Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Established	1958
Location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Address	Sarmiento 440 Buenos Aires Argentina
Website	http://www.conicet.gov.ar/

The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Spanish: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET) is an Argentine government agency which directs and co-ordinates most of the scientific and technical research done in public universities and institutes.

CONICET was established on 5 February 1958 by a decree of the national government. Its first director was Medicine Nobel Prize Bernardo A. Houssay.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Official website

• US6,546,784 -- " Laser apparatus for measuring dirt density on steel plates," 2003.

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