Ministry of Science and Technology (Brazil)
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The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCT; ) of Brazil
, is the civilian cabinet
organization which coordinates science and technology
activities in the country. It is headed by the Minister of Science and Technology.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, is the civilian cabinet
Cabinet of Brazil
The Cabinet of Brazil is composed of the Ministers of State and senior advisors of the executive branch of the federal government of Brazil. Cabinet officers are appointed and dismissed by the President. There are currently twenty-four Ministries of State and fourteen other cabinet-level...
organization which coordinates science and technology
Science and technology
Science and technology is a term of art used to encompass the relationship between science and technology. It frequently appears within titles of academic disciplines and government offices.-See also:...
activities in the country. It is headed by the Minister of Science and Technology.
Agencies under the MCT
- Funding Authority for Studies and ProjectsFinanciadora de Estudos e ProjetosThe Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos is an organization of the Brazilian federal government under the Ministry of Science of Technology, devoted to funding of science and technology in the country....
(FINEP) - National Council of Scientific and Technological DevelopmentConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoThe Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico is an organization of the Brazilian federal government under the Ministry of Science and Technology, dedicated to the promotion of scientific and technological research and to the formation of human resources for research in the...
(CNPq) - National Nuclear Energy CommissionNational Nuclear Energy CommissionThe National Nuclear Energy Commission is the Brazilian government agency responsible for the orientation, planning, supervision, and control of Brazil's nuclear program. The agency was created on 10 October 1956...
(CNEN) - Brazilian Center for Physics ResearchCentro Brasileiro de Pesquisas FísicasThe Brazilian Center for Physics Research is a physics research center sponsored by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development , linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology. CBPF was founded in 1949 from a joint effort of Cesar Lattes, José Leite Lopes, and...
(CBPF) - National Institute for Space ResearchNational Institute for Space ResearchThe National Institute for Space Research is a research unit of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, whose main goals are fostering scientific research and technological applications and qualifying personnel in the fields of space and atmospheric sciences, space engineering, and space...
(INPE) - Brazilian Space AgencyBrazilian Space AgencyThe Brazilian Space Agency is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's burgeoning space program. It operates a spaceport at Alcântara and a rocket launch site at Barreira do Inferno...
(AEB) - Brazilian National Laboratory of Scientific Computation (LNCC)
- Brazilian National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA)
- Brazilian National Laboratory of Synchrotron LightLaboratório Nacional de Luz SíncrotronLaboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron is the Brazilian National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light, a research institution on physics, chemistry, material science and life sciences...
- Renato Archer Research CenterCentro de Pesquisas Renato ArcherThe ' is a research and development center of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology , previously named Fundação Centro Tecnológico para Informática , which was founded 1982. It is located in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, at the Rodovia Dom Pedro I...
(CTI)
See also
- Brazilian science and technologyBrazilian science and technologyBrazilian science and technology have achieved a significant position in the international arena in the last decades. The central agency for science and technology in Brazil is the Ministry of Science and Technology, which includes the CNPq and Finep...
- Brazilian Academy of SciencesBrazilian Academy of SciencesThe Brazilian Academy of Sciences is the national academy of Brazil. It is headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro and was founded in 1916....
- Federal institutions of BrazilFederal institutions of Brazil-Legislative branch:*National Congress, Congresso Nacional*Chamber of Deputies, Câmara dos Deputados*Senate of Brazil, Senado Federal*National Court of Audit, Tribunal de Contas da União -Presidency of Brazil, Presidência da República:...
- Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear MaterialsBrazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear MaterialsThe Brazilian–Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials is a binational safeguards agency playing an active role in the verification of the peaceful use of nuclear materials that could be used, either directly or indirectly, for the manufacture of weapons of mass...