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The “Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa” and “Unit of Excellence Maria de Maeztu” Award, within the subprogram of Institutional Strengthening of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation, aims to fund and accredit public research centers and units on any areas that demonstrate scientific leadership and impact at global level, as well as active collaboration in their social and business environment.
The Centers of Excellence Severo Ochoa and Units of Excellence Maria de Maeztu are organizational structures with highly competitive strategic research programmes in the frontiers of knowledge. They are among the best in the world in their respective scientific areas.
The evaluation and selection process is carried out by an independent international committee of prestigious scientists with high impact.
Below there is a list of the centers and units ordered by scientific area:
"Life Sciences"
Centres
Units
“Mathematics, Experimental Sciences and Engineering”
Centres
Units
"Humanities and Social Sciences"
Centres
Units
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The accreditation is valid for a four year period with no possibility of renewal. Once the accreditation is concluded, the centres or units may apply again through a competitive call. Accreditation also implies a grant of four million euros for this period in the case of centres and two million euros for units.
The Programme targets those centres or units that, while meeting the prerequisites of the Programme, carry out cutting-edge basic research and are among the world's best in their respective areas. Networks of centres or units are excluded.
The centres or units that apply to this programme must demonstrate that their research fulfills the programme’s requirements for excellence and that they:
Accreditation as a “Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence” or “María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence” has a duration of four years and includes:
Each “Severo Ochoa” Centre of Excellence or “María de Maeztu” Unit of Excellence must have a Scientific Director, who is not necessarily the director of the institution. The Scientific Director should perform research at the highest standards and also have a significant capacity for leadership in the management of research.
“Severo Ochoa” Centres of Excellence or “María de Maeztu” Units of Excellence must be centres or units of reference and clear examples of the quality and relevance of the pioneering scientific research carried out in Spain. As such, they should serve to lead and energize the Spanish research system as a whole and boost its international profile.