We are Spain’s leading cancer research center and one of the most productive internationally. We operate under the Ministry of Science, Research, and Universities and have been accredited as a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence since 2011.
We are committed to discovering why cancer develops and how to prevent and cure it. Our research groups are led by scientific leaders in their field, supported by world-class scientific and technological infrastructure. Our scientific publications make us one of the most influential cancer research centers internationally.
To ensure that this knowledge benefits people with cancer as quickly as possible, we create and transfer technology to the industrial sector. We develop new therapies and diagnostic methods, which we patent and license; we lead clinical trials; and we create new companies. We collaborate with many hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.
We attract and train talented young people. To advance research, we need their fresh ideas and perspectives. More than 30% of CNIO staff are under 30 years of age.
We obtain almost half of our research budget through competitive calls for proposals, where only the best projects receive funding.
Almost half of our research budget comes from competitive calls for proposals, where only the best projects receive funding.
Our Friends of CNIO philanthropy program is making it possible to carry out more and more research projects.
The Board of Trustees of the State Public Sector Foundation of the Spanish National Cancer Research Center Carlos III (F.S.P. CNIO), at its meeting held on September 4, 2025, unanimously agreed to propose Raúl Rabadán as Scientific Director of the CNIO.
Professor Rabadán, a physicist, is Director of the Program in Mathematical Genomics and Professor in the Departments of Systems Biology and Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, New York, USA. With this proposal, the CNIO reaffirms its commitment to excellence in cancer research and to the promotion of cutting-edge scientific projects for the benefit of society.
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