page_title: Science and technology in Brazil
section_title: Research institutes
hierarchical_section_title: Science and technology in Brazil / Lists / Research institutes
caption_attribution_description: Instituto Pasteur, na Avenida Paulista (São Paulo, Brasil)
context_page_description: Science and technology in Brazil has entered the international arena in recent decades. The central agency for science and technology in Brazil is the Ministry of Science and Technology, which includes the CNPq and Finep. This ministry also has a direct supervision over the National Institute for Space Research, the National Institute of Amazonian Research, and the National Institute of Technology. The ministry is also responsible for the Secretariat for Computer and Automation Policy, which is the successor of the SEI. The Ministry of Science and Technology, which the Sarney government created in March 1985, was headed initially by a person associated with the nationalist ideologies of the past. Although the new minister was able to raise the budget for the science and technology sector, he remained isolated within the government and had no influence on policy making for the economy.
  With the new ministry, the science and technology agencies increased in size but lost some of their former independence and flexibility, and they became more susceptible to patronage politics.
context_section_description: Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA) - São José dos Campos
  Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações (CPqD) - Campinas
  Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer - Campinas
  Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base - Antarctica
  Edumed Institute for Education in Medicine and Health - Campinas
  Eldorado Institute - Campinas
  Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Brasília
  Instituto Adolfo Lutz - São Paulo
  Instituto Agronômico de Campinas - Campinas
  Instituto Atlântico - Fortaleza
  Instituto Butantan - São Paulo
  Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada à Agropecuária (BIOAGRO) - Viçosa
  Instituto de Pesquisas da Amazônia - Manaus
  Instituto de Pesquisas em Energia Nuclear - São Paulo
  Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo (IPT) - São Paulo
  Instituto Evandro Chagas - Belém
  Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada - Rio de Janeiro
  Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) - São José dos Campos
  Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Rio de Janeiro
  Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC) - Petrópolis
  Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron - Campinas
  Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Belém
  Resende Nuclear Fuel Factory - Rezende
  São José dos Campos Technology Park - São José dos Campos
caption: Pasteur Institute on Paulista Avenue, in Downtown São Paulo.
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