National Scientific and Technical Research Council

National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Científicas y Técnicas
Conicet offices in Buenos Aires
Agency overview
Formed5 February 1958 (1958-02-05)
Headquarters
Employees16,026 (2025)
Annual budgetARS$518,839,000 (2025)
Agency executive
  • Daniel Salamone, President
Websiteconicet.gov.ar

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.