General Secretariat for Research

General Secretariat for Research
Secretaría General de Investigación
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Main Headquarters of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities in Madrid.
Agency overview
FormedMay 12, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-05-12)
Preceding agency
  • General Secretariat of the National Plan for Scientific Research and Technological Development
TypeGeneral Secretariat
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
Headquarters162 Paseo de la Castellana
Madrid
Annual budget€ 2.7 billion
Agency executive
  • Rafael Rodrigo Montero, Secretary-General
Parent departmentMinistry of Science and Innovation

The General Secretariat for Research (Spanish: Secretaría General de Investigación, SGI) is a component of the Spanish Department of Science and Innovation responsible for promoting the Spanish scientific research, as well as coordinating the different organizations and administrations that are part of it. The general secretariat's budget for 2019 was €2.697 billion.

The general secretariat is headed by a Secretary-General, an undersecretary-rank official appointed by the Monarch with the advice of the Science Minister. The Secretary-General chairs the Spanish Polar Committee and is assisted by a Technical Cabinet, a director-general and a deputy director-general. The general secretariat supervises several scientific agencies owned by the central government.[1] The current Secretary-General is Rafael Rodrigo Montero, an astrophysicist who served as President of the CSIC from 2008 to 2012.[2]

  1. ^ "Royal Decree 865/2018, of July 13, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  2. ^ "El ex presidente del CSIC Rafael Rodrigo coordinará la Política Científica". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2019-12-29.