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 (November 29th 2024 to March 3rd 2025)

• January 27th 2025 6 pm 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 - 6 pm 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)