CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICASCONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICASSPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCILSPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Rosa Menéndez

Vicepresident of Scientific and Technological Research

July 3, 2008

CSIC

The largest public institution in Spain devoted to multidisciplinary scientific and technological research

The Ministry for Science and Innovation

The Spanish National Research Council

CSIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES

152 Associated Units with Universities

CSIC FIGURES (2007)

Budget of the centralAdministration

67%

External financing33%

National Research Plan 48%

Regional Governments 13%

Others 3%

Industry 15%

UE 21%

Origin of economic resources: 899 M€

External Financing: 296 M€

Human Resources: 13.3663.295 Scientific Personnel4.307 Pre- and postdoctoral researchers 5.764 Research support personnel

DRIVING FORCE

Strategic plan proposal

(-4, +4) scheme

Evaluation and external assesment

Peer review panels

Strategic Plan

Resources and goals

Measurement of the fulfillment of goals

Indicators

Strategic Planification at Research Institutes

Improve

Science and Technology

Production

The CSIC Plan of Action contains the Strategic Plans of its Research Institutes and its Horizontal Units.

All of them share the same priciple:

CSIC PLAN OF ACTION 2006-2009

Performance is based on the fullfillment of targeted goals in the context of the strategic planification

CSIC PLAN OF ACTION 2006-2009

External Peer Review Panels ESF, EMBO

• History

• Filology

• Social Sciences

• Biology and Biomedicine

• Terrestrial Organisms and Systems

• Marine Sciences

• Earth Sciences

• Agronomy and Applied Agricultural Sciences

• Physical Engineering and Applied Physics

• Mathematics

• Astrophysics

• Microelectronics and mcro-nano-technology

• Physics

• Materials Science

• Polymer and Ceramic/Glass Science Technology

• Metallurgy and Building and Concret Materials

• Food Sciences and Technologies

• Organic Synthesis and Bioorganic Chemistry

• Environmental Chemistry

• Coal Science and Technology

CSIC PLAN OF ACTION 2006-2009

Promote and perform top quality research Encourage knowledge transfer to industry Train researchers Promote outreach activities Be present at international level

1. FRONTERA Startegic LinePromote top quality research

2. TRANSFER Startegic LineExploitation of research results

3. OBSERVA Strategic LinePromote research networks

4. INCORPORA Strategic LineNew research positions

5. SOPORTA Strategic LineNew support people

6. RETICULA Strategic LineNew research institutes

7. EXPERTIA Strategic Line

Train of researchers and technicians

8. IMAGEN Strategic LineCSIC public image

9. DIVULGA Strategic LineScience outreach

10. HORIZONTES Strategic LineInternationalization

CSIC PLAN OF ACTION 2006-2009

CSIC S&T PRODUCTION

20% of Spanish scientific production

45% of patent applications by the public sector

7800 SCI scientific publications in 2007

37 spin-offs created since 2004

63 applications of PCT patents in 2007 (41 in Explotation)

20% of competitive funds from the Spanish National Research Plan

• First Spanish organization in returns from the VI Framework Programme

• First Spanish organization in the world rank of PCT applications

• First Spanish organization in patents approved by the OEPM

99-03

81-85 83-87 85-89 87-91 89-93 91-95 93-97 95-99 97-010

0,4

0,8

1,2

EU

CSIC

SPAIN

Impact of CSIC scientific production

SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION

The increase in SCI research articles grows significantly in the period

2004-2007: 32%

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

2006

40

60

20

0 20052004

2003

M€2000

3000

1000

0

Number of contracts with private companies

Funds from industry have increased 12% en 2006

20082007

400

600

200

0 20062005

2004

M€

626 M€

In 2007 the State Budget grows 29%. The accumulated State Budget increase since

2004 is 79%

BUDGET FROM STATE

National R+D+I Plan

2003

40

60

20

02002

20062005

2004

80M€

19,6%20,0%

20,4%

20,9%

19,6%

2007

18,8%

NATIONAL COMPETITIVE FUNDING

Competitive national fundinghas increased 45% in relation with 2004

CSIC is the fisrt Spanish organization capturing funds from Framework Programme

Number of projects approved in VI FP versus V FP

Funds obtained in VI FP versus V FP

91,8; 49%

97,1; 51%

6º PM =100,5 M€ (51%)

5º PM =91,8 M€(43%)

6º PM =418 (43%)

5º PM =557 (57%)

COMPETITIVE FUNDS FROM EU

CSIC presented 381 proposals: More than 20M€CSIC presented 381 proposals: More than 20M€

Eranet 5 (1%)

Cooperacion 178 (48%)

ERC-StG 138 (36%)

Capacidades 15 (4%)

Personas 44 (12%)

Euratom 1 (0 %)

14 pre-selected14 pre-selected

VII FPVII FP

Up to day 92 proposals have been approved

COMPETITIVE FUNDS FROM EU

TRAIN OF RESEARCHERS

Important growth in the number of predoc and postdoc positions

0 20042003

2006

100

200

50

2005

150

Postdoc

2007

250

2006

100

200

50

0 20052004

2003

150

Predoc

250

2007

NEW POSITIONS

2000

20022003

20042005

2006

0

250

500

750

1000

2001

264

332356 371

417

570

302

737806

20082007 200 new Research Positions in 2007

INDIA

Non-EU developed countries

Emergent countries

Latin-American countries

EU countries

Differentiated strategies

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

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