Bolivarian Government funds 734 research projects during 2024

Published at: 18/10/2024 02:28 PM

During the meeting of the National Council of Universities held at the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), the Minister of Popular Power for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez Ramírez, invited the university sector to “actively participate in the last call made by President Nicolás Maduro for National Technological Innovation, who already has 734 research projects in execution in 2024.

Jiménez highlighted that the funding of these projects was approved by President Maduro as part of the Great Science Mission, Dr. Humberto Fernández Morales. “40% of these projects are being developed in universities, colleges and university institutes,” he added.

In this regard, he invited all teachers and researchers to join and actively participate in President Maduro's latest call for national technological innovation, which will award 5,000 scholarships for national postgraduate studies.

“Scholarships must contribute to the strengthening of postgraduate programs. In addition to encouraging teaching staff to comply with the respective training processes and promotion work,” he said.

He also explained that the scholarships will have resources aimed at maintenance, tuition funding and research funding.

During a telephone contact, President Maduro directed that the university system should be brought to the highest levels of quality.

“We have to continue to combine in a perfect way an equation that will lead the Venezuelan university system to the highest levels of quality, in education, in careers, in pedagogy and at the highest levels, including technology,” he said.

The national president maintained that Venezuela must have the capacity to “produce knowledge, to produce science, technology” and achieve great advances in all productive areas.

The meeting was attended by nearly 100 representatives from public and private universities in the country.

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Mazo News Team