Large Facilities
CSIC provides services to the entire scientific community through management of the Singular Scientific and Technological Infrastructures (ICTS) recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation: these are unique or exceptional facilities involving relatively high investment and maintenance costs in relation to R&D investment budgets in their field. The whole science community and society at large can have access to 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. The importance and scientific and social repercussion of these large facilities is recognised and supported by the European Union.
CSIC administers the following Spanish ICTS:
- Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory
- Doñana Reserve - Biological Station
- Hespérides Ocean Research Vessel
- Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base
- Sarmiento de Gamboa Ocean Research Vessel
- The Integrated Micro and Nanofabrication Clean Room at the Microelectronics Institute of Barcelona
And the Spanish part of two large European facilities:
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Max von Laue-Paul Langevin Institute
Read more about this topic: Spanish High Council For Scientific Research
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