Fundación General CSIC

Fundación General CSIC (FGCSIC) is a private, non-profit organisation created in 2008 by a joint institutional initiative of the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – CSIC) and its founding patrons. Its stated goal is to promote public-private collaboration in the environment of scientific research, innovation and knowledge enhancement. It was incorporated indefinitely through a deed granted by the Notary of Madrid, Mr Santiago Rubio Liniers, on 23 July 2008, under number 1643 of his Protocol, with Tax ID (NIF) G-85562106. It registered with the Foundations Protectorate of the Ministry of Education on 23 January 2009, under registration number 1104, and is regulated by Law 50/2002 of 26 December on Foundations. FGCSIC works to strengthen the science and innovation system by promoting public-private collaboration in research and by valuing the knowledge generated in the CSIC and public R&D entities. It does this by attracting talent, promoting innovative projects and investing in innovation based on science and technology. Its activities are organised around two main pillars: Science and Talent, and Innovation. Under Science and Talent, it materialises programmes that promote scientific knowledge and research talent as levers for innovation and sustainable development, aimed at organisations that want to integrate scientific progress into their corporate strategy. Under Innovation, it offers solutions to organisations' innovation needs, putting the scientific and technological capabilities of the CSIC at their disposal, with special attention to commercial exploitation possibilities and transfer to the market. It also runs calls and events associated with its different actions, offering grants and activities. A flagship initiative is ComFuturo, a programme that, in alliance with the CSIC and leading private entities in Spain, seeks to attract the best young research talent so that they can develop projects of scope and social impact in Spain. The third edition of ComFuturo is part of the Cofund programme of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of the European Commission and is supported by Fundación Banco Santander, Acerinox, Fundación Cepsa, Agbar, Fundación Domingo Martínez, Lilly and the Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT). In 2023, fifteen new ComFuturo researchers were due to start their contracts from 1 April, working on projects such as stronger stainless steel and bioplastics from plant waste. FGCSIC also collaborates with CSIC on initiatives such as iMOVE, to promote international mobility of research personnel in training, and the Cicerón Itineraries, and leads an initiative to invest in scientific innovation. As a private non-profit entity, it is not listed on any stock exchange and operates primarily in Spain, leveraging CSIC's broad portfolio of scientific and technological capabilities.

Fundación General CSIC (FGCSIC) was created in 2008 by a joint institutional initiative of the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – CSIC) and its founding patrons. It was incorporated indefinitely through a deed granted by the Notary of Madrid, Mr Santiago Rubio Liniers, on 23 July 2008, under number 1643 of his Protocol, with Tax ID (NIF) G-85562106. On 23 January 2009, it registered with the Foundations Protectorate of the Ministry of Education under registration number 1104. It is regulated by Law 50/2002 of 26 December on Foundations. The foundation's purpose is to promote public-private collaboration in the environment of scientific research, innovation and knowledge enhancement. This collaboration is developed within the framework of initiatives that promote scientific knowledge and research talent, innovation and investment, through various instruments that FGCSIC has developed to invest in CSIC's broad portfolio of scientific and technological capabilities. Over the years, FGCSIC has built programmes under two main pillars: Science and Talent, and Innovation. Under Science and Talent, it materialises collaborative programmes that promote scientific knowledge and research talent as levers for innovation and sustainable development, aimed at organisations that want to integrate scientific progress into their corporate strategy. Under Innovation, it offers solutions to organisations' innovation needs, putting the scientific and technological capabilities of the CSIC at their disposal, with special attention on commercial exploitation possibilities and transfer to the market. It also runs calls and events associated with its different actions, offering grants and activities. A flagship initiative is ComFuturo, which, in alliance with the CSIC and leading private entities in the country, seeks to attract the best young research talent so that they can develop projects of scope and social impact in Spain. The third edition of ComFuturo is part of the Cofund programme of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of the European Commission and is supported by Fundación Banco Santander, Acerinox, Fundación Cepsa, Agbar, Fundación Domingo Martínez, Lilly and the Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT). In 2023, fifteen new ComFuturo researchers were due to start their contracts from 1 April, working on projects such as stronger stainless steel and bioplastics from plant waste. FGCSIC also collaborates with CSIC on initiatives such as iMOVE, to promote international mobility of research personnel in training, and the Cicerón Itineraries, and leads an initiative to invest in scientific innovation. As a private non-profit entity, it is not listed on any stock exchange and operates primarily in Spain.

• FGCSIC incorporated indefinitely through a deed granted by the Notary of Madrid, Mr Santiago Rubio Liniers, under number 1643 of his Protocol.

• FGCSIC registered with the Foundations Protectorate of the Ministry of Education under registration number 1104.

• Fifteen new ComFuturo researchers were due to start their contracts, working on projects such as stronger stainless steel and bioplastics from plant waste.

A private non-profit foundation that bridges CSIC's scientific and technological capabilities with private-sector innovation needs, promoting public-private collaboration, talent attraction and knowledge transfer in Spain.

• ComFuturo

  A programme that, in alliance with CSIC and leading private entities in Spain, seeks to attract the best young research talent so that they can develop projects of scope and social impact in Spain. Its third edition is part of the Cofund programme of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of the European Commission.

• Science and Talent programmes

  Collaborative programmes that promote scientific knowledge and research talent as levers for innovation and sustainable development, aimed at organisations that want to integrate scientific progress into their corporate strategy.

• Innovation services

  Solutions to organisations' innovation needs, putting the scientific and technological capabilities of the CSIC at their disposal, with special attention on commercial exploitation possibilities and transfer to the market.

• Calls and events

  Open or already completed calls and events associated with the different FGCSIC actions, offering grants and activities.

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