700 Scholarships Less for 2024. This is the remaining balance, for now, through the reduction promoted by the President in recent hours, Javier MileyAbout the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (Conisit). This measure is in addition to the 50 layoffs that occurred during the first days of January, when those working in the sector confirmed that this measure represents the tip of the iceberg of a plan aimed exclusively at deepening the defunding of Argentine science in the coming years.
In July 2023, the Board of Directors approved Conisit He announced the call to 1300 Scholarships Ph.D. and 300 Ph.D. However, during the first days of 2024, some doubts began to appear about the number of places that the organization would finally make available to interested parties. On January 17, MDZ It was reported that the calls were postponed after a statement issued by the Board of Directors. This postponement sought to grant the current president of the entity, Dr. Time to reverse the situation. Daniel Salamone, which didn't happen in the end.
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Moreover, during the first month of the year, the authorities Conisit They reported that the organization continued to work with the 2023 budget. “Decree No. 88/2023 and Administrative Decision No. 5/2024, which indicate that in accordance with the provisions of Article 27 of the Financial Management Law No. 24,156, and stated in the statement issued on Tuesday, January 16, that no Approval of the general budget law for the national public administration.
Now, Dr. Salamon himself has requested “time to be able to implement measures to lift the current budget restrictions that prevent the institution from operating,” information indicates that Conisit He posted on his page on Wednesday, February 14th. In this sense, the memorandum states that “the Board of Directors understands that it is the President Dr. Daniel Salamon, proposed by the National Executive, who, within the provisions of Article 17, paragraph e) of Decree 1661/96, must bring academic policies into compliance with the restrictions.” Which the current budget generates later, given that it exceeds the tasks of this council.”
In an inappropriate context for the Argentine scientific community, the good news is that the 300 Scholarships Completion of the PhD, which is set for 2023, looks set to be achieved this year.
