Chile: in S&T Gonzalo Arenas Acting Director Program of Relations CONICYT October 203
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Program of Relations 5.3X MM USD 9.0 8.07 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 2.0.0 0.93.7.52.8 0.0 YEAR Source: DIPRES & CONICYT * Executed budget for 2008,2009,200,20 and 202 * Planned budget for 203 * Calculated using the average exchange rate for each year, Central Bank of Chile 3
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Joint h researc s t c proje Call for proposals supporting the development of international research projects OBJECTIVE Enable researchers in Chile to participate in international associative programmes in order to develop joint research projects. Aimed at research teams in Chile, who can confirm the sponsorship of one or more Chilean institutions and demonstrate the commitment of one or more researchers supported by a foreign institutional counterpart specific to the call to participate in the project. Recent calls have involved the following agencies and areas of research: COUNTERPARTS AREAS ANR-France - Information and Communication Tech nologies, Engineering Sciences, Physics, Matematics, Food and Agriculture, and Earth Sciences SER-Switzerland AKA-Finland for s s l l Ca ation d lic he app ublis p are at t.cl y ni c.co w ww - Energy and Climate Change - Education and Energy DFG-Germany - Genetic and Molecular Basis of Human Diseases, Astronomy/Astrophysic, Geology/Seismology ANPCyT-Argentina - Nanotechnology and Energy 6
tional Interna h researc s project Program of Relations Call for proposals supporting the development of international research projects Aimed at research teams in Chile sponsored by one or more Chilean institutions, public or private, engaged in scientific research and development. Applicants must also be able to demonstrate the commitment of one or more researchers supported by the foreign institutional counterpart specific to the call to participate in the project. The 203 call involved the following foreign institutional counterparts and research areas: COUNTERPARTS National Science Foundation State of Massachusetts AREAS - Oceanography Polar Research Natural Disasters Ecology/Biodiversity Social Sciences and the Humanities - Biotechnology and related areas ls cal y l r Yea for ns tio ica l p ap re in y a a il-m r p A 7
Program of Relations Call for proposals supporting the development of international research projects tional Interna h researc s project Each selected project will be awarded by CONICYT up to around US$00,000 annually, over a period of three years TOTAL (M USD) ITEM INCENTIVES 64 INTERNSHIPS IN THE U.S. (3 to 6 months) WORKING VISITS IN CHILE (5 days to month) Airfares Living Allowance Airfares 6,2 28 6,2 Living Allowance 3,7 EQUIPMENT (purchased in Chile or abroad) OPERATIONAL COSTS SOFTWARE (purchased in Chile or abroad) CONSUMABLES PUBLICATIONS CONSULTANCY AND ADVICE DISSEMINATION 45,2 64,4 3,6 3 0 Costs related to the dissemination of results 0 Costs related to the general dissemination of results 2,5 Airfares/Transport Living Allowance 3 8,3 4,3 0 SEMINARS Example of an operating budget NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TOTAL 254,4 8 UD$= $486,49 CLP (average value for 202, Banco Central de Chile.
Program of Relations Call for proposals in support of international networking between research centers tional Interna ks Networ North America United States, Mexico, Canada South America Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay Asia China, Korea, India, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Europe Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland Oceania Australia, New Zealand ls ca l y l r Yea for ns tio ica n l p ap re i a -May rch Ma 9
Program of Relations Call for proposals in support of international networking between research centers tional Interna ks Networ Funded projects between 200 and 203 Europe 33% North America 37% Asia 8% South America 8% e rag e v s A ces suc te: ra 2% Source: DRI - CONICYT Oceania 2% Country # of projects North America 3 United States 9 Canada 9 Mexico 3 South America 5 Argentina 2 Brazil 0 Colombia Uruguay 2 Europe 28 Austria France 6 Finland Germany 7 Netherlands 2 United Kingdom 8 Spain Sweden Switzerland Asia 7 China 3 Japan 3 Thailand Oceania 2 New Zealand 2 Total 83 0
FONDECYT FONDECYT National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) ign re 569 fofondecyt 658 hers in 0 researc een 20 w t e b s t projec 3 and 20 N 34 597 Visiting researchers Foreign co-researchers Foreign PI Number of foreign researchers in FONDECYT projects Funding instrument: 200-203 486 22 90 Regular Success rate 202: 53% 66 Success rate 203: 55% Funding instrument: Initiation 42 99 93 75 60 46 Funding instrument: Postdoc Success rate 203: 55% Source: FONDECYT - CONICYT
FONDECYT FONDECYT National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT) Foreign Postdocs ave tists h n ie c ns foreig 8 ed a 8 d by obtain tion funde si ral po YT o t c o C postd CONI and 203 0 0 en 2 betwe Distribution of foreign postdocs per area of research (% of total): Distribution of postdocs per country of origin (200-203) Source: FONDECYT - CONICYT Source: FONDECYT - CONICYT 2
Attraction Attractionand andinsertion Insertion Attraction and Insertion of Advanced Human Capital Program ntists l scie 24 Top-leavtte racted to have been iversities Chilean un 3 00 and 20 between 2 Number of foreign researchers attracted to Chile per country of origin: Foreign scientists attracted to Chile per world area (% of total) Source: PAI - CONICYT Source: PAI - CONICYT 3
FONDAP FONDAP Fund for Research Centers of Excellence ters of en researchccurrently excellence CONICYT funded by * /04/203 Exchange rate: USD = 468.850 CLP 4
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