The Yucatan Initiative Project is a collaborative platform for research, academics, and service between the State of Texas in the U.S. and the State of Yucatan in Mexico. This project is sponsored by the Secretary of Innovation, Research, and Higher Education of the State of Yucatan, Mexico (SIIES) and Texas A&M University (TAMU).

Objective.

To establish an intellectual footprint between SIIDETEY and TAMU, consisting in the joint development of solutions to regional problems present in both the State of Texas and the State of Yucatan.

Hypothesis.

Strategic identification of regional problems present in the State of Texas and the State of Yucatan can be optimally addressed through a joint faculty effort between SIIDETEY and TAMU through the establishment of:

  • Coordinated and strategic research, academic, and service collaborations.
  • Joint three-tier funding mechanism to sponsor seed, regional, and infrastructure projects.
  • Bi-national government, industry, and academic partnerships.

Methodology.

Step 1

Workshop in Yucatan for the identification of coordinated and strategic research, academic, and service collaborations, and for the integration of partnerships across government, industry and academia.

Step 2

Workshop in Texas for the development of whitepapers to solve regional problems through the definition of research, academic, and service projects

Step 3

Establishment of a joint three-tier funding mechanism to sponsor seed, regional, and infrastructure projects.

Strategic Areas.

The Yucatan Initiative Project has three main strategic areas of collaboration around which its projects are centered:

Research

Phase I – Engineering (2014-2015)
Phase II – Agriculture and Life Sciences (2015-2016)
Phase III – Geosciences (2017-2019)
Phase IV – Transdisciplinary (2019 – Present)

Academics

IRAP (Formerly ELCIR)
CANIETI-ESL
Foundations of Engineering
Anthropology Ethics

Service

EPICS
CANIETI Executives ESL
Uxmal Corridor Program (in progress)

YIP Sponsors.

SIIDETEY Yucatan

The System of Research, Innovation, and Technological Development of the State of Yucatan (SIIDETEY), was created by a decree of the government of Yucatan in 2008. It is comprised of a consortium of goverment, industry and academic institutions whose objective is to enhance and articulate the State resources to solve regional problems by the use of scientific research, innovation, and technological development.

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M opened its doors in 1876 as the state’s first public institution of higher learning. Today, it stands as a research-intensive flagship university dedicated to sending Aggie leaders out into the world prepared to take on the challenges of tomorrow.

TOGETHER LET’S
TRANSFORM YUCATAN & TEXAS
THROUGH
RESEARCH, TEACHING & SERVICE

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