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In addition, the trend observed over recent years, except in year 2009, persists. One

third in 2008 up to about half in 2010 and 2011 of the staff awarded with grants aban-
don said grants before the contract ends. In most cases, this is due to the staff being

offered pre-doctoral grants or a contract as research staff.

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Starter Grants
for 2008-2013
25

20

15

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10

5

0
2008 2009 2010 2011
2012 2013

Granted
Abandoned
Active
Ended

The purpose of this training program is to motivate short stays with other research
Grants for
groups for training purposes among CIBER-BBN staff.
mobility
In 2013, there were two calls for proposals (January and September) and a total of
twenty grants for mobility were offered for staff of CIBER-BBN groups in external groups

from Spain, USA, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Switzerland.

Disclosure and support continued for the grant for mobility for research staff between
CIBER-BBN groups, proposals for which are called permanently throughout the year,

and there have only been one such stay under this type of intra-CIBER action. The

group of Jos Becerra benefited from this grant with stays in the group of Elisabeth
Engel.

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In the first half of 2013, CIBER-BBN designed a course in Nanomedicine in colla- 20
Other training T
boration with the UNED and the Escuela Nacional de Sanidad but said course was OR
actions
finally abandones.
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In 2013, continuous training management for CIBER-BBN staff through the Tripar- L
A
tita Foundation for the employment training continued.
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This training represents a lower financial cost for CIBER-BBN since the costs of the A
N /
training actions are deducted through social security bonuses. The CIBER-BBN, B
like any other company, has a training credit so that its employees can access the -B
R
training offered under this modality.
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