The government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, celebrated the more than 8 million euros that will be received by the Galician universities and the Galician headquarters of the CSIC of the Government of Spain for the acquisition of scientific-technical material, aid that will allow to mobilize an investment of 12.8 million euros in the public research centers of the community to reinforce the work in fields such as marine biology, aquaculture, biomedicine or molecular medicine, among others.
Specifically, Pedro Blanco reported that the Galician headquarters of the Superior Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) will receive 459,692 euros, which will be distributed between the Marine Technology Unit and the Biological Mission of Galicia. The University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), a total of 2.8 million euros for the Faculty of Philology, the Research Centers in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), the University Institute of Aquaculture or the Interuniversity Research Center of Atlantic Cultural Landscapes (CISPAC). For its part, the Universidade da Coruña obtains aid worth 1.8 million euros that it will manage through the General Research Support Services (SXAI), while the University of Vigo obtains 1.8 million euros in aid and another 1.2 million euros in the form of loans that will go to the Center for Scientific and Technological Support for Research (CACTI) and the Center for Biomedical Research (CINBIO)
The government delegate in Galicia highlighted the Government of Spain’s commitment to science as a public service in our country, “a key tool to understand our environment and anticipate the design of public policies that improve people’s lives,” he said.
The provisional resolution of this aid, which distributes 152 million euros throughout the State, was announced this Thursday to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, at the meeting of the Council for Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy (CPCTI).
Extended term
The meeting also announced that the deadline for the implementation of the Complementary Science Plans, which promote research programs in strategic areas, co-governed and co-financed with the CCAA, will be extended until December 31, 2025, three months more than the current deadline.
Galicia has four Complementary Science Plans: that of Biotechnology Applied to Health, that of Quantum Communication, that of Biodiversity and that of Marine Sciences, which add an investment of 26.5 million euros.
Not jointly with the State, these plans are mobilizing 466 million euros. As of June 2024, the overall execution percentage is 45.7%, which is equivalent to 213.1 million euros.