Research

Over the years, competitive US funds have gained enormous prestige, but they are not always accessible to everyone, or the application processes can sometimes be confusing and lead to errors that result in the rejection of the application. Thanks to the University of Maryland’s “Borderless Research Administration Knowledge Exchange” program, or BRAKE, transversal support is …

University of Maryland presents its BRAKE Program to UC scholars Read More »

To exchange knowledge and good practices on some of the main challenges for public and global health of the 21st century, the international symposium “Challenges in public health: experiences from Australia and Chile” was held, where academics from the prestigious University of Queensland in Australia, along with Chilean experts, shared experiences and addressed important challenges …

Australian and Chilean experts addressed public health concerns and challenges Read More »

Google unveiled its new generation of 27 researchers in the area of ​​Computer Science who will receive, over the next two years, 600 thousand dollars to carry out their projects. The Latin American Research Awards (LARA), the program that has benefited 46 projects and more than 100 researchers since 2013, including master’s and doctoral students …

UC academic wins Google LARA award Read More »

The event, which brought together more than 130 participants; among them 60 academics and researchers from the organizing Chilean universities and another important number of Swedish academics from the University of Lund and Uppsala; integrated workshops focused on three strategic areas of interest to the four universities and that seek to solve the common problems …

Chile-Sweden Forum brings together leading scholars on health, natural resources and migration issues Read More »

Within the framework of the Internationalization Project and fulfilling its objective of collaboration between Universidade Católica y Universidad de Chile, numerous activities and visits are conducted prior to the First Academic Forum Chile Sweden 2017, also known as the Academic Collaboration Chile Sweden Seminar (ACCESS), which will be developed in conjunction with the universities of …

UC scholars pay interdisciplinary collaborative visits prior to forum in Sweden Read More »

This award is given to scientists who have made important scientific contributions that have advanced the discipline. The award, which has been presented every year since 1991, until now had never been in the hands of a Latin American, either working abroad or in their country of origin. The researcher from the Department of Molecular …

Dr. Luis Larrondo receives the Aschoff’s Rule prize Read More »

During the three days, the doctor from the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences of the North American university met with his peers and various personalities from the UC School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Nursing in order to identify areas of collaboration and reciprocal interest. Among the work program, Dr. Sciolla held meetings with doctors …

Scholar from UC Davis School of Medicine visits the University Read More »

Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Japan in Chile, along with the University of Tokyo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and University of Chile and the result of the collaboration program that these universities have with SEELA (Science Engineering Exchange with Lastin America), Takaaki Kajita gave the lecture “Unveiling the …

UC commemorates 120 years of friendship between Chile and Japan Read More »

On Monday, June 19th, the seminar and workshop “Scientific Research Methodology and Collaboration with Industry in Australia” was held jointly by the Australian Ministry of Education and Training, the Australian Technological Universities Network (ATN) and the Australian Embassy in Chile. The Australian Ambassador to Chile, Robert Fergusson, opened the event with presentations by representatives of …

The Office of the Vice-President for Research participates in seminar on Australian scientific collaboration Read More »

The workshop called “Defining an internationalization strategy for the Catholic University” and directed by the international consultant and Director of the Boston College Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), Hans de Wit, aimed to advance in the design of the Strategic Plan for Internationalization, committed to both the UC 2015-2020 Development Plan, and the Internationalization …

UC Deans and Directors participate in UC Internationalization strategic workshop Read More »