Fundación Copec-UC

High value natural compounds

9 developing projects
Biopesticides and biocontrollers

9 developing projects
Mining

3 developing projects
Health

12 developing projects
Vitiviniculture

6 developing projects
Aquaculture

5 developing projects

Competitions

We’re pioneers joining industry and academy with the purpose of fostering R&D mainly at natural resources sectors. For this, we finance applied R&D projects, oriented to generate a high impact in the sectors to which they are oriented, and thereby contribute to the development of the country.

Regular R+D+i Competition
Until July 27th, 2020Prizes from UF 4,000
Apply Your Idea for higher education students
Until September 1st. 2019

84 Regular Competition
Awarded Projects

23 Young Rsearchers
Awarded Projects

69 Apply your IdeaAwarded Projects

Technological Innovations

Transferable Projects

RUBISCO: Development of active ingredients from cell cultures

Natural compounds

High sensitivity diagnostic system capable of discriminating between variants of the Infectious Anemia Virus of Salmon

Aquaculture

BeeTechnology: Preventive treatment against American foulbrood

Biopesticides and biocontrollers

Low temperature sulfides bioleaching for high mountain and pre-mountain sites

Mining

Anthocyanin production process from callus cultures of Aristotelia Chilensis

Natural compounds

Chitosan nanofibers for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Health

Latest News

News

30 Aug 2018

2018 Competitions Launch and 2017 Winners Awards

Events

Since this year Copec-UC Foundation increases R+D funding granted to researchers from all over the…

24 Aug 2018

Our Executive Director on Diario Financiero: this is his interview

Media

Alfonso Cruz: “I don’t think the critical mass of the country has matured, but it…

24 Aug 2018

Five projects winner of Copec-UC Foundation competitions among the best 36 of Brain Chile 2018

Information

A medical simulator for training in peripheral venous punctures, an edible coating that allows to…

24 Aug 2018

World Economic Forum places FCUC project researcher among the 50 best sub 40 scientists in the world

Competitions

UC Engineering academic, Daniel Hurtado, who in 2015 was one of the winners of our…

6 Aug 2018

Apply your Idea looks for the most innovative students of Chile in its V version

Competitions

Until August 31, pre and postgraduate students from universities, professional institutes and technical training centers…

Video Gallery

Ganadores Concurso I+D para Innovar 2021 de Fundación Copec UC

Ganadores Concurso Aplica tu Idea 2021

Entrevista a Susan Bueno, Consejera FCUC.

Andrea Obaid entrevistó a Susan Bueno, académica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Con…

2do Webinar 2022: Concurso I+D para Innovar

Alfonso Cruz, Director Ejecutivo de Fundación COPEC UC, junto a nuestro Gerente de Administración, F…

Seminars

13th International Seminar (2017)

Food 3.0

Functional ingredients and natural additives, the revolution of the food industry

12th International Seminar (2016)

Bioengineering

Science and technology for life

11th International Seminar (2015)

Big Data

The power of information