CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) is the largest public research institution in Spain, with 123 institutes that cover basic and applied research in three global areas: Life, Society and Materia, and Interdisciplinary Thematic Platforms oriented to the coordinated resolution of great global challenges. 2 CSIC’s institutes participate in NanoMECommons.

The two CSIC groups participating are: Spectroscopy & Industrial Catalysis group (Institute for Catalysis and Petroleum Chemistry, ICP) and Ceramics for Smart Systems group (Institute of Ceramics and Glass, ICV)..