In order to make a better and more balanced distribution of human resources and research capacity in all the country, CONICET and different national universities have promoted the creation of Research and Transfer Centers (CIT in Spanish) in places where there is no institution under the scope of the Council.
This initiative encourages the formation and consolidation of research groups oriented to the generation and transfer of knowledge through the active promotion of researchers’ settlement and training of doctoral and postdoctoral scholars. For that reason, there are special calls for settlement and admission to CIT.
From the implementation of this policy, 13 Research and Transfer Centers have been created in different parts of the country. Two centers (CIT Santiago del Estero and CIT Jujuy) had finished their work as their goals were reached. The following table shows the Centers that are currently working:
| CIT | Partners | Research and Transfer subjects |
| Villa María, Córdoba See the complete worksheet |
Universidad Nacional de Villa María (UNVM) | – Social productive development of the region: agro-food and agro-industrial chains such as milk, hogs and goats. Production, quality and animal health. Processes and technology to increase value added at source. Social aspects of productive development and its relationship with the environment.
– Environmental and Power production: production and use of renewable (bioenergy and biofuel). Processes and technology to use house and industrial waste (vegetables and animals). Economic and social impact. Sustainable local development.
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| Formosa See the complete worksheet |
Universidad Nacional de Formosa (UNaF) – Provincia de Formosa | – Reproduction of domestic and wild animals.
– Biotechnology of fruit and vegetable production and alternative crops.
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| Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires See the complete worksheet |
Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNNOBA) – Universidad Nacional de San Antonio de Areco (UNSADA) | – Planning and territorial policy: socioeconomic regional development; management of public policies; production chain; social and cultural aspects of production; environmental sustainability.
– Value added at source: agricultural, agri-food and agri-business production; biotechnology and genetic enhancement; natural and environmental resources; alternative energies.
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| Golfo San Jorge See the complete worksheet |
Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB) – Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA) – Provincia de Chubut – Provincia de Santa Cruz | – Energy. – Ocean resources. – Water. Each subject includes its social, economic, environmental and transfer aspects. |
| Santa Cruz See the complete worksheet |
Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA) -Universidad Tecnológica Nacional Facultad Regional Santa Cruz (UTN FRSC) | – Energy.
– Food. |
| Río Negro See the complete worksheet |
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) | – Food, identification of particular lines of Research and Development in each of the CIT headquarters (Villa Regina, Choele Choel and Viedma). |
| Tierra del Fuego See the complete worksheet |
Government of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur – Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur (UNTDF) | – Habitat and urban environment.
– Energy focused on alternative energy. – Bioeconomy in Austral Patagonia. |
| Rafaela See the complete worksheet |
Universidad Nacional de Rafaela (UNRaf) | – Education, new communications and territories technology. – Applied computer science and embedded systems. |