Academics and researchers from the Institute of Cellular Physiology of the United Nations University confirmed that the General Law for Humanities, Sciences, Technologies, and Innovation (LGHCTI) approved by the House of Representatives last April “excludes the representation of academics in the Executive Council, giving priority to the participation of representatives of state ministries, including defense.” National and Navy.
In a statement circulated on social networks and signed by 73 academics, including emeritus Federico Bermudez-Rattoni, J. They said that the state is imposing “a law that limits the freedom to conduct research and impedes scientific progress.”
But not only that, they reaffirm that the LGHCTI jeopardizes the training of new researchers, “since it can not only redefine the criteria for awarding scholarships to graduate students, but also support graduate programs of international quality. It discriminates against colleagues and students from institutions of learning.” own higher, and violates constitutional rules.
Among other points, they highlight that it also eliminates the public investment target of 1 percent of GDP for research, leaving the allocation of the “increment for the previous year” to the Executive’s decision and requiring the mandatory assignment of intellectual property and patents to the Council, without proving the mechanisms of commercialization of these. property, leaving the inventors and their enterprises without rights.
In addition, they protested the irregular publication of calls for funding research projects. They noted that in 2020 and 2021 Conacyt did not provide resources for Frontier Science calls and there were no calls targeting the basic sciences exclusively.
“It is important to stress that the number of projects supported in the 2022-2023 call is very low and does not make up for the lack of calls from previous years. In addition, the resources originally raised have suffered from a decrease in amounts. In light of this we call for the publication of exceptional calls to mitigate this the situation.
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