FUNDECIT is governed by its Organic Statute (Presidential Decree No. 178/21 of 16 July), under the Rules of Public Institutes (Presidential Legislative Decree No. 2/20 of 19 February), and other applicable legislation. The trilogy composed by the National Policy of Science, Technology and Innovation - PNCTI (Presidential Decree No. 201/11 of 20 July), the National Strategy of Science, Technology and Innovation - ENCTI (Presidential Decree No. 196/11 of 11 July) and the National Strategy of Science, Technology and Innovation - ENCTI (Presidential Decree No. 196/11 of 11 July) constitute fundamental references for its action. (Presidential Decree no. 196/11 of 11 July) and the Coordination Mechanism for the National Science, Technology and Innovation System - MCSNCTI (Presidential Decree no. 224/11 of 11 August), complemented more recently by the Legal Framework for the National Science, Technology and Innovation System - RJSNCTI (Presidential Decree no. 261/21 of 3 November).