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ORGANIZATION

from the design of the project. The resources for carrying out these projects will be as-

signed to the groups according to evaluation results, and they must meet one of the four
main objectives of CIBER-BBN: 1-To continue generating science and knowledge of exce-

llence; 2-To do so in collaboration, giving value to the multidisciplinary and complemen-

tary natures of the different groups; 3-To do so together with clinical partners to achieve
better translation to clinical practice; and 4-To do so thinking about and together with

the industrial sector to which any developments may be transferred and to give value
to a society, who is ultimately funding and gives meaning to the results of our activity.

In the call for intramural proposal, the transfer project sub-programme, which is concei-

ved to go that extra mile takes so much in order to transfer scientifically matured de-

velopments to the industrial or business sector deserves special mention. To advance
in that line, this sub-programme directly supports those initiatives supported by a com-

pany such that direct funding is assigned, 50% co-funded by the company and the other

50% by CIBER-BBN. Four projects are finally funded in this programme for the 2014-
2015 period.

Finally, there were two presentations in the conferences on two very popular topics

and very interesting challenges to be resolved in coming years: “Polymer conjugates í
as nanosized medicines”, given by Professor Ma Jesús Vicent, from the Príncipe Felipe

Research Centre, and “A Description of the Human Brain Project”, given by Professor

Vicente Martn, from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Certificates of recognition were also given to researchers who obtained grants from the
“Starter” program, co-sponsored by Caja de Ingenieros, during the year. This modest

“initiation” aid allows us to be a bit more generous in numbers with our programme to
seduce the younger and more brilliant minds into research, giving them coverage in the

final months of bachelor or masters studies in order to access other grants in regular

calls for proposal.

In summary, year 2013 was a new step, where the results of the continued effort made
by the centre since it was created are becoming realities, while at the same time an

enormous effort has been made to rethink the scientific strategy (with its strategic plan)

and administrative strategy (with the unification of offices) so that the path that is taken
can be reinforced in the coming years and be better protected against unfavourable si-

tuations, like the one we are in now.

Pablo Laguna

CIBER-BBN Scientific Director

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