The ALBA Network: The first Lights of the Universe, intends to detect the first sources to appear in the Universe. The ALBA collaboration started from a sub-group of researchers from the Consolider-Ingenio2010 project (CSD2006-00070): First science with the GTC, whose principal Investigator was the PI of this Red Temática. The ALBA collaboration

This is a proposal to construct a new building with 3 floors and basement, to be built in the same plot where the current headquarters are located, and that would include 50 new offices, meeting rooms, services and facilities.

The main goal of this project is to ensure the scientific and technical participation of IAC and UPCT in the ESA space mission EUCLID (Cosmic Vision Program) during the period 2016-2018. In particular, the spanish scientific participation includes researchers belonging to IAC, UPCT, IFCA, CAB, IFT, Univ. of Salamanca and CEFCA. Currently, the NISP

Within ALISIO project, which started in 2018, a new instrument called DRAGO is being developed. DRAGO is an Earth Observation camera, valid for operation in a low orbit (~600 km). This camera operates in the infrared range up to 1.6 micron and it is compatible with the CubeSat standard, fitting in platform CubeSat 3U+. The completion of this

GENERA (Gender Equality Network in the European Research Area) is an European project, funded in the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme, whose objective is to promote the development of plans of equality in Physics research centres. The underlying aim is to enrich European research in this field with the talents of a greater number of women

Extrapolation of the current known black hole (BH) transients (only 17 confirmed after decades monitoring the X-ray sky), together with Population Synthesis studies, suggest the Milky Way contains ~10^4 quiescent BH binaries. However, the full extent of this population is extremely uncertain, yet it is critical for understanding close binary