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Scientific committee

Proposals for the MIT-Spain/Cambra de Barcelona Seed Fund will be will be evaluated by MIT faculty knowledgeable about the field within which the proposal falls. These evaluators will review a proposal taking into consideration the importance of the scientific problem or project and its potential contribution to the field.

MIT-Spain was initiated in late 2004 when Luis Perez-Breva and Mercedes Balcells teamed up to remedy the difficulties to connect back with Spanish business and research leaders in order to explore ways to create a durable channel of communication for education, research and innovation with Spain. Throughout 2005 Mercedes and Luis gathered support and enthusiasm at MIT and in Spain. In 2006 they founded MIT-Spain as a pilot program. The support and mentorship of Manuel Martinez-Sanchez, Jaime Peraire, and the guidance of Elazer Edelman, and Charles Cooney was critical to bring MIT-Spain from its initial pilot phase to become a fully fledged program in 2007. Today MIT-Spain is an established program with a community that includes several hundred people in Spain, at MIT, and alumni all over the world, hundreds of success stories, a 95% satisfaction rate among all participants and ambition to continue growing the communication between Spain and MIT.

Advisory board

Josep Maria Cervera, Director of International Area, La Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona; MIT-Spain Liaison Officer

Professor Charles Cooney, Department of Chemical Engineering title: Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering (currenty on sabbatical)

Professor Elazer Edelman, Harvd-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology Thomas D & Virginia W Cabot Professor of HST

Alicia Goldstein, MIT-Spain Managing Director

Professor Manuel Martínez-Sánchez, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics; MIT-Spain Program Faculty Director

Professor Jaime Peraire, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics; MIT-Spain Program Faculty Director

Dr. Luis Perez-Breva, Research Scientist and Lecturer, School of Engineering, Innovation Teams; MIT-Spain Program Director

Steering committee

Professor Jaime Peraire, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics; MIT-Spain Program Faculty Director

Dr. Mercedes Balcells-Camps, Research Scientist, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology; MIT-Spain Program Director

Dr. Luis Perez-Breva, Research Scientist and Lecturer, School of Engineering, Innovation Teams, MIT-Spain Program Director

Alicia Goldstein, MIT-Spain Managing Director