CLACSO-RedINJU Scholarships

Open call to postgraduate students from CLACSO-affiliated centers to undertake postdoctoral studies in the Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth Research program
The Postdoctoral Research Program in Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth organized by the Network of Postgraduate Studies in Childhood and Youth – RedINJU The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the Center for Advanced Studies in Childhood and Youth of the CINDE Foundation and the University of Manizales, Colombia; the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo PUCP-SP, Brazil; the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Argentina; the University of the Republic, Uruguay; the National University of Lanus, Argentina; the College of the Northern Border, Mexico; the Salesian Polytechnic University, Ecuador; the University of La Plata, Argentina; The Center for Psychological and Sociological Research, CIPS, Cuba and the Catholic University Luis Amigó, Colombia, will award 9 scholarships to carry out postdoctoral studies in the Program in Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth, with the purpose of encouraging research and critical reflection on childhood and youth.
To this end, the call for applications will award 9 scholarships :
- A 100% tuition scholarship in the name of María Camila Ospina Alvarado for the undertaking of an original, situated and transformative research project, framed within one of the following thematic fields: childhoods, youth, memories, early childhood education or peacebuilding.
- A tuition scholarship covering 80% of the program's cost to the first two selected applications.
- A 50% tuition scholarship to the third, fourth, fifth and sixth applications selected.
- A 30% tuition scholarship for successful applicants in seventh and eighth place.
The scholarships cover the corresponding percentage of tuition costs. Participation expenses for the Postdoctoral meetings must be covered by the applicants.
Opening of the call for applications: December 22th 2025
Registration closing: January 23, 2026
RESULTS
Of the 67 applications received, the following were awarded:
1 scholarship covering 100% of tuition fees:
| Full name | Country |
| Ana Lilia Salazar Zarco | Mexico |
4 scholarships of 80% off tuition :
| Full name | Country |
| Grace Llerena | Ecuador |
| Diana Patricia Restrepo Ruiz | Colombia |
| Lilimar Rojas Dávila | Venezuela |
| Rafaela Cunha Vargas Laureano | Brazil |
9 scholarships of 50% off tuition :
| Full name | Country |
| Mariana Cecilia Fernández | Argentina |
| Mónica Matilde Diaz Leiva | Chile |
| Juan Manuel Vélez Arias | Colombia |
| Alejandro Santamaría | Argentina |
| Maria Teresa Hernandez Yáñez | Chile |
| Diana Michel Gonzalez Ochoa | Mexico |
| Susana Soledad Sulca | Argentina |
| Yanina Frezzotti | Argentina |
| José Adriano Barbosa Corredor | Colombia |
16 scholarships of 30% off tuition :
| Full name | Country |
| Alain Pierce Samayoa Chavarria | Guatemala |
| María Elena Rosero Campiño | Colombia |
| Isabel Ximena Gonzalez Ramirez | Chile |
| Marcela Sanchez | Ecuador |
| Chantal Lucero Vargas | Mexico |
| William Hernando Alfonso Pina | Colombia |
| Karim Garzon Diaz | Colombia |
| Mireya Camacho Celis | Colombia |
| Fernando Henrique Ferreira De Oliveira | Brazil |
| Natalí Durand Guevara | Peru |
| Francisco David Puente Izurieta | Ecuador |
| Ivonne Pamela Hernandez Villamizar | Colombia |
| Sullivan Fischer | Brazil |
| David Figueroa Serrano | Mexico |
| Oscar Eduardo Vargas Betancourth | Colombia |
| Marcela Angelina Aravena Domich | Argentina |
This ruling is final and irrevocable.
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