The funding and management of this research system is mainly conducted under the authority of which ministry ?
In Portugal , a network of research and development units belonging to public universities and state - managed autonomous research institutions like the INETI - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia , Tecnologia e Inovação , the ITN - Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear , the INRB - Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos , the INSA - Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge , the IPO - Instituto Português de Oncologia , the LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil and the LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas , makes the core of Portugal 's science and technology research output .