Mexico’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
General Council for Scientific Research Technological Development and Innovation
CONACYT's Board of GovernorsScientific and Technological
Advisory ForumNational Conference on Science and Technology
Departments and agencies of federal, state and
municipal Government
Foreign Governments / International Organizations
Science Advisory Council
S&T experts, universities, research centers and enterprises
CONACYT’s attributions
1. Formulate and execute the national policy on science, technology and innovation;
2. Support scientific research and technological development and assist in the consolidation of research and innovation groups;
3. Promote innovation and technological development and strength technological capabilities of entrepreneurs and companies;
4. Advice federal government, state governments and local municipalities;
5. Promote international collaboration on scientific and technological cooperation.
Special Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation 2008-2012
• Regional innovation approach to strengthen national competitiveness• Systematic evaluation (ex ante – ex post)• Internationalization in all phases
Knowledge value chain:
CONACYT’s interventions in the national RD&I system
Public financing / scholarships, grants and investments
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Programs Science Technological Development Human Capital FormationBasic & applied research Innovation networks and consortia Young talents
Technology transfer offices
Venture Capital FundNational Researchers
SystemsTechnology Innovation Funds
Scholarships(masters & PhDs)
Bilateral Cooperation (SMEs - Consortia)
Science and Technology LawCONACYT's Organic Law
National Laboratories (research infraestructure)
Scientific publications
National Posgraduate Program
Postdoctoral stays
Special Program for Science, Technology and Innovation
Innovation grants Program
Subp
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Thematic Networks (scientific & academic)
International CooperationScientific and technological dissemination
Operation Rules for Programs and Calls
Legal Frame
Technical exchanges(national & international)
Instruments
Funds: Institutional, Sectorial and Mixed (regional development)CONACYT's Research and Technological Centres (26)
CONACYT’s operational frame
Not exhaustive
New and previously granted scholarships 2001-2010 (Domestic and Foreign programs)
Conacyt´s Scholarships program
6,133 7,0458,296 8,758
10,088 10,02711,457
15,259 16,170
21,019
11,93412,371
13,483 16,81619,243
20,111
23,210
26,918
30,634
36,761
4,000.0
12,000.0
20,000.0
28,000.0
36,000.0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
New scholarships Previously granted scholarships
Growth of new scholarships: 2001-2004: 42.8% 2007-2010: 83.5%
Total
Scholarships granted by CONACYT
Scholarships for graduate studies by degree and destination, 2010
Conacyt´s Scholarships program
Degree / destination Domestic Abroad Total Doctoral 11,794 2005 13,799Master 21,428 744 22,172Speciality 703 703Exchange scholarships 57 30 87
Total 33,982 2,779 36,761
Scholarships granted by CONACYT
By destination
Conacyt´s Scholarships (Mexican Students attending Foreign programs)
Where do they go?
Country Scholarships %
Great Britain 731 26%USA 673 24%Spain 328 12%Germany 225 8%Canada 180 6%France 147 5%Australia 99 4%
Netherlands 75 3%
Japan 40 1.4%Sweden 19 0.7%
Scholarships granted by CONACYT
The National System of Researchers (SNI)
The Mexican System of Researchers represents an opportunity for R&D collaboration
Contributes to the formation and consolidation of researchers with the highest scientific and technological level. In 2010.
Members in the SNI, 2001-2010Number and amounts
8,0189,199 9,199
10,18910,904
12,096
13,48514,681
15,565 16,600
85.193.5 94.2 101.0
115.9134.5
153.0
181.2
155.2
184.9
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20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
160.0
180.0
200.0
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10,000
15,000
20,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Fostering research in strategic areas
Thematic Research NetworksIncreasing national and international research mobility on specific research
areas. 2,708 Researchers collaborating in Mexico through this mechanism
20 Thematic networks1 Water 11 Mathematical and Computer Models2 Bar Code of Life 12 Ecosystems3 Complexity, Science and Society 13 Poverty and Urban Development4 Physics of High Energies 14 Mexican Network on Soft Condensed Matter5 Energy Sources 15 Ageing, Health and Social Development6 Environment and Sustainability 16 Robotics and Mechatronics7 Nanosciences and Nanotechnology 17 Climatic and Hydro meteorological Disasters8 New Tendencies in Medicine 18 Ethno ecology and Bio cultural Heritage9 Foods, Agriculture & Biotechnology 19 Scientific Research and Space Technology
10 Information Technologies 20 Civil Society and Quality of Democracy
CONACYT’s Public Research Centers System
Play a key role in Mexico´s Science and Technology System, contributing to:• Formation of highly specialized human capital
• Design of public policies• Attention to social problems
• Linkage with the productive sector
10 Exact & Natural Sciences
8 Social & Human Sciences
8 Engineering & Technology
26 Public Research Centers
Mexico has a long tradition on international cooperation in science, technology and innovation, in various fields of knowledge.
• Collaboration on R&D, has been carried out by universities, research centers, as well as by the mobility of researchers and students.• CONACYT, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and many other Mexican agencies, promote agreements and fund programs that allow the participation of researchers and entrepreneurs in international cooperation activities in R & D and innovation.
• Actually, CONACYT maintains 98 cooperation agreements in force from 40 different institutions in 25 countries, the European Union and two multilateral organizations
CONACYT´S International Cooperation… some facts
• 40 specific agreements for Postgraduate Scholarships with top Universities, all over the World.
• 5 specific agreements for mobility of researchers, academics and postgraduate students.
• 10 specific agreements for joint research projects, and
• 43 framework agreements, include workshops, seminars, symposia, research projects, postdoctoral stays, as well as academics and researchers' mobility and scholarships, support.
CONACYT´S International Cooperation… some facts
(Foreign students in domestic programs)Foreign students awarded with Conacyt´s Scholarships
Where do they come from?
COUNTRY / YEAR 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011* TotalCOLOMBIA 88 221 212 242 148 911 ECUADOR 7 47 30 62 30 176 CUBA 9 23 30 22 27 111 ARGENTINA 12 19 22 32 14 99 PERU 11 25 19 27 10 92 CHILE 15 23 18 24 8 88 BOLIVIA 3 12 24 31 8 78 GERMANY 4 20 16 21 6 67 VENEZUELA 1 14 15 19 13 62 UNITED STATES 7 8 17 23 4 59 SPAIN 7 10 13 22 6 58 NICARAGUA 6 10 13 17 10 56 GUATEMALA 2 12 9 18 13 54 BRAZIL 6 13 10 13 5 47 COSTA RICA 3 8 10 15 6 42
Total of foreign students awarded (2007-2011):
2,450
CONACYT´S International Cooperation… some facts
Mexican Articles (ISI) in collaboration with selected Countries 2005-2009
2005-2009Papers Country
8,692 USA3,040 Spain2,099 France1,595 Germany1,587 England1,543 Canada1,050 Brazil1,028 Italy
771 Argentina753 Russia683 Netherlands639 P.R. China590 Colombia
CONACYT´S International Cooperation… some facts
Bilateral Cooperation Researchers mobility, and joint Projects
GermanyBelgiumSpainFranceHungaryItalyCzech Republic
Europe
ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCubaUSA Canada - Quebec
America
KoreaChinaJapanIndia
Asia
More than 800 mobility projects supported from 2007 to 2010, with 24 countries, involving the participation of more the 3,000 Mexican and foreign researchers
CONACYT´S International Cooperation… some facts
Iberoamerican Experts Information Bank on R&D
• The Bank provides access to over 50,000 accredited experts in specific areas of knowledge
• Cooperation agreements with CONICET-Argentina; ANII-Uruguay; ANEP-Spain; and COLCIENCIAS-Colombia.
CONACYT´S International Cooperation… some facts
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
GIDE POR FUENTE DE LOS FONDOSGERD by source of funds2009Porcentaje / Percentage
Productivo / Business enterprise
38.7%
Gobierno / Government
53.6%
Educación superior / Higher education
5.7%
Privado no lucrativo / Private non prof it
0.3%
Fondos del exterior/ Funds f rom abroad
1.7%
RELACION GIDE / PIBGERD / GDP RATIO2001-2009
AÑO / YEARGIDE/PIB
GERD/GDP
2001 0.40
2002 0.40
2003 0.41
2004 0.40
2005 0.41
2006 0.38
2007 0.37
2008 0.42
2009 0.44
INEGI, Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales de México.
Fuentes/Sources: INEGI-Conacyt, Encuesta sobre Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico, 2002; 2004, 2006, 2008 Y 2010.
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
GIDE POR PAÍSGERD by country2009
País / CountryGIDE / GERD
Millones de PPC corrientes 1 Million current PPP 1
GIDE/PIB GERD/GDP
%
Alemania / Germany 82,730.7 2.78Canadá / Canada 24,551.3 1.92Corea / Korea (2008) 43,906.4 3.36China 154,147.4 1.70E.U.A. / U.S.A. (2008) 398,194.0 2.79España / Spain 20,496.4 1.38Francia / France 47,953.5 2.21Italia / Italy 24,752.6 1.27Japón / Japan 137,908.6 3.33México e/ 6,746.4 0.44Reino Unido / United Kingdom 40,279.5 1.85Suecia / Sweden 12,494.9 3.62e/ Datos estimados/ Estimated data.
Fuentes / Sources: INEGI-Conacyt, Encuesta sobre Investigación y Desarrollo Experimental, 2010.
OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators, 2011/1.
1/ PPC es la tasa de conversión de moneda que elimina las diferencias en niveles de precios entre países./ PPP is the rate of currency conversion that eliminates the differences in price levels between countries.
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
PERSONAL DEDICADO A IDE POR SECTOR DE EMPLEOTotal R&D personnel by sector of employment 2001 -2009Número de personas en equivalente a tiempo completo / Full time equivalent
Sector de empleo / Sector of employment
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Productivo/ Business enterprise
8,901 13,697 18,608 35,041 42,329 31,882 34,474 32,408 39,635
Gobierno/Government 16,592 13,311 13,311 14,252 14,837 14,275 14,248 17,296 17,325
Educación superior/ Higher education
15,694 24,720 26,108 24,444 25,218 19,383 19,889 23,476 24,296
Privado no lucrativo/ Private non profit
206 1,651 1,848 1,373 1,299 1,518 1,781 2,190 2,386
Total 41,393 53,379 59,875 75,110 83,683 67,058 70,392 75,370 83,642
Fuente / Source : Conacyt-INEGI. Encuesta sobre investigación y Desarrollo Experimental 2002, 2004. 2006, 2008 y 2010.
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
PERSONAL DEDICADO A IDE POR OCUPACIÓNTotal R&D personnel by occupation2001 -2009Número de personas en equivalente a tiempo completo / Full time equivalent
Ocupación /Occupation 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Investigadores / Researchers
23,390 31,132 33,558 39,724 43,922 36,325 37,949 37,639 42,973
Técnicos / Technicians 9,268 11,279 15,304 22,289 25,795 19,349 20,113 24,591 26,809
Personal auxiliar / Other 8,735 10,968 11,013 13,099 13,966 11,384 12,328 13,141 13,860
Total 41,393 53,379 59,875 75,112 83,683 67,058 70,390 75,370 83,642
Fuente / Source : Conacyt-INEGI. Encuesta sobre investigación y Desarrollo Experimental 2002, 2004. 2006, 2008 y 2010.
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
INVESTIGADORES POR SECTOR DE EMPLEOResearchers by sector of employment 2001 -2009Número de personas en equivalente a tiempo completo / Full time equivalent
Sector de empleo / Sector of employment
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Productivo/ Business enterprise
4,069 7,650 8,663 16,068 19,888 14,988 16,122 11,849 16,181
Gobierno/Government 7,091 6,386 6,397 6,754 6,589 7,331 7,322 8,019 8,283
Educación superior/ Higher education
12,094 15,861 17,135 16,043 16,691 13,232 13,569 16,678 17,381
Privado no lucrativo/ Private non profit
136 1,235 1,363 859 754 774 936 1,093 1,127
Total 23,390 31,132 33,558 39,724 43,922 36,325 37,949 37,639 42,973
Fuente / Source : Conacyt-INEGI. Encuesta sobre investigación y Desarrollo Experimental 2002, 2004. 2006, 2008 y 2010.
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Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
INVESTIGADORES POR CADA 1,000 DE LA PEAResearchers per 1,000 labor force2001 -2009
0.61
0.80
0.86
0.98
1.08
0.86 0.88 0.86
0.99
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
INVESTIGADORES POR CADA 1,000 DE LA PEA, POR PAÍSResearchers per 1,000 labor force by country2009
País / CountryInv x 1,000 de PEA / Researchers per
1,000 labor force
Alemania / Germany 7.5
Argentina (2007) 2.9
Canadá / Canada (2008) 8.2
China 1.5
Corea / Korea (2008) 9.7
España / Spain 5.8
EUA / USA (2007) 9.2
Francia / France (2008) 8.2
Italia / Italy 4.1
Japón / Japan 9.9
Mexico 1.0
Portugal 8.2
Turquía / Turkey 2.3Fuentes / Sources: INEGI-Conacyt, Encuesta sobre Investigación y Desarrollo Experimental, 2010.
OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators, 2011/1.
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
ARTÍCULOS PUBLICADOS POR PAÍSPublications by country2000-2009
País / CountryPromedio / Average
2000-2009
Participación mundial promedio/
International Average share
2000-2009
Producción/ Production
2009
Participación mundial/
International share 2009
Alemania / Germany 75,240 8.22 87,966 7.56Argentina 5,350 0.58 7,121 0.61Brasil / Brazil 18,232 1.91 31,603 2.71Canadá / Canada 42,089 4.55 54,116 4.65Chile 3,005 0.32 4,670 0.4Colombia 1,100 0.11 2,364 0.2Corea / Korea 24,720 2.62 38,183 3.28EUA / USA 290,636 31.73 331,298 28.46España / Spain 30,844 3.31 43,285 3.72Francia / France 53,816 5.87 63,898 5.49Italia / Italy 40,223 4.35 50,807 4.36Japón / Japan 76,253 8.41 78,551 6.75México 6,913 0.74 9,488 0.82Reino Unido / U. K. 77,832 8.51 89,378 7.68Venezuela 1,128 0.12 1,330 0.11Total Mundial / World Total 922,752 100.00 1,164,023 100.00Fuente / Source: Institute for Scientific Information, 2010.
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
PATENTES SOLICITADAS Y CONCEDIDAS EN MÉXICOPatent applications and granted in Mexico2001-2010Número / Number
Año/ YearNacionales /
Resident patents
Extranjeras / Non-resident
patentsTotal
Nacionales / Resident patents
Extranjeras / Non-resident
patentsTotal
2001 534 13,032 13,566 118 5,360 5,478
2002 526 12,536 13,062 139 6,472 6,611
2003 468 11,739 12,207 121 5,887 6,008
2004 565 12,629 13,194 162 6,676 6,838
2005 584 13,852 14,436 131 7,967 8,098
2006 574 14,926 15,500 132 9,500 9,632
2007 641 15,958 16,599 199 9,758 9,957
2008 685 15,896 16,581 197 10,243 10,440
2009 822 13,459 14,281 213 9,416 9,629
2010 951 13,625 14,576 229 9,170 9,399Fuente/ Source: IMPI, en Cifras 2011.
Solicitadas/Applications Concedidas/ Granted
Mexico’s research & innovation system … some statistics
Mexico – European Union cooperation in science, technology and innovationMexico – European Union cooperation in science, technology and innovation
Management and promotion of ST&I cooperation with EU and Member States
MEX-UE COOPERATIONSCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY-INNOVATION
• GLOBAL AGREEEMENT MEX-UE• AGREEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION MEX-UE• BILATERAL AGRREMENTS WITH EU MEMBERS STATES (MoUS)
ST&I JOINT STEERING COMMITTEE
Energies-NMP-Health-FABF-Transport-ICT-SSH Environment-Space-Innovation (SMEs)…
National Contact Point Network
PARLAMENTARIAN MIXED COMIMISSION
Higher education institutions, Research Centres, Enterprises and Persons
• Support the EU-MX S&T Agreement’s objectives
• Provide information about programs and funding designed to promote cooperation between Mexico and EU
• Formation of partnerships between scientific and technological communities
• Visibility and dissemination activities • Analysis and proposal of improved financing
mechanisms• Support Mex–EU cooperation, through
thematic working groups and technical missions in priority areas
• RECIPROCITY ASPECTS OF THE MX ST&I SYSTEM TO EUROPEAN PARTICIPATION
• Support the EU-MX S&T Agreement’s objectives
• Provide information about programs and funding designed to promote cooperation between Mexico and EU
• Formation of partnerships between scientific and technological communities
• Visibility and dissemination activities • Analysis and proposal of improved financing
mechanisms• Support Mex–EU cooperation, through
thematic working groups and technical missions in priority areas
• RECIPROCITY ASPECTS OF THE MX ST&I SYSTEM TO EUROPEAN PARTICIPATION
CONACYT – European Commission, bilateral support for R&I
Since 2006 the EC + CONACYT jointly support their bilateral cooperation...
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Mexico in the 7° Framework Programme (estimated, 2007-2011)
Thematic area Projects Participants EC contribution to the project
EC contribution to Mexican entities
International cooperation 6 6 8,267,513 648,096
Research infrastructures 3 4 3,970,326 186,054
Science and society 2 2 1,913,751 108,758
Energy 2 5 4,356,242 822,231
Environment (including climate change) 9 15 33,313,342 2,558,058
Food, agriculture, biotechnology and fisheries 9 10 14,377,056 922,403
Health 5 6 10,689,040 872,811
Information and communication technologies 8 8 17,796,327 428,473
Nanoscience, nanotechnologies and NMP 7 26 15,439,120 440,036
Social sciences and humanities 4 5 7,650,807 498,860
Space 2 4 4,999,558 245,010
Transport (including aeronautics) 1 1 333,074 20,700
Marie-Curie Actions 21 30 - - - - - -
79 122 123,106,156 7,751,490
Mexico – European Union cooperation in science, technology and innovationMexico – European Union cooperation in science, technology and innovation
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