Challenge-Based Research Funding Program
By 2030, Tecnológico de Monterrey aims to enhance its global reputation as the leading university in Latin America to the world, recognized for academic excellence, top talent, and an innovative research-driven educational vision that transforms society.
To achieve these objectives, Tecnológico de Monterrey has established a competitive intramural fund to promote interdisciplinary research and technological development. This program seeks to encourage groundbreaking solutions to the critical challenges that the institution has identified as its top priorities.
Call for proposals 2024
We invite you to review the full details of the Challenge-Based Research Funding Program 2024. Please click the link below to access the complete information:
CALL CBRF2024
Two phases evaluation process:
- Phase 1: A prequalification round where a letter of intent is submitted and reviewed.
- Phase 2: Selected applicants are invited to submit a full project proposal for further evaluation.
Modalities:
1. Discovery 2. Sinergy
3. Translational 4. Moonshot
Important dates
The timeline for submissions is as follows:
- PHASE 1 (CONCLUDED)
- January 27th 2025, - 24:00 hrs CST: for Phase 1 applications (Link to apply available in the call).
- Internal Committee Assessment.
- Feedback to applicants.
- March 3rd 2025 Invitation and instructions for full proposal submission.
- PHASE 2 (March 3rd to August 4th)
- April 14th 2025 - 24:00 hrs CST: Deadline for Phase 2 applications
- Peer review and compliance assessments
- Internal Committee review of Phase 2 applications
- Grant approval committee
- May 26th 2025: Feedback to applicants
- Budget agreements and endorsements
- June 16th 2025: Starts setup processes for projects, including hiring, student recruitment, and acquisitions.
- August 4st 2025: Project start date
Letter of intent Requirements
- Before applying, please take a moment to review the requirements for the Letter of Intent.
• Principal investigator’s ID Information
• Short bio of PI (max 500 characters / 77-100 words / 0.3-0.4 pages)
• Evidence of requirements for previous granted projects of this call (see Annex 3 Eligibility) menu question
• Modality / Area / Topic / Title of the Project (menu questions)
• Short description of the Project (max 500 characters / 77-100 words / 0.6-0.8 pages)
• Relevance (max 1000characters / 154-200 words / 0.3-0.4 pages)
• Methodology (max 800 characters / 123-160 words / 0.5-0.6 pages)
• Main stakeholders (max 400 characters / 62-80 words / 0.2-0.3 pages)
• Project sustainability (max 400 characters / 62-80 words / 0.2-0.3 pages)
• Commercialization potencial * (max 800 characters / 123-160 words / 0.5-0.6 pages)
• Team configuration (dropdown menu question principal team)
• Expected research outputs (dropdown menu question)
• Eligible expected costs (dropdown menu question)
• Approval letter (download the form)
Full Proposal Requirements (Submission in the link provided)
- Before applying, please take a moment to review the requirements for the full proposal submission
• ID information
- PI’s ID information (form)
- ID of letter of intent (drop-down list)
• Executive summary
- School / Institute / Interdisciplinary Center (drop-down list)
- PI's Research Group / Unit (drop-down list)
- PI's Short-Bio (Max 500 characters / 100 words)
- Modality (Multiple choice)
- Strategic Major Area/Other Research Topic (Multiple choice)
- Topic (drop-down list)
- Project title (one line text)
- Project summary (250 words)
• Full content of the project
- Relevance or the project (250 words)
- Background and context (250 words)
- General objective and specific objectives (250 words)
- Methodology (500 words)
- Main internal and external stakeholders (300 words)
- Strategic research partners (500 words)
- Project sustainability (500 words)
- References
• Annex of documents
- Annex the Research Impact Planning Canvas only pdf file allowed
- Annex the Project Timeline and Milestones Template
- Annex the Budget Template
- Annex the Intelligence report **
- Annex compliance letter from previous call (*only for PI's granted in previous editions)
- Annex documents with images that strengthen your proposal
**Intelligence reports can be requested at https://forms.gle/mUsbJ5K4esoVMBdV7 . Only one request per project will be accepted. The deadline to request is April 4th, 2025.