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The Patronato Diego Sauvedra Fajardo does some work in geography. Three other patronatos are concerned with studies in the humanities. The CSIC has a data processing center and publishes periodicals summarizing the research conducted in the various institutes. It maintains an awareness of research done in other countries and maintains extensive contacts with certain US research centers. The CSIC also awards several major prizes annually for research.
A governmental decree of February 1969 was designed to strengthen cooperation between the CSIC and the universities and to provide for the establishment of joint research centers at universities. These centers were to be devoted to research in mathematics, physics, biochemistry, geology, biology, physiology, anatomy, and veterinary science.
Spain has three authorities which are concerned formally with scientific activities at the national level: the Delegate Committee for Scientific Policy, the Advisory Committee for Scientific and Technical Research, and the Research Committee of the Economic Development Plan. These committees are important in establishing scientific policy and in the allocation of funds for research and development. The Delegate Committee for Scientific Policy was established in April 1963 to guide and coordinate government action in a manner that would promote and encourage scientific and technical research, to formulate integrated long range plans, and to prepare decisions on budgetary allocations for research according to the provisions of the Economic Development Plan. The Delegate Committee is presided over by the Chief of State. Members include the Deputy Prime Minister, the Ministers of Finance, Interior, Public Works, Education and Science, Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce, and the Under Secretary attached to the Prime Minister's Office. The Research Committee of the Economic Development Plan, established in 1962, is important with respect to scientific activities, because it is a part of the Economic and Social Development Planning Commission, which decides on the amount of funds to be allocated to research under the plan.
The Advisory Committee for Scientific and Technical Research is a service of the government and is neither financially nor administratively autonomous. It aids in the formulation of government science policy and plays a consulting role for the Delegate Committee for Scientific Policy and the Research Committee of the Economic Development Plan, both of which rely heavily on the Advisory Committee in arriving at decisions. The Advisory Committee has no laboratories of its own, but it may recommend institutes and research centers in which research programs are to be conducted; it also suggests suitable coordination methods. The Advisory Committee has an added responsibility of proposing measures to encourage industrial research. The president and deputy president of this committee are appointed from among the members of the CSIC. The other members of the committee are representatives of the Ministries of Finance, Interior, Public Works, Education and Science, Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, and Housing, and representatives of important agencies and organizations concerned with research. The Secretary of the Advisory Committee is the General Secretary of the CSIC.
A National Fund for the Development of Scientific Research, set up in 1964, is administered by the Delegate Committee for Scientific Policy and the Advisory Committee for Scientific and Technical Research. This fund provides financial support for extraordinary purchases of scientific instruments for government and university research centers, provides funds for cooperative scientific research programs outside of the CSIC, and makes loans for research projects conducted by private firms in collaboration with government research centers.
Several government ministries are involved in research. The Ministry of Education and Science, in addition to its responsibility for the CSIC, is responsible for scientific education and research in the universities. In December 1968 the Minister of Education and Science reorganized the Directorate General of Higher Education and Research to provide sub-directorates of higher technical instruction and of scientific research and coordination and an office of scientific research and promotion. The latter office is concerned primarily with encouraging research in higher educational institutions.
The National Commission for Space Research, under the Ministry of Air Force, promotes and coordinates space research. The Esteban Terradas National Institute for Aerospace Research (INTA) at Torrejón[1] de Ardoz is an autonomous agency that uses the facilities of the Ministry of Air Force but is governed by a board that includes the Ministers of Air Force, Army, Navy, Industry, and Education and Science. The Ministry of Industry is responsible for the Nuclear Energy Commission, the Geological and Mining Institute in Madrid, and the Industrial Cooperative Research Associations. A National Council for Agricultural Research and Development,
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- ↑ For diacritics on place names see the list of names on the apron of the Summary Map and map itself in the Country Profile chapter.
