After 15 years of widely recognized academic, scientific and technological success, the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology CEDENNA is preparing to face its next challenge: offering the country a new work project that, if approved by the authorities, will mean at least another 10 years of development for the benefit of industry and frontier scientific research in Chile.
This was stated by Dora Altbir, 2019 National Prize for Exact Sciences winner and Founder of the CEDENNA Center, recently elected by its members as Director of the new project the institution will submit to the National Research and Development Agency, ANID.
“Over these years we published almost 1,600 articles, filed more than 60 patent applications and opened space for highly demanding researchers who today contribute to different companies and universities,” stressed Altbir, also thanking the work of the administrative team that supported all these successes and the collaboration of the team headed by Dr. Juan Escrig and Dr. María José Galotto, who led it during the transition stage.
Dr. Escrig himself listed some of the achievements of CEDENNA’s members in this last period alone, from securing continued funding to the communication efforts that managed to position nanoscience and nanotechnology in a wide range of media.
He mentioned milestones such as the Alumni Workshop, the national tour of the Images of the Nanoworld exhibition, the internal refresher seminars, participation in “Futuristas” (an initiative organized by Congreso Futuro), the ProNano workshops for teachers across the country, the 2nd edition of QuSantiago 2024 and the Nanotechnology Fair for the Agricultural Sector, plus the constant school visits and Cedenna’s growth on social media.
For all these efforts, ANID authorized the extension of the project until August 10, 2024 since, in the words of the Minister of Science, Aisén Etcheverry, “CEDENNA is an example of scientific drive for productive development”.
Now the Center is preparing to face a new stage and, according to its members’ decision, from August 10 Dr. Dora Altbir will lead the application for a new basal project that, if approved by ANID, will make CEDENNA’s achievements even more stable over time by granting it funding for another 10 years.
