Science Malta

Xjenza Malta (Science Malta) established by means of Legal Notice 112 of 2024, is the Malta Government Agency acting as the national R&D and Space-funding agency, and the policy development and implementation body in the area of Research, Innovation and Space. Science Malta is entrusted with the updating of the national R&I and Space policy frameworks, overseeing and coordinating R&I and Space-strategy implementation through programming efforts, including the direct management of the national public budgetary allocation for Research, Innovation and Space.Science Malta also operates Esplora, which is Malta’s first and only interactive Science Centre, hence delivering on its mission to diffuse science and STEM-based education to the wider public.