Answer to question D IE Admissions.

1. IE Admission Process • Question D

2. IE Admissions Question D Mateo Monsalve
• Student at USFQ in Quito-Ecuador
• Currently on my fifth and last year of an
Economics Major
• Finance Vice-President of student
government and student representative for
the Academic Affairs Comittee
Background: Who am I?
Introduction
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Introduction • Background
• Problem to be solved

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• Students willing to do research at an
undergraduate level do not have
access to any way of funding.
• Student entrepreneurs do not have
acces to any form of funding to stablish
their own business.
• The prestige of my universtity was at
stake, no funding means no innovation
and no entreprenourship, which means
no recognition.
Background: What was the
problem?
Introduction
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5. Solution • Reinventing Gobe-Grants
• Process
• The final product

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Gobe-Grants
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What is a Gobe-Grant?
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What is a Gobe-Grant?
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With the help of the student
government (Gobe), I
developed a plan to fund
students ideas. The plan is
called Gobe-Grants and it
consists of two types of
financial aid.

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Types of Gobe-Grant
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1. Research Gobe-Grant: Focused to help
students that want to do research, participate
in an academic competion.
1. Nonreimbursable.
2. Three application windows throughout the
semester.
2. Entreprenourship Loan: Loan granted by
Gobe with the purpose of helping student
entreprenours to establish their own business.
1. Reimbursable.
2. Interest of 5%
3. Payable at the end of each semester.
4. Open application

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Gobe-Grants Process
Who can apply
Any USFQ
undergraduate student or
USFQ official club
Application
process
Research Gobe-Grant
Selection of jury and
Gobe-Grant Consesion
Loan Repaymemt
Loans are payable at
the end of each
semester
Business pitch
The project is presented
to Gobe-Grants Panel
Who can apply?
Any USFQ student or
alumni
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Researc
h
Entreprenourship

11. Results
• Results of research
Gobe-Grants
• Results of
entreprenourship Loans

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Gobe-Grant Applications
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20
30
40
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November December January Febraury
Research Grant Loan
• Students have shown
increasing interest in Gobe-
Grants.
• The number of applicants has
increased considerably since
its instauration in November
2014.
• Applicants from all University’s
departments, including faculty
and University clubs.
Evolution of Gobe-Grants
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• Over the lapsus of four months, 12 research
Gobe-Grants were granted.
• The Grants were destined to community
projects, research (engineering, economics,
law), academic competition.
• Groups that recieved the Gobe-Grants went
on to win academic competitions and
research awards at a national as well as at
an international level.
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Results Research Gobe-Grants

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• A total of 17 applications to recieve a loan to
start a business.
• Last semester every loan was fully
reimbursed, making a profit for the student
government to which the Gobe-Grants
program belongs.
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Results Entreprenourship Loans

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Results
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Further Information
get more information on the USFQ Gobe or the Gobe-Grants program please
http://www.usfq.edu.ec/estudiantes/gobe/Paginas/gobe.aspx