TheVenezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC;Spanish:Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas) is a scientific research institute and graduate training center inVenezuela founded by government decree on February 9, 1959. It has its origins in theVenezuelan Institute of Neurology and Brain Research (IVNIC;Instituto Venezolano de Neurología e Investigaciones Cerebrales), whichHumberto Fernandez-Moran founded in 1955.

The center has theMarcel Roche Library, recognized in 1996 byUNESCO as being "the best Regional Library for Science and Technology".^{[citation needed]}

The headquarters of the IVIC is located nearSan Antonio de los Altos, in Altos de Pipe,Miranda State. The grounds cover 832-acre headquarters, where are the scientific and academic facilities, residences for researchers, students and staff, storeroom, dining, administration and service area, library, etc. Within this area there are some pockets of tropical cloud forest and a couple of streams. IVIC is currently in the process of regionalization, of which there have been two sub-regional headquarters inMérida andZulia states.^{[citation needed]}

Also have a Scientific Research Station nearHiguerote, Miranda State.^{[citation needed]}

Sergio Arias Cazorla and his colleagues, who worked ashuman geneticists in the institute, discoveredInstituto Venezolano de Investigaciónes Científicas syndrome.

It is composed of the worker staff, the "rank" (scientific) staff, the administrative staff (secretaries, dean, etc.) and students.

• Students
  • Undergraduate students: training and thesis
  • Graduate students: MSc and PhSc
• Rank staff:
  • PAIs (professionals associated with research) and TAIs (technician associated with research)
  • Postdoctoral fellows
  • Researchers (associated, titular, emeritus), many of whom have been awarded national prizes such as theLorenzo Mendoza Fleury Science Prize, a biennial award sponsored by FundaciónEmpresas Polar^[1]

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• http://www.ivic.gob.veArchived 2020-09-19 at theWayback Machine - Official website
• http://biblioteca.ivic.gob.ve/ - The Marcel Roche Library
• http://cea.ivic.gob.ve/scea/?accion=egresadosCentro de Estudios Avanzados at theWayback Machine (archived 2016-03-23) - Former Graduate Students (in chronological order)
• https://www.panoramio.com/user/431730/tags/IVICArchived 2016-11-04 at theWayback Machine - IVIC Pictures by V. Karasiev in Panoramio
• http://www.raul-padron.org - IVIC´s Padrón lab web page

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