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{{infobox organization
| name = Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías  (CONAHCYT)
| founded = 1970
| logo = conahcyt.png
| headquarters = Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582, Col. Crédito Constructor, [[Benito Juárez, Mexico City|Del. Benito Juárez]] C.P. 03940, [[Mexico City]]
| leader_title = Director
| leader_name = [[María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces]]
}}
'''Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias, y Tecnologías''' (Spanish for '''National Council of Humanities, Sciences, and Technologies'''; abbreviated '''CONAHCYT''') is Mexico's entity in charge of the promotion of scientific and technological activities, setting government policies for these matters, and granting scholarships for postgraduate studies. It is the equivalent of the US's [[National Science Foundation]] and Argentina's [[CONICET]]. It is officially designated as a decentralized public agency of Mexico's federal government. CONAHCYT was founded in 1970.
==Programs==
CONAHCYT grants scholarships for graduate studies (masters and doctoral) in Mexico for programs that have been recognized by CONAHCYT in the Registry of Quality Graduate Programs (abbreviated PNPC<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123142127/http://www.conacyt.mx/Calidad/Becas_ProgramasPosgradosNacionalesCalidad.html|title=Programa Nacional de Posgrados de Calidad (PNPC)|archive-date=2010-01-23|url=http://www.conacyt.mx/Calidad/Becas_ProgramasPosgradosNacionalesCalidad.html|website=CONACTY}}</ref> in Spanish). CONAHCYT also grants scholarships for Mexican nationals to pursue graduate studies in foreign countries. CONAHCYT also provides funding for postdoctoral positions and sabbatical leaves.{{Source needed|date=September 2024|reason=source needed to verify}}
CONAHCYT also administers the [[National System of Researchers]] (abbreviated as SNI, in Spanish), a national network promoting high quality scientific research. Membership to the system and the level assigned (candidate, I, II, III, emeritus) dependents on scientific productivity and is evaluated by peer committees. Members of SNI, both Mexican and foreign, receive a monthly stipend directly from CONAHCYT only if they work in institutions or universities located in Mexico. The specific amount of the monetary stipend increases depending on the membership level. Mexican nationals working full time on research-related activities but ascribed to institutions located outside Mexico are eligible for membership but not for the stipend. In these cases, the appointment is considered a distinction.{{Source needed|date=September 2024|reason=source needed to verify}}
==Research centers==
CONAHCYT also manages programs to encourage industry and private sector involvement in science and technology R&D through the RENIECYT (National Registry of Institutions and Businesses in Science and Technology)<ref>{{cite web|lang=es|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100123164250/http://www.conacyt.mx/Reniecyt/Index_Reniecyt.html|title=RENIECYT|archive-date=2010-01-23|url=http://www.conacyt.mx/Reniecyt/Index_Reniecyt.html|website=CONACTY}}</ref> to offer financing to technical and technological development projects.
CONAHCYT also manages 26 public research centers (CPI<ref>{{cite web|lang=es|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100124143547/http://www.conacyt.mx/Centros/Centros_ConoceCentros.html|title=Centros|archive-date=2010-01-24|url=http://www.conacyt.mx/Centros/Centros_ConoceCentros.html|website=CONACTY}}</ref>) located in several parts of Mexico and dedicated usually to a narrow field of science. Some of the best known are:
* [[Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas|CIDE]] (Center for Research and Teaching in Economics)
* [[El Colegio de México|COLMEX]] (College of Mexico)
*[[CIMAT]] (Center for Research in Mathematics)
*[[INAOE]] (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics)
*[[CICESE]] (Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education)
* INFOTEC (Center for Research and Innovation in Information Technology and Communications)
*CIDETEQ (Center for Innovation and Technological Development in Electrochemistry)
* [[Centro de Investigaciones en Optica|CIO]] (Center for Research in Optics)
* [[CentroGeo]] (Center for Research in Geography and Geomatics)
*COMIMSA (Mexican Coorportaion of Materials Research)
* CIDESI (Center for Engineering and Industry Development)
== General directors ==
The head of CONAHCYT is appointed directly by the President of Mexico. Since CONAHCYT was founded it has been led by:
* [[Eugenio Méndez Docurro]] M.Sc. in engineering (1971–1972)
* Gerardo Bueno Zirión, Ph.D. (1973–1976)
* Edmundo Flores Flores, Ph.D. (1977–1982)
* Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez, Ph.D. (1983–1988)
* José Gerstl Valenzuela, Ph.D. (1988)
* Manuel V. Ortega Ortega, Ph.D. (1989–1990)
* Fausto Alzati, Ph.D. (1991–1994)
* Carlos Bazdresch Parada, Ph.D. (1995–2000)
* Jaime Parada Ávila, Ph.D. (2001–2005)
* Gustavo Chapela Castañares, Ph.D. (2005–2006)
* [[Juan Carlos Romero Hicks]], M.A. (2007 to 2011)
* [[José Enrique Villa Rivera]], Ph.D. (2011 to 2012)
* [[Enrique Cabrero|Enrique Cabrero Mendoza]], Ph.D. (2012 to 2018)
* María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces, Ph.D. (2018 to present)
== Press agency==
CONAHCYT has its own press agency to cover topics of science and technology in Mexico.{{Source needed|date=September 2024|reason=source needed to verify}}
== Controversies ==
In 2006 the director of CONAHCYT named new general directors of two Public Research Centers (IPICYT and CIMAT). This was criticized, because it was seen as the director overstepping his authority and even violating the Constitution as it denied the autonomous nature granted to Mexican CPIs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/06/01/index.php?section=ciencias&article=a03n1cie |title=Facultar al director del Conacyt para que designe a los mandos viola la Constitución|publisher=La Jornada|date=June 1, 2006|language=Spanish}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190209135410/http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/en CONACYT website]
*[http://cienciamx.com/index.php Sciences]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130123010453/http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/FormacionCapitalHumano/EstanciasPosdoctoralesNacionales/Paginas/default.aspx PNPC]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123011012/http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/SNI/Paginas/default.aspx SNI]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121205015624/http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/Tramites/reniecyt/Paginas/default.aspx RENIECYT]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123010731/http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/ElConacyt/CentrosConacyt/Paginas/default.aspx CPI]
* [https://www.cio.mx/ CIO]
* [https://www.cimat.mx/ CIMAT]
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