Federalización e ingresos de investigadores a CONICET en 2019 y 2020: ¿Del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho?

Abstract

This article analyzes the incorporation of new members to the Career of the Scientific and Technological Researcher (CIC) of the CONICET in 2019 and 2020, concerning the objective of federalization (territorial redistribution) and in light of two divergent strategies that have been historically at the core of CONICET. The quantitative analysis shows that the federalization of the CIC in the last two calls has mainly gone through the program for strengthening of R&D, while the results in the other modalities suggest the abandonment of the geographical criteria of years ago. This seems to indicate a return to an academic approach, which is characteristic of the general or free call with the balance between the different areas of knowledge as the only additional criterion.