Ten UC School of Engineering professors stand out in ANID’s 2025 Fondef IDeA I+D Competition
Organized yearly by ANID, the Fondef IDeA I+D Competition supports applied research projects tackling critical national challenges—including health, energy, climate change, digital technologies, natural resources, the environment, and productive development—while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and engagement with socioeconomic actors.
Research Analyzing Curriculum Quality and Continuous Improvement in Latin American Universities to Receive Funding from the National Education Council (CNED)
The project submitted by UC School of Engineering professor Isabel Hilliger, titled "Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement in Higher Education: A Multiple Case Study on Curriculum Analytics in Latin American Universities," was one of six proposals selected in the 19th Call for Research in Education by Chile's National Education Council (CNED).
UC Engineering Professor to Lead Project from the Regional Fund for Productivity and Development (FRPD) to Boost Small-Scale Mining in the Atacama Region
Professor José Joaquín Jara Donoso from the Department of Mining Engineering has been awarded the project “Evaluation of the Business Potential Associated with Cobalt Mineralization and Other Strategic Minerals for the Energy Transition in Prospects and Operations of Small-Scale Miners in the Atacama Region,” which seeks to strengthen the role of small-scale mining in the energy transition.
Three collaborative projects with French institutions led by UC School of Engineering professors were selected in the ECOS-ANID 2024 call
The ECOS-ANID program promotes scientific cooperation and partnerships between universities, research centers, and public/private research institutes in Chile and France by supporting excellence in joint research projects, particularly those with interdisciplinary approaches. The program funds mobility for researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students (master's and/or doctoral), with a strong emphasis on developing advanced human capital.
International Collaboration Supported by the UC-UNSW Seed Fund 2024 Will Study Chile’s Changing Coastlines
A new research partnership between Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), supported by the joint Seed Fund 2024 call, will study how climate change and human activity are transforming Chile's central coastlines.
Researchers at Stanford and UC School of Engineering Collaborate to Study Water Flow Dynamics in Patagonian Fjords
As part of the Collaborative Science Program of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), researchers from Stanford University and UC School of Engineering have secured funding to conduct joint workshops and fieldwork in the fjords of the Gulf of Corcovado in Chilean Patagonia.
Organized yearly by ANID, the Fondef IDeA I+D Competition supports applied research projects tackling critical national challenges—including health, energy, climate change, digital technologies, natural resources,
The project submitted by UC School of Engineering professor Isabel Hilliger, titled "Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement in Higher Education: A Multiple Case Study on
Professor José Joaquín Jara Donoso from the Department of Mining Engineering has been awarded the project “Evaluation of the Business Potential Associated with Cobalt Mineralization
The ECOS-ANID program promotes scientific cooperation and partnerships between universities, research centers, and public/private research institutes in Chile and France by supporting excellence in joint
A new research partnership between Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), supported by the joint Seed Fund
As part of the Collaborative Science Program of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), researchers from Stanford University and UC School of Engineering have
Faculty members from the UC School of Engineering have secured 18 projects in the prestigious 2025 Fondecyt Regular Call, organized by the National Agency for
ANID’s Fondecyt Postdoctoral call finances research proposals submitted by researchers who completed their doctoral studies less than five years ago and who are embarking on
On December 31, the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) announced the results of its Fondecyt Initiation 2025 call, which funds scientific and technological
