Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC)

This fellowship must be completed not later than November 2024

Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) is a biomedical research center funded through a pioneering public-private partnership between the Spanish Government and the ProCNIC Foundation (composed of twelve Spanish companies unrelated to the biomedical sector).Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the principal cause of death worldwide, and the exponential increase in the cost of treating CVD in its symptomatic phase places an insurmountable burden on patients, families, and health systems. In response to this challenge, the CNIC has defined three major goals: to increase the understanding of cardiovascular health, to improve disease prevention, and to generate treatment advances for the prevalent manifestations of CVD. These goals require mechanistic studies to gain insight into the molecular and cellular processes underlying disease, coupled to the translation of these findings into improvements in health promotion, diagnosis, and disease management.

Research proposals

Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) is organized in seven highly focused and integrated programs: (1) novel mechanisms of atherosclerosis, (2) myocardial homeostasis & cardiac injury, (3) cardiovascular regeneration, (4) novel arrhythmogenic mechanisms, (5) CVD, risk factors & cognitive function, (6) cardiovascular health promotion, and (7) technology development. These programs span from basic research to advanced health-changing clinical trials and build on the CNIC’s deep-rooted and proven expertise in state-of-the-art technology, cellular and animal models, imaging modalities, and large-scale data gathering and analysis.