La Universidad Nacional de Rosario carries out various actions based on a commitment that links society, academia, innovation, and development. To this end, the UNR's Area of ​​Science, Technology, and Innovation for Development (ACTeID), through the Technological Linkage Directorate, is launching the first Call for Proposals. University Scholarships “Innovation for Sustainable Development”. This program It aims to provide support to University students who, in order to graduate from their undergraduate courses, must complete a final project (thesis, dissertation, final integrative project, professional intervention project, etc.). It also It seeks to encourage students to contribute by directing their work toward resolving territorial problems and interests through technological linkage processes with other social actors. 

The University is committed to promoting strategic actions in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the UN. Therefore, this call encourages submissions to address and integrate the strategic themes "Production and Environment" within the framework stipulated in the terms and conditions. 

Important dates

Project submission deadline: March 1 to April 4, 2025

Evaluation: April 7-10.

Scholarships begin: May 2025 

Terms and conditions: 
Terms and conditions for the 2025 Call for Applications – University Scholarships “Innovation for Sustainable Development”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jfh9mm6UL-qBuKfJZgWStdB8ANwRlodq/view?usp=sharing 

Email:  ligaciontec@unr.edu.ar  

Phone: 341-5328848

UNR Technological Linkage Directorate

Through various mechanisms, such as the provision of services, the signing of agreements, the licensing of patents or other Intellectual Property instruments or the generation of joint projects, the Universidad Nacional de Rosario makes its technological capabilities available to the socio-productive sector.

Below is a list of possible services to AGRO. For inquiries, please contact linkaciontec@unr.edu.ar

Animal production and forage resources

• Production and use of pastures.
  • Foragers by edaphoclimatic environment.
  • Fertilization of greens and pastures.
  • Forage planning.
  • Pasture growth modeling.
  • Nutrition of ruminants and monogastrics, and ration formulation.
  • Precision livestock.
  • Management of dairy herds, breeding and rearing.
  • Design of pig farming systems.
  • Animal welfare.
  • Quality of pork and bovine semen.

Extensive, intensive and forestry crops

• Management and physiology of extensive crops (soybean, corn, sorghum).
  • Measurement of biomass and yield of extensive crops.
  • Extensive crops in relation to water stress and other environmental limitations.
  • Measurements of grain composition and grinding quality.
  • Physiology and seed conservation.
  • Management of peach, walnut and citrus plantations.
  • Design of horticultural systems, and management of vegetables and post-harvest crops.
  • Training in good horticultural practices.
  • Production of horticultural crops without soil.
  • Design of vegetable sensory panels.
  • Provision of forest seedlings of native species.
  • Design of landscaped outdoor spaces.
  • Training in the production of forest seedlings.

Biotechnology and plant breeding

• Improvement of traditional legumes (peas and lentils) and non-traditional legumes (Lupi beans, lupines and broad beans), vegetables (artichoke, pumpkin, asparagus and tomato) and field crops (wheat, sunflower and soybeans).
  • Acceleration of improvement in apomictic species.
  • Production of seeds of forage grasses (Paspalumnotatum and Panicum coloratum).
  • Bioenergy and biofuels from alternative crops (wild thistle and natural grasslands).
  • Mechanisms of resistance to herbicides and genetics of disease resistance.
  • Advice on facilities and equipment necessary for the installation of a plant tissue culture laboratory.
  • Molecular biology techniques.
  • Analysis of enzymatic activity.
  • Development of transgenic events of agronomic and industrial interest.
  • Identification of genes that control desirable agronomic characteristics.
  • Analysis of large databases.
  • Bioinformatics.

Plant protection

• Integrated management of weeds, pests and diseases (chemical, biological and cultural controls).
  • Weed population dynamics and monitoring of herbicide resistance status.
  • Development of bioprotectors and biocontrollers of pests and diseases.
  • Studies of pathologies in seeds and in extensive crops, fruit, vegetables and forestry.
  • Crop protection in rural and peri-urban areas.
  • Pest management in stored grains and by-products.
  • Recognition of weeds, pests and diseases.
  • Provision of fungal inocula for use in breeding programs.
  • Efficacy and compatibility studies of agrochemicals.
  • Training in toxicology and good practices for applicator machine operators.

Rural socioeconomics

• Marketing circuits and study of consumer habits.
  • Environmental law and socio-environmental conflicts.
  • Market study and design of investment projects.
  • Study in the trade and collection of grains.
  • Statistical analysis of databases.
  • Economic and financial administration of the production system.
  • Social and solidarity economy.
  • Associativism, organizational technologies and network construction.
  • Family agricultural production and rural work.
  • Evaluation of the coexistence of agricultural production models (industrial, agroecological and organic).
  • The gender issue in agricultural production.

Earth sciences and agricultural technology

• Soil and water management.
  • Territorial planning and analysis of integrated systems.
  • Environmental impact assessment.
  • Agroecological production.
  • Soil fertility and organic amendments.
  • Analysis of compost composition, quality of inoculants and rhizobia on seeds, and determination of arbuscular mycorrhiza-forming fungi (HFMA) in inoculants.
  • Soil profile and water erosion.
  • Complete water and soil analysis (chemical, physical and biological indicators).
  • Monitoring of useful soil water in agricultural plots.
  • Precision farming.
  • Remote sensing and drones.
  • Training in the use of agricultural machinery.
  • Machinery performance evaluations (harvest control and planting quality).
  • Climatic characterization of typical days and analysis of historical climatic series.

Natural resources

• South American biogeography.
  • Phytogeography and rapid ecological assessment.
  • Environmental conservation management.
  • Resilience of Chaco forest ecosystems.
  • Regeneration of Chaco forests and environmental indicators.
  • Pollinating insects and their relationship with ecosystem services.
  • Climatic similarity indices and environmental gradients on aquatic fauna of the humid pampas.
  • Taxonomic determination of problem plants.
  • Taxonomic determination of vascular plants and anatomical analysis of higher plant materials.

1- CEREMIC TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES

• Isolation, quantification and identification of filamentous fungi and yeasts from our clinics, food, soil, water and other biological samples
• Determination of genus and species of already isolated fungal strains

• Antifungal susceptibility testing
• Immunological diagnostics
• Sterility control, laboratories and supplies
• Preparation of inocula, growth promotion test, susceptibility to different metabolites/products, etc.

• Provision of fungal strains from the CEREMIC Culture collection
• Deposit and conservation of fungal strains in the Culture Collection
• Provision of culture media and laboratory reagents

ADVISORY SERVICES

• Advice on topics related to Mycology

2- RESEARCH LABORATORY ON BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS

TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES

• Sample analysis by high-performance automated thin layer chromatography (HPTLC Camag): fingerprint analysis, identity, purity determination, analyte quantification. UV-Visible digitization and densitometric analysis. Development and optimization of chromatographic methods by HPTLC.

• Analysis and isolation of analytes by UV-Vis or IRD (refractive index) detection of interest using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Development and optimization of HPLC chromatographic methods.

ADVISORY SERVICES

• Advice on issues related to the application of chromatographic methods (by HPTLC, Thin Layer Chromatography, HPLC) to solve specific problems.

3-FOOD RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION LABORATORY

ADVISORY SERVICES

• Extraction and stabilization of bioactive compounds to obtain nutraceuticals and the addition of these to foods to give them added value and replace artificial additives.
• Use and valorization of by-products from the food industry or discarded products
• bioinputs

4- CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES

• HPLC determination of components in complex samples (antioxidants, polyphenols, sugars, histamines, agrochemical additives, etc.).

• Determination by HPLC of chemical residues or traces in different matrices (veterinary drugs, phthalates, nonylphenol, etc.).

• Determination by GC of contaminants and minor components in water and environmental samples.

• Quality control test of raw material and finished product.
• Development and validation of analytical methods according to standards.
• Optimization of sample treatment.
• Development and transfer of instrumental analytical methods, in chromatography and chemometrics.
• Process control tuning

ADVISORY SERVICES

● Advice on quality systems. Provision of professional training courses in chromatography. Optimization

School of Mechanical Engineering

The School of Mechanical Engineering has its Materials Laboratory equipped to research, teaching and service extension work, for companies that wish to improvement in the area of ​​metallurgical processes, testing and analysis of materials, heat treatments, failure analysis, welding, among others.

The Laboratory has equipment to provide the following services:  

●        Metallographic analysis

●        Determination of Thermal Treatments and advice

●        Measurement of cemented layers and decarburization

●        Macro analysis

●        Breakage analysis (Fractography)

●        Failure Analysis – Determination of Damage Mechanism

●        Realization and evaluation of metallographic replicas

●        Analysis and characterization of foundries

●        Brinell and Rockwell hardness measurement

●        Vickers microhardness measurement

●        Analysis of welded parts

●        Advice on welding qualification and welders

●        Jominy hardenability test

●        Magnetizable Particle Test

●        Liquid Penetrant Test

●        Ultrasonic thickness measurement

●        Chemical analysis of steels, cast irons and aluminum

The Materials Laboratory has a team of professionals, teachers and researchers with extensive experience to be able to provide a response according to the needs, and above all, advise the client.

Surveying School

Consulting and advice on:

●        Valuations and rural appraisals for expropriations, compensation, revaluations of impairments for real estate tax,

●        Territorial planning and real estate development projects in rural areas,

●        Zoning ordinances and zone change projects, regulations for the use and division of land in boundary zones between urban and rural areas.

●        Topographic survey (GPS, total station or unmanned aerial vehicle – UAV/drone)

●        Topographic analysis for erosion control and terrace cultivation,

●        Digital elevation model (obtained with data from optical/radar sensors from satellites, manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle - UAV/drone),

●        Analysis of slope and runoff in land for extension and precision cultivation,

●        Identification of cultivated areas using remote sensing (multispectral satellite image processing),

●        Analysis of the temporal and spatial variation of biophysical variables of forest covers using remote sensing (processing of satellite data available in Google Earth Engine),

●        Cartographic products derived from synthetic aperture radar satellite images (SAOCOM 1A/1B) available at the National Activities Commission

●        Space (CONAE) of Argentina, such as soil moisture map, vegetation radar index, water mask, among others.

School of Electronic Engineering

●        Agroinformatics Consulting: Solutions for Agriculture 4.0: our services include advice on the design of IoT-based monitoring systems, data analysis, integration and training in advanced agricultural technologies, and strategic planning for digital transformation. Whether you need to develop a sensor network, extract valuable insights from your data, or create a roadmap for adopting new technologies, we're here to help you address your specific challenges.

●        Advice on the implementation of applications that use learning

automated and/or computer vision. The advice may include the type of method to use, the possible hardware needs for vision, the data necessary for development, the appropriate methodology to evaluate development performance and other aspects according to the requirements that arise.

●        Comprehensive advice to adopt and implement ISOBUS Technology.

Personalized assistance with the client, who is offered a review service requirements. Advice is also offered for planning a General architecture compatible with ISOBUS.

●        Image processing and analysis for automatic performance estimation of seeds in reproductive structures of cultivated oilseed species.

For image processing and analysis, there is specific software that allows effective automatic counting of seeds by reproductive structure and automatic estimation of yield in crops such as Sunflower.

Processing, analysis, visualization and application of learning methods computational in large volumes of agronomic data.

For the analysis, visualization and processing of agronomic data, there is tools developed by the group that allow different studies of according to the client's requirements. In addition, there are methods of computational learning, their own and those of third parties for free use, capable of carrying out the estimates requested by the client.