OBJECTIVETo contribute to the solution of problems, needs and/or use of potentialities of the translocal environment in the Department of Cundinamarca, through high-impact products resulting from research projects developed within the framework of the Measurement Model in force in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation; as well as to improve the visibility of researchers, knowledge managers and research groups of the University of Cundinamarca. |
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TARGET AUDIENCEThis call is aimed at full-time and part-time Knowledge and Learning Managers and career (mandatory for the latter and those who do not have projects approved in internal or external calls with execution after January 2026), For this purpose, they must be linked to a research group of the University of Cundinamarca, institutionally endorsed and registered in the National System of Science, Technology and Innovation ScienTI – MINCIENCIAS. For those Knowledge and Learning Managers who do not yet belong to a research group or do not have prior productivity, their formal link to the group can only be made once the project is completed, provided that the manager demonstrates the authorship of research products generated during the project, which are susceptible to being linked to the group. |
Knowledge Managers who have projects approved in calls VII, VIII, IX have the possibility of presenting themselves as a contingency plan to harmonize the research process and with the commitment to close said projects by December 2025.
For other calls or projects where the closing time has been met and there is no extension to the technical execution by the Committee for the Development of Research, as is the case of calls V and VI of the year 2023, applicants must have a duly generated closing act and in the process of approval by the Committee for the Development of Research, this includes the projects of the internal calls and institutional interest of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
All knowledge and learning managers must have their CvLAC, Google Scholar, and ORCID accounts up to date by the closing date of this call for applications. The groups to which they belong must have their GrupLAC profiles updated.
The proposed projects will have at least (1) a knowledge and learning manager as Principal Investigator, at least one (1) knowledge and learning manager as co-investigator and the involvement of at least one (1) research group, who will be jointly responsible for the execution and commitments of the project.
IMPORTANT ASPECTS
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Planning should be done using Colombian peso values without cents, with the projected increase of the macroeconomic indicator in CPI of 4.5% for the estimation of expenses to be made in the 2026 fiscal year.
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The research proposal may be derived from a previously completed project, provided it raises new research questions involving different contexts, distinct criteria, greater depth of analysis, and/or comparative studies, and that, in all cases, it generates an impact on the territories. Projects may be submitted in phases, in which case the corresponding phase must be explicitly indicated in the application. This initiative aims to increase the impact and quality of the results of projects developed in several phases.
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The expenditures for research projects must be aligned with the current spending austerity measures, Presidential Decree 0199 of February 20, 2024, and related internal regulations on the subject.
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You must log in to Turnitin with a user account and enroll in class No. 47528777, using the key Convo20251. Only reports generated from this class will be accepted. Failure to upload the project to the corresponding Turnitin class will result in the proposal being rejected.
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Type I project proposals must include the delivery of a minimum of five (5) products, two (2) of which will be for the generation of new knowledge and/or technological development and innovation. Type II projects must include the delivery of a minimum of six (6) products, three (3) of which will be for the generation of new knowledge and/or technological development and innovation. The products must meet the quality and categorization standards established in the latest evaluation call issued by MinCiencias.
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Since the participation of research groups is mandatory, the proposal must include two (2) additional products to be obtained with the collective and of which one (1) must correspond to the generation of new knowledge and/or technological development and Innovation, under the quality and categorization conditions established in the last measurement call made by MinCiencias.
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The University of Cundinamarca will only finance the items included in the research proposal that are listed in the following table.
| Areas included in the research project proposal | Maximum allowed percentage value of the total proposal |
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| Equipment (laboratory, processing, robotics, devices and/or electronic components) | 100% |
| Technology Services (licenses, recording studios, software, business hosting and domain) | 50% |
| Field trips: Transportation | 40% Please take into account Circular 004 2025 from the Vice-Rectorate for Administration and Finance |
| Field trips: Feeding | 10% Please take into account Circular 004 2025 from the Vice-Rectorate for Administration and Finance |
| Materials and supplies | 70% |
| Laboratory tests | 80% |
| External Advisory Staff | 20% |
