About the Fellowship
In 1994, IIASA established a fellowship in memory of former colleague Luis Donaldo Colosio, who was assassinated on 23 March 1994 while campaigning in Tijuana for the office of President of Mexico.

Each year the fellowship allows one young Mexican researcher to spend six to twelve months at IIASA, working with scholars from around the world, as Colosio himself did, and pursuing Colosio's dream of harnessing the science of the industrialized North to address the problems of the developing South.

Who Can Apply?
To apply, you must be a Mexican citizen. You should be a pre- or post Ph.D. doctoral student (35 or under) and have a good command of written and spoken English. Your background and interests should fit in with one of IIASA's on-going research activities. One candidate is selected each year.

Applications
Details of the 2011 Fellowship will be announced as soon as possible.

About Luis Donaldo Colosio
Donaldo Colosio was a friend and alumnus of IIASA. During his stay at the Institute in 1978 and 1979 he produced a model of Mexican development, with special emphasis on the role of urbanization.

In 1980, he became a professor at the Colegio de Mexico, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and at the Universidad Anahuac. That same year he joined the Ministry of Budget and Programming as Advisor to the Department of Macroeconomics and Social Policy. In 1981, he occupied the post of Deputy Director of Analysis for the Planning of the Center for Political, Economic and Social Studies. In 1982, he became Director General for Regional Programming and Budget of the Ministry of Programming and Budget.

After holding several political posts in the Province of Sonora, where he was born, Colosio was named in 1987 to the Executive Committee of the governing institutional Revolutionary Party, known by its Spanish acronym of PRI. In 1988, he became a Senator of the Republic and then President of the National Executive Committee of the PRI. He went on to the post of Minister of Social Development.

Donaldo Colosio was part of the new Mexico. He understood the need for change. He wanted balanced, sustainable development that would benefit all Mexicans without compromising the natural environment. As a trained scientist he understood the important contribution that science can make to public policy; as a veteran politician he understood the limits of technocracy and the need to work with, and for, the people. His rare combination of analytical skills and political commitment was infused with a high moral purpose. Colosio was, and remains, a role model for Latin Americans.

For further information contact:

Ms. Tanja Huber
Luis Donaldo Colosio Fellowship
IIASA
A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tel: +43-2236-807-541
Fax: +43-2236-71313
E-mail: huber@iiasa.ac.at

Responsible for this page: Tanja Huber
Last updated: 03 Oct 2011