CONICYT is a Chilean

government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

responsible for coordinating, promoting and aiding

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in the country. The name is an acronym of ''Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica'' meaning "National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research". CONICYT is part of the

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. CONICYT provides grants through several programs: *

FONDECYT The National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (Spanish: ''Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico''), abbreviated FONDECYT, is the main public fund of the Government of Chile to promote basic scientific and technol ...

(National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development) * FONDEF (Fund for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological Development) * FONDAP (Financing Fund Research Centres in Priority Areas) * National Fund for Research and Development in Health * Regional Fund for Scientific and Technological Development * Explore program

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