«The National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion, through the Scientific and Technological Research Fund (FONCyT), awarded grants to active research groups at the Austral University in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities, as well as Biomedical and Technological Sciences. The call, made jointly by the Agency and the University, aimed to support existing research groups and encourage the formation of new ones, with a special focus on training future researchers at Austral University.

The Institute of Philosophy was granted funding (Resolution ANPCyT No. 188-1) for the project PICTO-2008-0038, titled ‘The Debate on Determinism and its Physical Foundation,’ led by Dr. Claudia Vanney. The grant amounted to $138,871.68 and included a Type 1 doctoral scholarship.»