Spanish National Research Council

Headquarters
Agency overview
FormedNovember 24, 1939; 84 years ago (1939-11-24)
Preceding agency
  • Board for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research (1907–1939)
JurisdictionSpain
HeadquartersSerrano 117. 28006 Madrid
Employees13,888 (2022)[1]
Annual budget€ 1.39 billion, 2022[2]
Agency executive
  • María Eloísa del Pino Matute, President
Websitewww.csic.es

The Spanish National Research Council[3] (Spanish: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and technological progress, and it is prepared to collaborate with Spanish and foreign entities in order to achieve this aim.

CSIC plays an important role in scientific and technological policy, since it encompasses an area that takes in everything from basic research to the transfer of knowledge to the productive sector. Its research is driven by its centres and institutes, which are spread across all the autonomous regions. CSIC has 6% of all the staff dedicated to research and development in Spain, and they generate approximately 20% of all scientific production in the country.[4] It also manages a range of important facilities; the most complete and extensive network of specialist libraries, and also has joint research units.

Significant latest research by CSIC is the Temperature and Winds for InSight (TWINS) module, which is a component of NASA's InSight Mars lander, which landed successfully on November 26, 2018. TWINS will monitor weather at the Mars landing site.

Origins

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The CSIC was established in 1939 by one of the very first governments of Francisco Franco from the assets of the Board for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research (Spanish: Junta para la Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas (JAE, 1907–1939)), born within the Institución Libre de Enseñanza and inspired in the Krausist philosophy. The initial mandate of the CSIC was to restore the classical and Christian unity of the sciences that was destroyed in the 18th century ("la restauración de la clásica y cristiana unidad de las ciencias destruida en el siglo XVIII").[5][6]

From its 1939 foundation to his 1966 death, its head was José María Albareda, one of the first members of the Opus Dei and a close friend of its founder, Josemaría Escrivá. José María Albareda was ordained a priest in 1959, and at his death was succeeded as head of CSIC by Manuel Lora-Tamayo, minister of Education from 1962 to 1968.

Duties

According to the statute's article 5 of CSIC State Agency,[7] the current objectives and functions of the CSIC are:

Scientific-technical areas

Its multidisciplinary and multisectorial nature means CSIC covers all fields of knowledge. Its activity is organised around eight scientific-technical areas:

Large facilities

The astronomical observatory complex of Calar Alto, province of Almería, Spain

CSIC manages the "Singular Scientific and Technological Infrastructures" (ICTS) which are facilities involving relatively high investment and maintenance costs in relation to R&D investment budgets in their field. The science community and society at large can access them, which is justified by their importance and strategic nature, and for this reason they receive each year many national as well as foreign researchers. These large facilities are recognised and supported by the European Union.

CSIC administers the following 6 Spanish ICTS facilities:

Spain participates in two large European facilities:

Research centres

As of January 2018 CSIC listed 139 specialized research centers carrying out research in the above-mentioned eight different fields.[23]

Literature

Publications of CSIC include:

In popular culture

The Spanish National Research Council Headquarters serves as the exterior of The Royal Mint of Spain in the Spanish television series La Casa De Papel, also known by its English title Money Heist.[24][25]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Personal al servicio del Sector Público Estatal". www.igae.pap.hacienda.gob.es. 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ "2022 CSIC memory".
  3. ^ Although this is the name officially used as translation in the website of the institution, the actual word-by-word translation would be High Council of Scientific Research
  4. ^ "Comparecencia del Director General del CSIC, ante el Congreso de los Diputados, para informar sobre el funcionamiento y los resultados del CSIC y su aportación a la investigación" (PDF). Congreso de los Diputados (in Spanish). 24 March 2009. p. 4. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. ^ Ansede, Manuel (25 July 2015). "La ciencia que desmanteló Franco". Elpais.com (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  6. ^ Domínguez, Nuño (24 November 2014). "El CSIC se olvida de su herencia franquista". Elpais.com (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Real Decreto 1730/2007 de 21 de diciembre por el que se crea la Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas y se aprueba su Estatuto". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (12): 2476–2486. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  8. ^ "humanidades y ciencias sociales". Csic.es.
  9. ^ "biología y biomedicina". Csic.es.
  10. ^ "recursos naturales". Csic.es.
  11. ^ "ciencias agrarias". Csic.es.
  12. ^ "ciencia y tecnologías físicas". Csic.es.
  13. ^ "ciencia y tecnología de materiales". Csic.es.
  14. ^ "ciencia y tecnología de alimentos". Csic.es.
  15. ^ "ciencia y tecnologías químicas". Csic.es.
  16. ^ "Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory". Caha.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Inicio – Estación Biológica de Doñana". Csic.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  18. ^ "R/V Hespérides". UTM – Marine Technology Unit (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  19. ^ "BAE Juan Carlos I". UTM – Marine Technology Unit (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
  20. ^ "O/V Sarmiento de Gamboa: History". UTM – Marine Technology Unit (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  21. ^ "Sala blanca". Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  22. ^ "ILL :: Neutrons for science : The world's flagship centre for neutron science". Ill.eu. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  23. ^ Research centres CSIC, n.d., retrieved 3 January 2017
  24. ^ Boente, Paula (25 February 2018). "La verdadera casa de papel". BAE Negocios. Grupo Crónica. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  25. ^ ""La casa de papel" se rueda en el CSIC – Lugares de película". Lugares de Película (in Spanish). 17 May 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2019.

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