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National Scientific and Technical Research Council

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Conicet offices in Buenos Aires
Agency overview
Formed	5 February 1958; 67 years ago (1958-02-05)
Headquarters	Buenos Aires,Argentina 34°34′57.24124″S58°25′44.40274″W / 34.5825670111°S 58.4290007611°W /-34.5825670111; -58.4290007611
Employees	16,026 (2025)[1]
Annual budget	ARS$518,839,000 (2025)[2]
Agency executive	Daniel Salamone, President
Website	conicet.gov.ar

TheNational Scientific and Technical Research Council (Spanish:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas,CONICET) is anArgentinegovernment agency which directs and co-ordinates most of the scientific and technical research done inuniversities and institutes.

The National Scientific and Technical Research Council was established on 5 February 1958 by a decree of the national government. Its first director wasNobel LaureateBernardo 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, frominvestigador asistente (assistant researcher) toinvestigador principal (main researcher). Thirdly, it grants scholarships for doctoral and post-doctoral studies to 8,500 young researchers from Argentina and other countries.

In 2025, CONICET was ranked as the best Latin American government research institution by the Scimago Institutions Ranking^[3] and the 2nd among all research institutions in the region after theUniversidade de São Paulo.^[4] CONICET holds the 125th position among the most prestigious research institutions worldwide (including universities, governmental and private research institutions, research councils, etc.).

• Science and Justice: This programs seeks to strengthen collaboration between the scientific community and the judiciary branch.
• VocAr: Seeks to promote scientific culture and create awareness about CONICET's actions and activities within the education community, youth and the general public.
• Memory Commission: Strives to recover records of victims impacted by state terrorism.
• Marine Science Commission: Promotes monitoring and scientific research of Argentinian marine and coastal areas.^[5]

• Carlos J. Gradin—Argentine archaeologist and member of CONICET
• Andrea Gamarnik—virologist
• Rosa Muchnik de Lederkremer - chemist and member of CONICET
• Alberto Kornblihtt—molecular biologist
• Lino Barañao—biochemist
• Diego Golombek—biologist andpopularizer

• INAPL—government organization that works with CONICET

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