FONCA

The National Fund for Culture and Arts (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA) is a public agency of the Mexican federal government, attached to the National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta). Funding for FONCA comes from both the government and the private sector.

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• El fonca y conacyt abren convocatoria de becas
• El fonca fomenta y promueve la creaci n art stica en todas sus manifestaciones
• References

It was created in 1989, during the administration of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, in order to:

Part of its mission is to promote and encourage artistic creation by awarding monetary grants and scholarships for high-quality art projects. This process begins with calls for proposals, some of which are then selected as recipients in accordance with principles of democratic participation, equality of opportunities, and judgement by peers.