CEPRA XV 2021

Resil-TEX – A resilient plant layout model for SMEs with a focus on productivity and occupational safety

UC, UDA, UTA, CAPIA Institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $42985

Study of the bioeconomic potential of glucose syrup obtained through enzymatic hydrolysis of banana rachis and leaf. A Circular Bioeconomy strategy in Ecuador

Institutions UNEMI, ESPOL, ESPOCH, UTMACH
State Signing of agreements
Amount $45000

Factors associated with therapeutic response in asthmatic children in the context of SARS-CoV-2

UC, UDA, UIDE, and UCE institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $45000

Development of highly effective antimicrobial polymeric membranes (antiviral and antibacterial) by electrospinning

Institutions PUCE, ESPE, UTE
State Signing of agreements
Amount $45000

Discovery of biomarkers of potential probiotics for the Ecuadorian shrimp industry

Institutions ESPOL, ESPE, UTMACH
State Signing of agreements
Amount $75300

Development of a methodology for sanitation and virus elimination in babaco (Vasconcellea x heilbornii) buds using in vitro culture of microcuttings

ESPOL, UC, and UDLA institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $45000

Study of the incidence and genetic diversity of Neoscytalidium dimidiatum, a pathogen of pitahaya cultivation, and of the stress factors associated with its infection in the Ecuadorian coast, highlands, and Amazon region

ESPOL, IKIAM, and ESPOCH Institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $45000

Building sustainability in agroecological social enterprises in the province of Azuay, Ecuador

Institutions of the Social, Popular and Solidarity Economy, RAEPS, FEPP, YACHKS Pumapungo Intercultural Association
State Signing of agreements
Amount $35823,5

Decontamination of shrimp packaging material using "non-thermal plasma" technology in times of Covid-19

ESPOL, ESPE, and UCE Institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $44700

Antiparasitic activity of synthetic peptides derived from amphibian skin against malaria, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis

Institutions PUCE, USFQ, IKIAM
State Signing of agreements
Amount $405500

Characterization of cough caused by COVID-19 in patients with a positive diagnosis

UPS, EPN, and PUCE institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $44905,8

Towards a circular economy: developing eco-packaging from agro-industrial waste

YACHAY, ESPOL, EPN, and UYAMAFARMS institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $43400

Application of the probiotic Lactobacillus fermentum with a diet enriched with microalgae biomass as a source of prebiotics to reduce colonization with Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis in broiler chickens

Institutions YACHAY, UCE,UTA,UTC
State Signing of agreements
Amount $44621,8

Democratizing artificial intelligence learning from an early age in Ecuador

Institutions UNL, UEB, UTPL, UIDE, UE SANTA MARIANITA DE JESÚS, ITS DANIEL ALVAREZ BURNEO, MIN EDUCACIÓN ZONA 7
State Signing of agreements
Amount $43000

Valorization of plant extracts as eco-friendly inhibitors of copper corrosion in acidic medium

YACHAY, UCE, IKIAM, and UTPL institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $40700,36

Innovation in times of crisis: Knowledge and Technology Transfer Program for Post-COVID-19 Economic Reactivation in MSMEs of the Chemical and Services Sector in the provinces of Azuay, Loja and Pichincha

UC, UDA, UTPL, UCE, CAPIA Institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $36114

Defining the conservation statuses of the tropical dry forest. Towards an adaptive management approach

Institutions UTPL, ULEAM, UNL, UTMACH
State Signing of agreements
Amount $37520

Environmental resilience in urban socio-ecological systems of neo-tropical cities: the cases of Quito and Guayaquil

Institutions UTI, UCE, UDLA
State Signing of agreements
Amount $45000

Towards a systemic model for the creation of science and technology-based ventures in higher education institutions in Ecuador

UC, YACHAY, and UPEC institutions
State Signing of agreements
Amount $32050,01