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Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Chile

Universidad de Concepción's COPAS Coastal centre renews ANID funding through to 2031

The COPAS Coastal centre, based at the Universidad de Concepción, has renewed its ANID funding and will begin a new five-year stage of research running to 2031.

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Why it matters: The COPAS Coastal centre at the Universidad de Concepción has secured ANID funding for a five-year stage of oceanographic research, technology development and knowledge transfer.

The Universidad de Concepción reported that the COPAS Coastal centre, which is based at the university, has renewed its ANID funding to continue its research until 2031.

According to the university, the centre will begin a new five-year stage aimed at strengthening oceanographic research, technological development and the transfer of knowledge to society.

The university said the centre has a presence stretching from Arica to Magallanes.

Editor’s view

Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor

With its ANID funding renewed, the COPAS Coastal centre at the Universidad de Concepción enters a five-year stage of oceanographic research, technology development and knowledge transfer that runs until 2031.

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