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Guatemala – July 2009
IANAS “Science Funding Landscape Workshop”

 


The Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS), in a partnership with the Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala, hosted in Guatemala City, on July 26-28 of 2009, the IANAS “Science Funding Landscape Workshop”. This workshop was organized with the support of the Guatemalan National Council for Science and Technology (CONCYT), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC); and the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP).

The major objectives of this workshop were to: (a) increase the linkages between the National Academies of Sciences in the region, National S&T Councils (or equivalent organizations) and granting agencies and programs that provide support to S&T in the Americas; and (b) provide guidance and grantsmanship support to optimize opportunities, in particular for early and mid-career scientists.

The workshop brought together representatives from 22 countries of the Americas: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico; Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America; and Venezuela. The rich mix participants included Presidents or high-level officials of 10 National S&T Councils (or equivalent organizations); 11 Rectors or official representatives from major national universities; 11 high-level officials of regional and international granting agencies and programs; and outstanding young scientists coming from different areas of knowledge.

During the discussions held in the 3 days of the workshop, the organizations providing funding opportunities in the region had the space to present their vision and programs, and the representatives from the developing countries had the opportunity to present the effective needs of their countries. Through a dynamics that stimulated the interaction between participants, the workshop proved to be an extremely successful opportunity for the developing countries to become aware of existing opportunities, and for the granting agencies to become more acquainted with the real needs of each of the participating countries.


Programme

IANAS “Science Funding Landscape Workshop”
Guatemala – July 2009

July, 26th
Bristol Pluss Room

19:00 – 19:15      Welcome 

  • Maria Del Carmen Samayoa, President of the Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala;
  • Rosa María Amaya de López, National Secretary of Science and Technology
  • Oscar Cobar, Rector of University of San Carlos

Keynote Conference 

19:15 – 20:00     IANAS Today and things to come in Guatemala
Juan Pedro Laclette; IANAS Co-Chair

20:00 Dinner

July, 27th
Bristol Pluss Room

Opening Ceremony

08:00 – 09:00      Welcome Address

  • Carmen Samayoa, President of the Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala;
  • Juan Pedro Laclette, IANAS Co-Chair;
  • Hernan Chaimovich, IANAS Co-Chair;
  • Rosa María Amaya de López, National Secretary of Science and Technology;
  • Howard Alper, IAP Co-Chair
  • David O’Brien,  IDRC

Plenary session 1

09:00 – 09:45  Science, Scientists and Growth within South America and the Caribbean: 
Bottle Necks and Opportunities.
Hernan Chaimovich, IANAS Co-Chair, Vice-President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences

Plenary session 2
                           

09:45 – 10:30  Science Funding Strategies in Latin America: their Role in Cooperation and Development of Small Scientific Communities.
Gabriel Macaya; President of the National Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica

10:30 – 11:00  Coffee break

Plenary Session 3  

11:00 – 12:30  Funding Science in the Americas

Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES)
“Funding Sciences in the Americas: the case of Brazil”.

  • Jorge Almeida Guimarães, President

International Development Research Centre (IDRC)  
” Funding Science and Supporting Innovation: An Introduction to IDRC”

  • David O’Brien, Senior Program Officer – Innovation, Policy and Science / Challenge Fund

National Science Foundation (NSF)
“Funding International Science at the National Science Foundation” 

  • Harold Stolberg, Regional coordinator, Office of International Science and Engineering  (OD/OISE)

12:30 – 14:30   Lunch

Plenary Session 4       

14:30 – 16:00  Funding Science in the Americas

National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico
“Some elements for the scientific integration of the Latin-American and Caribbean area”
▪  José Antonio De La Peña Mena, Deputy Director for Science, Conacyt, Mexico

Organization of American States – OAS  
“OAS/DSTI activities and OAS/FEMCIDI project financing”
▪  Oscar Harasic, Principal Specialist, Department of Science, Technology and Innovation

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 
“CANADA’S FUNDING OF UNIVERSITY R&D in NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING”.
▪ Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Executive Vice-President

16:00 – 16:30   Coffee break

16:30 – 19:00    Exchange time

Dinner Lecture 

19:00 – 19:45

  STI: Opportunities for Research, Development and Societal Benefit

  • Howard Alper; IAP Co-Chair

July, 28th

July, 28th  –  Morning session (9:00 – 11:00)   Roundtable 1

July, 28th   –  Afternoon session (14:30 – 16:30)    Roundtable 2

 

Roundtable A 
Bristol I Room

 

Roundtable B 
Bristol II  Room

 

Roundtable C 
Oxford  Room

Roundtable D 
Bristol I Room

Roundtable E 
Bristol II  Room

Roundtable F 
Oxford Room

 

Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET)

  • Marta Graciela Rovira, President

State Department, USA

  • Timothy J. DeVoogd, Jefferson Fellow

 

 

 

 

Chair: Gabriel Macaya

 

United Nations Development Programme              UNDP RBLAC

  • Emma Torres,  Senior Adviser, UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

 

 

Chair: Juan P. Laclette

TWAS Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (TWAS-ROLAC) 
. Rafel Vicuña

 

 

United Nations Environment Programme/Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNEP/ROLAC)

  • Graciela Metternicht, Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, Division of Early Warning and Assessment

 

 

Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

Fogarty International Center/National Institutes of Health – NIH 
. Norka Ruiz Bravo, special advisor to the NIH director and former deputy director for extramural research

 

Chair: Gabriel Macaya

Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO/WHO)

  • Elia Lara, PAHO representative in Guatemala

 

Chair: Juan P. Laclette

 

National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq)

  • José Oswaldo de Siqueira,  Director of Tematic and Setorial Programmes

 

ICSU Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean

.  José Antonio De La Peña Mena, Deputy Director for Science, Conacyt Mexico

 

 

16:30 -17:00

Coffee break

17:00 – 19:00

Exchange Time
 

11:00-11:30

 

Coffee break

  
       19:00 – 19:45
Dinner Lecture
 

11:30-12:30

 

Exchange time

 

12:30–14:30

  
Lunch
      
      19:45 – 20:00
Closing Ceremony

List of Participants


List of Participants

Argentina

Marta Graciela Rovira
President
National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET)
E-mail: [email protected]

Bolivia

Beatriz Barrera
Head of Institutional Planning
Royal and Pontifical Major University of Saint Francis Xavier of Chuquisaca
E-mail: [email protected]

Patrícia Taboada-Serrano
Professor
Bolivian Catholic University
E-mail:[email protected] /[email protected]

Brazil 

Hernan Chaimovich
Co-Chair
IANAS
E-mail: [email protected]

Jorge Almeida Guimarães
President
Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Higher Education (CAPES)
E-mail: [email protected]

José Oswaldo de Siqueira
Director of Thematic and Setorial Programs
National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq)
E-mail: [email protected]

Marcos Cortesão
Executive Secretary
IANAS
E-mail: [email protected]

Paula Melcop
Secretary
IANAS
E-mail: [email protected]

Canada

David O’Brien
Senior Program Officer, Innovation, Policy and Science / Challenge Fund
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
E-mail: [email protected]

Howard Alper
Chair
InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP)
E-mail: [email protected]

Margaret McCuaig-Johnston
Executive Vice-President
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
E-mail: [email protected]

Chile

Rafael Vicuña
Representative of TWAS ROLAC
TWAS Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (TWAS-ROLAC)
E-mail: [email protected]

Colombia

Jairo Humberto Restrepo
Vice-Rector of Research
University of Antioquia
E-mail:[email protected]

Juan Gabriel Ramirez Rojas
Graduate Student
University of the Valle
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected] /[email protected]

Costa Rica

Eric Fuchs
Professor
University of Costa Rica
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Gabriel Macaya
President
National Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica
E-mail: [email protected]

Leiner Vargas Alfaro
Representative of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICIT)
E-mail: [email protected]

Henning Jensen
Research Vice-President / Professor
University of Costa Rica
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Cuba

Aurora Perez Gramatges
Professor
Graduate Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Ecuador 

María Soledad Benitez
Microbiology Professor
Army Polytechnic University / Major Life Sciences Department – Biotechnology
E-mail: [email protected][email protected]

El Salvador

Mercedes Tatiana Quintero Pérez
Professor, Chemistry and Pharmacy Faculty
University of El Salvador
E-mail: [email protected]

Guatemala

Armando Cáceres
Professor
University of San Carlos of Guatemala
E-mail: [email protected]

Barbara Moguel
Guatemalan National Committee
University of San Carlos of Guatemala
E-mail: [email protected]

Christine A. Luttmann
Trade Commissioner
Canadian Embassy
E-mail: [email protected]

Claudia Hernandez
Trade Commissioner
Canadian Embassy
E-mail: [email protected]

Claudia Ramirez
Management Assistant
National Bureau of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT)
E-mail: [email protected]

Dayrin Ortiz
Guatemalan National Committee
University of San Carlos of Guatemala
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Edgar Franco Rivera
Professor
University of San Carlos of Guatemala
E-mail: [email protected]

Elia Lara
PAHO representative in Guatemala
Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
E-mail: [email protected]

Enrique Acevedo
Director
Maga Parpa
E-mail: [email protected]

Francisco Pérez Sabino
Professor
University of San Carlos of Guatemala
E-mail: [email protected]

Hugo Figueroa
National Council for Science and Technology (CONCYT)
E-mail: [email protected]

Ivan Azurdia Bravo
Director
Energy Consultants
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Ivonne Rivera
Sub director of Management
National Bureau of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT)
E-mail: [email protected]

Julio Cabrera
Medical Doctor
General Hospital
E-mail: [email protected]

Lucie De Blois
Trade and Investment Program Manager
Canadian Embassy
E-mail: [email protected]

Manuel Bastarrechea
Guatemalan National Committee
E-mail: [email protected]

María Del Carmen Samayoa
President
E-mail: [email protected]

Mario Alberto Puga Torres
Chief of Mission
Mexican Embassy in Guatemala
E-mail: [email protected]

Oscar Cobar
Dean of Pharmacy Faculty
University of San Carlos of Guatemala
E-mail: [email protected]

Rosa María Amaya de López
National Secretary of Science and Technology of Guatemala
National Council of Science and Technology (CONCYT)
E-mail: [email protected]

Sully Velasquez
Professor
University of San Carlos of Guatemala
E-mail: [email protected]

Haiti

Fritz Deshommes
Vice Rector for Research
State University of Haiti
E-mail: [email protected]

Guercy Antoine
Professor
State University of Haiti
E-mail: [email protected]

Marie-Claire Nadine Henry Joseph
Assistant Director of the Directory of Higher Education and Science Research
National Ministry of Education of Haiti
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Honduras

Gustavo Adolfo Fontecha Sandoval
Professor
National Autonomous University of Honduras
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Jamaica

Arnoldo Ventura
Adviser
Office of the Prime Minister
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected] /[email protected]

Michael Alexander Taylor
Senior Lecturer
University of the West Indies (UWI)
E-mail: [email protected]

Ronald Young
Oro-Vice-chancellor, Graduate Studies & Research
University of the West Indies (UWI)
E-mail: [email protected]

Mexico 

Graciela Metternicht
Regional Coordinator of the Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Program
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) / Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) – PNUMA/ORPALC
E-mail: [email protected]

José Antonio De La Peña Mena
Deputy Director for Science CONACYT Mexico / ICSU Chair
ICSU Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (ICSU-ROLAC) / National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) Mexico
E-mail: [email protected]

Juan Pedro Laclette
Co-Chair
IANAS
E-mail: [email protected]

Nicaragua 
 
Erick Sandoval Palacios
Microbiology and Molecular Diagnosis Laboratories response
Research Centre of Aquatic Ecosystems of the Center American University
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Leonardo Mendoza Blanco
Vice Rector for Research
Autonomous University of Leon (UNAN-León)
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

Salvador Montenegro-Guillón
Counselor
Nicaraguan Council of Science and Technology (CONICYT)
E-mail: [email protected]

Panama

Armando Alberto Durant Archibold
Professor
University of Panama
E-mail: [email protected]

Víctor Sánchez
Dean of the Mechanic Engineering Faculty
Technological University of Panama (UTP)
E-mail: [email protected][email protected]

Paraguay

Gabriel Ignacio Parra-González
Post-doctoral fellow
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

Miguel Angel Volpe Borgognon
Counselor
National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)
E-mail: [email protected]

Peru

Francisco José Peirano Blondet
Associate Researcher
Cayetano Heredia Foundation
E-mail: [email protected]

Gerard Chapelle
Director of the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC) and of the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT)
E-mail: [email protected]

Jorge Angulo Cornejo
Investigator and past Director of the Post Graduate School
Major National University of San Marcos
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Norka Ruiz Bravo
Special advisor to the NIH director and former Deputy Director for Extramural Research
Fogarty International Center / National Institutes of Health (NIH)
E-mail: [email protected]

Trinidad and Tobago

Jo-Anne Nina Sewlal
Professor
University of the West Indies (UWI)
E-mail: [email protected]

United States of America

Emma Torres
Senior Adviser, UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Development Program (UNDP RBLAC)
E-mail: [email protected]

Harold Stolberg
Regional coordinator, Office of International Science and Engineering (OD/OISE)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

Oscar Harasic
Senior Specialist
Organization of American States – OAS
E-mail: [email protected]

Timothy J DeVoogd
University Professor, Jefferson Fellow at the US State Department
USA State Department
E-mail: [email protected]

Venezuela

Felix Tapia
Coordinator
Central University of Venezuela
E-mail: [email protected]

José Rafael Camacho
Professor
University Simon Bolivar
E-mail: [email protected]


Presentations

IANAS “Science Funding Landscape Workshop”
Guatemala – July 2009

July, 26th
Bristol Pluss Room

Keynote Conference 

IANAS Today and things to come in Guatemala
▪  Juan Pedro Laclette; IANAS Co-Chair

July, 27th
Bristol Pluss Room

Plenary session 1

Science, Scientists and Growth within South America and the Caribbean: Bottle Necks and Opportunities.
▪  Hernan Chaimovich, IANAS Co-Chair, Vice-President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences

Plenary session 2                           

Science Funding Strategies in Latin America: their Role in Cooperation and Development of Small Scientific Communities.
▪  Gabriel Macaya; President of the National Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica

Plenary Session 3  

Funding Science in the Americas

Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES)“Funding Sciences in the Americas: the case of Brazil”.
▪  Jorge Almeida Guimarães, President

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) ” Funding Science and Supporting Innovation: An Introduction to IDRC”
   ▪  David O’Brien, Senior Program Officer – Innovation, Policy and Science / Challenge Fund

National Science Foundation (NSF) “Funding International Science at the National Science Foundation”
   ▪  Harold Stolberg, Regional coordinator, Office of International Science and Engineering  (OD/OISE)

Plenary Session 4       

Funding Science in the Americas

National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico “Some elements for the scientific integration of the Latin-American and Caribbean area”
▪  José Antonio De La Peña Mena, Deputy Director for Science, Conacyt, Mexico

Organization of American States – OAS  “OAS/DSTI activities and OAS/FEMCIDI project financing”
▪  Oscar Harasic, Principal Specialist, Department of Science, Technology and Innovation

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 
“CANADA’S FUNDING OF UNIVERSITY R&D in NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING”.
▪ Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Executive Vice-President

STI: Opportunities for Research, Development and Societal Benefit
▪ Howard Alper, IAP Co-Chair

July, 28th

July, 28th  –  Morning session
Roundtable 1

July, 28th   –  Afternoon session
Roundtable 2

Roundtable A 
Bristol I Room

 Roundtable B 
Bristol II  Room

Roundtable C 
Oxford  Room

Roundtable D 
Bristol I Room

Roundtable E 
Bristol II  Room

Roundtable F 
Oxford Room

Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET)

Marta Graciela Rovira, President

State Department, USA

*Timothy J. DeVoogd, Jefferson Fellow

Chair: Gabriel Macaya

United Nations Development Programme              UNDP RBLAC

*Emma Torres,  Senior Adviser, UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Chair: Juan P. Laclette

TWAS Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (TWAS-ROLAC) 

Rafel Vicuña

United Nations Environment Programme/Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNEP/ROLAC)

*Graciela Metternicht, Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, Division of Early Warning and Assessment

Chair: Hernan Chaimovich

Fogarty International Center/National Institutes of Health – NIH 

Norka Ruiz Bravo, special advisor to the NIH director and former deputy director for extramural research

Chair: Gabriel Macaya

Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO/WHO)

*Elia Lara, PAHO representative in Guatemala

Chair: Juan P. Laclette

National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq)

*José Oswaldo de Siqueira,  Director of Tematic and Setorial Programmes

ICSU Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean

*José Antonio De La Peña Mena, Deputy Director for Science, Conacyt Mexico


Report

IANAS “Science Funding Landscape Workshop”
Guatemala City, Guatemala
July 26-28, 2009

REPORT

           The Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) and the Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala hosted in Guatemala City, on July 26-28 of 2009, the IANAS “Science Funding Landscape Workshop”. The workshop was supported by the Guatemalan National Council for Science and Technology (CONCYT), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP).
The goals of this workshop were to: (a) increase the linkages between the National Academies of Sciences in the region, National S&T Councils (or equivalent organizations) and granting agencies and programs that provide support to S&T in the Americas; and (b) provide guidance and grantsmanship support to optimize opportunities, in particular for early and mid-career scientists.
The workshop brought together representatives from 22 countries of the Americas: Argentina; Bolivia, Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico; Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America; and Venezuela. Participants included Presidents or high-level officials of 10 National S&T Councils (or equivalent organizations); 11 Rectors or official representatives from major national universities; 11 high-level officials of regional and international granting agencies and programs; and outstanding young scientists selected from 15 less developed countries (one each) of the Americas and the Caribbean Region.
During the discussions held in the 3 days of the workshop, the organizations providing funding opportunities in the region had the space to present their vision and programs, and the representatives from the developing countries had the opportunity to present the effective needs of their countries. Through a dynamics that stimulated the interaction between participants, the workshop proved to be an extremely successful opportunity for the developing countries to become aware of existing opportunities, and for the granting agencies to become more acquainted with the real needs of each of the participating countries.
The reccomendations from the Workshop included:

  • A mandate for IANAS to organize a web information system that will include the needs of the S&T communities and the opportunities for funding;
  • A mandate for IANAS to find chanells to increase mobility of young scientists from the less developed countries of the region;
  • A mandate for IANAS to empower the Academies of Science from the less developed countries of the region to formulate Stretegic State Plans for S&T.

The evaluation of the workshop by the participants was collected electronically and demonstrated that the participants were convinced of the success of the initiative, and very gratefull for the experience.

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