (6 CSIC centres / 5 joint centres) 1 Service Centre Staff Scientific staff: 519 Technical/Support staff: 645 Technical/Support staff: 99 Expenditure 79.0 €M Research Projects/ Actions 355 national and international, funded with 70.7 €M Knowledge transfer 892 contracts and agreements in force with companies and institutions, funded with (annuity) 6.9 €M Scientific output 1,644 indexed articles and 89 not indexed articles. 13 bookss. 132 theses. 19 patents with priority claim. Research lines Functional and multifunctional materials, structural materials for sectors of high industrial interest, materials and engineering for construction, materials theory and engineering, design, modelling and simulation, new methods of synthesis and processing, material properties at the nano-scale.

Image: “Between seams” Author: Lourdes Martín García FOTCIENCIA11 (Accésit Micro Category) The observation and analysis of yarn embroidery threads of a chasuble, by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, to identify the materials of the textile fibres. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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MILESTONES IDENTIFIED SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, FUNDrasing, patents

During the year 2013, CSIC Action Plans for the period 2014-2017 have been approved for the PPScientific Output various scientific and technical Areas and Institutes. During this process Groups Application has been launched identifying the structure of the different Areas. The Area of Materials Science and The Institutes of the Area have rendered a high scientific output, with 1,772 SCI publications. Technology (CyTM) comprises 168 groups of which 153 are located in the eleven institutes at- Of these papers, 107 (47% more than in 2012) are in journals with an impact factor greater tached to the Area. 49% of the groups belong to the field of A“ dvanced Materials” and 43% to than 10. A total of 29 works have been featured in the relevant journal issues. As an example “Nanotechnology” within the H2020 Industrial Leadership themes. of the Area’s impact, it should be noted that of the 80 articles published in the journal Nature Other highlights of the Area during 2013 include: in 2013 by CSIC centres, 21 (25% of the total) are by groups of this Area: ICMM published 7, ICMAB 6, ICN2 4, and both ICMA and CFM pub- (i) The completion of the process whereby the CSIC joined the Board of Patrons of ICN2, together lished 2. with the Gobierno de Cataluña and the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). Here are some of the most relevant publications, (ii) The approval of the construction Project for the new building that will house the Instituto de which illustrate the diversity of methodologies, Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA) (with the ISQCH), to be financed by the Gobierno de topics and areas of application of the research Aragón and FEDER funds and located on the Campus Río Ebro of Zaragoza. developed in the Area:

(iii) The key role to be played by the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (ICMS) in the “Nanoprecipitation of oxide particles and related RECUPERA 2020 Project, funded with 25M € in two years, the result of an agreement between high strength in oxide-dispersion-strengthened the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the CSIC. iron-aluminium-chromium intermetallics”, Mor- ris D.G., Muñoz-Morris, M.A., Acta Materialia, (iv) The installation and commissioning at the ICMS of the Tecnai F30 electron microscope, EU- 12, 4636, 2013. funded through the FP7 Capacities programme and the Junta de Andalucía. “Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in HREM image of a disk precipitated in the direc- (v) The 50th anniversary of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas (CENIM). Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions”, García de tion (001) of the alloy matrix 39Al-10Cr-1 (Acta Oteyza, D. et al., Science 340, 1434 (2013). Materialia, 12, 4636, 2013). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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“Nanocomposites of silver nanoparticles embedded in glass nanofibres obtained by laser spinning”, Cabal B., et al. Nanoscale, 5, 3948-3953 (2013).

“Proton cascade in a molecular solid: H/D exchange on mobile and immobile water”, Capelli, S.C., et al. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 52, 13463-13467 (2013).

“Soft-Chemistry-Based Routes to Epitaxial The development of new instruments allows us to ob- alpha-Quartz Thin Films with Tunable Tex- serve the structure of the covalent bond during a che- tures”, Carretero-Genevrier, A., et al., Sci- mical reaction (Science 340, 1434 (2013)). ence, 340, 827-831 (2013).

“Cloning of Dirac fermions in graphene superlattices”, Ponomarenko, L.A. et al., Nature 497, 594-597, 2013.

“Tuning of Cell–Biomaterial Anchorage for Tissue Regeneration”, Leal-Egaña, A., et al. Ad- vanced Materials, 25 (29) 4049-4057 (2013).

“Paper-based nanobiosensors for diagnostics”, Parolo, C., Merkoçi, A., Chemical Society Re- views, 42, 450 – 457 (2013). Research on new materials allows us to obtain com- The modes of the plasmon resonance of gold nano- posites with tuneable transparency (“Tunable near- particles in thin film can be tuned for different optical “Multifunctional nanostructured PLA materials for packaging and tissue engineering”, Armen- infrared and visible-light transmittance in nanocrys- applications (“Tuning Dichroic Plasmon Resonance tano, I., et al., Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford) 38, 1720-1747 (2013). tal-in-glass composites”, Llordes, A. et al. Nature, Modes of Gold Nanoparticles in Optical Thin Films”, 500, 323-327 (2013)).. González-García, L., et al. Advanced Functional Mate- “Subnanometer Local Temperature Probing and Remotely Controlled Drug Release Based on Azo- rials, 23, 1655-1663, (2013)). Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles”, Riedinger, A., et al., Nano Lett., 13 (6) 2399-2406 (2013). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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“Study of the Microstructure Evolution of Low-pH Cements Based on Ordinary Portland Cement • “Flexoelectricity”, CE (ERC Starting Grant 308023), PI: Gustau Catalán (ICN2). (OPC) by Mid- and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, and Their Influence on Corrosion of Steel Rein- forcement”, García Calvo, J.L., Materials 6, 2508-2521 (2013). • “Exploring the spin physics at the boundaries of materials with strong spin orbit interaction”, EC (ERC Starting Grant 306652), PI: Sergio Valenzuela (ICN2).

PPFundraising: competitive projects and industrial contracts

Overall, the Area’s researchers obtained around 23.2 M€ through state competitive calls (38.5%), regional calls (8.7%) and from the European Union (52.8%). 8.5 M€ obtained through 478 contracts with companies must be added to this figure. Some of the projects that have started during the year 2013 are the following:

• ““PAMS - Planar Atomic and Molecular Scale devices”, EU, FP7-ICT-2013-10 610446, Prin- cipal investigator (PI): Daniel Sánchez Portal (CFM).

• “Grupos de Alto Rendimiento del Gobierno Vasco”, Gobierno Vasco, IT578-13, PI: Ángel Rubio Secades (CFM).

• “Nanochemistry of molecular materials for 2-photon functional applications”, EU, Acción Marie Curie. 607721. PI: Jaime Veciana Miró (ICMAB).

• “Three dimensional molecular resolution mapping of soft-matter- liquid interfaces (3DN- NAOMECH)”, CE (ERC Advanced Grant). PI: Ricardo García García (ICMM).

• “Graphene-based revolutions in ICT and beyond”, EU, GRAPHENE, PI: Mª del Mar García Los nuevos microscopios de fuerzas atómicas permiten ob- Control de la estructura porosa mediante química “click” Hernández (ICMM). tener mapas de fuerza en tres dimensiones (“Three-dimen- (“Fabrication of structured porous films by breath figures sional quantitative force maps in liquid with 10 piconewton, and phase separation processes: Tuning the chemistry • “RECUPERA 2020”, MINECO. Projects 1.4.1; 1.4.2; 2.2.3. PIs: Agustín R. González-Elipe; angstrom and sub-minute resolutions”, Herruzo, E.T. et al. , and morphology inside the pores using click chemistry”, Ángel Barranco Quero; José Cotrino Bautista (ICMS). Nanoscale, 5, 2678, (2013)). De León, A.S.,et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 3943−3951 (2013)). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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• “Desarrollo de nuevos materiales piezoeléctricos encapsulados en estructuras compuestas Conference held in Madrid (25-30 August 2013) organized by ICMM researchers and the ESB que permitan soslayar las limitaciones existentes y su validación como elementos para el 2013 Conference, held in Madrid (8-12 September) and organized by the ICTP. aprovechamiento de la energía vibracional” (Development of new encapsulated piezoelec- tric materials in composite structures to circumvent the limitations and validation for use as elements of the vibrational energy), REPSOL, SA, PI: José Francisco Fernández Lozano (ICV). PPTraining and outreach activities

During 2013, 118 doctoral theses (26% more than in 2012) were defended, of which 6 received PPTechnology transfer: patents and spin-off special awards. In addition to 28 dissertations and 57 final year projects were supervised. It should be noted that this Area participates in the organization of more than half a dozen official degrees The inventors of 28 patent applications filed at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office and offered by various universities. A noteworthy specialization course is “Evaluation, intervention and 32 international PCTs include researchers from the Area. Furthermore, a total of 8 patents have maintenance of buildings and structures” organized by the IETcc with over one thousand students. been licensed to companies such as Abengoa Solar, Boulder Ionics Corporation (USA) and entities such as the Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre or the Centre for Genetic Engineering and The Institutes offered during 2013 a wide range of outreach activities: open days, participation Biotechnology (Cuba). During 2013 two spin-off companies have been launched, BYHURCRYS- in Science Week, workshops, students hosting programmes, exhibitions, videos and documen- TAL SL and Applied Nanoparticles SL, promoted by CFM and ICN2 researchers respectively. taries. The following may be highlighted:

(i) Scientific Festival “Passion For Knowledge: Quantum 13” (CFM). PPManagement of Large Facilities (ii) Workshop on Nanoscience “The unseen world” (CINN). The Spanish Line of synchrotron radiation at the ESRF (BM25-SPLINE) was managed by the CSIC through the ICMM. Furthermore, the ICMA continues to conduct the scientific and administra- (iii) Workshop “Discovering the Nanoworld” (ICMM). tive coordination of the Spanish “CRG” (Collaborating Research Group) at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble. (iv) Video Production “Going beyond high quality research” (CINN).

(v) Production of the series ¿Qué sabemos de la nanotecnología? (ICMM, in collaboration with PPOrganization of symposia, conferences, workshops and schools the UNED).

Area researchers have been involved in the organization of 68 national and 31 international (vi) CSI Project - Zaragoza (ICMA). events. Major events in terms of number of participants include the EUROMAT 2013 conference in Seville (8-13 September 2013) with CENIM and ICMS organizers, XVII International Sol-Gel (vii) Inspiraciencia Competition (ICMAB). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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(viii) Publication of two popular science books by Adela Muñoz-Páez (ICMS). • Dra. Carmen Baudín de la Lastra (ICV), Member of the European Ceramic Society.

(ix) Exhibition “Nano Dimension” at Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya. • Prof. Mª del Carmen Andrade Perdrix (IETcc), “W.R. Whitney Award” by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), USA. (x) Organizing the exhibition “Eduardo Torroja and Housing industrialization after WWII/1949” (IETcc). • Dra. Marta Mas Torrent (ICMAB), Olivier Kahn International Award 2013. (xi) Exhibition “A walk in the nanoworld” in several Spanish cities. • Dr. Mariano Campoy Quiles (ICMAB), Investigador Novel in Experimental Physics Award from the RSEF-Fundación BBVA. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION • Dr. Gabriel Lozano Barbero (ICMS), Young Researchers 2013 Award, Real Maestranza de Researchers who have received recognition during 2013 from Academies, Scientific Societies, Caballería de Sevilla. Universities and Companies include the following: • Group led by Hernán Ruy Míguez García (ICMS), “Research Excellence 2013” award from • Prof. David G. Morris (CENIM), German Society for Materials Award, Deutsche Gesells- the Town Hall of Sevilla. chaft für Materialkunde e.V. • Prof. José Francisco Fernández Lozano (ICV), Premio Épsilon de Oro by the Sociedad • Prof. Pedro Miguel Echenique Landiribar (CFM), Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universi- Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (SECV) (Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass). dad Complutense de Madrid. • Prof. Manuel Morcillo Linares (CENIM), Premio Honorífico ITPTS–STPA 2013. • Prof. Ramón Torrecillas San Millán (CINN), Member of the World Academy of Ceramics. • Team formed by H. Amaveda, L.A. Angurel Lamban, I. Cabistany García, J.A. Gómez • Prof. Concepción Rovira Angulo (ICMAB), Woman of Distinction Award in Chemistry or García, M.J. Mora Alfonso, and M. Tomás Gimeno (ICMA), First Prize in 7th edition of Chemical Engineering by the IUPAC. the BSH – UZ Business Innovation Award).

• Prof. Víctor Ramón Velasco Rodríguez (ICMM), Honorary Member of the European • Research group TecnoEco led by Prof. Felix A. López (CENIM), Premio R de ECOEMBRES. Physical Society. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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6 Institutes (4 CSIC centres / 2 joint centres) Staff Scientific staff: 258 Technical/Support staff: 280 Management/Administration: 49 Expenditure 36.2 €M Research Projects/ Actions 196 national and international, funded with 28.7 €M Knowledge transfer 366 contracts and agreements in force with companies and institutions, funded with (annuity) 1.9 €M Producción Científica618 indexed articles and 37 not indexed articles. 14 books. 73 theses. 9 patents with priority claim. Research lines Food quality and safety, development of new food production and preservation technologies, new product and active packaging development, biotechnology of edible plants and microorganisms for food and the production of functional foods and ingredients.

Image: “Fragaria vesca” Author: Joana Ribes FOTCIENCIA11 The diploid strawberry is an excellent model for studying the genetic basis governing strawberry fruit quality and of other species of the Rosaceae family. The organoleptic characteristics are of increasing importance to consumers. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The Area of Food Science and Technology conducts pioneering research and is a reference in its MILESTONES IDENTIFIED field in Spain, with significant developments in technology and biotechnology for the production of high-quality, safe and healthy food. It has also contributed greatly to the progress made Demonstration of the cardio-protective effect of a moderate consumption of cocoa powder. in understanding the relationship between food and health, and in the development of foods Sustainable consumption in moderate and realistic doses of soluble cocoa raises HDL-cholesterol and ingredients for this purpose. The Area has worked closely and in coordination with major levels, having a hypoglycaemic and anti-inflammatory effect without inducing changes in volun- companies, and has generated leading technology companies in Spain. teers’ weight. These beneficial effects of cocoa, which is highly consumed in Spain by different population groups, suggest its positive role in decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and There is a strong interaction with the food and ingredients production and processing industry. diabetes. The Area is closely related to the dairy sector, aquaculture and fishery products, olive oil and table olives, fruit and vegetables, food by-products and wine; this is clearly evident from the Demonstration of the preventive effect of resveratrol-enriched grape extracts in car- work themes of the Area’s monographic institutes. diovascular patients and in high-cardiovascular-risk population. Consumption of grape polyphenol extracts enriched in resveratrol through a technological process The Area is multidisciplinary and interacts with the other areas, most notably with the Area of patented by the CSIC (consumption over one year), has shown a decrease in vascular inflammatory Agricultural Science (raw materials, production and safety), but also with Biology and Biomedi- parameters of clinical interest in a triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in primary and cine (biotechnology, nutrition, food and health), Chemistry (analysis, synthesis of additives, secondary prevention patients, without showing any adverse effects or interactions with reference ingredients, etc..), Natural Resources (food safety, waste management) Materials (containers medications. The intervention improves by 57% eleven biomarkers related to the likelihood of a and packaging, coatings, encapsulations), Physics (equipment and automated systems), and new cardiovascular event in patients already undergoing drug treatment. Humanities and Social Sciences (consumer science). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Success in the natural production of milk rich in omega-3 fatty acids. First sequenced genome from a strain of the We have developed a new method for obtaining natural milk containing more than 50 times tyramine-producing Enterococcus durans the amount of omega-3 fatty acids compared to that of ordinary milk. This has been used in species. goats, managing to keep the reflex active, allowing the milk drawn to bypass the rumen, going from the oesophagus to the intestine, thus avoiding transit through the rumen and the biohy- Tyramine is one of the main biogenic amines drogenation of omega-3. present in cheese. This amine accumulates in cheese by the action of bacteria with tyrosine Baseline characteristics of the intestinal microbiota of specific population groups have decarboxylase activity, including members of a profound impact on the response to probiotics. the Enterococcus durans species, one of the A proper establishment of the intestinal microbiota early in life is essential to our health later most common Enterococcus in cheese. Food on. Probiotics can be used for modulation of the intestinal microbiota when alterations exist. authorities recommend reducing the concentra- IPLA researchers have shown, using faecal cultures in vitro, that the effect exerted by Bifidobac- tion of biogenic amines in foods due to problems terium genus probiotics on the composition and metabolic activity of the intestinal microbiota caused by a high intake. IPLA researchers have differs widely among populations, depending on the intestinal microbiota characteristics in the sequenced the genome of the E. durans strain different groups. These results highlight the need to select probiotics for specific population IPLA655 isolated from cheese and which has groups. Following this approach, by using in vitro cultures of faeces from premature infants, been used as a model to study the factors af- several strains of the Bifidobacterium fecting the production and accumulation of bio- genus were selected, with suitable genic amines in dairy products. Analysis of the PROPIEDADES ESPECÍFICAS properties to modulate the process DE CEPAS SELECCIONADAS genome will increase our knowledge on the me- of establishment of the microbiota in tabolism of tyramine production and open new

premature infants, which have been CEPA(S) PROBIÓTICO(AS) POBLACIÓN OBJETIVO lines of research in order to reduce the presence phenotypically and genotypically -Identificación y tipificación -Características particulares of tyramine in fermented dairy products. This is -Origen adecuado -Alteraciones microbiota characterized following the recom- -Segura(s) -Alteraciones inmunes the first genome of this species to be published -Caracterización funcional -Requisitos nutricionales mendations of the FAO / WHO -Selección racional -Limitaciones de uso (Ladero et al., 2013. Genome Announcements, vol. 1 (3) 3 e00265-13) NECESIDADES ESPECÍFICAS DE LA POBLACIÓN Y APLICACIÓN BUSCADA Sequencing the genome of bacteria producing New probiotics. biogenic amines in cheese. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The genome of citrus green mould is sequenced. SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, FUNDRAISING, PATENTS Researchers at the Centro de Regulación Genómica (CRG) in Barcelona and the Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA-CSIC) in Valencia have sequenced the genome of During 2013, the Area of Food Science and Technology has progressed enormously in the various a fungus known as citrus green mould (Penicillium digitatum), which will reveal the molecular lines of scientific-technical research.I n the field of food characterization and analysis methods, basis of its resistance to pesticides, among other achievements. substantial progress has been made in the application of metabolomics to food analysis to give a description of the food metabolome within the broader scope of ‘Food-omics’. These Discovery of the three-dimensional analytical techniques help to determine the origin and quality of food, its geographic location, structure of invertase species verification, the method of production or the processes undergone, providing key tools Researchers at the Instituto de Agroquí- to make our products more competitive on the market. mica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA) have revealed the three-dimensional With regard to food quality and safety, progress has been made in the development of strate- structure of the Saccharomyces inverta- gies and technologies to produce better-quality and safer food using less undesirable food ad- se enzyme, and may have future applica- ditives, rendering improved sensory properties and reduced losses in the production, preserva- tions in the field of prebiotics.T he study, tion and distribution processes. The determination of certain problems related to globalization published in The Journal of Biological and climate change have also been addressed. Chemistry, is a further step to understand the protein-carbohydrate interac- In the field of biotechnology of microorganisms of agricultural interest (lactic bacteria, tion. yeasts and filamentous fungi), and enzyme biotechnology and food production (plant foods, fermented foods etc.), there has been great progress in the discovery of new microbial strains “Magic bullets in Food Safety”: Bac- and enzymes of interest in food processing; also, in understanding the metabolic changes teriophages against Staphylococcus that microorganisms colonizing the colon cause in dietary constituents. Biotechnological aureus. applications have been achieved to enhance the sensorial, nutritional and functional quality The Instituto de Productos Lácteos de of food. Also this year, different omics methodologies have been successfully applied for the Asturias (IPLA) has developed a new study of the gastrointestinal microbiota, the effect of food on it and its effects on human health. system of food bioconservation based on the use of bacteriophages to inacti- Electronic microscope image of bacteriophage vB_SauM-IPLA- On the subject of the relationship between food and health, the Area has managed to identify, vate pathogenic bacteria affecting hu- RODI. characterize and produce different bioactive food constituents and provide scientific evidence mans and causing food spoilage. of their role in health and mechanism of action, with the ultimate goal of being able to support health claims regarding a particular food before the competent Spanish and European authorities. Progress has also been made in the identification of markers of intake and markers Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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of health effects, this being a topic of great interest in the European context and within the dioxide and Light Energy to high-value Specialties) (CIAL). Collaborative research has continued JPI ‘A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life’; certain interactions between nutrients and genome and under the LACTOBODY projects, within the HEALTH call (SALUD) of the Seventh Framework epigenetic mechanisms of food components have likewise been discovered. This line provides Programme, and BIODIVINE within the LIFE programme. Projects within the ERA-NET program the basis for the reformulation of food for a customized diet and enables the development of (GrapeReSeq) also continued. innovative foods and ingredients, and foods with nutritional and health prerogatives. At the national level, work was pursued in three major projects CONSOLIDER INGENIO-2010 Moreover, the Area’s research has enabled new technologies to be introduced in the production (FUN-CFOOD, CARNISENUSA, MALTA) and other national and regional programmes (ANALYSIC of traditional food, improving its quality and safety, as well as technologies specifically de- II, ALIBIRD, NEWGAN and QUIMAPRES). Due to the multidisciplinary nature of these projects, signed to improve the functionality, quality or nutritional value of food. Other ongoing research the internal collaboration between different CSIC institutes and other institutions has been sub- aims to understand and apply new technologies in the development of efficient processes, and stantially promoted in order to tackle ambitious goals and optimize available resources. During innovations in packaging systems, and the boosting and more efficient management of co- 2013, within the research sub-programme in favour of SMEs of the European “Capacities” products, by-products, waste material, water and energy. Programme, activities have continued in the SMARTMILK, PROBIOLIVES, COBAPACK and Mo- DeM_IVM projects. On the other hand, in connection with Spanish companies, there has been a strong involvement in the INNPACTO programme for experimental development (VALVIO, IN- PPSummary of activity SAOLI; EBROBIOSALUD; KONIXBERT-HI-TECH) and work has progressed in several large projects of the CENIT call (DEV-MET-FUN, I+DEA, HIGEA, DÉMETER, FUTURAL, SENIFOOD, PRONAOS). In 2013, the CSIC remained among the top positions in the ranking of most cited institutions in The Area has likewise participated in the INCOMES project, within the INNPRONTA programme. the area of ‘Agricultural Sciences’ (Thompson Reuters ISI Web of Knowledge), which includes the disciplines of Agricultural Sciences, Food Science and Technology, and Nutrition. Scientific All these activities, along with a significant number of direct contracts for technology support, activity carried out in the area is intended for both basic research and for the development of are evidence of the Area’s commitment to the food and biotechnology sector. processes and products in collaboration with the production sector in order to help improve its competitiveness and increase innovation. Within the KBBE Programme of the EU 7PM, various projects have continued in the area of process development (NAFISPACK, CAFE, BIAMFOOD, PPScientific networks and research coordination FRISBEE, BIOPREDYN and ECOBIOCAP), food quality and safety (PROMETHEUS, PARASITE, FOODINTEGRITY and VEG-i-TRADE), active ingredients and functional foods (BACCHUS) and Researchers in the Area have participated in international thematic networks on gastrointes- the modelling of microbial behaviour (BioPreDyn and NICHE). tinal health, such as ENGIHR, funded by the ESF, or on the food digestion process in the COST INFOGEST Action, and several new COST Actions have been requested, including POSITIVE and It has also begun the projects, MyNewGut (Microbiome Influence onE nergy Balance and Brain FOOD-OMICS. The LIFE program funds FAROS, a network for the sustainable exploitation of Development-Function Put into Action to Tackle Diet-related Diseases and behaviour) (Coor- marine resources. It has also started its participation in COST BIOFLAVOUR. Biotech researchers dinated by IATA) and MIRACLES (Multi-product Integrated BioRefinery of Algae: from Carbon are involved in the EUROFUNGBASE coordination action and several national networks funded Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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by the National Plan for R & D are active. The Area’s researchers are involved in the coordina- PPMajor new installations and infrastructure tion actions such as REFRESH within the Capacities Programme, which aims to stimulate as much as possible the development of research potential in the European Unit. Collaboration Operation of the Dynamic Gastrointestinal Simulator installed at the CIAL has been consolidated with Latin America is being carried out through CYTED projects such as IBEROFUN (Coordinated and validated, as well as that of the Pilot Plant for Supercritical Fluids Extraction for solid and by CIAL), CORNUCOPIA (Coordinated by CEBAS), and IBERCAROT or Interuniversity Cooperation liquid samples, which due to its dimensions it is the largest in Spain and among those with the and ScientificR esearch Programmes. The Area has also participated in the LABELFISH network highest capacity in Europe; it is fully operational. Works have been completed in the facilities of which addresses the labelling of fishery products. the ICTAN and of the Instituto de la Grasa. The Services Platform NOVALINDUS has also been launched at the CIAL. This is a Pilot Plant specialized in the Development of Processes for obtaining Functional Food Products. It is an R&D service platform for Public Research Institutions PPResearcher training (OPIs) and companies, whose main philosophy is Useful Food Research, continuously evolving to achieve results which may be transferred to society, without forgetting the essential role of en- A noteworthy initiative is the EU PEOPLE programme, which through the Marie Curie actions, terprise (http://www.cial.uam-csic.es/, and www.uam.es/novalindus). The Metabolomics Platform provides exchange programmes for researchers and training networks such as ANDES, CORNU- has been installed in the CEBAS; it combines on-line liquid chromatography with Q-TOF and NMR COPIA and GAPM. The Area participates in researcher training activities for the dissemination through a system using solid phase extraction and automated injection. science through the coordination and support action NE- COBELAC, included in sub-programme Science in Society. PP Works and infrastructure at the Institutes

PPCommunication with the scientific During 2013, the building works on the permanent headquar- community and the food industry ters of the Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y el Vino (ICVV) in La Grajera (Logroño) continued and completion is scheduled for The Area has participated in the organization of numerous 2014. The new building of the Instituto de la Grasa (IG) on the scientific events such as conferences, workshops, national Campus Pablo de Olavide in Seville was completed, as well as and international congresses. It continues with its the refurbishment of the buildings of the Instituto de Ciencia collaboration with the Fundación TRYPTOLEMOS, which y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición (ICTAN) at the Ciudad helps improve the dissemination of activities in the Universitaria of Madrid. food sector, and is taking part in the preparation of the KIC FOODBEST Proposal along with other Spanish and European institutions. Metabolomics Platform Facilities (CEBAS). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PPPatents

In 2013 new patents have been registered covering subjects ranging from new microorganisms The following are highlighted: of interest in food biotechnology, new technological processes and procedures and new ingredients for the food industry. • Probiotic strain of Lactobacillus reuteri with anti-Helicobacter activity, probiotic or biothera- peutic product that comprises it and use thereof.

• A microorganism capable of converting ellagic acid and ellagitannins into urolitin and use thereof (CEBAS).

• Use of hydroxytyrosol and derivatives as inhibitors of bacterial quorum sensing communication (CEBAS).

The following patents have been licensed:

• Beacon Biomedicine obtained the exclusive license to exploit the technology “Use of coffee husk products in cosmetics and functional food” developed by CIAL researchers.

• Mygen SA grants a non-exclusive license restricted to the national territory on the CIAL patent ‘Transcriptional fusion vectors for uni- and bi-directional promoter regions for their use in lactic bacteria’.

• Velluto BMV 58 Yeast developed at the IATA and with the Morviedro wineries, is marketed by the company Lallemand (2013 harvest).

New Instituto de la Grasa building at the Campus of the Pablo de Olavide University in Sevilla. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PPOutreach AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Area researchers (CEBAS) organized the “International Conference on Nutrition and Food • The International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) recognizes the merits of Ascensión Safety - R&D in Barcelona, Food Campus UB in Torribera” with the participation of national Marcos (ICTAN) for her work on Immunonutrition and her dedication to international co- and international R & D companies, and food, nutrition and health-related organizations. operation in the area of Nutrition. This event encompassed scientific outreach, relations with the productive sector andR & D internationalization. • Sonia de Pascual-Teresa (ICTAN-CSIC), Cristina García-Viguera and Diego A. Moreno- Fernández (CEBAS-CSIC), have received the Best Paper Award IJMS 2014 for their work en- • The CIAL and the Town Hall of Alcobendas promote food and health-related science out- titled “Flavanols and Anthocynins in Cardiovascular Health: A Review of Current Evidence“. reach through a Collaboration Agreement for the development of joint activities of science outreach in the field of food and health. • Communication Award in the 2nd International Conference on Food Digestion (INFOGEST) for ‘Lactobacillus plantarum IFPL935 improves colonic metabolism in a simulator of the human • Participation in the project “Ciudad Ciencia” on occasion of the National Nutrition Day intestinal microbial ecosystem during feeding with red wine phenolic compounds’ (CIAL). (ICTAN). • M. Victoria Moreno-Arribas (CIAL) is appointed Vice President of the Microbiology Group • Contribution to the White Paper on Nutrition in Spain (with FEN and AESAN) (ICTAN). of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV).

• Participation in ‘Researchers’ Night’. • Mónica Flores (IATA) has been elected President of the Nutrition and Health Group CLITRAVI.

• Participation in Open Doors Events. • Amparo Querol (IATA) has been awarded the DiVino 2013 prize for her ongoing and pioneering work developed over decades disseminating research in the wine sector. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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12 Institutes (9 CSIC centres / 3 joint centres) 2 Service Centres Staff Scientific staff: 471 Technical/Support staff: 636 Management/Administration: 100 Expenditure 65.5 €M Research Projects/ Actions 341 national and international, funded with 56.7 €M Knowledge transfer 578 contracts and agreements in force with companies and institutions, funded with (annuity) 5.2 €M Scientific output 1,520 indexed articles and 85 not indexed articles. 10 books. 136 theses. 41 patents with priority claim. Research lines Chemical synthesis, biological chemistry and medicinal chemistry, environmental chemistry and technology, organometallic chemistry, catalysis, materials chemistry and physical chemistry and nanotechnology.

Image: “Sun reservoirs” Author: Alejandro José Hernández González FOTCIENCIA11 Biofuels are presented as an alternative to the progressive replacement of fossil fuels, currently by treating lignocellulosic waste and using fatty acid-producing micro algae. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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MILESTONES Effects of antibiotics on intestinal microbiota (ICP) PP1. Biological and Medical Chemistry Study of the changes in microbial and metabolic patterns (level of enzymes and associated reactions) from early treatment with antibiotics. This study can help develop future therapies and Neuroprotection against stroke (IQM) customized surgery. Gut 2013, 62, 1591-1601. The effectiveness of the multifunctional neuro- protector IQM-9.21 in in vitro and in vivo mo- 3D structure of a key enzyme in the metabolism of sugar (IQFR) dels of cerebral ischemia has been demonstra- Discovery of the Saccharomyces invertase structure, an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of ted. Neuropharmacology 2013, 67, 403-411. sucrose to glucose and fructose, one of the most commonly used enzymes in the food industry and in molasses fermentation to produce ethanol. M. A. Sainz-Polo et al. J Biol Chem 2013, 288, Drugs against Alzheimer’s (IQM) 9755-9766. PDE7 receptor inhibitors for the reversion of Alzheimer-type phenotypes in an animal model Peptide-DNA aggregate (IQAC) have been developed. Neurobiol. Aging 2013, Using optical tweezers has enabled the analysis of complexes between a model peptide and DNA. 34, 2133-2145. This study may allow the future understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, arising from the formation of aggregates. -Soler J. Camus, J., et al. ACS Nano, 2013, 6, 5102-5113. DNA photoadducts (ITQ) Using deoxyribonucleoside 5-methyl-2-pyrimi- done as model has revealed that the photoad- PP2. Energy and Energy Resources ducts (6-4) act as photosensitizers accentuating mutagenesis processes. Angew. Chem Int Ed Zeolite for the removal of pollutant emissions (ICB) 2013, 52, 6476 -6479. (VIP Communications, IQM-9.21 halves the volume of infarcted brain tissue, even Development of a hydrocarbon trap, based on zeolite BETA, to eliminate emissions during cold magazine cover and featured in ChemPhysChem when the product is injected (ip) one hour after the ictus. starting of gasoline vehicles. ChemSusChem, 2013, 6, 1467-1477. 2013, 14, 3197-3198). Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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H2 Production (ICB) Theoretical studies on CeO2 cata- We have designed a process to pro- lysts (ICP) duce H2, based on improved CH4 re- Quantum calculations have helped forming, by combining a Cu material explain the structure of CeO2 (a key with the reforming catalyst and the component of redox catalysts based CO2 sorbent. AIChE Journal, 2013, on the capture and transfer of O2). 59, 2780-2794. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2013, 110, 246101.

Graphite Nanofibres from biogas Ruthenium catalyst to decom- (ICB INCAR) pose ammonia (ICB) A new method has been patented Diagram of the preparation of graphite nanofibres by catalytic decom- Development of a ruthenium catalyst for the preparation of graphite na- position of biogas. supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nofibres from carbon from renewable nanofibres. This catalyst decomposes sources obtained by catalytic decomposition of biogas. This material may have numerous applica- ammonia at low temperatures gene- Catalyst comprising Ru nanoparticles deposited on N-doped carbon na-

tions, including use as an anode in lithium ion batteries. Patent Application: P201331057. rating CO-free H2. ChemCatChem. nofibres for ammonia decomposition to generate 2H . 2013, 5, 1867-3899.

PP3. Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis High quality diesel from lignocellulose (ITQ) We have developed a new catalytic process for the production of diesel from Silvan. This process Artificial enzymes (ITQ) has been patented: Patents ES 200902375 and ES 201030928. We have synthesized gold clusters containing between 5 and 10 atoms supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). These work as enzymes effectively catalysing the oxidation of thi- Catalytic method for the preparation of degradable polymers (ISQCH) ophenol to disulphide in the presence of O2. Nature Chem 2013, 5, 775-781. Optimization of a method to develop degradable polymers using a Ru catalyst, with potential industrial applications. G. Lazaro et al. ChemCatChem, 2013, 5, 1133-1141. (Magazine cover and Mechanism of inhibition of the hydrogenase enzyme (ICP) described as a “hot article” by the journal Catal. Science Technol.). Demonstration of the role of O2 in the inactive oxidized states of the hydrogenase, which is applied as a catalyst in the use of H2 as a clean and sustainable energy source. Nature Chem Biol 2013, 9, 15-18. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PP4. Environmental Chemistry and Technology 5. Synthetic Methodologies, Reactivity and Structure (organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry) Ocean circulation (IDAEA) Determination of ocean circulation during the last ice age based on sea surface and air tempera- Total Synthesis of Teurilene (IPNA) tures, using a model of global change. S. P. Ritz et al. Nature Geoscience 2013, 6, 208-212. We have developed a bio-mimetic strategy to obtain Teurilene from a polyether derived from squalene, with 8 stereocentres and 3 tetrahydrofuran rings in few steps and with excellent yields. Metabolizing bromodiphenyl ether 47 (IDAEA) Angew. Chem Int Ed 2013, 52, 3659-3662. (Highlighted in Synfacts 2013, 9, Article 472). A study, using human liver microsome, of the metabolism of bromodiphenyl ether 47, a compound

that is used on a large scale as brominated flame retardant and which generates potentially toxic products. M. L. Feo et al. Environmental Health Perspectives 2013, 121, 440-446. O H H O O Cascade cyclization resulting, HO H H OH O O O Detection of flame retardants in rivers (IDAEA) in a single step, in the 3 te- Teurilene OBoc We assessed the presence and risk of organophosphate flame retardants in water and sediment TMS Co2(CO)6 trahydrofuran rings of the Teu- of 3 Spanish rivers: the Nalón in Asturias, the Arga in Pamplona and the Besós in Catalonia, con- rilene skeleton. sidering anthropogenic pressures in each area. J. Cristale et al. Environment International 2013, 59, 232-243. New reactivity of propargyl hydroperoxides (IQOG) We have discovered a new reactivity of propargyl hydroperoxides catalysed by gold salts in the presence of external nucleophiles. J.Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 898-905.

Sampling zones along New procedure for the amination of simple hydrocarbons (IQOC) the Nalón (A), Arga (B) It has been shown that nonafluorobutanesulfonyl azide, in the presence of a catalyst of Rh (II), and Besòs (C) rivers. allows simple hydrocarbons amination in high yields, under mild conditions and with high atomic Total concentration of efficiency. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 9194-9196. organophosphate flame retardants in water (μg / Platinum catalysts for hydrogen generation (IIQ) L), showing the most con- Development of a platinum complex capable of catalytically releasing H2, from the amine-borane taminated areas (red and NMe2H BH3, under very mild conditions and with very short times, through an unprecedented mauve dots). reaction mechanism. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10910-10913. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PP6. Materials Chemistry and Nanotechnology Luminescent materials (ISQCH) Nanovectors against cancer (IIQ) Preparation of tri-coordinated compounds of gold (I) from N-heterocyclic carbene (NHCs) ligands Disc-shaped biomaterials (Glyconanosomes) have having fluorescent emissions in the range 470-570 nm with high quantum yields. These systems been synthesized to selectively transport molecules, could be applied to the manufacture of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Visbal R. et al. J. such as anti-cancer drugs and / or markers, to dif- Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4712-4715. ferent types of cancers, as if they were biologically guided nano-missiles. ACS Nano, 2013, 7, 2145- New method for preparing zeolite (ITQ) 2153. The first pressure-induced solid-phase synthesis of a novel zeolite. The new microporous structure presents an enhanced propene/propane separation capacity. Angew. Chem Int Ed 2013, 52, Nanoparticles for drug transport (IQAC) 10458-10462 (inside front cover of the journal). The preparation of chitosan nanoparticles loaded with methotrexate allows the release of this drug in acidic medium, thus facilitating endosomal escape. SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, FUNDRAISING, PATENTS Biomaterials, 2013, 34, 2758-2772. Throughout the year 2013, the Area of Chemistry has published more than 1,430 papers in Laser dyes (IQFR) high-impact journals (75% in the first quartile) and has been funded with more than 33.8 A new and simple approach is described for opti- million euros through research projects granted in competitive calls and through industry con- mized laser dyes. A leading company in the sale of tracts. laser dyes worldwide has shown interest in the commercial exploitation thereof. G. Duran-Sampedro et Around 50 patent applications have been filed, (both new applications and PCT extensions), al. Adv. Funct. Matt. 2013, 23, 4195-4205. and 16 patents have been licensed to national and international companies. Glyconanosomes with cavities to allow the Terminology for graphene (INCAR) transport of molecules in the interior. The Area has also promoted training through the participation of its staff in the management An Editorial published in the journal Carbon descri- and supervision of high school projects, final year projects, masters, doctoral programmes and bed the first recommended nomenclature for two- the organization of various courses. In addition, 101 PhD theses have been directed and pre- dimensional carbon materials. It aims to organize sented in the Area of Chemistry. the existing terminology for graphene. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION • Verónica Celorrio Remartínez, ICB researcher, received the second prize in the Young • Prof. Avelino Corma (ITQ) has received the Doctor honoris causa degree by Jilin University Researchers Award of the Reunión del Grupo Español del Carbón (GEC 2013) for her doc- (China) and Delft University of Technology (Netherlands). toral thesis.

• Ernesto Carmona Guzmán and Jesús Campos Manzano (IIQ) received “Javier Benjumea • The Fundación Domingo Martínez awarded the “Research Grant 2013” to a team of researchers Puigcerver” X Research Award from the Fundación Focus-Abengoa and the Social Council from the ICB, ISQCH, Zaragoza University and IMDEA Energía led by Dr. Edgar Muñoz (ICB) for of the University of Sevilla. the project “Nanotube Fibres and carbon nanofibres and graphene: processing, functionaliza- tion and applications as supercapacitors and artificial muscles”. • María Dolores Canela Gómez and Marta Ruiz-Santa Quiteria (IQM), in the XVI call of the SEQT Awards for early-stage researchers, received the Almirall Prize and the GLAXO- • The thesis entitled Electrocatalysis and surface nanostructuring: atomic ensemble effects SMITHKLINE, SA Award, respectively. and non-covalent interactions, authored by Dr. María Escudero Escribano, and prepared in the IQFR under the direction of Dr. Angel Cuesta Ciscar, received the Best Doctoral • The XI Lilly Research Award for students in their final year of Doctoral Thesis was awarded Thesis Award of the Madrid Region from the RSEQ’s Territorial Section of Madrid. to the work presented by María Teresa Quirós López of the Lactams and Bioactive Hete- rocycles group (a CSIC Associated Unit through IQOG).

• Within the IX edition of the madri+d Awards, in the category of Ideas and New Technology Based Firms, special mention to the company PID Eng & Tech, a spin-off of the ICP, promoted by José Prieto Barranco and Consuelo Goberna Selma.

• The Centro de Iniciativas Emprendedoras de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CIADE) awarded the CARPE prize for Best Project: “BIOIMAG a spin-off of the ICP”, promoted by Julián Daich and Marisela Vélez. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Image: “Change of state” Author: Cinta Sebastiá Estupiñá / Sonia Marín Facundo FOTCIENCIA11 (Award “Science in the Classroom”) The photograph is a picture of a piece of ice in a glass. It captures the moment in which a change of state is taking place. This is due to the orderly and characteristic arrange- ment of its molecules and it implies a decrease of its density relative to the liquid water. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Throughout 2013 the CSIC has continued to pursue the popularization of science through the The Instituto Nacional del Carbón (INCAR) in Asturias held a new edition of ‘A Day at the labo- Deputy Vice-Presidency for Scientific Culture (VACC) and the CSIC Network of Scientific Culture, ratory’ for high school students from the schools and colleges of the Principado de Asturias, consisting of technical and research centres and institutional delegations of the CSIC. The VACC who visited the centre and held workshops advised by the centre’s researchers. Asturias also has created this Network, which coordinates and supports the creation of outreach resources, celebrated Science Week. advising the centres and delegations on the development of new materials and funding, disseminating scheduled activities and encouraging the creation of new ones. All this in order to In the Islas Baleares, the Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA) held a disseminate scientific knowledge generated by the institution, especially to the younger public, workshop ‘The amazing world of insects’, intended for Primary school students. It also organized thus encouraging scientific vocations. Here are some examples of what this year has repre- the exhibition ‘Unimaginable Pictures’, which travelled to the Centre de Cultura SaFàbrica of sented in terms of promotion of scientific culture in the CSIC. Esporles. Guided tours of the centre facilities were organized in February.

In Andalucía, the Casa de la Ciencia continued to work as a museum. In addition to its per- Cantabria programmed ‘Los cafés científicos santanderinos’ organized by the Instituto de manent content, it hosted, among others, the exhibition ‘GeoSevilla: Explora 540 millones de Física de Cantabria. In all, 9 sessions were held at the Café de las Artes in Santander on various años’ and continued with a full agenda of outreach activities organized inside and outside its topics such as electronics, citizen science, astronomy or ‘The science of surfing’. headquarters. The 2013 Science Fair, attended by eight CSIC institutes, was held in this region. In Granada, high school students had a new opportunity to participate in the PIIISA Project In Castilla-La Mancha, the Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC) visited (Project for the Introduction to Research Innovation for Secondary Schools in Granada) which five schools in Ciudad Real to conduct the workshop ‘Research with the IREC: introduction to successfully held its third edition. the scientific method’ with primary school students.

In Aragón, the CSIC Delegation and centres in this region participated in The Researchers’ In Castilla y León, the Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (IGM) and the Instituto de Recursos Night, Science Week, and continued with the teaching workshops ‘Viaje al interior de la flor’ Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA) participated in the Science Week including of the Estación Experimental Aula Dei (EEAD) and the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE). This meetings with scientists and the workshop ‘Diseases of ruminants: Know and look for those institute and the CSIC Delegation started a new photographic exhibition project: ‘Orquídeas’. responsible ‘, organized by the IGM. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The CSIC Delegation in Cataluña promoted and coordinated outreach activities held in the CSIC In Madrid, the VACC coordinated a whole programme of activities held to celebrate the XIII centres in this region, including the programme ‘The CSIC in the classroom’, which currently Science Week (www.semanadelaciencia.csic.es). In this edition, as many as 66 CSIC institutes has fifteen activities aimed at students in primary and secondary schools and High school, as and research centres from 13 regions joined Science Week in November, with a total of 250 well as teachers. ‘TalentLab’ likewise continued with its second edition successfully addressing activities including workshops, exhibitions, theatre, debates, scientific tours, etc.., all aimed the co-creation of educational resources with the participation of teachers and researchers. In at the general public. This wide offer attracted 13,000 people. Also, as prizes in contests and the fieldof citizen science, ‘Catch a tiger!’ was launched; a pilot project initiated by the Centro competitions organized by various partner institutions, the CSIC centres in this region hosted de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB) inviting citizens to participate in the study of the numerous visiting students at CSIC laboratories, and offered guided tours throughout the presence and dispersal of the tiger mosquito in Cataluña. The public participation project ‘Sea academic year. And from a European perspective, the CSIC participated in the Spanish edition Observers’, launched by the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM), had covered 1,400 observa- of Researchers’ Night with scientific urban tours, photography competitions on Twitter and tions of geo-marine fauna by 2013. marathons in Madrid, Aragón, Canarias and Andalucía. CSIC continued to promote sport and in this regard the 33rd edition of the Science Race was organized in Madrid in collaboration In Extremadura, the Instituto de Arqueología de Mérida (IAM) organized in the region the with the VACC. travelling exhibition ‘Memories from the air: aerial photography and Archaeology’ and participated in Science Week with a programme of guided tours and workshops. In Murcia, the Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS) held guided tours in the facility. The CSIC Delegation in Galicia and its centres took the streets to celebrate World Oceans Day. They organized street workshops on marine science aiming to bring science closer to society as The CSIC Delegation in Comunidad Valenciana, together with the Instituto de Biología Mo- part of the cultural and recreational attractions offered by the city of Vigo. ‘Travelling water’, lecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP) celebrated the ‘International Fascination of Plants Day’. It ‘Looking for the invisible elements’ or ‘Wildlife in a drop of water’ are some of the suggestive also took part in ‘Expociencia2013’, an event full of informative and entertaining proposals on street workshops held for family audiences. science, technology and innovation that took place in the University of Valencia Science Park.

In the Islas Canarias, the Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA) organized for Along with coordination, enhancement and dissemination activities of the Network, the another year the CSIC-Canarias Outreach Awards, aimed at 3rd and 4th-grade students of the VACC has continued to develop outreach projects nationwide in various formats and for ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) and High School students in their 1st year from all over various groups. the Canaries. Outreach activities also included the organization of workshops in schools and the participation in science fairs in the autonomous region. Noteworthy activities include the workshop on volcanoes and a tour of the endemic plants of the Islas Canarias. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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titles for these collections at the Madrid Fusión fair, where it had a stand and participated in Commemorations lectures and demonstrations scheduled within the framework of this gastronomic event.

In 2013 the institution participated in the International Collection ‘¿Qué sabemos de?’ (‘What do we know about?’) Year of Water Cooperation, declared by UNESCO, with 39 “La metamorfosis de los insectos.” Xavier Bellés a programme of outreach activities involving Aqualogy. 40 “La vida al límite.” Carlos Pedrós-Alió This commemoration was inaugurated at the audito- 41 “El significado de innovar.” Elena Castro Martínez and Ignacio Fernández Lucio rium of the CSIC headquarters. Events included the 42 “Los números trascendentes.” Javier Fresán and Juanjo Rué development of the web portal www.esferadelagua. 43 “Extraterrestres.” Javier Gómez Elvira and Daniel Martín Mayorga es covering the work of more than 40 researchers and 44 “La vida en el universo.” F. Javier Martín-Torres and Juan Francisco Buenestado only in 2013 the site received 53,064 visits. The exhibi- 45 “La cultura escrita.” José Manuel Prieto tion and teaching units ‘La esfera del agua’ had 2,855 46 “Biomateriales.” María Vallet Regí downloads. Two copies of the exhibition available for 47 “La caza.” Jorge Cassinello Roldán free were taken to 17 venues around Spain, and at the same time, 12 conferences related to the exhibition Colección ‘Divulgación’ (Outreach) were held. Large format posters were placed on street 18 “Las plantas silvestres en España.” Ramón Morales (coordinator) furniture in 7 Spanish cities, educational material was developed and other dissemination activities were carried out. All materials produced are still valid and are available for download on the web. Urban furniture proclaiming the International Year of Water in Vigo

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The VACC and Editorial CSIC, in collaboration with Los Libros de la Catarata, continue to publish new titles that address various science-related issues in an accessible and approachable manner for the reader. The collection ‘¿Qué sabemos de?’, offering nearly 50 issues, added eight titles in 2013, and the collection ‘Divulgación’, with 18 issues, added one new title. CSIC researchers made their yearly visit to the Madrid Book Fair to present the latest publications on outreach in cultural activities scheduled during this event. This year the CSIC also released food-related CSIC Editorial Office presentations at the Madrid Book Fair Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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PPInnovative science outreach projects In 2013 the first edition ofIn novaciencia (www.innovaciencia.es), a competition of innovative ideas and projects aimed at young people aged 16 to 26, was held. Organized by the CSIC and FECYT, the Ciudad Ciencia (www.ciudadciencia.es), a project developed by the CSIC in collaboration with competition attracted 56 projects presented in two categories. The three winning projects, which Obra Social “la Caixa” and the Town halls of medium-sized Spanish towns, continued to grow to were submitted on 5 June at the central campus of the institution were: Software to simulate and enable citizens to learn first-hand the very latest in science and technology. In 2013, 12 towns manage satellites in orbit, a fire-fighting drone and an ‘online’ platform for educational communities. joined Ciudad Ciencia, and hosted free scientific dissemination activities in multiple formats (exhibitions, conferences, visits to research centres, etc..), as well as providing online workshops open to citizen participation. In 2013, 30,300 people participated in one or more of the 139 classroom activities programmed under Ciudad Ciencia, all conducted or designed by CSIC staff. Meanwhile, the website had 84,000 visits. Since its inception in 2012, 24 towns are part of Ciudad Ciencia, a project that continues to build popular science lo- cally as new towns join and the programme of activities increases.

For its part, El mar a fondo (www.elmarafondo.com), also resulting from the collaboration between the CSIC and Obra Social “la Caixa”, continued to pro- The Innovaciencia Awards at CSIC’s central campus vide resources for teachers and educators on its virtual platform and it strengthened the dissemi- The project Consolider Expedición Malaspina 2010 (www.expedicionmalaspina.es) developed nation of the project, reaching more and more Astrobiology Centre’s Workshop on cryomagmatism, by the Science and Society section, coordinated by the VACC, focused this year on the four-episode members of the educational community. under the Ciudad Ciencia project documentary broadcasted on La 2 of RTVE ‘Bitácora, expedición Malaspina’. CSIC and Servimedia also produced the chapter ‘Tadeo te descubre la Expedicion Malaspina’, shown on Tele 5. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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In September, the CSIC participated for the first time in the TEDxMadrid event with a speech by The scientific inspiration stories contest INSPIRACIENCIA (www.inspiraciencia.es) organized by the researcher Carlos Duarte on the deep ocean and global change, based on this research project. the CSIC in Catalonia and the VACC held its third edition with the participation of over a hundred stories in two categories: general public and junior.

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The CSIC at schools The programme, included in the report prepared by the EURYDICE Network “Teaching science” in Europe, has maintained its scientific training for teachers with 19 courses, seminars and workshops in Spain. It has also expanded its international presence as part of the European Comenius programme, organizing a conference in October and a training course for teachers in Poland. The IV Scientific Meeting between children, teachers and researchers from 11 Spanish provinces was also held on 28 May at the FBBVA headquarters in Madrid. In addition, the new Web Kids.CSIC, with a scientific content created for children, was presented. In 2013 issue numbers 7, 8 and 9 of the ‘Serie El CSIC en la Escuela’ were published.

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The scientific photography contest OTF CIENCIA (www.fotciencia.es), organized by the CSIC and In education, the CSIC organizes and participates in many events aimed at promoting the FECYT held its eleventh edition in 2013. FOTCIENCIA11 received 806 images from 369 different researcher spirit of young people and scientific vocations. The CSIC-Canarias awards or the authors. In addition to first prize and second prize in theG eneral and Micro categories, and to the scientific prize Estación Experimental del Zaidín are two examples. Other CSIC competitions prize ‘Science in the Classroom’, this year a special prize was awarded, dedicated to the ‘Interna- grant awards and visits to research centres: Ciencia en Acción (Science in Action), Olimpiadas tional Year of Crystallography’ 2014, and the prize ‘Institute for Sustainable Agriculture’, thanks to de Biología (Biology Olympics), Robolot, ExpoRecerca Jove, the Young Researchers competi- the CSIC research Institute of the same name. The FOTCIENCIA11 exhibition includes a selection of tion, or Arquímedes (Archimedes) are a few examples of these initiatives. The institution also photographs from the 806 photos submitted, including the seven winning photographs, chosen by participated in the fourth edition of Finde Científico S( cience Weekend) at the National Museum a jury. The sample resulting from the previous edition of the event visited 19 Spanish cities in 2013. of Science and Technology. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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continues to serve as a channel of communication, information repository and resource exchange for centres and institutes on the CSIC intranet.

The VACC is managing various thematic travelling exhibitions, in an easily transportable format and in many cases accompanied by teaching units to enable work on the classroom content. They are offered free of charge to institutions across Spain including cultural centres, libraries, universities and other educational institutions. In 2013 a new exhibition, ‘Orquídeas’ was included in CSIC’s exhibition catalogue, developed by the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC). And so, this year 11 samples were offered on the CSIC website, having visited a total of 26 locations.

In addition to this work, the VACC maintained in some cases, and initiated in others strong institutional collaboration with other organizations sharing the same science goals and objectives, such as Aqualogy, Fundación BBVA, Obra social “la Caixa”, UNED, Fundación Española CSIC at the MUNCYT Finde científico (Science Weekend) para la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Regional Government offices, as well as universities, schools and other entities. PPDissemination on the Internet Significant areas for outreach include its extensive and interesting programme of activities re- This year the CIENCIATK (www.cienciatk.csic.es) included 203 videos and 68 images in its multime- sulting in a large number of visitors, many loyal to proposals launched each year by the Museo dia collection, which now has almost 4,000 videos and 12,000 pictures. It also carried out 38 broad- Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN) with 230.677 visits; the Real Jardín Botánico (RJB) casts via video streaming, including CSIC press conferences, research seminars, activities related to with 375,259 visitors (in addition, 32,569 people participated in educational activities); Museo international projects, and events from the central organization and from the research centres. Casa de la Ciencia de Sevilla visited by 53,520 people, of which 20% were school students. Ad- ditionally, the Residencia de Estudiantes and the Residencia de Investigadores which developed In the area of social networks, the Twitter account @CSICdivulga, launched in May 2011, had outreach activities in various fields of knowledge. almost 19,000 followers by the end of 2013. And the Facebook page, CSIC Divulgación -where the research conducted at the institution is disseminated and scientific dissemination activities are conducted- has 1,533 followers.

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5.2 Communication Topics with most impact in 2013: The CSIC Department of Communication disseminates the work of the institution’s researchers. This daily communication of scientific information is conducted via the media (press, radio, television CSIC economy and internet), and in a direct manner to society through the collaboration of Department members with the media and through social networking (Twitter and Facebook). This information includes Dredging the Guadalquivir the CSIC’s institutional and scientific activity and the content is related to scientific publications, patents, discoveries etc. During 2013, the Communication Department was responsible for nearly Doñana Participation Council 65,000 features in national media. Fundación General CSIC’s Zero-Projects The institution’s external communication is mainly carried out through the dissemination of press releases and information provided to journalists by expert sources (experts on subjects such as the Exhibition at the Prado Museum including CSIC items Big Bang, cancer, Alzheimer, archaeology, circadian rhythms), enhancing the visibility of the CSIC and its research. The Communication Department handles requests from the national and international media seeking the opinion of CSIC scientists on a variety of topics. During 2013, many major Core topics issues featured CSIC experts due to the media impact (dredging the river Guadalquivir, plague of jellyfish, traces of horse meat found in hamburgers) or at specific times (adjusting the clocks, lunar Based on journalistic criteria, the Department prepares information on research activities and eclipse, etc.). institutional news referred to CSIC staff featuring scientific journals, patent management and presentation at scientific conferences or at the opening of a research centre, laboratory or The Communication Department manages researcher-journalist relations, and serves as a vehicle facility. Particularly relevant information is subject to a more comprehensive coverage, which for the communication of CSIC members. As part of this line of work, the Department assists the includes other multimedia content (videos, audio clips and infographics). This type of more so- Presidency in its relations with the media, and promotes the visibility of various institutional events cially interesting news is also presented in press conferences. Given its standards of quality and and outreach. professionalism the Department has earned strong credibility for the media, which considers it to be the source of reference when seeking information or opinions on scientific news.

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Relations with the media The CSIC and European organizations The Department of Communication also reports on markedly international matters, such as This year the Department has made great efforts in the production and editing of audio-visual agreements with other institutions, projects, awards granted to our researchers and science content, with an excellent reception by the media. This trend has been reinforced by the de- policy issues. Although there are some exceptions, these issues usually have a limited media velopment of digital formats, as these media largely use audio-visual material provided by coverage but are highly important as they outline CSIC’s image as an international institution. the Department and have begun to consider the CSIC as a generator of this type of scientific content. The visibility on the Internet exponentially increases society’s knowledge of the CSIC. One of the main objectives of Communication is to globalize R & D developed at the CSIC and to acknowledge, promote and support science excellence. In addition, through the visibility of Moreover, the Department of Communication has consolidated the agreement reached regarding CSIC’s collaboration with other European institutions, we seek to promote new international the programme “A hombros de gigantes”, on Radio Nacional de España, establishing a weekly agreements. collaboration to discuss the CSIC centres and institutes. This radio programme addresses issues related to the company and its collaboration with the CSIC, as well as related patents and their subsequent development as commercial products. Information processing and communications

The Department’s work is not limited to merely sending information to the media. It is similarly International Relations and Technology Transfer important to know and assess what then happens to that information. All news featuring or mentioning the CSIC (this is a must) appearing in the media, are comprehensively monitored. In this sense, the Department has strengthened its cooperation with the international platform Other data is collected to complete this follow-up such as information published in newspa- EurekAlert, providing it with timely CSIC-related content in English. pers (over 550 headers, including national, local and regional newspapers and magazines and weekly supplements), 182 radio programmes (from 12 stations, the major national stations, Knowledge Transfer with regional disconnections, and regional stations), and 196 TV programmes (22 channels, In the context of its usual work to disseminate press releases and audio-visual material to the all national, with regional disconnections, and regional channels, plus several local channels). media, the Department reports on matters having to do with the transfer of the CSIC’s findings. Whether due to the publication of an article in a scientific journal or the granting of a patent, Information published in electronic media is also monitored (more than 720 digital sources; journalists welcome this type of content very favourably when the scientific achievement has a both electronic editions of general, economic, international and regional information, such as tangible practical application. exclusively digital media in Spain, Europe and America).

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which also offers an archive service to access old news. The Intranet also provides access to the During 2013, the audio-visual content information compiled by the Department on CSIC’s activity, including all press releases sent to from the Department of Communica- the media. tions has achieved a notable impact on television and in the digital media. During 2013, the Communication Department of the CSIC has generated nearly 65,000 news These videos feature, as in the case of items in the media. Of these, more than 9,000 are in newspapers and magazines, over 800 are press releases, news ranging from the radio news and coverage, 600 on television and more than 54,000 in digital media. opening of a centre to the latest results of an archaeological campaign in Egypt.

Videos rated with the highest impact Audio-visual content in 2013 featured the opening of CSIC’s new CIAL centre; Malaspinomics, part of The analysis of the results from previous years evidenced the need to implement a new Malaspina project, whose communica- strategy to enhance CSIC’s television appearances, traditional mass media with the highest tion management has been undertaken impact, and the Internet, where digital media are becoming increasingly more important by this Department, and the legacy of and are positioned as the future of the information business. This initiative not only aims Goedicke. In addition to these issues, to strengthen the position of CSIC Communication in the media, but also to reinforce its the research of new products based on visibility on the Internet. According to the latest Knowledge and Image survey, the Spanish hydrolyzed egg white, and discoveries of population relies mostly on Internet to query scientific and technological information, far the Djehuty Project in Luxor (Egypt) have more than on the traditional media. had a lot of television coverage. Also, a topic related to business and technology Moreover, in addition to promoting the development of multimedia content, the new struc- transfer, namely, Funginote, a mobile ap- ture has allowed to give audio-visual coverage to other CSIC units to support the strategic plication for the identification of fungi, priorities set by the Agency. Archaeological excavations of the National Museum of Natu- has been another popular topic in the ral Science in Torrejón de Velasco (Madrid). media and social networks. The Department has enhanced the communication skills of the CSIC Presidency through the recording, and immediately making available on the institutional web, of the speeches given by the President of the CSIC in specific events of great internal interest. Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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Social networks: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Posting on Facebook The Facebook page is intended to be official, and as such, has “followers”. Social networking is changing the way information is managed. We want to be present in these The press releases we send and post on CSIC’s website also appear in networks to provide a space to share news, curious events and any other information about this social network. Videos and photo galleries, which are also published science in general. To do this, and thanks to their privileged understanding, CSIC scientists help here, have a more informative purpose. We also post on Facebook scien- to decipher the scientific reality in every field. CSIC on facebook tific curiosities and relevant internet information.

Our goal is clear: to disseminate and publicize the work of CSIC researchers through the media. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube serve to make our press releases and videos more visible and to Posting on YouTube advertise events and press conferences. We also publish any other information considered to The YouTube channel of the CSIC Communication Department is an area be of interest to any national or international institution. where all internet users can watch our videos. YouTube is also a social network, as the channels have “followers” who can post comments. Generally speaking, all videos prepared and uploaded by our Department Synchronizing Social Networks CSIC on youtube of Communication onto YouTube are well received. Some of the videos Any tweet we post automatically appears on Facebook, and this also happens with the videos published in 2013 had more than 5,000 views. on YouTube. By synchronizing accounts one achieves a similar “corporate image” in all social networks and the information reaches all the followers in one form or another, depending on the format. DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY TOTAL PRESS RELEASE 246 Posting on Twitter PRESS CONFERENCE 9 In December 2013, the @CSIC account had 53.000 followers, an increase VIDEOS 25 of approximately 19.000 followers having in mind in January 2013 had 34.900 followers. This tool is ideal for reporting our posts on press releases, events and reference to all type of information. MEDIA RESULTS TOTAL NEWS TOTAL IMPACT € CSIC on twitter PRESS 9,147 53,734,725 BROADCAST 573 17,961,589 RADIO 825 13,636,705 TOTAL NEWS 10,545 85,342,019 Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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5.3 Women & Science

Since 27 December 2013 CSIC has an Equality Plan (EP) developed by the Equality Committee among the nominations submitted, with the prior joint report of the CMYC and / the Coordina- in accordance with the Organic Law on Effective Equality between Men and Women (LOIEMH tors for each of the areas to renew their representative. 3/2007) and the 2011 Law on Science. The Deputy Secretary-General for Human Resources, four members of the CMYC and an administrative staff representative formed the working The CMYC members have carried out numerous activities in different areas, striving to establish Group that advised the CSIC Presidency for the preparation of the EP for all CSIC staff prior to equal opportunities and recognition in the field of research. Detailed below are some of the the creation of the Equality Committee. activities carried out in 2013:

The creation of the CMYC was approved by the Governing Board of the CSIC in September 2002 Participation in a popular science programme “A Hombros de Gigantes” on Radio Nacional de as the Presidency advisory committee. The work carried out by the CMYC during its ten years of España, which explains the careers of women scientists. Participation in a round table on the existence is summarized in an article published in the journal ARBOR Ciencia, Pensamiento y theme: The European Research Area: Horizon 2020 Programme: What about gender? within the Cultura, Vol 189-759, January-February 2013 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar IX: Gender, Research and Science Policy: Present and Future, (http://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/viewFile/1553/1592). organized by the Institute of Women’s Studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid, held on 7 and 8 May. In this seminar, it was also moderated the panel discussion “The national R & The CMYC organized the Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Women and Science D programme and research in gender.” Committee of the CSIC. The event was held in the CSIC auditorium on 22 May 2013, chaired by the Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation and the President of the CSIC. The conference “Science, Gender and Society: barriers and challenges for women scientists” The guest speaker, Maria Angeles Duran, spoke on “Women and Science, necessary changes.” took place in the Research Centre on Human Evolution in Burgos, on 7 March. The DYNANO- The Committee’s achievements in its ten years of operation were presented. The collaboration CLYCOPHARM Summer School held at the Centre for Biological Research organized the Women of CSIC’s Institutional Delegation in Madrid was essential; it organized the exhibition “Remem- in Science session and there was a speech on “The way forward and the Curie’s lessons” on 30 bering Marie Sklodowska Curie”, sponsored by the Polish Institute of Culture. September.

In November, the memberships of four scientific areas were renewed. The election procedure, formerly by vote, has been replaced by a system whereby the President elects members from Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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The interactive and traveling exhibition, “’A’ for Astronomer” funded by MICINN- FECYT-CSIC The graph shown below represents the evolution of the number of women and men in all three took place at the Science Park of Granada. Coordination of the Women and Science Roundtable categories of research staff from 2001 to 2013: at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia on 8 March. EVOLUTION OF PERMANENT RESEARCH STAF It was organized the fifth edition ofG irl’s Day in Zaragoza on 6 November, in collaboration with 900 AMIT-Aragón, Zaragoza University and the Carbon-chemical Institute. This conference aims 800 to bring secondary education female students closer to the world of science, technology and 700 Men CT research. Within this activity, the book “El mundo necesita ingenieras ¿quieres ser una?” was 600 published in December 500 Women CT 400 Men IC On the occasion of the celebration of International Women’s Day, the conference “Women and 300 Women IC Science” was given at the Municipal Board of the District of Tetuan, Madrid, on 7 March within 200 Men PI the programme of cultural activities of the District Board. And, the presentation of the book “La 100 ridícula idea de no volver a verte” written by Rosa Montero, edited by Seix Barral, took place at 0 Women PI the Casa Encendida in Madrid on 19 March. 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

In collaboration with the GENIS-LAB Project, funded by the EU FP7, the Lecture Series “The Role The graph below shows the percentage of women and men at the various career levels in the of Women in Science”, began on 25 June with the conference “Gender, Science and Technology CSIC at 31 December 2013. in Spain and Europe”, in the auditorium of the Institute Rocasolano in Madrid. CSIC RESEARCH STAFF 2013 Participation in the I European Conference con la A in the panel entitled Equality of women and 100 men in European policy, with the speech on “European Policies for the equality of women and 90 men in research, development and innovation”. The conferences were held at the headquarters 80 76,12 of the European Parliament in Madrid. Also, the participation in the Congress for the Presen- 70 65,44 58,66 61,18 60 58,80 tation of the II Action Plan for Equality of Women and Men with a talk entitled “Women in 50,91 50 Research in Spain”, organized by the Women’s Institute in Madrid on 30 October. And a speech 49,09 40 given in the conference “Women and Science: Current status” in the lecture series “Stories 41,34 38,82 41,20 about Women” at the headquarters of the UNED of Merida in the Science Week organized by 30 34,56 20 23,88 Men PI the Institute of Archaeology of Mérida, on 14 November. 10 0 Women PI TRAINNING RyC RESEARCH STAFF POST-DOC CT IC PI Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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6 Fundación General CSIC

2013 has been especially significant for the Fundación General CSIC (FGCSIC) because this laboration with the International University Menéndez Pelayo. The meeting assembled top-level period marks the implementation of a new strategic model, which has represented substantial representatives from prestigious institutions and Spanish and European companies who jointly operational and organizational changes, and a great effort to build the solid and consistent performed an informed reflection on how best to promote and strengthen public-private com- foundations of a new era. mitment to research. Based on the speeches and discussions, a document of conclusions was prepared and subsequently submitted to the Secretary of State for Research, Development and Since December 2012, when the Board of Trustees approved the Foundation’s new strategy, Innovation, Carmen Vela, who received it with great interest. every one of the actions have been inspired by the principle that defines its mission: to reinforce the CSIC’s abilities, acting as a knowledge transfer platform aimed at increasing the social and Moreover, the Foundation has been economic value of R & D, as well as promoting public-private research commitment through actively involved in CSIC’s prestig- the establishment of stable environments for collaboration with companies and other social ious permanent Chair achieved for entities. This phase has also involved a major effort to promote dialogue with various bodies of the Institute of Mathematical Sci- the CSIC, especially with the presidency team, aimed at defining the best formulas of action for ences, funded with a budget of the Foundation to support and extend the work of the CSIC. 1.1€M by the AXA group research fund. Together with the role played The FGCSIC’s new two-way approach, i.e. the new strategic plan aligned with the interests of in the preparation and management the trustees, and with the CSIC’s in particular, and the fluid dialogue with the trustees, has of the application, the Foundation resulted in the consolidation of a more agile, more visible and, above all, more useful Founda- will manage the fund over the eight tion, not only for the CSIC, but for the Spanish system of science, technology and society, as an years of professorship. expression of willingness to be at the service of research, innovation and progress. A noteworthy feature of FGCSIC’s operation is the adoption of a code of good governance In 2013, a lot of tangible initiatives have been launched to implement the new strategy, aimed at strengthening the commitment to best practice in the governance of the Foundation. including some noteworthy initiatives that largely define the new approach. A network of technology consultants has also been established, initially consisting of ten experts committed to FGCSIC’s goals and values; the network will help the Foundation to achieve In relation to the objective of promoting public-private commitment to research, a central event greater topicality, objectivity, reliability and thoroughness in its activities. was the organization of the Meeting “Towards a public-private research commitment” in col- Index / Foreword 1. Organization 2. Management 3. Scientific and Technical Activity 4. Scientific-Technical Areas 5. Science Outreach 6. Fundación General CSIC

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One must also underline the efforts made to implement an effective, transparent and understand- able communication policy, in order to gain visibility in the public sphere and to position the FGCSIC mark, simultaneously supporting that of the foundation trustees. Steady collaboration has been established with the trustees’ communication offices and those of other relevant organizations, while outreach has been promoted through several channels, and events of great media impact have been organized. The tripartite framework agreement signed between the CSIC, RTVE and FGCSIC is an example of collaboration seeking to bring science and society together.

Finally, a new formula of public-private commitment has been launched through ComFuturo, a public-private collaboration programme aimed to attract the best young researcher talent and enable the development of outreach projects. This project, submitted to the Board of the Foundation in December 2013, is the Founda- tion’s major initiative for which, given its scope and impact, a great deal of enthusiasm and effort is being shown. ComFuturo has been warmly received and is seen as an important, timely and necessary initiative, designed as a large meeting place for science and business reinforcing the Spanish science, technology and innovation scheme. The first call for ComFuturo is scheduled for mid-2014.

Link to the report:

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CSIC Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior C/ Serrano, 117. 28006 Madrid 91 568 14 00 http://www.csic.es de Investigaciones Científicas (Organización Central)

CAB Centro de Astrobiología Joint Centre Ctra. de Ajalvir, Km. 4. 28850 Torrejón de 91 520 64 26/58/23 http://www.cab.inta.es Ardoz (Madrid) CABD Centro Andaluz de Biología del Joint Centre Ctra. de Utrera Km.1. 41013 Sevilla 95 497 79 11 http://www.cabd.es Desarrollo CABIMER Centro Andaluz de Biología Joint Centre Avda. Américo Vespucio, S/N. Isla de la 954 46 80 04 http://www.cabimer.es Molecular y Medicina Cartuja. 41092 Sevilla Regenerativa CAR Centro de Automática y Robótica Joint Centre Ctra. de Campo Real Km 0,200 La Poveda. 91 871 19 00 http://www.car.upm-csic.es 28500 Arganda del Rey (Madrid) CBM Centro de Biología Molecular Joint Centre C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 1 - UAM Cantoblanco. 91 196 44 01 http://www2.cbm.uam.es Severo Ochoa 28049 Madrid CEAB Centro de Estudios Avanzados de CSIC Centre C/ D'acces a la Cala St. Francesc, 14. 17300 972 33 61 01/02 http://www.ceab.csic.es Blanes Blanes (Girona) CEBAS Centro de Edafología y Biología CSIC Centre Campus Universitario de Espinardo. 30100 968 39 62 00 http://www.cebas.csic.es Aplicada del Segura Murcia CENIM Centro Nacional de CSIC Centre Avda. Gregorio del Amo S/N. 28040 Madrid 91 553 89 00 http://www.cenim.csic.es Investigaciones Metalúrgicas CFM Centro de Física de Materiales Joint Centre Pº Manuel de Lardizabal, 5. 20018 Donostia- 943 01 87 86 http://ufm.ehu.es San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa) CIAL Instituto de Investigación en Joint Centre C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 9. Campus de 91 001 79 00 http://www.cial.uam-csic.es Ciencias de la Alimentación Cantoblanco. 28049 Madrid CIB Centro de Investigaciones CSIC Centre C/ Ramiro de Maeztu, 9. 28040 Madrid 91 837 31 12 http://www.cib.csic.es Biológicas CIC Centro de Investigación Joint Centre Avda. S. Antoni M. Claret, 167. 08025 93 556 59 00 Cardiovascular Barcelona CIDE Centro de Investigaciones sobre Joint Centre Ctra. Moncada - Naquera, Km. 4,5. 46113 96 342 41 62 http://www.uv.es/cide Desertificación Moncada (Valencia) CINN Centro de Investigación en Joint Centre Parque Tecnológico de Asturias (Edificio 985 73 36 44 http://www.cinn.es Nanomateriales y Nanotecnología Fundación ITMA). 33428 Llanera (Asturias) CNA Centro Nacional de Aceleradores Joint Centre C/ Tomas Alba Edison, 7 Isla de Cartuja. 41092 95 446 05 53 http://www.centro.us.es/cna Sevilla CNB Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC Centre C/ Darwin, 3. Cantoblanco. 28049 Madrid 91 585 45 00 http://www.cnb.csic.es CRAG Consorcio Csic-Irta-Uab-Ub Centre Joint Centre Campus Uab - Edificio Crag. 08193 Bellaterra 93 400 61 00/02 http://www.cragenomica.es de Recerca Agrigenomica (Barcelona) CREAF Consorcio Centro de Investigación Joint Centre Edificio C Campus de Bellaterra (UAB). 08193 93 581 13 12 http://www.creaf.es Ecológica y Aplicaciones Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona) Forestales EBD Estación Biológica de Doñana CSIC Centre Avda. Américo Vespucio S/N. Isla de la Cartuja. 95 423 23 40/ 95 http://www.ebd.csic.es 41092 Sevilla 446 67 00 EEA Escuela de Estudios Árabes CSIC Centre Cuesta del Chapiz, 22. 18010 Granada 958 22 22 90/34 59 http://www.eea.csic.es EEAD Estación Experimental Aula Dei CSIC Centre Avda. Montañana, 1005. 50059 Zaragoza 976 71 61 00 http://www.eead.csic.es EEHA Escuela de Estudios Hispano- CSIC Centre C/ Alfonso XII, 16. 41002 Sevilla 95 450 11 20/09 52 http://www.eeha.csic.es Americanos EEHAR Escuela Espanola de Historia y CSIC Centre Via di Torre Argentina, 18. 00186 Extranjero 39 066 810 001 http://www.eehar.csic.es Arqueología EEZ Estación Experimental del Zaidin CSIC Centre C/ Profesor Albareda, 1. 18008 Granada 958 18 16 00 http://www.eez.csic.es EEZA Estación Experimental de Zonas CSIC Centre Ctra. de Sacramento S/N. 04120 La Cañada de 950 28 10 45 http://www.eeza.csic.es Áridas San Urbano (Almería) CSIC Annual Report 2013

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I3M Instituto de Instrumentación para Joint Centre Camino de Vera S/N Edificio 8B Acceso N, 1ª 96 387 99 07 http://www.upv.es/entidades/I3M/ Imagen Molecular Planta. 46022 Valencia IAA Instituto de Astrofísica de CSIC Centre Glorieta de la Astronomía S/N. 18008 Granada 958 12 13 11 http://www.iaa.csic.es Andalucía IACT Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de Joint Centre Avenida de las Palmeras Nº 4. 18100 Armilla 958 23 00 00 http://www.iact.csic.es la Tierra (Granada) IAE Instituto de Análisis Económico CSIC Centre Campus Universidad Autónoma. 08193 93 580 66 12 http://www.iae.csic.es Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona) IAM Instituto de Arqueología Joint Centre Plaza de España, 15. 06800 Mérida (Badajoz) 924 31 56 61 http://www.iam.csic.es IAS Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible CSIC Centre Alameda del Obispo, S/N. 14004 Cordoba 957 49 92 00/01 02 http://www.ias.csic.es IATA Instituto de Agroquímica y CSIC Centre Avda. Catedrático Agustín Escardino Benlloch, 96 390 00 22 http://www.iata.csic.es Tecnología de Alimentos 7. 46980 Paterna (Valencia) IATS Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre CSIC Centre C/ Torre de la Sal, S/N. 12595 Cabanes 964 31 95 00 http://www.iats.csic.es de la Sal (Castellón / Castello de la Plana) IBB Instituto Botánico de Barcelona Joint Centre Passeig Migdia, S/N. Parque de Monjuic. 93 289 06 11 http://www.institutbotanic.bcn.es 08038 Barcelona IBBTEC Instituto de Biomedicina y Joint Centre C/ Cardenal Herrera Oria, S/N. 39011 942 20 19 85/64 http://www.unican.es/ibbtec/ Biotecnología de Cantabria Santander (Cantabria) IBE Instituto de Biología Evolutiva Joint Centre Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 37. 08003 93 230 95 07 http://www.ibe.upf-csic.es Barcelona IBFG Instituto de Biología Funcional y Joint Centre Zacarías González, 2. 37007 Salamanca 923 29 49 00 http://www.imb.usal-csic.es Genómica IBGM Instituto de Biología y Genética Joint Centre C/ Sanz y Fores, S/N. 47003 Valladolid 983 18 48 01 http://www.ibgm.med.uva.es Molecular IBIS Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla Joint Centre Avda. Manuel Siurot S/N. Campus del Hospital 95 592 30 00 http://www.ibis-sevilla.es Universitario Virgen del Rocío. 41013 Sevilla IBMB Instituto de Biología Molecular de CSIC Centre C/ Baldiri Reixac, 4. 08028 Barcelona 93 403 46 68 http://www.ibmb.csic.es Barcelona IBMCC Instituto de Biología Mol. y Cel. Joint Centre Campus Miguel de Unamuno. 37007 923 29 47 20 http://www.cicancer.org del Cáncer de Salamanca Salamanca IBMCP Instituto de Biología Mol. y Cel. de Joint Centre Campus Univ. Politec. Avd. los Naranjos S/N. 96 387 78 http://www.ibmcp.csic.es Plantas Primo Yufera 46022 Valencia 50/51/52/96 387 77 30 IBMEV Instituto de Biología Molecular CSIC Centre C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 1. Campus de 91 196 44 01 http://www2.cbm.uam.es Eladio Viñuela Cantoblanco. 28049 Madrid IBV Instituto de Biomedicina de CSIC Centre C/ Jaime Roig, 11. 46010 Valencia 96 339 17 60 http://www.ibv.csic.es Valencia IBVF Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Joint Centre Avda. Américo Vespucio, S/N. Isla de la 95 448 95 06 http://www.ibvf.csic.es Fotosíntesis Cartuja. 41092 Sevilla IC Instituto Cajal CSIC Centre Avda. Doctor Arce, 37. 28002 Madrid 91 585 47 49/50 http://www.cajal.csic.es ICA Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias CSIC Centre C/ Serrano, 115 Bis. 28006 Madrid 91 745 25 00/ 562 http://www.ica.csic.es 50 20 ICB Instituto de Carboquímica CSIC Centre C/ Miguel Luesma Castán, 4. 50015 Zaragoza 976 73 39 77 http://www.icb.csic.es ICE Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio CSIC Centre Torre C5-Pares. Campus Uab (Bellaterra). 93 581 43 52 http://www.ice.csic.es 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona) ICM Instituto de Ciencias del Mar CSIC Centre Passeig Maritim, 37-49. 08003 Barcelona 93 230 95 00 http://www.icm.csic.es ICMA Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales Joint Centre Fac. Físicas Pl. San Francisco S/N. 50009 976 76 12 31/10 00 http://www.icma.unizar-csic.es de Aragón Zaragoza ICMAB Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales CSIC Centre Campus Universidad Autónoma (Bellaterra). 93 580 18 53 http://www.icmab.es de Barcelona 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona) ICMAN Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de CSIC Centre Avd. República Saharaui, S/N. 11510 Puerto 956 83 26 12 http://www.icman.csic.es Andalucía Real (Cádiz) ICMAT Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas Joint Centre C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15 / Campus 91 299 96 51 http://www.icmat.es Cantoblanco UAM. 28049 Madrid CSIC Annual Report 2013

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ICMM Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales CSIC Centre Csic. Campus de Cantoblanco. 28049 Madrid 91 334 90 00 http://www.icmm.csic.es de Madrid ICMS Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales Joint Centre Avda. Américo Vespucio, S/N. Isla de la 95 448 95 27 http://www.icmse.cartuja.csic.es de Sevilla Cartuja. 41092 Sevilla ICN2 Instituto Catalán de Nanociencia y Joint Centre Campus UAB- Edificio ICN2. 08193 Bellaterra 93 737 26 49 http://www.icn.cat Nanotecnología (Barcelona) ICP Instituto de Catálisis y CSIC Centre C/ Marie Curie, 2 Campus de Cantoblanco. 91 585 48 00 http://www.icp.csic.es Petroleoquímica 28049 Madrid ICTAN Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología CSIC Centre C/ José Antonio Novais, 10. 28040 Madrid 91 549 23 00 http://www.ictan.csic.es de Alimentos y Nutrición ICTJA Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra CSIC Centre C/ Luis Sole I Sabaris, S/N. 08028 Barcelona 93 409 54 10 http://www.ija.csic.es Jaume Almera ICTP Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología CSIC Centre C/ Juan de la Cierva, 3. 28006 Madrid 91 562 29 00 http://www.ictp.csic.es de Polímeros ICV Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio CSIC Centre CSIC. Campus de Cantoblanco. 28049 Madrid 91 735 58 40 http://www.icv.csic.es ICVV Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y Joint Centre C/ Madre de Dios, 51. 26006 Logroño (Rioja 941 29 96 96 http://www.icvv.es del Vino (La)) IDAB Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Joint Centre Ctra. de Mutilva Baja, S/N. 31192 Aranguren 948 16 80 00 http://www.agrobiotecnologia.es (Navarra) IDAEA Instituto de Diagnóstico CSIC Centre C/ Jorge Girona Salgado, 18-26. 08034 93 400 61 00 http://www.idaea.csic.es Ambiental y Estudios del Agua Barcelona IEGD Instituto de Economía, Geografía y CSIC Centre C/ Albasanz, 26-28. 3ª Modulo F. 28037 91 602 23 00 http://www.iegd.csic.es Demografía Madrid IEGPS Instituto de Estudios Gallegos Joint Centre Rua de San Roque, 2. 15704 Santiago de 981 54 02 20/23 http://www.iegps.csic.es Padre Sarmiento Compostela (Coruña (A)) IEM Instituto de Estructura de la CSIC Centre C/ Serrano, 113Bis, 119, 121 y 123. 28006 91 561 68 00 http://www.iem.csic.es Materia Madrid IESA Instituto de Estudios Sociales Joint Centre Pz. Campo Santo de los Mártires, 7. 14004 957 76 06 25/27 http://www.iesa.csic.es Avanzados Cordoba IETCC Instituto de Ciencias de la CSIC Centre C/ Serrano Galvache, 4. 28033 Madrid 91 302 04 40 http://www.ietcc.csic.es Construcción Eduardo Torroja IFCA Instituto de Física de Cantabria Joint Centre Edificio Juan Jorda. Univ. Cantabria. 39005 942 20 14 59 http://www.ifca.csic.es Santander (Cantabria) IFF Instituto de Física Fundamental CSIC Centre C/ Serrano, 113Bis y 123. 28006 Madrid 91 561 68 00/ 590 http://www.iff.csic.es 16 19 IFIC Instituto de Física Corpuscular Joint Centre C/ Catedrático Beltrán, 2. 46980 Paterna 96 354 34 73 http://ific.uv.es (Valencia) IFISC Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Joint Centre Campus Universitat Illes Balears. 07122 Palma 971 17 32 90 http://www.ifisc.uib-csic.es Sistemas Complejos de Mallorca (Balears (Illes)) IFS Instituto de Filosofía CSIC Centre C/ Albasanz, 26-28. 3ª Modulo C. 28037 91 602 23 00 http://www.ifs.csic.es Madrid IFT Instituto de Física Teórica Joint Centre C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 13-15 / Campus 91 299 98 00/02 http://www.ift.uam-csic.es Cantoblanco UAM. 28049 Madrid IG Instituto de la Grasa CSIC Centre Avda. Padre Garcia Tejero, 4. 41012 Sevilla 95 461 15 50/ 469 http://www.ig.csic.es 25 16 IGEO Instituto de Geociencias Joint Centre C/ José Antonio Novais, 2, 3ª Planta. 28040 91 394 48 13 http://www.igeo.ucm-csic.es Madrid IGM Instituto de Ganadería de Joint Centre Fca. Marzanas. Ctra. Leon-Vega de Infanz. 987 31 70 64/71 56 http://www.igm.ule-csic.es Montaña (Grulleros). 24346 Vega de Infanzones (León) IH Instituto de Historia CSIC Centre C/ Albasanz, 26-28 - 2ª Planta. 28037 Madrid 91 602 23 00 http://www.ih.csic.es IHMC Instituto de Historia de la Joint Centre Palacio de Cervero. Plz. Cisneros, 4. 46003 96 392 62 29 http://www.ihmc.uv-csic.es Medicina y de la Ciencia López Valencia Piñero CSIC Annual Report 2013

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IHSM Instituto de Hortofruticultura Joint Centre Algarrobo-Costa. 29750 Algarrobo (Málaga) 95 254 89 90 http://www.ihsm.uma-csic.es Subtropical y Mediterranea la Mayora IIAG Instituto de Investigaciones CSIC Centre Avda. de Vigo S/N. 15705 Santiago de 981 59 09 58/62 http://www.iiag.csic.es Agrobiológicas de Galicia Compostela (Coruña (A)) IIBB Instituto de Investigaciones CSIC Centre C/ Rosellon, 161. 6 y 7 Planta. 08036 93 363 83 00/25 http://www.iibb.csic.es Biomédicas de Barcelona Barcelona IIBM Instituto de Investigaciones Joint Centre C/ Arturo Duperier, 4. 28029 Madrid 91 585 44 00/43 http://www.iib.csic.es Biomédicas Alberto Sols 95/94 IIIA Instituto de Investigación en CSIC Centre Campus Universidad Autónoma (Bellaterra). 93 580 95 70 http://www.iiia.csic.es Inteligencia Artificial 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona) IIM Instituto de Investigaciones CSIC Centre C/ Eduardo Cabello, 6. 36208 Vigo 986 23 19 30 http://www.iim.csic.es Marinas (Pontevedra) IIQ Instituto de Investigaciones Joint Centre Avda. Américo Vespucio, S/N. Isla de la 95 448 95 53 http://www.iiq.csic.es Químicas Cartuja. 41092 Sevilla ILC Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del CSIC Centre C/ Albasanz, 26-28 - 1ª Planta. 28037 Madrid 91 602 23 00 http://www.ilc.csic.es Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo ILLA Instituto de Lengua, Literatura y CSIC Centre C/ Albasanz, 26-28 - 1ª Planta. 28037 Madrid 91 602 23 00 http://www.illa.csic.es Antropología IMB-CNM Instituto de Microelectrónica de CSIC Centre Campus Universidad Autónoma (Bellaterra). 93 594 77 00 http://www.imb-cnm.csic.es Barcelona 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona) IMEDEA Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Joint Centre C/ Miquel Marques, Nº 21. 07190 Esporles 971 61 18 18 http://www.imedea.uib.es Avanzados (Balears (Illes)) IMF Institución Mila y Fontanals CSIC Centre C/ Egipciacas, 15. 08001 Barcelona 93 442 34 89 http://www.imf.csic.es IMM-CNM Instituto de Microelectrónica de CSIC Centre C/ Isaac Newton, 8. 28760 Tres Cantos 91 806 07 00 http://www.imm-cnm.csic.es Madrid (Madrid) IMS-CNM Instituto de Microelectrónica de CSIC Centre Avda. Americo Vespucio, S/N. Isla de la 95 446 66 66 http://www.imse-cnm.csic.es Sevilla Cartuja. 41092 Sevilla IN Instituto de Neurociencias Joint Centre Avda. D. Santiago Ramón y Cajal S/N. 03550 96 523 37 00 http://in.umh.es Sant Joan D'alacant (Alicante / Alacant) INCAR Instituto Nacional del Carbón CSIC Centre C/ Francisco Pintado Fe, 26. 33011 Oviedo 98 511 90 90 http://www.incar.csic.es (Asturias) INCIPIT Instituto de Ciencias del CSIC Centre Rua de San Roque, 2. 15704 Santiago de 981 54 02 20/23 http://www.incipit.csic.es Patrimonio Compostela (Coruña (A)) INGENIO Instituto de Gestión de la Joint Centre Ciudad Politécnica Innovación Ed. 8E. 46022 96 387 70 48 http://www.ingenio.upv.es Innovación y del Conocimiento Valencia IO Instituto de Óptica Daza de Valdes CSIC Centre C/ Serrano, 121. 28006 Madrid 91 561 68 00 http://www.io.csic.es IPBLN Instituto de Parasitología y CSIC Centre Avd. del Conocimiento, S/N. 18100 Armilla 958 18 16 21/28/26 http://www.ipb.csic.es Biomedicina López Neyra (Granada) IPE Instituto Pirenáico de Ecología CSIC Centre Avd. Montañana, S/N. 50016 Zaragoza 976 36 93 93 http://www.ipe.csic.es IPLA Instituto de Productos Lácteos de CSIC Centre Pº Rio Linares S/N. 33300 Villaviciosa 98 589 21 31 http://www.ipla.csic.es Asturias (Asturias) IPNA Instituto de Productos Naturales y CSIC Centre Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, 3. 38205 922 25 21 44/32 48 http://www.ipna.csic.es Agrobiología San Cristóbal de la Laguna (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) IPP Instituto de Politicas y Bienes CSIC Centre C/ Albasanz, 26-28, 3ª Modulo D. 28037 91 602 23 00 http://www.ipp.csic.es Públicos Madrid IQAC Instituto de Química Avanzada de CSIC Centre C/ Jorge Girona Salgado, 18-26. 08034 93 400 61 00/02 http://www.iqac.csic.es Cataluña Barcelona IQFR Instituto de Química Física CSIC Centre C/ Serrano, 119. 28006 Madrid 91 561 94 00/ 91 http://www.iqfr.csic.es Rocasolano 585 52 47/49 IQM Instituto de Química Médica CSIC Centre C/ Juan de la Cierva, 3. 28006 Madrid 91 562 29 00 http://www.iqm.csic.es IQOG Instituto de Química Orgánica CSIC Centre C/ Juan de la Cierva, 3. 28006 Madrid 91 562 29 00 http://www.iqog.csic.es General CSIC Annual Report 2013

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IREC Instituto de Investigación en Joint Centre Ronda de Toledo, S/N. 13005 Ciudad Real 926 29 54 50 http://www.uclm.es/irec/ Recursos Cinegéticos IRII Instituto de Robótica e Informática Joint Centre C/ Llorens I Artigues, 4-6, 2º - Edificio U. 93 401 57 51 http://www.iri.csic.es Industrial 08028 Barcelona IRNAS Instituto de Recursos Naturales y CSIC Centre Avda. Reina Mercedes, 10. 41012 Sevilla 95 462 47 11 http://www.irnas.csic.es Agrobiología Sevilla IRNASA Instituto de Recursos Naturales y CSIC Centre C/ Cordel de Merinas, 42-54. 37008 923 21 96 06 http://www.irnasa.csic.es Agrobiología de Salamanca Salamanca ISQCH Instituto de Síntesis Química y Joint Centre Fac. Físicas Pl. San Francisco S/N. 50009 976 76 12 31/10 00 http://www.isqch.wordpress.com Catálisis Homogénea Zaragoza ITEFI Instituto de Tecnologías Físicas y CSIC Centre C/ Serrano, 144. 28006 Madrid 91 561 88 06/13 04 http://www.itefi.csic.es de la Información Leonardo Torres Quevedo ITQ Instituto de Tecnología Química Joint Centre Campus Univ. Politec. Avd. los Naranjos S/N. 96 387 78 01/00 http://itq.upv-csic.es 46022 Valencia LIFTEC Laboratorio de Investigación en Joint Centre C/ María de Luna, 10. 50018 Zaragoza 976 50 65 20 http://www.litec.csic.es Fluidodinámica y Tecnologías de la Combustión MBG Misión Biológica de Galicia CSIC Centre Palacio de Salcedo. Carballeira, 8 (Salcedo). 986 85 48 00 http://www.mbg.csic.es 36143 Pontevedra MNCN Museo Nacional de Ciencias CSIC Centre C/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2. 28006 Madrid 91 561 86 00/ 411 http://www.mncn.csic.es Naturales 13 28 OE Observatorio del Ebro Joint Centre C/ Horta Alta, 38. 43520 Roquetes (Tarragona) 977 50 05 11 http://www.obsebre.es RJB Real Jardín Botánico CSIC Centre Plaza de Murillo, 2. 28014 Madrid 91 420 30 17 http://www.rjb.csic.es UBF Unidad de Biofísica Joint Centre Facultad de Ciencias. Barrio Sarriena S/N. 94 601 26 25 http://www.ehu.es 48940 Leioa (Vizcaya) UTM Unidad de Tecnología Marina CSIC Centre Passeig Maritim, 37-49. 08003 Barcelona 93 230 95 00 http://www.utm.csic.es CCHS Centro de Ciencias Humanas y CSIC Centre C/ Albasanz, 26-28 Planta baja. 28037 Madrid 91 602 23 00 http://www.cchs.csic.es Sociales CENQUIOR Centro de Química Orgánica CSIC Centre C/ Juan de la Cierva, 3. 20006 Madrid 91 562 29 00 http://www.cenquior.csic.es Lora-Tamayo CEQMA Centro de Química y Materiales Joint Centre Fac. Físicas - Pl. San Francisco s/n. 50009 976 76 12 31/10 00 de Aragón Zaragoza CICIC Centro de Investigaciones Científi- Joint Centre Avda. Américo Vespucio, 49. Isla de la Cartuja. 95 448 95 01 http://www.ciccartuja.es cas Isla de la Cartuja 41092 Sevilla CID Centro de Investigación y Desarro- CSIC Centre C/ Jorge Girona Salgado, 18-26. 08034 93 400 61 00 http://www.cid.csic.es llo Pascual Vila Barcelona CMIMA Centro Mediterráneo de Investig. CSIC Centre Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 37-49. 93 230 95 00 http://www.cmima.csic.es Marinas y Ambientales 08003 Barcelona

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President D. Rafael GIRALDO SUÁREZ D. Miguel GARCÍA GUERRERO CSIC Research Professor. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Full Professor of the Universidad de Sevilla. instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis Dª Manuela JUÁREZ IGLESIAS CSIC Research Professor. Instituto del Frío Vice-president D. Gerardo DELGADO BARRIO Dª Carmen MIJANGOS UGARTE CSIC Research Professor. Instituto de Física Fundamental CSIC Research Professor. instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros Secretary Dª Mª Luisa SALAS GARCÍA D. Enrique TORTOSA MARTORELL technical Specialist. Central Organization of the CSIC CSIC Research Scientist, instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados Members D. Juan ARANA CAÑEDO-ARGÜELLES D. Víctor R. VELASCO RODRÍGUEZ Full Professor, School of Philosophy, Universidad de Sevilla CSIC Research Professor. instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. Dª. Matilde BARÓN AYALA CSIC Research Scientist, Estación Experimental del Zaidín

D. José Pío BELTRÁN PORTER CSIC Research Professor, CSIC branch in Valencia

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SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD D. Luis MAGDALENA LAYOS CHAIRMAN OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD director General of the European Centre for Soft Computing Foundation D. Emilio LORA-TAMAYO D’OCÓN President of the CSIC D. Ángel MESSEGUER PEYPOCH CSIC Research Professor. Instituto de Química Avanzada SECRETARY OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD de Cataluña

D. Eusebio JIMÉNEZ ARROYO D. Juan MORENO KLEMMING deputy Vice President for Scientific Programming (until June 2013) CSIC Research Professor. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales D. José Ramón NARANJO OROVIO deputy Vice-President for Scientific Programming (as of July 2013) D. Rafael PARDO AVELLANEDA director of Fundación BBVA. MEMBERS D. Agustín RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ-ELIPE Dª Ana ACHÚCARRO JIMÉNEZ CSIC Research Professor. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales Professor at Leiden University de Sevilla

D. Juan ALBALADEJO MONTERO D. Ángel RUIZ MANTECÓN CSIC Research Professor. Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada CSIC Research Professor. Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña del Segura Dª Mª Teresa TELLERÍA JORGE Dª Nieves CASAÑ PASTOR CSIC Research Professor. Real Jardín Botánico CSIC Research Professor. Instituto Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona D. Fernando TEMPRANO POSADA director of Technology at Repsol D. José DOMÍNGUEZ ABASCAL technical Secretary General at ABENGOA, S.A. Dª Margarita YELA GONZÁLEZ researcher. D. Mariano ESTEBAN RODRÍGUEZ instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) CSIC Research Professor. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología D. José Ramón URQUIJO GOITIA D. Miguel Ángel GARRIDO GALLARDO Vice-President for Organization and Institutional Affairs CSIC Research Professor. Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales Dª Alicia CASTRO LOZANO D. Guillermo GIMÉNEZ GALLEGO Vice President for Technology Transfer and Internationalization CSIC Research Professor. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Dª María GASSET VEGA Dª Manuela JUÁREZ IGLESIAS deputy Vice-President of Scientific-Technical Areas CSIC Research Professor. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación

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President Materials Science and Technology D. Emilio LORA-TAMAYO D’OCÓN Dª Francisca PUERTAS MAROTO President of the CSIC CSIC Research Professor. instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja Presidency Delegate Dª Pilar LÓPEZ SANCHO Food Science and Technology CSIC Research Professor. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales Dª Elena MOLINA HERNÁNDEZ CSIC Tenured Scientist. Elected members by Scientific-Technical Area instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación

Humanities and Social Sciences Chemical Science and Technology Dª Eulalia PÉREZ SEDEÑO (until November 2013). Dª Carmen MAYORAL GASTÓN CSIC Research Professor. Instituto de Filosofía CSIC Tenured Scientist. Instituto de Carboquímica Dª Mª Jesús SANTESMASES NAVARRO (as of November 2013) research Professor. Instituto de Filosofía Members appointed by the President of CSIC: Biology and Biomedicine Dª Flora de PABLO DAVILA (until November 2013) D. Jesús GONZALEZ AYUSO CSIC Research Professor. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas technical Specialist of OPIs (Public Research Agencies). Dª Teresa SUÁREZ GONZÁLEZ (as of November 2013) Central Organization of CSIC tenured Scientist of OPIs (Public Research Agencies). Centro de investigaciones Biológicas Dª Mª Luz MARTÍNEZ CANO technical Specialist of OPIs (Public Research Agencies). Natural Resources deputy Vice-president for Institutional Organization and Dª Joaquina ÁLVAREZ MARRÓN Coordination CSIC Research Scientist. Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera Dª Eulalia MORENO MAÑAS CSIC Research Professor. Agricultural Sciences estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas Dª Luisa Mª SANDALIO GONZÁLEZ CSIC Research Scientist. Estación Experimental del Zaidín D. Miguel Ángel PUIG-SAMPER MULERO CSIC Research Professor. CSIC Editorial Office Physical Science and Technology Dª Josefa MASEGOSA GALLEGO CSIC Research Scientist. Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

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TABLE Distribution of the number of groups by specialty of the European Research Council (ERC). Source: Group Application. gy gy o gy o l o l o l o gy o o l ciences o echn S echn T echn T T echn cial T So medicine ciences o i S urces B o cience and cience and S es cience and S S R cience and S gy and o d l o aterials aterials atural atural umanities and gricultural gricultural i hemical hemical hysical hysical H B N A P M Foo C 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. otal T A A A A A A A A

LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry - 114 3 39 1 - 10 10 177 LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology - 50 4 33 1 - 2 - 90 LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology - 83 - 21 - - - - 104 LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology - 53 - 7 - - 4 2 66 LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders - 82 - - - - - 2 84 LS6 Immunity and Infection - 60 - 3 - - - - 63 LS7 Diagnostic Tools, Therapies and Public Health - 9 - 1 2 - 1 11 24 LS8 Evolutionary, Population and Environmental Biology - 1 75 7 - - - - 83 LS9 Applied Life Sciences and Non-Medical Biotechnology - 7 6 73 3 4 67 8 168 PE1 Mathematics - - - - 7 - - - 7 PE10 Earth System Science - - 57 9 1 - - 3 70 PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter - - - - 24 4 - - 28 PE3 Condensed Matter Physics - - 1 - 15 56 - - 72 PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences - - 1 - 19 9 3 16 48 PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials - - - - 70 1 62 133 PE6 Computer Science and Informatics - - - - 15 - - - 15 PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering - - - - 17 - - - 17 PE8 Products and Processes Engineering - - - - 16 24 8 19 67 PE9 Universe Sciences - - 2 - 29 - - - 31 SH1 Individuals, Institutions and Markets 12 ------12 SH2 Institutions, Values, Beliefs and Behaviour 10 ------10 SH3 Environment, Space and Populations 8 ------8 SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity 3 ------3 SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production 24 - - - - 1 - - 25 SH6 The Study of the Human Past 36 ------36 TOTAL 93 459 149 193 150 168 96 133 1,441

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CHART Distribution of the number of groups by specialty of the European Research Council (ERC)

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 LS1 MOLECULAR AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY LS2 GENETICS, GENOMICS, BIOINFORMATICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY LS3 CELLULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY LS4 PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND ENDOCRINOLOGY Área Científica Grupo LS5 NEUROSCIENCES AND NEURAL DISORDERS Subdisciplinas ERC A1. HumanidadesA2. Biología y Ciencias yA3. Biomedicina Sociales Recursos NaturalesA4. Ciencias AgrariasA5. Ciencias yA6. Tecnologías Ciencias y A7.Físicas Tecnologías Ciencias y A8.de Tecnologías MaterialesCiencias y Totalde Tecnologías Alimentos general Químicas LS6 IMMUNITY AND INFECTION LS1 Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry 114 3 39 1 10 10 177 LS7 DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS, THERAPIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH LS2 Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology 50 4 33 1 2 90 LS8 EVOLUTIONARY, POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY LS3 Cellular and Developmental Biology 83 21 104 LS4 Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology 53 7 4 2 66 LS9 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES AND NON-MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders 82 2 84 PE1 MATHEMATICS LS6 Immunity and Infection 60 3 63 PE10 EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE LS7 Diagnostic Tools, Therapies and Public Health 9 1 2 1 11 24 PE2 FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUENTS OF MATTER LS8 Evolutionary, Population and Environmental Biology 1 75 7 83 PE3 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS LS9 Applied Life Sciences and Non-Medical Biotechnology 7 6 73 3 4 67 8 168 PE1 Mathematics 7 7 PE4 PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMICAL SCIENCES PE10 Earth System Science 57 9 1 3 70 PE5 SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS PE2 Fundamental Constituents of Matter 24 4 28 PE6 COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATICS PE3 Condensed Matter Physics 1 15 56 72 PE7 SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences 1 19 9 3 16 48 PE8 PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES ENGINEERING PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials 70 1 62 133 PE9 UNIVERSE SCIENCES PE6 Computer Science and Informatics 15 15 PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering 17 17 SH1 INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS PE8 Products and Processes Engineering 16 24 8 19 67 SH2 INSTITUTIONS, VALUES, BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOUR PE9 Universe Sciences 2 29 31 SH3 ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND POPULATIONS SH1 Individuals, Institutions and Markets 12 12 SH4 THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY SH2 Institutions, Values, Beliefs and Behaviour 10 10 SH5 CULTURES AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION SH3 Environment, Space and Populations 8 8 SH6 THE STUDY OF THE HUMAN PAST SH4 The Human Mind and Its Complexity 3 3 SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production 24 1 25 SH6 The Study of the Human Past 36 36 A1. HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES A5. PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Total general 93 459 149 193 150 168 96 133 1441 A2. BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE A6. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A3. NATURAL RESOURCES A7. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A4. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES A8. CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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3.2 Research Projects, Actions & National Funding Programmes

TABLE 1 Projects approved, by R&D programme (source of funding)

FUNDING ANNUITY No. PROJECTS TOTAL(€) 2013(€) SEVERO OCHOA UNITS AND CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE FUNDING 3 12,000,000.00 3,000,000.00 Funding without Research Project 6 96,761.00 96,761.00

Regional Plan for Scientific Research, Technological Development and Innovation 6 204,699.00 - (R&D&I) P.E.I. Biomedicine and Health 2011-13 2 36,000.00 36,000.00 PE-Aragón - Research Development 2 47,200.00 11,800.00 PEI BRF SOCIETY CHALLENGES 14 1,250,000.00 900,500.00 PGECYT C. Valenciana 4 366,930.00 236,930.00 PN - Health Research Project 12 1,530,892.00 564,102.00 PN - Corporate Research Thematic Networks (RETICS) 21 2,201,322.16 1,071,106.08 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 1 515,030.67 515,030.67 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 17 6,123,780.00 3,979,801.84 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- BIODIV., EARTH SCIENCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE 46 6,370,650.00 2,825,984.98 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- FUNDAMENTAL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 54 11,842,740.00 3,297,521.76 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- BIOMEDICINE 56 10,568,610.00 2,812,134.37 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- BIOTECHNOLOGY 22 3,627,000.00 971,082.12 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY 11 422,721.00 46,922.03 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 20 2,947,230.00 1,125,421.54 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 27 3,183,570.00 1,084,585.60 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- BUILDING 3 349,830.00 111,640.23 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCTION 3 370,890.00 41,168.79 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ECONOMICS 4 84,240.00 9,350.64 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ENERGY 8 1,051,830.00 304,559.01 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- PHILOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 19 595,530.00 86,906.43 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- PHYSICS 18 1,965,600.00 1,025,226.58 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- PARTICLE PHYSICS 7 2,527,200.00 464,227.80 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- HISTORY AND ART 21 783,081.00 86,922.00 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- MATERIALS 45 5,791,500.00 1,329,104.74 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- AGRIFOOD RESOURCES AND TECH. 59 7,996,950.00 4,397,761.35 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATION TECH. 10 1,957,410.00 861,215.74 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- INFORMATION TECH. 5 270,071.10 46,665.58 TECHNOLOGICAL FUND OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME 42 25,000,638.00 - RD&I Plan for Andalucía 30 5,380,085.37 5,380,085.37 Basic Research Proj. For Agricultural Resources and Tech. with regional coordina- 11 474,162.88 158,890.00 tion and Additional Actions INNPACTO SUB-PROGRAMME 44 7,544,489.69 2,833,841.94 National Park Network Sub-programme 4 197,865.55 166,615.80 Sub-programme supporting Technological Platforms (INNFLUYE) 1 6,200.00 6,200.00 TOTAL 658 125,682,709.42 39,886,065.99

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TABLE 2 Current projects 2013 by R&D programme (source of funding)

No. PROJECTS FUNDING TOTAL(€) ANNUITY 2013(€)

SEVERO OCHOA UNITS AND CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE FUNDING 4 16,000,000.00 4,000,000.00 Funding without Research Project 18 859,937.51 123,361.00

Regional Plan for Scientific Research, Technological Development and 17 533,034.00 150,663.00 Innovation (R&D&I) G. Aragón - Funding without Research Project 13 559,554.98 -

II Regional Plan for RD and Knowledge Transfer in Aragón 1 9,900.00 2,475.00

Basic Research Fund BIODIV., EARTH SCIENCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE 23 4,331,437.00 - Basic Research Fund- BIOMEDICINE 23 5,480,067.25 - Basic Research Fund- BIOTECH. 11 3,033,470.00 - Basic Research Fund- POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY 1 75,062.71 - Basic Research Fund- SOCIAL SCIENCE 7 391,314.00 - Basic Research Fund- ECONOMICS 2 457,259.00 - Basic Research Fund- ENERGY 2 296,450.00 - Basic Research Fund- PHILOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 10 628,353.00 - Basic Research Fund- PHYSICS 11 1,343,100.00 - Basic Research Fund- PARTICLE PHYSICS 3 3,131,359.00 - Basic Research Fund- HISTORY AND ART 6 377,157.00 - Basic Research Fund- PSYCHOLOGY 1 31,460.00 - Basic Research Fund- AGRIFOOD RESOURCES AND TECH. 26 4,149,090.00 - Basic Research Fund- ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 8 4,304,333.01 - Basic Research Fund- FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGY 33 10,287,420.02 - Basic Research Fund- CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 8 1,346,851.00 - Basic Research Fund- BUILDING 1 228,690.00 - Basic Research Fund- INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCTION 3 515,702.00 - Basic Research Fund- MATERIALS 16 2,716,450.00 - Basic Research Fund- INFORMATION TECH. 3 256,520.00 - Basic Research Fund-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 12 2,363,735.01 - Not Specified 99 20,180,933.43 922,184.34 Other sub-programmes 40 11,104,407.30 - P.E.I. Biom. and Health 2011-13 2 36,000.00 36,000.00 PCTRM 2007-2010 4 168,388.00 34,650.00 PE-Aragón - Research Development 2 47,200.00 11,800.00 PEI BRF SOCIETY CHALLENGES 14 1,250,000.00 900,500.00 PGECYT 2010-2015 8 744,925.00 225,320.00 PGECYT C. Valenciana 4 366,930.00 236,930.00 PN - Health Research Project 35 4,521,953.92 1,301,430.02 PN - Corporate Research Thematic Networks (RETICS) 21 2,201,322.16 1,071,106.08 CSIC Annual Report 2013

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PROGRAMAS No. PROJECTS FUNDING TOTAL(€) ANNUITY 2013(€)

PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 15 6,779,992.99 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- BIODIV., EARTH SCIENCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE 54 8,707,644.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- FUNDAMENTAL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 59 13,579,830.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- BIOMEDICINE 38 9,440,420.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- BIOTECH. 31 6,277,480.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY 5 366,630.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 18 3,070,980.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 27 3,492,060.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- BUILDING 7 760,122.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PROD. 6 722,370.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- ECONOMICS 3 168,432.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- ENERGY 4 550,550.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- PHILOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 12 1,150,952.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- PHYSICS 14 1,433,850.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- PARTICLE PHYSICS 7 2,713,909.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- HISTORY AND ART 17 673,002.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- MATHS 4 482,306.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- MATERIALS 39 5,189,690.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- AGRIFOOD RESOURCES AND TECH. 78 10,897,260.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- ELECTRON. AND COMMUNIC. TECH. 6 762,008.39 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- INFORMATION TECH. 2 98,010.00 - PN2010 - Basic Research Fund- SPORT 1 171,820.00 - PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 16 5,861,827.07 939,922.17 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- BIODIV., EARTH SCIENCE AND GLOBAL CHANGE 64 8,086,914.21 1,807,311.87 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- FUNDAMENTAL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 74 18,338,760.00 3,615,552.60 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- BIOMEDICINE 49 11,442,970.00 1,758,372.00 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- BIOTECH. 30 7,339,860.00 1,061,412.00 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY AND 13 815,116.50 157,414.95 COMMUN. PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 26 4,087,138.00 931,846.41 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 25 3,273,050.00 600,801.30 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- BUILDING 4 622,303.00 143,675.40 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PROD. 7 940,170.00 243,173.70 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- ECONOMICS 6 336,380.00 41,926.50 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- ENERGY 6 1,257,190.00 176,526.90 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- PHILOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 11 471,113.50 113,383.05 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- PHYSICS 17 2,055,790.00 575,355.00 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- PARTICLE PHYSICS 5 1,883,970.00 218,035.95 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- HISTORY AND ART 22 912,957.10 253,757.57 CSIC Annual Report 2013

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PROGRAMAS No. PROJECTS FUNDING TOTAL(€) ANNUITY 2013(€)

PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- MATHS 5 269,225.00 77,609.40 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- MATERIALS 50 8,370,102.40 1,904,430.36 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- MEANS OF TRANSPORT 1 129,470.00 38,841.00 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- AGRIFOOD RESOURCES AND TECH. 73 10,721,810.00 1,180,548.60 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- ELECTRON. AND COMMUNIC. TECH. 11 1,516,977.00 312,143.70 PN2011 - Basic Research Fund- INFORMATION TECH. 3 127,231.50 38,169.45 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 17 6,123,780.00 3,979,801.84 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- BIODIV., EARTH SCIENCE AND GLOBAL 46 6,370,650.00 2,825,984.98 CHANGE PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- FUNDAMENTAL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOG 54 11,842,740.00 3,297,521.76 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- BIOMEDICINE 56 10,568,610.00 2,812,134.37 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- BIOTECH. 22 3,627,000.00 971,082.12 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY, 11 422,721.00 46,922.03 GEOGRAPHY AND COMMUN. PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 20 2,947,230.00 1,125,421.54 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECH. 27 3,183,570.00 1,084,585.60 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- BUILDING 3 349,830.00 111,640.23 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PROD. 3 370,890.00 41,168.79 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ECONOMICS 4 84,240.00 9,350.64 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ENERGY 8 1,051,830.00 304,559.01 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- PHILOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 19 595,530.00 86,906.43 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- PHYSICS 18 1,965,600.00 1,025,226.58 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- PARTICLE PHYSICS 7 2,527,200.00 464,227.80 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- HISTORY AND ART 21 783,081.00 86,922.00 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- MATERIALS 45 5,791,500.00 1,329,104.74 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- AGRIFOOD RESOURCES AND TECH. 59 7,996,950.00 4,397,761.35 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- ELECTRON. AND COMMUNIC. TECH. 10 1,957,410.00 861,215.74 PN2012 - Basic Research Fund- INFORMATION TECH. 5 270,071.10 46,665.58 PRI 2010-2013 3 67,860.00 - TECHNOLOGICAL FUND OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME 42 25,000,638.00 - RD&I Plan for Andalucía 67 10,865,762.25 5,380,085.37 RD&I Plan for Galicia 10 723,605.76 149,385.88 RD&I Plan for I. Canarias 2 60,000.00 9,000.00

Regional Plan for Scientific Research and Tech. Innovation (2009-2012) 63 6,133,951.28 1,793,160.43

Regional Plan for Scientific Research, Tech. Development and Innovation 5 600,587.84 111,000.00

Scientific Research, Tech. Development and Innovation Plan for Valencia 9 1,857,380.00 392,880.00

Knowledge Generation Programme 1 116,179.00 29,044.75

Basic Research Project for Agrifood Resources and Tech. With regional 29 1,401,005.48 298,890.00 coordination and additional actions CSIC Annual Report 2013

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PROGRAMAS No. PROJECTS FUNDING TOTAL(€) ANNUITY 2013(€)

INNPACTO SUB-PROGRAMME 120 23,081,299.06 5,810,883.03

Sub-prog. Exp. Des. Environment and Eco-Innovation National Parks Subsec- 32 2,715,422.05 16,002.05 torector Parques Nacionales Sub-prog. Science-Tech. Ifrastructure Projects cof. FEDER 22 5,335,442.20 -

Sub-prog. Sci.&Tech. Act. In Science and Tech. Parks (INNPLANTA) 2 63,829.00 -

Sub-prog. RecerCaixa 1 71,481.23 - Sub-prog. National Park Network 4 197,865.55 166,615.80

Sub-prog. Basic Research for Knowledge Tranfer to Enterprise (TRACE) 5 856,135.50 -

Sub-prog. Supporting Technological Platforms (INNFLUYE) 1 6,200.00 6,200.00 Sub-prog. Fundación Séneca 20 1,274,705.00 - Sub-prog. V NATIONAL PLAN 4 1,866,910.00 - TOTAL 2,354 421,806,102.26 64,277,979.76

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table Leadership

Project Programme Title CENTRE Acronym IP Real time monitoring of SEA contaminants by an autonomous Damiá Cooperation IDAEA SEA-ON-A-CHIP Lab-on-a-chip biosensor Barceló Parasite risk assessment with integrated tools in EU fish produc- Santiago Cooperation INSTO. INV. MARINAS PARASITE tion value chains Pascual del Hierro Optimized oxidoreductases for medium and large scale industrial Angel Tomás Cooperation CIB INDOX biotransformations Martinez Juan J. Cooperation Online Professional Irrigation Scheduling Expert System CEBAS OPIRIS Alarcón

Microbiome influence on energy balance and brain development- Yolanda Cooperation function put into action to tackle diet-related diseases and IATA MYNEWGUT behaviour Sanz Herranz Jose M. Cooperation Multimodal imaging of neurological disorders I3M MINDVIEW Benlloch Integrative approach for the emergence of human-like robot Jose Luis Cooperation CAR H2R locomotion Pons Wernher Marco Cooperation Concept Creation Theory IIIA COINVENT Schorlemmer Jose Luis Cooperation Smart wearable robots with bioinspired sensory-motor skills CAR BIOMOT Pons Boosting Lignocellulose Biomass Deconstruction with Designer Mariano Cooperation I. Cajal CELLULOSOMEPLUS Cellulosomes for Industrial Applications Carrión Silicon Friendly Materials and Device Solutions for Microenergy Luis Antonio Cooperation IMB-CNM SINERGY Applications Fonseca Molecular Mechanisms of GABAergic synapse formation: spatial Beatriz StG (ERC) IN SYNAPDOMAIN segregation in cortical inhibitory inputs Rico Understanding the development and functional of cerebral cortex Victor StG (ERC) IN CORTEXFOLDING folding Borrell

Chemometric and High-throughput Omics Analytical Methods Roma AdG (ERC) for Assessment of Global Change Effects on Environmental and IDAEA CHEMAGEB Biological Systems Tauler Conversion, Overlapping Religiosities, Polemics, Interaction: Early Mercedes AdG (ERC) CCHS CORPI Modrmn Iberia and Beyond García Arenal Engineering an artificial immune system with functional compo- Victor AdG (ERC) CNB ARISYS nent assembled from prokaryotic parts and modules de Lorenzo Victor Downhill folding protein modules as conformational rheostats: AdG (ERC) CNB MOLRHEOSTAT Muñoz Van Den biological roles and applications for single-molecule sensor Eynde Common molecular pathways in epithelial-mesenchymal transi- Angela AdG (ERC) IN EMTASY tion and left-right asymmetries Nieto Development of genomic tools for assessing nutrition , growth Joan IRSES (MARIE CURIE) INSTO. CIENCIAS DEL MAR DENUGREC and reproduction issues in farmed crustacean species Baptista Company

Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christendom. An Ana María ITN (MARIE CURIE) CCHS PIMIC integrated training research and diffusion for comparative history Rodriguez

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Table 1 Scientific activities based on cooperation agreements signed between the CSIC and foreign institutions

CODE CSIC CENTRE START DATE END DATE TOTAL AWARED 2013 COUNTRY

Joint Projects CSIC-Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimiento Cientifico e Tecnologico CNPq

2011BR0013 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES MADRID 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 12,150 BRAZIL 2011BR0035 I.HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL MED.LA MAYORA 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 15,000 BRAZIL 2011BR0046 I. QUIMICA FISICA ROCASOLANO 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 12,000 BRAZIL 2011BR0071 MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 10,010 BRAZIL 2011BR0078 C. INV. BIOLOGICAS 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 15,000 BRAZIL 2011BR0081 I. CIENCIAS AGRARIAS 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 14,240 BRAZIL 2011BR0087 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES MADRID 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 9,650 BRAZIL 2011BR0093 I. CIENCIAS MATEMATICAS 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 15,000 BRAZIL 2011BR0097 I. RECUR.NATUR. Y AGROBIOL.SEVILLA 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 14,920 BRAZIL 2011BR0105 I. ESTUDIOS SOCIALES AVANZADOS 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 funding not requested in 2013 BRAZIL

Joint projects CSIC-COLCIENCIAS

2010CO0004 I.MICROELECTRONICA BARNA. IMB-CNM 01/01/2012 18/10/2012 2,700 COLOMBIA

Joint thesis supervision CSIC-Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment CITMA

2011CU0001 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES MADRID 21/03/2011 20/03/2015 19,400 CUBA 2011CU0003 I. QUIMICA AVANZADA DE CATALUÑA 28/03/2011 27/03/2015 19,400 CUBA 2011CU0006 C. INV. BIOLOGICAS 15/06/2011 14/06/2015 19,400 CUBA 2011CU0007 I. QUIMICA FISICA ROCASOLANO 28/03/2011 27/03/2015 19,400 CUBA

Joint projects CSIC-ResearchGrants Council RGC Hong Kong 2010

2010HK0003 MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES 01/06/2011 31/05/2013 funding not requested in 2013 CHINA 2010HK0004 I. CATALISIS Y PETROLEOQUIMICA 01/06/2011 31/05/2013 5,000 CHINA 2010HK0007 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA 01/06/2011 31/05/2013 2,900 CHINA 2010HK0009 I. NEUROCIENCIAS 01/06/2011 31/05/2013 4,800 CHINA 2010HK0010 I. NEUROCIENCIAS 01/06/2011 31/05/2013 4,200 CHINA

Joint projects CSIC-ResearchGrants Council RGC Hong Kong 2011

2011HK0008 I. GRASA 01/05/2012 30/04/2014 8,000 CHINA 2011HK0015 I. QUIMICA AVANZADA DE CATALUÑA 01/05/2012 30/04/2014 1,500 CHINA 2011HK0016 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES BARCELONA 01/05/2012 30/04/2014 funding not requested in 2013 CHINA 2011HK0017 I. INV. INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL 01/05/2012 30/04/2014 2,100 CHINA 2011HK0019 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA 01/05/2012 30/04/2014 2,900 CHINA

Actions-CSIC-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

GDRE11FR01 I. CIENCIAS MATEMATICAS 01/01/2011 31/12/2014 2,000 FRANCE GDRI12FR1 I. ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA 01/01/2012 31/12/2015 2,000 FRANCE LEA2006FR1 I.MICROELECTRONICA BARNA. IMB-CNM 13/09/2012 12/09/2016 1,800 FRANCE PIC2011FR1 I. FISICA CORPUSCULAR 01/01/2011 31/12/2013 5,000 FRANCE PIC2012FR1 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA 01/01/2012 15/11/2014 5,404 FRANCE PIC2012FR2 C. INV. BIOLOGICAS 01/01/2013 31/12/2015 funding CIB FRANCE CSIC Annual Report 2013

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CODE CSIC CENTRE START DATE END DATE TOTAL AWARED 2013 COUNTRY

Joint projects CSIC-Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2011JP0005 I.MICROELECTRONICA BARNA. IMB-CNM 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 4,300 JAPAN 2011JP0007 I. AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 3,500 JAPAN 2011JP0020 I. FISICA CORPUSCULAR 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 3,300 JAPAN

Internship programme CSIC-UNAM

E2013MX001 I. ANALISIS ECONOMICO 14/10/2013 27/10/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO E2013MX002 I. DIAGNOSTICO AMBIENTAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA 04/11/2013 17/11/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO E2013MX003 I. CAJAL 07/10/2013 21/10/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO E2013MX004 I. CIENCIAS DEL ESPACIO 20/09/2013 05/10/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO E2013MX005 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES BARCELONA 21/10/2013 01/11/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO E2013MX006 I. ASTROFISICA DE ANDALUCIA 29/09/2013 12/10/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO E2013MX007 I. FISICA CORPUSCULAR 01/09/2013 15/09/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO E2013MX008 I. NEUROCIENCIAS 20/10/2013 03/11/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO E2013MX009 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES SEVILLA 21/10/2013 04/11/2013 funding UNAM MEXICO

Joint projects CSIC-National Science Council Taiwan

2011TW0003 CTRO. INV. BIOLOGICAS 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 23,500 TAIWAN 2011TW0010 I. ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 4,560 TAIWAN 2011TW0014 I. CATALISIS Y PETROLEOQUIMICA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 20,500 TAIWAN

Internships and co-supervision of thesis CSIC-Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology VAST

2011VN0001 MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES 03/11/2011 02/11/2013 30,686 VIETNAM 2012VN0001 I.HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL MED.LA MAYORA 06/09/2012 05/09/2016 19,400 VIETNAM 2012VN0002 C. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA 10/10/2012 09/10/2016 19,400 VIETNAM 2012VN0003 I. INV. BIOMEDICAS DE BARCELONA 05/11/2012 04/11/2016 19,400 VIETNAM 2013VN0001 I. BIOLOGIA EVOLUTIVA 22/04/2013 21/04/2015 24,612 VIETNAM 2012VN0004 I. BIOLOGIA EVOLUTIVA 17/10/2012 16/10/2016 19,400 VIETNAM TOTAL 46 actions 438,432 € 9 countries

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TablE 2 CSIC Internationalization meetings (without bilateral agreement)

TOTAL AWARED CODE CSIC CENTRE START DATE END DATE CONTRY 2013

Meetings i-LINK2011

I-LINK0296 MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 5,700 CHINA I-LINK0303 I. CIENCIAS DEL ESPACIO 01/01/2012 31/05/2014 9,145 CHINA I-LINK0293 CTRO. CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y SOCIALES 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 8,750 USA I-LINK0312 I. QUIMICA MEDICA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 9,170 USA I-LINK0314 I. ASTROFISICA DE ANDALUCIA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 7,000 USA I-LINK0319 I. QUIMICA FISICA ROCASOLANO 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 9,415 USA I-LINK0378 I. INV. BIOMEDICAS DE BARCELONA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 10,500 USA I-LINK0383 I. BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR ELADIO VIÑUELA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 10,472 USA I-LINK0397 I. ASTROFISICA DE ANDALUCIA 01/01/2012 30/06/2014 3,380 USA I-LINK0398 I. BIOL.MOL.CEL. CANCER DE SALAMANCA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 7,210 USA I-LINK0400 I. CERAMICA Y VIDRIO 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 9,485 USA I-LINK0413 CTRO. AUTOMATICA Y ROBOTICA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 10,500 USA I-LINK0428 I. DIAGNOSTICO AMBIENTAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 3,080 USA I-LINK0433 I. BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR ELADIO VIÑUELA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 8,085 USA I-LINK0434 I. HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL MED-.LA MAYORA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 10,500 USA I-LINK0459 I. NACIONAL DEL CARBON 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 10,500 USA I-LINK0351 I. ASTROFISICA DE ANDALUCIA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 12,300 MEXICO I-LINK0380 I. PRODUCTOS LACTEOS DE ASTURIAS 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 8,715 NETHERLANDS I-LINK0392 I. MICROELECTRONICA BARNA. IMB-CNM 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 10,500 NETHERLANDS I-LINK0331 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 5,670 UNITED KINGDOM I-LINK0394 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES ARAGON 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 6,790 UNITED KINGDOM I-LINK0439 I. CARBOQUIMICA 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 7,280 UNITED KINGDOM I-LINK0324 I. LENGUAS CULTURAS MEDITER. ORIENTE PROXIMO 01/01/2012 31/12/2013 8.162 SWITZERLAND

Meetings i-LINK2012

I-LINK056 ESTACION BIOLOGICA DE DOÑANA 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 10,400 CANADA, GERMANY, ISRAEL I-LINK0556 CTRO. INV. SOBRE DESERTIFICACION 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 9,200 CHILE I-LINK0484 I. ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 15,000 CHINA I-LINK0609 I. OPTICA DAZA DE VALDES 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 5,942 USA, INDIA I-LINK0646 I. ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 7,900 FRANCE I-LINK0580 CTRO.CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y SOCIALES 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 14,400 MEXICO, ARGENTINA I-LINK0510 I. PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGIA 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 15,000 PERU, MEXICO, USA I-LINK0616 I. MICROELECTRONICA BARNA. IMB-CNM 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 12,400 PUERTO RICO I-LINK0636 I. CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA DE POLIMEROS 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 14,550 UNITED KINGDOM I-LINK0502 I. CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA ALIMENTOS Y NUTRICION 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 8,600 UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY TOTAL 34 projects 305,701 € CSIC Annual Report 2013

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TOTAL AWARED CODE CSIC CENTRE START DATE END DATE CONTRY 2013

Meetings i-COOP2011

I-COOP0018 I.BIOLOGIA EVOLUTIVA 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 4,889 ALGERIA I-COOP0123 I. ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 4,778 ALGERIA I-COOP0080 UNIDAD DE BIOFISICA 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 6,915 BOLIVIA I-COOP0042 REAL JARDIN BOTANICO 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 10,000 COLOMBIA I-COOP0071 I.HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL MED.LA MAYORA 01/07/2011 30/10/2013 10,000 COSTA RICA I-COOP0014 I. CATALISIS Y PETROLEOQUIMICA 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 5,500 ETHIOPIA I-COOP0011 ESCUELA ESPAÑOLA DE HISTORIA ARQUEOLOGIA 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 10,000 MORROCO I-COOP0118 I. AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 5,297 MAURITANIA I-COOP0009 CTRO. INV. BIOLOGICAS 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 6,050 PARAGUAY I-COOP0089 I. PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGIA 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 7,440 PERU I-COOP0116 I. PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGIA 01/07/2011 17/07/2013 5,655 PERU I-COOP0005 I. INV. BIOMEDICAS DE BARCELONA 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 585 TUNISIA I-COOP0114 EST. EXPERIMENTAL ZONAS ARIDAS 01/07/2011 30/06/2013 9,000 VIETNAM

Meetings i-COOP H2O

2013CD0006 I. PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGIA 01/08/2013 31/12/2014 5,400 ECUADOR 2013CD0009 I. CATALISIS Y PETROLEOQUIMICA 01/08/2013 31/12/2014 1,500 ETHIOPIA 2013CD0023 I. DIAGNOSTICO AMBIENTAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA 01/08/2013 31/12/2014 10,100 ETHIOPIA 2013CD0014 I. INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS 01/08/2013 31/12/2014 2,766 MEXICO funding not re- 2013CD0015 I. PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGIA 11/09/2013 31/12/2014 MEXICO quested in 2013 TOTAL 18 projects 105,875 €

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TablE 3 Research projects granted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AECID)

CODE CSIC CENTRE START DATE END DATE TOTAL AWARDED COUNTRY

Permanent Open Call

11-CAP1-0563 INSTC. MILA Y FONTANALS 15/09/2011 15/03/2013 30,000 SYRIA 11-CAP2-1146 I. MEDITERRANEO ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS 01/12/2011 31/08/2013 77,000 MORROCO 11-CAP2-1162 I. CIENCIAS AGRARIAS 01/09/2011 28/09/2013 71,680 MORROCO 11-CAP2-1520 ESTACION BIOLOGICA DE DOÑANA 01/10/2011 31/10/2013 85,000 CAPE VERDE 11-CAP2-1730 I. PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGIA 01/12/2011 30/11/2013 85,000 SOUTH AMERICA TOTAL 348,680 €

Iberoamerican Programme of Specialized Technical Training

PIFTE0001 I. CIENCIAS DE LA CONS.E.TORROJA 01/09/2013 31/12/2013 8,800* SOUTH AMERICA * Co-funding CSIC

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Table 4 Research projects granted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. Total funding granted for the entire duration of the project

CODE CSIC CENTRE PROGRAMME START DATE END DATE TOTAL AWARDED COUNTRY

ACI Promociona

OPE00004 I. CIENCIAS TIERRA JAUME ALMERA ACI-Promociona 2008 01/09/2009 31/12/2013 50,000 OPE00151 I.CIENCIAS TIERRA JAUME ALMERA ACI-Promociona 2008 01/09/2009 31/12/2013 50,000 OPE00161 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA ACI-Promociona 2009 01/01/2010 01/01/2015 130,000 OPE00437 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA ACI-Promociona 2010 01/01/2011 31/03/2013 200,000 CTRO. CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y SOCIALES OPE00443 ACI-Promociona 2010 01/10/2010 30/09/2013 70,000 (120308) OPE00483 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES MADRID ACI-Promociona 2010 01/09/2010 28/02/2015 65,000 CTRO. CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y SOCIALES OPE00627 ACI-Promociona 2011 01/12/2011 30/11/2014 85,000 EGYPT (120308) OPE00646 I. FISICA DE CANTABRIA ACI-Promociona 2011 01/12/2011 30/11/2014 232,000 OPE00648 I. DIAGNOSTICO AMBIENTAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA ACI-Promociona 2011 01/11/2011 31/10/2014 25,000

ACI Colabora

OPE00153 I. INV. MARINAS ACIColabora 2008 01/08/2009 30/09/2013 125,000 CANADA OPE00207 CTRO. INV. BIOLOGICAS ACIColabora 2009 01/04/2010 30/09/2013 85,000 INDIA OPE00242 I. CIENCIAS AGRARIAS ACIColabora 2009 01/01/2010 01/01/2013 96,000 INDIA OPE00441 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES BARCELONA ACIColabora 2009 01/03/2010 28/02/2014 80,000 INDIA

ACI Comites

OPE00468 MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES ACI-Comites 2009 01/10/2009 31/12/2013 40,000 OPE00479 I. ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA ACI-Comites 2010 30/12/2010 29/12/2014 66,000 OPE00666 I. CIENCIAS DEL MAR ACI-Comites 2011 01/09/2011 01/09/2014 16,000 OPE00667 ESTACION EXPERIMENTAL ZONAS ARIDAS ACI-Comites 2011 01/10/2011 01/10/2014 40,000 OPE00668 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA ACI-Comites 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 21,000 OPE00671 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES MADRID ACI-Comites 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 45,000

Transnational projects on Stem Cell Research

OPE00111 I. BIOLOGIA Y GENETICA MOLECULAR Proy. Cel. Madre 2009 01/11/2009 31/10/2013 300,000 OPE00113 I. BIOL.MOL.CEL. CANCER DE SALAMANCA Proy. Cel. Madre 2009 01/11/2009 31/10/2013 400,000 OPE00213 CTRO. BIOL. MOL. SEVERO OCHOA Proy. Cel. Madre 2009 01/11/2009 30/04/2013 395,000

Cooperation Projects Spain-Japan

Coop. España-Japón OPE00115 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES BARCELONA 01/11/2009 01/05/2013 40,000 JAPAN 2009 Coop. España-Japón OPE00136 I.MICROELECTRONICA MADRID IMM-CNM 01/11/2009 31/07/2013 246,000 JAPAN 2009 Coop. España-Japón OPE00137 I. CERAMICA Y VIDRIO 01/11/2009 30/04/2014 241,000 JAPAN 2009 CSIC Annual Report 2013

CODE CSIC CENTRE PROGRAMME START DATE END DATE TOTAL AWARDED COUNTRY

Transnational Cooperation

OPE00196 MISION BIOLOGICA DE GALICIA Coop. Trans. 2009 01/12/2009 30/11/2013 500,000 OPE00197 MISION BIOLOGICA DE GALICIA Coop. Trans. 2009 01/12/2009 30/11/2013 59,000 CONS. CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB CTRO. RECERCA AGRI- OPE00198 Coop. Trans. 2009 01/12/2009 30/11/2013 120,000 GENOMICA OPE00199 I. AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE Coop. Trans. 2009 01/12/2009 30/11/2013 10,000 FUNDACIO PRIVADA CENTRE DE REGULACIO OPE00200 Coop. Trans. 2009 01/12/2009 30/11/2013 205,000 GENOMICA-CRG OPE00201 LIFE SEQUENCING Coop. Trans. 2009 01/12/2009 30/11/2013 96,000 OPE00202 UNIVERSIDAD DE LEON Coop. Trans. 2009 01/12/2009 30/11/2013 10,000 OPE00458 I. BIOL. MOL. CEL. PLANTAS PRIMO YUFERA Coop. Trans. 2010 15/12/2010 14/12/2013 100,000 ARGENTINA OPE00459 I.MICROELECTRONICA MADRID IMM-CNM Coop. Trans. 2010 15/12/2010 14/12/2013 95,000 BRAZIL OPE00460 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES MADRID Coop.Transn. 2010 15/12/2010 14/12/2014 80,000 BRAZIL OPE00461 I. CATALISIS Y PETROLEOQUIMICA Coop. Trans. 2010 15/12/2010 14/12/2013 70,000 BRAZIL OPE00462 I. NACIONAL DEL CARBON Coop. Trans. 2010 15/12/2010 14/12/2013 99,000 BRAZIL OPE00463 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA Coop. Trans. 2010 15/12/2010 14/12/2014 95,000 BRAZIL OPE00464 I. CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA DE POLIMEROS Coop. Trans. 2010 01/01/2011 31/12/2014 140,000 OPE00465 CTRO. ACUST. APLICADA Y EVAL. NO DESTRUCTIVA Coop. Trans. 2010 15/12/2010 14/12/2013 55,000 BRAZIL

Integrated Actions

OPE00449 I. CATALISIS Y PETROLEOQUIMICA Acciones Integradas 2010 01/01/2011 30/06/2013 5,000 PORTUGAL OPE00651 ESTACION EXPERIMENTAL AULA DEI Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 8,200 ARGENTINA OPE00652 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/06/2014 11,850 ARGENTINA OPE00654 ESTACION EXPERIMENTAL ZONAS ARIDAS Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 4,000 GERMANY OPE00655 I. BIOL.MOL.CEL.PLANTAS PRIMO YUFERA Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 8,000 GERMANY OPE00656 I. QUIMICA FISICA ROCASOLANO Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 10,000 N. ZEALAND OPE00657 I. PRODUCTOS LACTEOS DE ASTURIAS Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 5,000 N. ZEALAND OPE00658 CTRO. INV. BIOLOGICAS Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/06/2014 6,000 PORTUGAL OPE00659 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES MADRID Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 6,000 PORTUGAL OPE00660 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 5,980 PORTUGAL OPE00661 MISION BIOLOGICA DE GALICIA Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 5,990 PORTUGAL OPE00662 I. CAJAL Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 6,000 PORTUGAL OPE00663 I. AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 8,000 SERBIA OPE00664 CTRO. INV. BIOLOGICAS Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 8,000 SERBIA OPE00665 I. DIAGNOSTICO AMBIENTAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 8,000 SERBIA OPE00913 CTRO. ASTROBIOLOGIA Acciones Integradas 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2013 8,200 N. ZEALAND

Bilateral projects

OPE00675 I. INV. CIENCIAS DE LA ALIMENTACION Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 64,000 ARGENTINA OPE00676 I. CARBOQUIMICA Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 76,000 ARGENTINA OPE00677 I. RECUR.NATUR. Y AGROBIOL.SEVILLA Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 80,000 ARGENTINA OPE00678 CTRO. NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGIA Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 95,000 ARGENTINA OPE00679 I. CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA DE POLIMEROS Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 38,000 ARGENTINA OPE00680 CTRO. INV. BIOLOGICAS Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 88,000 ARGENTINA OPE00681 I. QUIMICA AVANZADA DE CATALUÑA Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 79,300 INDIA OPE00682 I. CATALISIS Y PETROLEOQUIMICA Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/12/2011 01/12/2014 147,000 INDIA OPE00882 CTRO. EDAF. Y BIOL. APLIC. DEL SEGURA Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/06/2012 01/06/2014 30,000 INDIA OPE00927 I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES BARCELONA Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/09/2012 01/09/2014 30,000 RUSSIA OPE00928 I. PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGIA Proyectos Bilaterales 2011 01/09/2012 01/09/2014 40,000 RUSSIA TOTAL 67 projects 5,758,520 €

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3.4 Internationalization

TablE 5 Successful applications in programmes funded by foreign institutions

CODE CSIC CENTRE PROGRAMME START DATE END DATE TOTAL AWARDED COUNTRY I. QUIMICA AVANZADA DE OPE00904 WADA RESEARCH GRANTS 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 30,441 CANADA CATALUÑA RDA - 2013 2ª INTERNACIONAL COOPE- KOREA, OPE00918 CTRO. INV. BIOLOGICAS 01/06/2013 31/12/2015 135,061 RATION WORK CALL REPUBLIC OF I.SEGURIDAD DE LA INFOR- NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION Funding Spanish KOREA, OPE00932 01/09/2013 31/08/2015 MACION OF KOREA researcher trips REPUBLIC OF OPE00915 REAL JARDIN BOTANICO GBIF CALL 14/12/2012 14/12/2013 5,000 DENMARK THE INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, SLOVAK OPE00940 REAL JARDIN BOTANICO 01/09/2013 30/11/2013 4,600 SLOVAKIA ACADEMY I. ASTROFISICA DE ANDA- AYUDAS AIR FORCE OFFICE OS SCIEN- OPE00871 27/12/2012 18/07/2014 11,099 USA LUCIA TIFIC RESEARCH OPE00876 I. QUIMICA MEDICA ADDF - RESEARCH PROGRAMS 01/01/2013 31/12/2013 91,360 USA OPE00877 I.NEUROCIENCIAS SFARI GRANT 01/09/2012 31/08/2015 179,844 USA I.MICROELECTRONICA AYUDAS AIR FORCE OFFICE OS SCIEN- OPE00880 30/09/2012 29/09/2014 76,125 USA MADRID IMM-CNM TIFIC RESEARCH THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDA- OPE00922 REAL JARDIN BOTANICO 24/06/2013 30/06/2016 28,431 USA TION MUSEO NACIONAL DE OPE00923 THE LEAKEY FOUNDATION 07/05/2013 31/12/2014 5,830 USA CIENCIAS NATURALES I. DIAGNOSTICO AMBIEN- US ARMY ERDC-IRO W912HZ-13- OPE00925 06/08/2013 05/08/2014 3,700 USA TAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA BAA-01 CTRO. NACIONAL DE CHILDREN TUMOR FOUNDATION CON- OPE00931 15/09/2013 15/09/2014 68,001 USA BIOTECNOLOGIA TRACT AWARD 2013 HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAM OPE00905 I. CAJAL 01/06/2013 31/05/2016 255,052 FRANCE ORGANIZACION RESEAR I. CIENCIA DE MATERIALES OPE00906 AXA 2012 PhD 02/12/2013 02/12/2015 120.,000 FRANCE MADRID I. BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR FONDATION JEROME LEJEUNE GRANT OPE00914 26/02/2013 26/02/2015 40,000 FRANCE DE BARCELONA AGREEMENT I. DIAGNOSTICO AMBIEN- OPE00934 AXA 2013 PHD 15/11/2013 14/11/2015 120,000 FRANCE TAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA I. DIAGNOSTICO AMBIEN- OPE00935 INERIS-PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. 01/09/2012 31/12/2013 23,000 FRANCE TAL Y ESTUDIOS DEL AGUA I. AGROQUIMICA Y TECNO- OPE00933 RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY 01/07/2013 30/06/2013 19,112 NORWAY LOGIA DE ALIMENTOS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY - OPE00954 I. CIENCIAS DEL MAR 01/01/2013 31/12/2014 20,000 NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN ESTACION EXPERIMENTAL AYUDAS DE LA BRITISH ORNITHOLO- OPE00883 01/05/2013 01/07/2013 2,818 UNITED KINGDOM ZONAS ARIDAS GISTS UNION OPE00884 INSTC. MILA Y FONTANALS AYUDAS ALLC 15/05/2013 18/05/2013 1,600 UNITED KINGDOM BRITSH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY RE- OPE00917 I. NACIONAL DEL CARBON 01/06/2013 31/05/2014 5,704 UNITED KINGDOM SEARCH GRANTS I. LENGUAS CULTURAS ME- OPE00955 ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION EUROPE 01/09/2013 31/08/2015 20,858 UNITED KINGDOM DITER. ORIENTE PROXIMO TOTAL 24 projects 1,264,619 €

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3.6 Knowledge Transfer. Public - Private Commitment

Table Knowledge Transfer tools

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER TOOLS

The instruments used for this task were the following:

Company-funded contract R & D. These cases aim to preserve the prior knowledge provided by the research group of the institution that will develop the project, and the property rights and ownership of the results of the contract are negotiated based on the assessment of this knowledge.

Contract R & D projects, in which company funding complements public funding from central or regional governments, specifically dealing with cooperation between firms and public research centres. This category includes the INNPACTO, INTERCON- NECTA, TRACE and PROFIT programmes and regional equivalents.

Protection of research results; according to their characteristics and the target customer; for example, patent protection, secret, etc. The purpose of this instrument is to maintain the value of results to make them attractive to companies.

Technology portfolio management and promotion, which has involved decisions on more than 400 technology offers, mostly patents related to internationalization and promotion. Promotion is aimed primarily at national and international companies through direct contacts, participation in trade-fairs and knowledge transfer events. This work is complemented by attending and responding to the technological demands received from companies.

Out-licensing Agreements to companies of knowledge or property titles (or secret knowledge). This instrument is used to license patents developed by the research groups of the CSIC to interested companies, through the appropriate licensing agreements. In some cases the license agreements are linked to the signing of a research contract (additional funding) with the licensee, so that the research groups are involved in recovery, demonstration, scale-up projects, etc.., of the results subject to license.

Creating Technology-Based Firms on CSIC results or core competences. This instrument is used for collaborating with en- trepreneurial researchers, with other companies or even within the institution itself in order to establish a new technology-based company from research results. This company then has the right to exploit the results through licensing agreements.

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