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HORIZONTAL PROGRAMMES
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European Programmes and International Relations

CIBERSAM’s goal is to become the centre of reference for research on mental disor-
ders not only in Spain, but also internationally. To that end, there is a need to en-

courage CIBERSAM research groups to conduct and lead collaborative research with
prestigious European and international centres.

Objectives

Jos L. Ayuso Mateos
• To enhance CIBERSAM group participation in calls for European and international
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projects, offering support to groups that want to embark on such initiatives.
European Programmes
and International Relations • To encourage CIBERSAM investigators to coordinate European projects.

Area Coordinator
• To establish contacts with the authorities involved in funding mental health re-

search in Europe and abroad to stimulate the creation of calls for proposal in the
CIBERSAM priority research areas.

In 2013, CIBERSAM increased its exposure in Europe and abroad and successfully
Summary of
positioned itself in a prominent spot within the main European mental health research
activities
networks. Some of the achievements of the different CIBERSAM groups in this pro-
gramme are detailed below:

• 198 publications (43.8% of all CIBERSAM publications) were created as a result

of international collaborations in 2013..

• The participation of many CIBERSAM members in projects from different calls for
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proposal increased exponentially: 7th Framework Programme of the European 0
Commission and of the US National Institute of Health (NIH), USA. There was a 2
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total of 20 active European and international projects in 2013 and three newly O
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granted projects will start in 2014. In total, 56% of the groups forming CIBERSAM R
participated in these projects (n=14).
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• CIBERSAM groups not only participate in these calls for proposal but also ac- NN
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tively promote CIBERSAM managing said calls. In 2013, CIBERSAM managed /
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two projects and coordinated one. In addition, another two projects which were SA
approved in 2013 will also be managed by CIBERSAM starting 2014 (see the list R
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below). All this gave CIBERSAM an image of being a reliable and efficient insti- CI
tution in terms of leading and managing European projects.
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