Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled the measures at the Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes en Ciencias, with convocatorias posted on the SEP website and active starting November 10.
- The package creates an initial 100-million-peso fund to award project grants of up to 100,000 pesos per team, with flexibility to increase funding for larger needs.
- A permanent SEP convocation will cover travel, tickets and per-diem for students who earn places in national or international science competitions so costs no longer block participation.
- Nafin and Bancomext will help students register designs and brands and pursue patents through IMPI, offer business-development training and may provide follow-on financing for prototype development.
- Officials framed the policy as part of the Nueva Escuela Mexicana model that treats science and technology as public goods, and the move follows a wave of recent student wins abroad that motivated the convening.