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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Science_and_technology_in_Chile/aNuDxMWk">Science and technology in Chile</a></p> <p>The ministry was implemented from a national need for an institution that manages to coordinate efforts in science and technology.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Currently in Chile it is pointed out that there is a low scientific and social organization of science and technology,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> the low state economic investment (0.34% of GDP in 2018)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> and the political institutionality of knowledge generated by research in Chile.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> National researchers and scientists have marched in 2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> and 2018<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> demanding improvements to science and technology from part of the government.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p><p>On 1 October 2019, the ministry officially begins to function employing 45 permanent officials that include the Minister of Science, the Subsecretary of Science, the officials who helped form the ministry and the five SEREMIs that were appointed by the <a href="/facts/President_of_Chile/7CrKFHp0">President of Chile</a>; and by 2020 with nearly 100 employees, including those transferred from the Subsecretary of Economy and the Subsecretary of Education. Originally, their offices were at the <a href="/facts/Palacio_de_La_Moneda_(Chile)/4DFVFWW7">Palacio de La Moneda</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> however, in June 2021, the ministry moves from its offices in the Palacio de la Moneda to its new location on Calle Morandé, one block from the presidential palace.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <h3>First minister's Announcement</h3> <p>After the announcement of the promulgation of the law that creates the ministry, there were many public comments about who could be the new minister of the portfolio; Among the most mentioned names were Hernán Cheyre, director of entrepreneurship at the <a href="/facts/University_for_Development/PeDlRl6U">Universidad del Desarrollo</a>, Álvaro Fischer, member of the National Council of Innovation for Development, Mónica Rubio, Chilean astronomer at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Chile/UDHDH249">University of Chile</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mario_Hamuy/sneJCmYJ">Mario Hamuy</a>, president of <a href="/facts/CONICYT/ncw4CVjx">CONICYT</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p><p>On 17 December 2018, during the second government of President Sebastian Piñera, the president announced at La Moneda Palace that the neurobiologist<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> Andrés Couve Correa will be the first minister, while the biologist and executive director of the Millennium Scientific Initiative,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> Carolina Torrealba, was appointed as the Subsecretary of the portfolio.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>According to what is dictated by the law that creates the ministry, its main job is to advise and collaborate with the President of the Republic in the drafting and application of policies, plans and programs that promote and strengthen science, technology and <a href="/facts/Innovation/aa7hadLw">innovation</a> that arises from research, with the purpose of contributing to <a href="/facts/Economic_development/4KRrMBaM">national development</a>, strengthening cultural, educational, social and economic heritage at various territorial scales. In addition, the ministry must seek methods to coordinate national regulations that promote research as well as to incorporate the knowledge generated by scientific-technological innovation in the development of public policies and public-private initiatives.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p><p>On the other hand, it is also responsible for fostering the creation of infrastructure and institutions, the training of professionals and their insertion in the public and/or private environment, fostering the <a href="/facts/Scientific_publication/nJh0Bx22">publication</a> and linking of ongoing research with the environment, promoting the formation of <a href="/facts/Science_communication/jxLjV0UE">scientific culture</a> as well as its assessment and communication, promoting equitable gender participation, taking charge of international treaties, spatial research and development, preservation of the national scientific and technological heritage, among others.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p><p>To achieve this, the ministry can propose public regulations, request research, award awards, develop activities focused on scientific dissemination, maintain a database on scientific and technological production and financing in the country, develop national standards regarding infrastructure and research, among other attributions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="organization">Organization</h2> <ul><li>Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation</li> <li>Subsecretary of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, on which they depend: <ul><li>Regional Ministerial Secretaries of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation. <ul><li>The five macrozones are <a href="/facts/Antofagasta/jhBU3bMr">Antofagasta</a>, <a href="/facts/Valpara%25C3%25ADso/QsJdz7Fn">Valparaíso</a>, <a href="/facts/Greater_Concepci%25C3%25B3n/RdVyFc5F">Concepción</a>, <a href="/facts/Valdivia/6rjUA5ka">Valdivia</a> y <a href="/facts/Punta_Arenas/vFmxbKp7">Punta Arenas</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li>Advisory Council of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation</li></ul></li> <li>National Research and Development Agency of Chile<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/FONDECYT/D0xbK8cb">National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development</a> (Fondecyt)</li></ul></li> <li>National Council of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation for Development</li> <li>Interministerial Committee for Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation</li></ul> <h2 id="lists-of-ministers">Lists of ministers</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>N°.</th><th colspan="2">Minister</th><th>Political party</th><th>Start date</th><th>Final date</th><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/President_of_Chile/7CrKFHp0">President</a></th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td>Andrés Couve Correa</td><td><a href="/facts/Independent_politician/Pzzvg0CC">Ind.</a></td><td>17 December 2018</td><td>11 March 2022</td><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Sebasti%25C3%25A1n_Pi%25C3%25B1era/DEqXsVww">Sebastián Piñera</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Flavio_Salazar/04fLLTRT">Flavio Salazar</a> Onfray</td><td><a href="/facts/Communist_Party_of_Chile/AHPLWBrt">PCCh</a></td><td>11 March 2022</td><td>6 September 2022</td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Gabriel_Boric/MvC4x9yt">Gabriel Boric</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Silvia_D%25C3%25ADaz/CYjHuccY">Silvia Díaz</a> Acosta</td><td><a href="/facts/Independent_politician/Pzzvg0CC">Ind.</a></td><td>6 September 2022</td><td>10 March 2023</td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ais%25C3%25A9n_Etcheverry/VNFuavlc">Aisén Etcheverry</a> Escudero</td><td><a href="/facts/Independent_politician/Pzzvg0CC">Ind.</a></td><td>10 March 2023</td><td><i>Incumbent</i></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.minciencia.gob.cl/">Website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"ANID al debe: por un desarrollo científico desde las artes". Ciper (in Spanish). 13 January 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022. <a href="https://www.ciperchile.cl/2022/01/13/anid-al-debe-por-un-desarrollo-cientifico-desde-las-artes/" target="_blank">https://www.ciperchile.cl/2022/01/13/anid-al-debe-por-un-desarrollo-cientifico-desde-las-artes/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Ley 21105 – Crea el Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología, Conocimiento e Innovación". Ley Chile – Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional (in Spanish). 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018. <a href="https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1121682" target="_blank">https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1121682</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Emol (30 October 2015). "Francisco Brieva y su salida de Conicyt: "Llevo seis meses sin recibir una remuneración"" (in Spanish). 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