The Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (in English: Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute), better known as Cinvestav (its Spanish acronym) is a Mexican non-governmental scientific research organization founded on 17 April, 1961 by decree of then-president Adolfo López Mateos. Cinvestav is affiliated to Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute and receives an annual subsidy from the govern… (More on Cinvestav)