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General Objective: The objective of this project is to evaluate portable sensors applied to crop stems and leaves, thus contributing to food security and climate change. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: USFQ, EPN, ESPAM Project Director Frank Alexis Participants: Awarded Budget: $38,300.80 Project Status: Awarded

General Objective: Formulate social learning models inspired by the behavior of social insects and use them to develop efficient and verifiable control software for robot swarms through controlled and documented tests. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: ESPOL, UG, UDA Project Director Carlos Saldarriaga Participants: Awarded Budget: $36,873.60 Project Status: Awarded

General Objective: To evaluate the risk of dietary exposure of the Ecuadorian population to pesticide residues in mass consumption foods with potential contamination. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: ESPOL, UCUENCA, UPS, PUCE Project Director Juan Cevallos Participants: Awarded Budget: $40,000.00 Project Status: Awarded

General Objective: Optimize an electrochemical sensor for the detection of hydrogen peroxide (oxidative burst) resulting from stress by Cd(II) ions, in stem and leaf stem cells of Pennisetum purpureum Schumach and Pennisetum violaceum grown in vitro as a model device for selection. of plants useful in phytoremediation. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: PUCE, UTMACH, EPN

General Objective: Develop an interpretation system for Ecuadorian sign language through the use of artificial intelligence tools based on transfer learning and deep learning in order to improve the communication and interaction of deaf people within the Ecuadorian context. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTI, EPN, PUCE, UPS Director of the

General Objective: Improve the bioavailability of iron and other essential minerals in a fermented drink based on quinoa and amaranth by genetically engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae to express phytase and ferric reductase, in order to reduce phytates and increase mineral absorption. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTE, USFQ, UCUENCA, ANDES

General Objective: Develop three-dimensional cellular models for biomedical research and regenerative medicine. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: UTA, UTPL, USFQ Project Director Lorena Nunez Participants: Awarded Budget: $39,967.20 Project Status: Awarded

General Objective: Determine the incidence of scale insects in dry forest areas and/or conservation units on the Ecuadorian coast, through an approach that integrates the use of high spatial resolution images, biological and meteorological variables with artificial intelligence techniques. This study will allow us to better understand the impact of distribution and evolution

General Objective: Develop filaments for 3D printing based on crystalline nanocellulose from agricultural waste from the Amazon Chakra as an eco-friendly alternative for the additive manufacturing of sustainable products with high added value. Specific Objectives: Participating Institutions: IKIAM, UEB, ESPOL, YACHAY Project Director Edgar Marcelo Vilcacundo Chamorro Participants: Awarded Budget: $35200.00 State of the

General Objective: Design a robotic hospital accompaniment system focused on the socio-affective needs of children and older adults during their rehabilitation in hospitals and clinics of the Ecuadorian public and private Health network, to mitigate stress levels and social isolation. , favoring resilience and efficient recovery, through