Tecnológico de Monterrey

About Tecnológico de Monterrey:

Tecnológico de Monterrey is a private multi-campus university based in Monterrey, Mexico. Founded in 1943 by leading regional industrialists, TEC has since grown to include 26 campuses and 18 offices around the world. There are over 10,000 professors and 89,641 students (including high school, undergraduate, and graduate), with 56% of students having international experience upon graduating. In addition, 1,776 companies are in the Tecnológico de Monterrey’s incubation model. Learn more about TEC's Strategic Research Areas.

About the Partnership:

The UMD-TEC Seed Grant program intends to help scholars at both institutions to identify complementary research strengths and generate pilot data for proposal submissions that pursue innovative collaborative work. The last Call for Proposals supported 5 seed grant awards and invites research proposals in all fields of knowledge. Interdisciplinary projects are encouraged. TEC and UMD (VPR) each contributed up to $20,000 USD per funded seed grant (total of $40k/project) for a maximum duration of 12 months. The last application deadline was December 15, 2017.