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Workshop Argentina-Japan “Bioscience and Biotechnology for the Promotion of Agriculture and Food Production” Buenos Aires, august 2009

National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology Creation The Agency was created at 1996. Its objective is the promotion of activities aimed at the development of science, technology and innovation. It is a distinctive feature of the Agency to be exclusively dedicated to promotion. The Agency provides support to research groups on the basis of a quality assessment , irrespective of their affiliation.

Org a niza tion NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Directorate FONCyT FONSOFT FONARSEC FONTAR FONCyT FONSOFT FONARSEC FONTAR Finances Finances Subsidies Subsidies Finances Finances Subsidies Subsidies technological upgrade of R&D development of public or technological upgrade of R&D development of public or modernization capacities for private non- modernization software capacities for private non- software é c nic a ANPCyT and innovation in transfers to the and innovation in industry in transfers to the profit R&D industry in profit R&D the productive productive and the productive productive and SMBs institutions SMBs institutions sector social sectors sector social sectors B / Co o rdinac ió n T T

2008 Results In the year 2008, the AGENCIA through more than 330 Directorate Resolutions Awarded promotional benefits to institutions and companies, for a Total Amount of u$s 234.564.749- Targeted to the execution of 2293 research, technological development, and innovation projects Approved Aw arded Approved Aw arded FUNDS FUNDS Projects Benefits ( u$ s) Projects Benefits ( u$ s) § FONCyT 1407 u$s 135.350.299 § FONCyT 1407 u$s 135.350.299 666 § FONTAR u$s 94.071.910 666 § FONTAR u$s 94.071.910 é c nic a ANPCyT § FONSOFT 220 u$s 5.142.540 § FONSOFT 220 u$s 5.142.540 TOTALS 2293 u$s 234.564.749 B / Co o rdinac ió n T TOTALS 2293 u$s 234.564.749 T

Paid Funds 2008 u$s 53.920.018 u$s 49.867.904 u$s 1.052.178 E jecución de los fondos AGE NC IA 2005 ‐ 2008 (u$s) Sustained growth in 120.000.000 paid funds has been 100.000.000 verified in recent years, 80.000.000 resulting in a é c nic a ANPCyT 60.000.000 duplication in 40.000.000 execution from 2005 to 2008. 20.000.000 B / Co o rdinac ió n T 0 año 2005 año 2006 año 2007 año 2008 T

Sc ie nc e a nd T e c hnolog y Re se a rc h F und F ONCyT Some a c hie ve me nts

Consolidation of research and development capacities | FONCyT grants PICT Trained resesearch | u$s 30.000 / year Research projects in nonprofit public and private institutions. Young researches | u$s 9.000 / year PICT-SU Research projects in nonprofit public and private institutions to establish a u$s 40.000 / year foundation for training new technology based enterprises. PICT-O u$s 30.000 / year Research projects in nonprofit public and private institutions on themes defined by common agreement with a "cosponsoring" institution PID (open w indow ) Applied research projects -undertaken in nonprofit public and private u$s550.000 / total institutions- whose results would be transferable to "Adopter" instituttions or enterprises that cofinance the project PME ONCyT A: u$s 200.000 Modernization and Equipment projects for the purchase, installation, B: u$s 400.000 x po st de l F development, adaptation or construction in public and private laboratories C: u$s 600.000 and R&D centers PRAMIN valuac ió n E u$s100.000 / project Upgrade infrastructure in public or private laboratories and R&D centers (max 3 for each institution) PAE sta dístic as y E Associated precompetitive research projects for strategic development of a u$s 3.000.000 / project field of knowledge on social or economic sectors identified in the S&T Plan PRH B / Are a de E u$s 1.500.000 / PIDRI / Institution Institutional projects for Human Resources (researches repatriation and u$s 1.000.000 / PFDT / Institution doctoral training) T

Sc ie nc e a nd T e c hnolog y Re se a rc h Proje c ts PICT2003 | 2008 Funded by disciplines PARTICIPACION DE LAS GRANDES AREAS SEGUN PROYECTOS FINANCIADOS totales 2002-2006 Engineering, Engineering, Tecnologías Agrarias y Agrarian, and Agrarian, and Biology and Health Biology and Health Ambientales Environmental Ciencias Environmental Sciences e Sciences Biológicas y Technologies 25% Ingenierías Technologies 25% 40% 40% de la Salud 25% 40% ONCyT x po st de l F Humanities and Ciencias Humanities and Sociales y valuac ió n E Social Science Social Science Humanidad Natural and Exact Natural and Exact 15% 15% es Ciencias Sciences Sciences 15% sta dístic as y E Exactas y 20% Naturales 20% 20% B / Are a de E Data processed for 2748 subsidized projects In an aggregate of 5 annual calls for PICT projects (Cat. I y II) for a total ammount of u$s 130.000.000-. T

PAE | PROGRAM IN STRATEGIC AREAS Knowledge Clusters Knowledge Clusters GOALS v R&D promotion aimed to the efective and innovative solutions of national KNOW LEDGE I NNOVATI O productive problems N CREATI ON v Public and private sector articulation. v Strengthening capacities in STi system. v Cathalisis of innovative PRODUCTI VE processes in the productive COMPETI TI VENES S sector. TOTAL MAX. AMOUNT: u$ s 3 m illions x PAE

PAE | PROGRAM IN STRATEGIC AREAS Total Aw arded Am ount in 2 0 0 8 : u$ s 3 0 m illions APL ICAT ION ARE AS a nd HUMAN HELTH USS 9.144.100 (CANCER, VACCINES, SE CT ORS TUBERCULOSIS, STEM CELLS) APLICATION AREAS and SECTORS AGRIBUSSINES USS 7.818.442 (SUNFLOWER, WHEAT, MILK, WINE, FOOD FOOT-GROUND) CULTURAL INDUSTRIA SECURITY INFORMATION, ONCyT CULTURAL INDUSTRY 3% COMUNICATION 4% 3% 3% USS 4.388.314 NANO MATERIALS AND DEVICES AND F 7% ELECTRONIC sta dístic as y Pro spe c tiva / HUMAN HELTH TECH USS 2.715.276 ENERGETICS RESOURCES (CANCER, % 12% VACCINES, TUBERCULOS INFORMATION, COMUNICATION IS, STEM USS 3.580.622 ENERGETICS 10% AND ELECTRONIC TECH CELLS) RESOURCES 31% 9% USS 991.852 FOOD SECURITY x po st, E AGRIBUSSINES (GIRASOL, (SUNFLOWER, NANO TR % valuac ió n E USS 981.151 MATERIALS WHEAT, MILK, WINE, CULTURAL INDUSTRY 17% AND DEVICES FOOT-GROUND) 15% 26% TOTAL USS 29.619.757 B / Are a de E T

Arg e ntine T e c hnolog y F und F ONT AR Some accomplishments

To promote technological development in the private sector | FONTAR

INTEGRATED PRODUCTIVE CLUSTERS PROJECTS | PI-TEC PRODUCTIVE CLUSTERS are territorial concentrations of companies that show certain productive specialization in a common value chain amongst which common instances of analysis and prospection are development, cooperation links and associative initiatives. MAX FINANCING TMP III = US$ 4 Million PI-TEC FINANCING SUPPORTS THE PROMOTION OF NEW ACTIVITY FIELDS � Associative investments to create or enlarge common technological services � Cooperative projects in R&D � Cooperative Projects in technical assistance � Joint projects in absoption and diffusion of new technologies, training and development in design, etc. � Promoting a cultura of intellectual property � Establishment of technological "observatories"

PI-TEC approved in 2008: sectors and geographical distribution u$s 20,65 millions Grape and Wine Farm Machinery Forestry Agroindustrial (grape, olive and walnut) Pharmaceutical Metalmechanical Salmon Biofuels Tea Honey Prunes

Agency finance for the Agribusiness and Food SECTOR 2003-2008

Subsidized by FONCyT > > > u$ s 3 0 .0 9 4 .4 0 0 - Subsidized by FONCyT > > > u$ s 3 0 .0 9 4 .4 0 0 - Investigaciones financiadas Investigaciones financiadas por FONCyT aplicadas al por FONCyT aplicadas al sector Agroindustria sector Alimentos 2003-2008 2003-2008 Línea Cantidad Monto Total Línea Cantidad Monto Total Proyectos Subsidiado (u$s) Proyectos Subsidiado (u$s) 10 1.248.615 AREAS DE VACANCIA AREAS DE VACANCIA - - PICT (Investigación PICT (Investigación 169 9.440.626 92 4.650.012 Científica y Tecnológica) Científica y Tecnológica) PICT-Orientados PICT-Orientados 32 1.373.009 15 344.289 (ASAGIR / UNFor / (ASAGIR / UNL / UNSur / EEAOC / Forestal) UNTuc / UNQui) PID (Investigación y PID (Investigación y 18 1.141.575 - - Desarrollo) Desarrollo) é c nic a ANPCyT 21 2.785.980 1 300.000 EQUIPAMIENTO EQUIPAMIENTO 7 7.818.442 1 991.852 AREAS ESTRATÉGICAS AREAS ESTRATÉGICAS B / Co o rdinac ió n T 257 23.808.247 109 6.286.152 TOTALES TOTALES T

Subsidized projects in the Agribusiness and Food Sector Strategies for molecular The production of innoculants marker- assisted selection for to improve implantation and the development of wheat production of sunflower crops germoplasm é c nic a ANPCyT PID 2005 Nº 36195 � IR: PFLUGER, Laura PICT 2007 Nº 1808 UNIDAD EJECUTORA: Centro de Investigación de CATEGORIA START UP B / Co o rdinac ió n T Recursos Naturales - EEA Castelar � INTA IR: ABDALA, Guillermina Irene ADOPTANTES: Criadero Klein S.A. � Buck Semillas UNIDADS EJECUTORA: Depto. de Ciencias Naturales S.A. � Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas Coop. FCEF - UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RIO CUARTO Ltda T