The federal government proclaims a fund for the event of science and expertise
For the primary time in historical past, this fund will embrace funding for initiatives within the social sciences, humanities, and humanities.
The Ministry of Greater Schooling, Science and Know-how (MESCYT) has introduced the opening of the decision for the Nationwide Fund for Innovation and Scientific and Technological Growth (FONDOCYT) 2023, which can have a complete funding of 33 million pesos.
For the primary time in historical past, this fund will embrace funding for initiatives within the social sciences, humanities, and humanities, stated a press convention led by MESCyT President Franklin Garcia Firmin.
The decision might be open from April 28 to June 30, 2023, and can deal with deciding on initiatives that impression Dominican society on the native, provincial, and regional ranges.
Innovation might be prioritized to offer answer and new makes use of for sargassum, meals safety and sovereignty, water care, discount of recent plastic makes use of, strengthening of the nationwide greater schooling system, well being and synthetic intelligence.
Analysis initiatives in fundamental and utilized sciences could go for a most quantity of RD 12,000,000 per challenge, whereas social sciences, humanities, and humanities will go for a most quantity of RD 6,000,000.
The decision might be open from April 28 to June 30, 2023, and can deal with deciding on initiatives that impression Dominican society on the native, provincial, and regional ranges.
Submissions of proposals that embrace the networks of researchers shaped between Greater Schooling Establishments (HEIs) and Analysis Facilities will be capable of attain quite a lot of as much as 10,000,000 RD.
President Luis Abinader introduced an extra funding of $1 million to help new proposals in universities in coordination with the Ministry of Tourism, throughout the framework of analysis initiatives for Sargassum funded by the Fundisit in recent times.
FONDOCYT was established with the intention of creating and financing scientific and technological innovation, analysis actions, packages and initiatives, in addition to establishing a system for the everlasting promotion of nationwide scientific and technological analysis.
The Company of the Ministry of Science and Know-how will develop workshops for these and the scientific neighborhood is anticipated to current their analysis by the FONDOCYT platform on the hyperlink: https://proyectosfondocytet.mescyt.gob.do.
