📋 Tender Overview
The investment seeks to sustain the drive for research, talent training and innovation with an impact on the countrys development.Peru will begin 2026 with a sustained commitment to science, technology and innovation. The National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation (CONCYTEC), through its executive body PROCIENCIA, announced the official calendar of calls that will open more than S/ 73 million in competitive funds, aimed at strengthening scientific research, the training of highly qualified talent and the articulation between academia, business and the State.
The amount corresponds entirely to new competitive funds that will be activated during 2026. This is a level of investment similar to that deployed in 2025, which reaffirms a sustained public policy in favor of the scientific development of the country.
Fourteen calls to convert knowledge into development
Within the framework of the PROCIENCIA Competition Calendar for Fiscal Year 2026, PROCIENCIA will launch 14 calls aimed at covering the entire cycle of science and innovation: from basic and applied research, to technological development, business innovation, international scientific cooperation and the creation of scientific-technological-based ventures.
The executing body of CONCYTEC plans to grant 403 grants, for an approximate amount of S/ 60 million, through 13 competitions that cover scientific research, technological development, social sciences, PCT patents, regional innovation challenges, mobility of researchers, incorporation of postdoctorates, internships in STI, scientific events, thesis financing and specialized courses of the CABBIO Peru program.
While through the SINACTI II Project, PROCIENCIA will offer S/ 13.55 million in two contests; among these, the call for Science, Technology and Innovation Networks in Strategic Areas launched last December and Strengthening Value Chains through Academia-Industry Articulation, which seeks to consolidate scientific communities capable of sustaining high-impact collaborative research over time. To this will be added an upcoming call focused on strengthening prioritized value chains and their technologies, connecting research, innovation and productive development.
The challenge is no longer just to produce knowledge, but to ensure that this knowledge generates value, opportunities and well-being. In that direction we are guiding the calls for 2026, with science more connected to the needs of the country, said Dr. Sixto Sanchez, president of CONCYTEC.
Advances in 2025
In the last year, from PROCIENCIA and the SINACTI II Project, 271 projects were promoted, still in execution, within the framework of 8 programs strengthened with financing and 304 scholarships. Likewise, eight investment plans were implemented in priority value chains, promoting effective links between academia and industry. In addition, more than 9,000 laboratory services were provided through institutions strengthened by PROCIENCIA, and progress was made in the accreditation of another 53 laboratories. Likewise, the development of more than 20 technologies at advanced levels of technological maturity (TRL) was promoted, close to their commercialization and scaling.
With this new programming of calls, CONCYTEC, together with PROCIENCIA, consolidates its role as an articulator of the national ecosystem of science, technology and innovation, connecting research, talent, business and public policies, and positioning Peru in international scientific networks.
More than a specific announcement, the investment planned for 2026 confirms a clear signal from the State: science is not an expense, it is a strategic bet for the development of the country.
The official calendar of calls is available at: https://prociencia.gob.pe/calendario-de-concursos/
