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New Contest presented Fondap academics and researchers

Published 19-01-2015

  • Over 50 People came to the CONICYT Building to know more background about the sixth call Financing Fund Research Centers in Priority Areas, Fondap.
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The aim of the competition is to promote the creation and development of groups performing research excellence in areas defined as priorities for the country.

Una completa exposición de las áreas prioritarias y de los principales pasos para realizar las postulaciones al Sixth National Competition Centres in Research in Priority Areas, dio la directora (s) del Fondo de Financiamiento de Centros de Investigación en Áreas Prioritarias, Fondap, María Eugenia Camelio.

Over 50 Researchers, académicos y autoridades universitarias se dieron cita en la reunión, que se llevó a cabo en el Edificio CONICYT, y que les congregó para conocer mayores antecedentes de Concurso.

Las áreas prioritarias que se contemplan para este año son:

  1. Sustainable Agriculture: Searching for scientific research and development of technological applications in the design of sustainable agricultural systems that allow compatible quality food production, conservation of natural resources, environmental protection and economic returns.
  2. Science Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic: It takes advantage of its proximity to the Antarctic continent for the establishment in Chile, and particularly in the Magallanes Region, scientific and logistical node in Antarctic research attracting global research excellence.
  3. Air Pollution: Is required to understand this phenomenon, considering its multiple origins, interaction effects, and the geography of our country and type of contaminants. Consequently, a research proposal is expected inter and multidisciplinary.
  4. Aging Process and Factors Associated with Health and Wellbeing of Adults: Need to generate knowledge from multiple disciplines (inter, demography, psychology, sociology, genetics, neuroscience and medicine) for understanding the genetic determinants, environmental, cultural and biological and psychosocial mechanisms of the aging process.

Nomination Deadlines

Postulation Date
Applicants
Since 10 December 2014 until 31 March 2015 to 16:00 hours (continental Chile time).
Sponsoring Institutions
Until 15 April 2015 to 16:00 hours (continental Chile time).
Receiving copy of the original print version
Until 21 April 2015
Receiving certificates of ethics, bioethics, biosecurity and other
Until 30 June 2015.
Receiving INACH certifications
Until 30 June 2015.

Bases, Priority Areas for Application and Documents: www.conicyt.cl/fondap

 

 

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