Cyhoeddodd y Prif Gynghorydd Gwyddonol, John Harries, ei ganfyddiad bod yr adnodd staff gwyddonol sy’n rhoi cyngor, llunio polisi a chefnogaeth i sicrhau mwy o nawdd ymchwil o’r tu allan i Gymru, wedi’i daenu’n rhy denau ar draws Llywodraeth Cymru. Argymhellodd Gwyddoniaeth i Gymru felly y dylid dwyn y prif elfennau ynghyd a’u cryfhau o fewn y Llywodraeth.  Hyn a wnaed trwy sefydlu Adran y Prif Wyddonydd ac Isadran Wyddoniaeth o’i mewn.
Our Chief Scientific Adviser Professor John Harries identified that the scientific staff resource providing advice, policy input and support for securing more research funding from outside Wales, was too widely spread out across the Welsh Government. Science for Wales therefore recommended that key elements should be brought together and strengthened within Government. We have done this with the establishment of a Chief Scientist’s Department and a Science Division within it.