ANID — National Research & Development Agency (Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo)
Supports Chilean science and innovation by funding scholarships, research groups, and national research programmes.
ANID, the Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, is Chile's national research and development agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation. It was formed in 2020 from the consolidation of CONICYT and related bodies, and it sits at the center of Chile's public science system with an annual budget of roughly 501 billion CLP.
The agency backs postgraduate scholarships, individual research, centers of excellence, applied research, health research, and international science cooperation. Its flagship routes include FONDECYT, FONDAP, Milenio, Basal, IDeA, Startup Ciencia, FONIS, the ALMA and GEMINI funds, SciELO Chile, and the FWiS prize. The published portfolio spans 14 programs and includes support for researchers, universities, and nonprofit research institutions.
ANID is a high-volume funder rather than a niche call shop: it is credited with roughly 70% of Chile's public investment in science, technology, knowledge, and innovation, and it runs about 83 calls a year. Applicants submit in Spanish through ANID's online system, and the agency's strongest profile is in peer-reviewed research, scholarship support, and nationally coordinated research infrastructure.