State Research Agency
| Agencia Estatal de Investigación | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | June 20, 2016 |
| Jurisdiction | Spain |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Employees | 210 (2024) |
| Annual budget | € 1.42 billion, 2025 |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Science |
| Website | https://www.aei.gob.es |
The State Research Agency (Spanish: Agencia Estatal de Investigación, AEI) is the Spanish research funding agency responsible for the promotion of scientific and technical research in all areas of knowledge through the competitive and efficient allocation of public resources, the monitoring of actions financed and their impact, and advice on action planning or initiatives through which the R&D policies of the General State Administration are implemented.
The AEI was created in November 2015, although it came into operation on 20 June 2016 with the first meeting of the Governing Council. The Agency is chaired by the Secretary of State for Science, currently Juan Cruz Cigudosa, and the CEO is José Manuel Fernández Labastida.