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Umecit – University in Panama

Directorate of Research, Innovation, and Postgraduate

Research Policies

UMECIT's research policies are presented in terms of their articulation with the progress of the academic programs offered, understanding research as a transversal axis of the curriculum. From this perspective, the universal conception of knowledge assumed requires the following policies:

Fostering a research culture in the university community

that contributes to the generation, dissemination, appropriation and transfer of knowledge.

Promote formative research and the development of skills

for the generation of knowledge in accordance with the institution's curricular educational model.

Apply the regulatory framework in research matters

that promotes, guides and regulates research, innovation and technological development activities.

Guide the generation of knowledge and intellectual production

from the lines of research.

Strengthening the Research Center

through the activity of research groups, which cuts across several disciplines.

Generate mechanisms and resources

for the development of research projects and the products they generate.

Strengthening investigative praxis

and its impact through the insertion of researchers in national and international networks.

Promote scientific production

through postgraduate programs, to generate knowledge.

Encourage and stimulate the academic community

to present research projects.

Generate open calls

of national and international events that offer spaces for the dissemination of scientific production.

Promote socialization, dissemination and transfer

of the results of research and innovations.

Articulate inter-institutional efforts

for the promotion and development of research and innovation.

Promote the creation of seedbeds

to research and implement training actions that allow the development of scientific skills.

Strengthening research

as a strategy for connecting with the environment.

Regulate the application of the code and principles of bioethics

in research processes.

Increase international projection

of the research.

Contribute to the visibility of scientific production

the digital footprint of researchers and the generation of products.