(Universidad Icesi, 2013-07-01) Solórzano Peña, María Amelia; Acevedo Contreras, Ramiro
CONACYT is the Mexican council responsible for the coordination and evaluation of
the national policy on science, technology and innovation, which applies a peer review
mechanism for the acceptance or refusal of the national research projects, and the incorporation of new researchers. When concerning to the Law areas this method lacks
of objectivity; that is the thesis of the present article. It is also argued that, as a State
organization, it is obliged to apply the rightfulness and legal certainty principles in the
evaluation process, as in any administrative act.
