1. CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Rosa Menéndez Vicepresident of Scientific and Technological Research July 3, 2008

2. 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

3. CSIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES 152 Associated Units with Universities

7. CSIC FIGURES (2007) Budget of the central Administration 67% External financing 33% 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: 13.366 3.295 Scientific Personnel 4.307 Pre- and postdoctoral researchers 5.764 Research support personnel

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. CSIC PLAN OF ACTION 2006-2009

12.  Promote and perform top quality research  Encourage knowledge transfer to industry  Train researchers  Promote outreach activities  Be present at international level 1.FRONTERA Startegic Line Promote top quality research 2.TRANSFER Startegic Line Exploitation of research results 3.OBSERVA Strategic Line Promote research networks 4.INCORPORA Strategic Line New research positions 5.SOPORTA Strategic Line New support people 6.RETICULA Strategic Line New research institutes 7.EXPERTIA Strategic Line Train of researchers and technicians 8.IMAGEN Strategic Line CSIC public image 9.DIVULGA Strategic Line Science outreach 10.HORIZONTES Strategic Line Internationalization CSIC PLAN OF ACTION 2006-2009

13. 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 97-01 0 0,4 0,8 1,2 EU CSIC SPAIN Impact of CSIC scientific production

14. SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION The increase in SCI research articles grows significantly in the period 2004-2007: 32%

15. KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 2006 40 60 20 0 2005 2004 2003 M€ 2000 3000 1000 0 Number of contracts with private companies Funds from industry have increased 12% en 2006

16. 2008 2007 400 600 200 0 2006 2005 2004 M€ 626 M€ In 2007 the State Budget grows 29%. The accumulated State Budget increase since 2004 is 79% BUDGET FROM STATE

17. National R+D+I Plan 2003 40 60 20 0 2002 2006 2005 2004 80 M€ 19,6% 20,0% 20,4% 20,9% 19,6% 2007 18,8% NATIONAL COMPETITIVE FUNDING Competitive national funding has increased 45% in relation with 2004

18. 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 6º PM = 100,5 M€ (51%) 5º PM = 91,8 M€ (43%) 6º PM = 418 (43%) 5º PM = 557 (57%) COMPETITIVE FUNDS FROM EU

19. CSIC presented 381 proposals: More than 20M€ 14 pre-selected VII FP Up to day 92 proposals have been approved COMPETITIVE FUNDS FROM EU

20. TRAIN OF RESEARCHERS Important growth in the number of predoc and postdoc positions 0 2004 2003 2006 100 200 50 2005 150 Postdoc 2007 250 2006 100 200 50 0 2005 2004 2003 150 Predoc 250 2007

21. NEW POSITIONS 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 0 250 500 750 1000 2001 264 332 356 371 417 570 302 737 806 2008 2007 200 new Research Positions in 2007

22. INDIA Non-EU developed countries Emergent countries Latin-American countries EU countries Differentiated strategies INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY

23. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Thank you