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Hundred directors of centers National Research Council (CSIC ) Friday sent a letter to Secretary of State for R & D + i in which qualify the organization’s situation “unsustainable” , result, say, of a restrictive policy that they are driven to stop the activity in weeks.

This letter, addressed to Carmen Vela, the sign hundred centers and institutes responsible for the 126 having the highest scientific body in the country and comes out a week after its chairman, Emilio Lora-Tamayo, ensure that in addition to the 25 million approved by the Government, need 75 more to avoid a “catastrophe”.

The signatories warn that it allocated so far is not enough to “make ends year , or even prioritize expenditure” and “in some cases even to fulfill contract obligations personnel under project “. “This will lead to the gradual cessation of research activity centers from the end of this July, unable to bear the expenses institutes from projects that are underway right now,” they say.

The situation is even more alarming in some centers, being the CSIC and “have a limited operating budget”, have traditionally had to resort to indirect costs of projects to pay the bills of electricity, gas, telephone and other items, remember.

“Because colleges are not going to have these indirect costs, the paralysis research project will be accompanied by physical closure of the facility, unable to secure the payment of the aforementioned bills “, emerge in this letter advanced by Country and which Efe had access .

The undersigned further state

with “deep concern and sadness the impossibility of maintaining scientific commitments ” acquired by the research staff “with existing budget arising from accounting adjustments.”

In this sense, added: “We understand that the ultimate responsibility is to the ministerial authorities and government, and is the result of a restrictive science policy which leads us to the stoppage of CSIC in weeks. “

According to these researchers, the solution, even partial and temporary, not on the use of funds for the institutes to ensure the functioning of the CSIC, but to “urgently increase funding by the Ministry and in return the schools their ability to manage resources that have been able to generate “.

Qualifying

unsustainable situation and warn that if not addressed immediately, “agrees the future of the organization with the greatest impact researcher in the country”. “His recent statements, the Vela- have to be processed in urgent financial transfers . Confident that the actions to keep the CSIC arrive in a few weeks, so that the situation is not irreversible,” they said.

Vela announced last week will do everything necessary to keep the CSIC-idea-repeated Thursday and a new game 50 million , adding that if this were not enough will continue doing things.