Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Established |
1958
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Location |
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Budget 2011 |
US$400 million[1] |
Address |
Sarmiento 440 Buenos Aires
Argentina
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Website |
http://www.conicet.gov.ar/
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The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Spanish: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET) is an Argentine government agency which directs and co-ordinates most of the scientific and technical research done in universities and institutes.
It was established on 5 February 1958 by a decree of the national government. Its first director was Medicine Nobel Prize Bernardo A. Houssay.
Governed by a board independent from the federal government, it funds scientific research in three basic ways. Firstly, it gives grants for collective work to research teams of well-recognized scientists of every discipline, including social sciences and the humanities. Secondly, it has a payroll of about 6,500 researchers and 2,500 technicians working as employees in different categories, from investigador asistente (assistant researcher) to investigador principal (main researcher). Thirdly, it grants scholarships for doctoral and post-doctoral studies to 8,500 young researchers from Argentina and other countries.
Ranking
In 2017, CONICET was ranked as the best Latin American government research institution by the Scimago Institutions Ranking and the 2nd among all research institutions in the region after the Universidade de São Paulo. At the global level, CONICET holds the position 40th among the most prestigious 5000 research institutions worldwide (including universities, governmental and private research institutions, research councils, etc.).
References
^ Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (in Spanish)
External links
(in Spanish) Official website
Condiciones para acceder a una beca y a la carrera (in Spanish)
Authority control |
- BNE: XX89596
- BNF: cb12208794t (data)
- GND: 61174-8
- ISNI: 0000 0001 2297 3151
- NKC: ko2009274039
- SUDOC: 030730627
- VIAF: 154266212
- WorldCat Identities (via VIAF): 154266212
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International Council for Science (ICSU)
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National members |
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International scientific unions |
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
International Cartographic Association (ICA)
International Geographical Union (IGU)
International Mathematical Union (IMU)
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM)
International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB)
International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)
International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB)
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS)
International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)
International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS)
International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS)
International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)
International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
International Union of Radio Science (URSI)
International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)
- International Union of Toxicology
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Scientific associates |
Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (ACAL)
Engineering Committee on Oceanic Resources (ECOR)
Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies (FASAS)
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
International Commission for Acoustics (ICA)
International Commission for Optics (ICO)
International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS)
International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM)
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA)
International Union of Speleology (UIS)
International Water Association (IWA)
Pacific Science Association (PSA)
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
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