PROJECTS
UMSA - SIDA Program 2012 - 2020
Research Line 1 - Research Management
• Research management and administration.
• Communication and dissemination of information in research and innovation.
• ICT Management.
Strengthening research management at UMSA-DIPGIS.
UMSATIC Phase II.
Master ICT Plan.
Innovation and development.
Research Line 2 - Agri-food
• This program aims to be Bolivia's first multidisciplinary academic effort to organize a team of researchers focused on valuing the food biodiversity of Bolivia.
Plant foods with antioxidant activity from the department of La Paz.
Valorization of Bolivian foods with low molecular weight components and bioactive function.
Valorization of Bolivian foods with functional macromolecular components.
Biocontrol techniques aimed at improving agricultural recovery.
Línea de Investigación 3 - Natural Resources and Biodiversity
• This program aims to generate knowledge, specialized human resources, research and analytical laboratories, and the transfer of results to contribute to the development of policies, programs, and projects in the field of renewable energy and the industrialization of hydrocarbons.
Water resources engineering and management.
Water Resources Management – Hydrochemistry: Arsenic and Heavy Metals.
Plant Biodiversity – Chemistry of Natural Products.
Energy and sustainable development.
Non-metallic mineral resources for the development of poor regions in Bolivia.
Aquatic pollution and remediation in high-altitude lake systems: Titicaca, Uru Uru, and Poopó.
Sustainable development of water resources in the Altiplano of Bolivia.
Energy and hydrocarbons for sustainable development.
Non-metallic minerals as resources for sustainable development.
Research Line 4 - Technological and Productive Development
• This program aims to strengthen research in biotechnology and process engineering (on biorefinery) related to local and regional issues connected with the agricultural and industrial basis of biomass management. Processes such as biological pretreatments of biomass can be conducted.
Microbial biodiversity.
Chemical process development and technology.
Biomass biorefinery based on agricultural and industrial sources to obtain bioenergy, refined derivatives, and platform chemicals.
Research Line 5 - Health
• This program aims to prevent and control diseases and should include research on epidemiology, within the social and economic framework, for the development of national strategies for the control of transmission and chronic diseases.
Diarrheal diseases.
Infectious diseases.
Biomolecules of medicinal and industrial interest (ANTIPARASITIC).
Biomolecules of medicinal and industrial interest (ANTICANCER).
Biological implications of polyparasitism Diabetes Tropical viral sexually transmitted infections Environmental toxicology.
Research Line 6 - Socioeconomic and Productive
• This program aims to strengthen the research capacity of UMSA by generating a critical mass of doctors who create a motivating environment for conducting research at UMSA, focusing on the socioeconomic and productive areas of the country.
Territorialization of the Andean rural space, an interdisciplinary approach.
Territorialization of the Andean rural space.
Aymara Spatial Readings: A Linguistic - Encyclopedic View of the Poopó Lake Basin and the River.
Cultural development in the Poopó Lake basin and the Desaguadero River.
The dynamic process of inter-ethnic relations in the region of the Desaguadero River and Lake Poopó over time.
Environmental economy instruments as alternatives to address the environment-poverty-development relationship in the highland region basin.
Cultural self-definition: territoriality in the Desaguadero region and Lake Poopó from an internal perspective.
