Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled the package at the Encuentro Nacional de Estudiantes en Ciencias on Tuesday, Nov. 10, announcing permanent calls to cover travel, transport and lodging for students attending national and international competitions.
- The government set an initial 100-million-peso fund to finance student projects with awards of up to 100,000 pesos per project and said the pool could be expanded if needed.
- Nacional Financiera (Nafin) pledged legal help to register designs, trademarks and patents, possible financing for development, and free business training in accounting, planning, e-commerce and customer service while inviting students to join the Jóvenes Innovando program.
- Officials said the plan will link winners to existing programs by increasing La Escuela es Nuestra funding for upper‑secondary labs and guaranteeing access to the Gertrudis Bocanegra transport scholarship and the Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro training pathway.
- Students showcased multiple internationally lauded projects — including a sound-based fire extinguisher, elder-care robots, water-harvesting devices, drones and an electric race car — while formal application rules, disbursement timelines and a reporting discrepancy over whether 65 or 132 recognitions were handed out remain to be published.