Iniciativa Yucatán
Research - College Station, Texas, United States
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Iniciativa Yucatán Details
The Yucatan Initiative Project is a collaborative platform for research, academics, and service between the State of Texas in the U.S. and the State of Yucatan in Mexico. This project is sponsored by the Secretary of Innovation, Research, and Higher Education of the State of Yucatan, Mexico (SIIES).ObjectiveTo establish an intellectual footprint between the System of Research, Innovation, and Technological Development of the State of Yucatan (SIIDETEY) and Texas A&M University (TAMU), consisting in the joint development of solutions to regional problems present in both the State of Texas and the State of Yucatan.HypothesisStrategic identification of regional problems present in the State of Texas and the State of Yucatan can be optimally addressed through a joint faculty effort between SIIDETEY and TAMU: a) by the establishment of coordinated and strategic research, academic, and service collaborations; b) by the establishment of a joint three-tier funding mechanism to sponsor seed, regional, and infrastructure projects; and c) by the development of bi-national government, industry, and academic partnerships. Methodology1) Workshop in Yucatan for the identification of coordinated and strategic research, academic, and service collaborations, and for the integration of partnerships across government, industry and academia; 2) Workshop in Texas for the development of whitepapers to solve regional problems through the definition of research, academic, and service projects; 3) Establishment of a joint three-tier funding mechanism to sponsor seed, regional, and infrastructure projects.
