COLCIENCIAS

Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation

Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
Agency overview
Formed	January 23, 2009 (2009-01-23)
Preceding agency	Colombian Institute for the Development of Science and Technology Francisco José de Caldas
Headquarters	Avenida Calle 26 # 57-41 Torre 8 Pisos del 2 al 6, complejo empresarial Sarmiento Angulo Bogotá, Colombia
Annual budget	COP$148,292,622,987,234 (est. 2010)
Agency executive	Yaneth Giha, Director
Parent agency	National Planning Department
Key document	Ley 1286 de 2009
Website	www.colciencias.gov.co

The Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (Spanish: Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación), also known as Colciencias, is a Colombian government agency that supports fundamental and applied research in Colombia.

Conciencias runs Publindex, the National Abstracting and Indexing System for Serial Publications in Science, Technology and Innovation (Spanish: Sistema Nacional de Indexación de Publicaciones Especializadas de Ciencia, Tecnología e innovación), which is a ranking of academic journals in four categories (C, B, A2, and A1).

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