Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation

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	Carrera 7B Bis № 132-28, Bogotá, Colombia
Annual budget	COP$148,292,622,987,234 (est. 2010)
Agency executive	Selection of new director pending (since 08/07/2014). Direct appointment by the President of Colombia., 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.

Publindex

COLCIENCIAS Headquarters.

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).