The INVAP Foundation formally launched the name for the 8th edition of Emprendé ConCiencia, a program geared toward supporting science and technology-based initiatives with positive social and environmental impact.
The initiative is designed to spice up the growth of ventures that originate from native areas, connecting their leaders with specialists, mentors, and innovation ecosystems. The purpose is to strengthen their proposals and flip them into actual options.
After seven editions in Argentina, supporting greater than 90 initiatives, the program takes a key step: for the first time, it opens at a regional stage, permitting entrepreneurs from neighboring nations to entry this community of strategic allies and improve technological growth with socio-environmental influence all through the area.
Who can take part
The name is geared toward people over 18 years previous residing in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, or Uruguay, who communicate Spanish and work on analysis or growth initiatives with socio-environmental influence. Independent entrepreneurs, analysis teams, or consolidated groups can apply.
A highlighted profit is the week of in-person coaching in San Carlos de Bariloche (Río Negro, Argentina), the place chosen members will entry intensive coaching and reference to the native scientific-technological ecosystem.
What initiatives can apply
Initiatives that use science, technology, and innovation to handle points in:
- Health
- Environment
- Socioeconomic integration
- Social habitat
Projects can be valued for having a sure diploma of growth, the intention to enhance their worth proposition, and the want for technical help supplied by specialised groups from the INVAP Foundation.
Participation and choice course of
The name is open till March 25, 2026 on the web site www.emprendeconciencia.org.ar.
Applications can be evaluated primarily based on their potential social and environmental influence, the power of the workforce, and technical and financial feasibility. Selected initiatives will take part in a 5-month coaching and help course of, divided into three phases:
- Intensive work weeks.
- Co-creation with specialists and mentors.
- Closing occasion with presentation of outcomes.
Program advantages
The proposal contains:
- Specialized technical mentoring: particular person steerage from consultants in Bariloche’s scientific-technological ecosystem.
- Business workshops with influence: group areas to refine enterprise fashions with a social and environmental focus.
- Linking and validation: reference to native organizations to create collaboration networks and validate options in actual contexts.
A regional influence
The opening of Emprendé ConCiencia at a regional stage marks a milestone in the program’s historical past. By integrating initiatives from totally different nations, it seeks to advertise cross-border collaboration, data trade, and the creation of options that handle widespread challenges in Latin America, resembling the climate crisis, social inequality, and the have to strengthen well being and habitat methods.
The 8th edition of Emprendé ConCiencia represents a novel alternative to remodel concepts into actual options, boosting regional technological growth and strengthening innovation with a optimistic influence. With the help of the INVAP Foundation and a community of specialists, entrepreneurs will be capable to scale their initiatives and contribute to a extra sustainable future.