TABLE 1.

Year of creation and sources of financing of National Academies in Central America.

	Costa Rica	El Salvador	Guatemala	Honduras	Nicaragua	Panamá
National Academy	National Academy of Sciences	None	Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences	National Academy of Sciences	Academy of Sciences a	None
Year of creation	1992	Not applicable	1945	1983	2005	Not applicable
Source of financing	Central Government	Not applicable	Public University	Central Government	Nonprofit Civil Association	Not applicable

^aNote that Nicaragua's Academy of Sciences is a nonprofit and not publicly funded, but it is included here for reference