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Since 2006, the Scientific and Technological Park of Fuente Alamo has received nearly € 10M through the various calls of the Ministry of Science and Innovation Park Aid
The minister, who in the morning has been reunited with employers in the area have benefited from grants from the Ministry, recalled that since 2004, the Ministry of Education and Science has funded in the Region of Murcia, through the CDTI, 198 projects for corporate research and development of new technology-based companies.
The Minister for Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia, today opened the Technology Transfer Centre Technology Park of Fuente Alamo, University of Murcia, which is destined to become a core element of university life and in an ideal channel for connection between the university and its immediate surroundings, said.
The minister has underlined the important role played by Parks as a key instrument for the valorisation of research results, has been accompanied by the Delegate of the Government in Murcia, Rafael González Tovar and the Rector of the University of Murcia, José Antonio Cobacho.
In this regard, the minister stressed that since 2006, the Scientific and Technological Park of Fuente Alamo has received nearly € 10M through the various calls of the Ministry of Science and Innovation Park aid, of which almost € 2M has been for the Technology Transfer Center at the University of Murcia, which was inaugurated today.
"This support from the Ministry is a tribute to the hard work transfer that made the University of Murcia in recent years," he added.
Since 2005, the Ministry of Education and Science has invested € 1.643M in Spanish parks.
Specifically, in 2009, the Ministry has committed an investment of € 442M to support parks programs.
Similarly, the Minister has announced that the Campus Project at the University of Murcia called "Coriolis Project: Connect Strategy Development" focused mainly in the area of sustainable food and agriculture, has earned him recognition from the Ministry of Science and Innovation as a of the 26 campus excellent R & D and transfer, selected from nearly 50 nominations submitted by the Spanish universities.
Coriolis In this project involved other agencies sharing the space with the UMU, as the CSIC.
Other partners Murcia Science Park, the Mediterranean Water Institute, the School of Business and Enterprise College Foundation and the European Business and Innovation (CCEIM), all set on the campus of Espinardo.
In addition, on the campus of the Health Sciences, University of Murcia will be accompanied by the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, with which it shares physical space.
The Call of Excellence Campus International is one of the initiatives which the Government of Spain intends to put our best universities in the international elite, said.
The Ministry has funded in the Region of Murcia 198 projects for corporate research and creation of new technology-based companies since 2004
The minister, who in the morning has been reunited with employers in the area have benefited from grants from the Ministry to exchange views on the policies of R + D + i, stressed during his speech, the interaction between the University and the Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI under the Ministry of Science and Innovation), to develop business cooperation projects and incubation of technology companies.
In this regard, the minister recalled that since 2004, the Ministry of Education and Science has funded in the Region of Murcia, through CDTI, 198 corporate research projects and creating new technology-based companies.
In that period, the CDTI has committed € 105M and has mobilized a total budget of € 173M.
The minister stressed the government's commitment for Science and Innovation since 2004, reflected in key indicators related to R & D.
In this regard, he referred to data from the National Statistical Institute for 2008, indicating that investment in R & D to GDP ratio rose from 1.27% in 2007 to 1.35% in 2008.
Likewise, the minister highlighted that public sector, which is fed mainly from the contribution of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, investment has increased by 13.8%.
And also the private sector continues to increase, with a growth rate of 8.3%, a good thing considering the economic situation, he added.
Finally, the minister has referred to the significant growth in the number of researchers from the National System, whose cumulative increase since 2004 amounts to 30%.
Source: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
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