Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation
Encyclopedia
The Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation , also known as Colciencias, is a Colombia
n government agency
that supports fundamental and applied research in Colombia.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n government agency
Government agency
A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...
that supports fundamental and applied research in Colombia.