Fundación Miguel Lillo

What Fundación Miguel Lillo does

Fundación Miguel Lillo is a private nonprofit scientific foundation headquartered in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, operating in the natural sciences domain with a heritage dating to 1937. The foundation publishes three peer-reviewed scientific journals — Lilloa (botany, mycology, phycology, founded 1937), Acta Geológica Lilloana (geological sciences), and Acta Zoológica Lilloana (zoology) — using Open Journal Systems (OJS 3.3.0.7) and Open Monograph Press for book publications. It maintains the LIL Herbarium, an extensive fanerogamic and cryptogamic specimen collection, alongside the Atlas Polínico del NOA database and the TNT phylogenetic analysis software package.

Beyond publishing, the foundation operates the Museo de Ciencias Naturales Miguel Lillo, Museo Histórico Miguel Lillo, and Jardín Botánico, plus cultural centers (Centro Cultural Alberto Rougés and Centro de Estudios Dalma). Scientific research is conducted through the Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL), a joint unit with CONICET, while technology transfer and innovation support are delivered via Fundación Innova Lillo (UVT) and Centro CATI. The foundation's audience spans academic researchers in botany, geology, and zoology, plus students and the general public engaging with museums and the botanical garden.

The revenue model is not publicly disclosed and is consistent with a nonprofit foundation: institutional funding, CONICET partnership support, modest publication catalog sales, and museum/garden engagement activities. Customer segments are horizontal and primarily academic — researchers seeking to publish or access peer-reviewed work on Argentine and South American biodiversity — with secondary public-facing educational and cultural programming.

Name

Fundación Miguel Lillo

Legal name

Fundación Miguel Lillo

Website

https://lillo.org.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Fundación Miguel Lillo is a nonprofit Argentine scientific foundation publishing three peer-reviewed natural-science journals, operating museums and a botanical garden, and conducting biodiversity research through a CONICET partnership in Tucumán.

Ownership category

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Product category

Scientific Research and Publishing Services

NAICS

Zoos and Botanical Gardens (71213), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Research & Science Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM)

Keywords

• Scientific journal publishing
• Natural history museum
• Botanical garden collections
• Biodiversity scientific research
• Phylogenetic analysis software

Headquarters

HQ city

Tucumán

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fundación Miguel Lillo is a nonprofit scientific foundation that conducts natural sciences research and publishes peer-reviewed scientific journals (Lilloa, Acta Geológica Lilloana, Acta Zoológica Lilloana). It also operates natural history and historical museums, a botanical garden, cultural centers, a scientific library, and specialized research resources including the LIL herbarium collections, the Atlas Polínico del NOA pollen database, and the TNT phylogenetic analysis software.

Product overview

Fundación Miguel Lillo operates as a scientific research and educational institution offering a multi-faceted portfolio centered on natural sciences. The core offerings include three peer-reviewed scientific journals (Lilloa, Acta Geológica Lilloana, and Acta Zoológica Lilloana) published via Open Journal Systems, along with book publications through Open Monograph Press. Physical research infrastructure encompasses the Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Museo Histórico, and Jardín Botánico. Digital research resources include the Atlas Polínico del NOA database and Phylogeny software (TNT). The institution also operates support services including Centro CATI for technology transfer, Unidad Ejecutora Lillo for CONICET research, and scientific collections. The portfolio represents an integrated ecosystem supporting biodiversity research, scientific publishing, museum education, and technology transfer for northwestern Argentina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lilloa: Scientific journal publishing original and review articles on Botany, mycology, and phylcology, founded in 1937
• Acta Geológica Lilloana
• Acta Zoológica Lilloana
• Centro Cultural Rougés
• Centro de Estudios Dalma
• Museo de Cs. Naturales Miguel Lillo
• Museo Histórico Miguel Lillo
• Jardín Botánico
• Fundación Innova Lillo (UVT)

Products and services

• Lilloa Scientific Journal
• Acta Geológica Lilloana

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Natural History Museum, London: Major natural history museum operating scientific collections, research, and publications. A broad incumbent peer whose integrated research-museum-publishing model parallels FML's combined ecosystem.
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World-leading botanical research institution with herbarium collections, scientific publications, and public gardens. A broad incumbent peer at much larger scale, illustrating the upper bound for what an integrated botanical research foundation can become.
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Large-scale natural history museum with scientific collections, research programs, and publications. Comparable to FML's museum and research operations at significantly larger institutional scale.

Direct peers

• CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas): Argentina's national research council, which FML partners with through the Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL). CONICET is the most direct peer as the umbrella organization funding and operating much of Argentina's natural sciences research ecosystem.
• Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays: Buenos Aires municipal botanical garden housing plant collections and offering public education programs, comparable to FML's Jardín Botánico in Tucumán as a peer Argentine botanical garden institution.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion (CONICET): CONICET-affiliated botanical research institute operating the Darwinion herbarium and publishing the botanical journal Darwiniana. Directly comparable to FML's botanical research, herbarium collections, and journal publication activities.
• Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (MACN): Argentina's premier natural history museum in Buenos Aires, operating collections, research, and publications comparable to FML's scientific museums and journals in scope and mission.
• Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara: Argentine scientific nonprofit focused on natural history research, publications, and biodiversity conservation. Directly comparable nonprofit foundation structure with co-organized cultural activities alongside FML.
• Museo de La Plata: Major Argentine natural sciences museum affiliated with the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, operating research collections, exhibitions, and scientific publications similar to FML's museum and journal portfolio.

Regional players

• INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia): Brazilian national research institute for the Amazon operating biodiversity research, scientific collections, and publications. Regional peer with comparable biodiversity-focused research foundation mission but operating in a different South American country.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fml.lilloa
• Instagraminstagram.com/fml.lilloa
• Xx.com/FundLillo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundacion-miguel-lillo

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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