The National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (Spanish: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares or CNIC) is a Spanish research institute. The Centre was founded in 1999 and has purpose-built facilities on the campus of the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid. The director is ValentÃn Fuster.[citation needed] Since 2005 the institute has been supported by the Government and by a group of leading Spanish companies and charitable foundations (the Pro-CNIC Foundation). From Wikipedia
