CELESTE represents a visionary initiative by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) for positioning the Canary Islands as a hub of excellence for pioneering research and technology development centered on two interlinked domains—Advanced Optical Systems and New Space. CELESTE will elevate IACTEC (the IAC’s division dedicated to industry

"The purpose of the aid object of this call is to promote the incorporation into research organizations of research personnel, both Spanish and foreign, with an outstanding career in order for them to acquire the skills and abilities that allow them to obtain a stable position in a research organization of the Spanish System of Science, Technology

The " Área de Carreteras, Movilidad, Innovación y Cultura " belonging to the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife , finances the employment of up to 16 IACTEC´s researchers in the programmes "Space" (Microsatellites, Teledetection, Optical Communications), "Optical Systems Advanced Fabrication", "Medical Technology", "Optomechanical Innovation and

The purpose of the grants is to train doctors by financing employment contracts, under the predoctoral contract modality, so that predoctoral research staff in training can carry out a doctoral thesis associated with a research project financed by the grants for R&D projects of the State Subprogram for Knowledge Generation within the framework of