Lifecycle: { "status": "open", "edition": "first Latin America edition, 2026", "duration": "12–18 months", "cadence": "annual", "renewable": null, "dates": { "deadline": "2026-09-21", "results_from": "2027-02-01" } } Funding and benefits: { "amount": { "maximum": 50000, "currency": "USD" }, "award_count": { "minimum": 50, "scope": "Mexico" }, "total_pool": { "maximum": 2500000, "currency": "USD" }, "benefits": [ "individual project grant", "Leonardo network" ] } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": "any", "residence": "legal and fiscal Mexico residence; foreign applicants document previous three years", "age": "30–45", "applicant_type": [ "individual researcher", "individual creator" ], "education": null, "experience": "five-year recent record and career merit", "fields": [ "sciences", "engineering", "humanities", "social sciences", "music", "literature", "visual arts" ], "institution": null, "language": "Spanish", "location": "Mexico", "remote": true, "route": "online individual application", "exclusions": [ "entities", "groups", "previous Spain Leonardo recipients" ] } Application: { "opens": null, "deadline": "2026-09-21 14:00 GMT-6", "decision": "from 2027-02-01", "start": null, "end": null, "url": "https://www.fundacionbbva.mx/becas-leonardo-bases-2026/", "materials": [ "identity/tax/residence proof", "credentials", "CV", "work samples", "references", "project memo", "budget" ], "selection_stages": [ "eligibility", "50% record", "50% originality/innovation" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [], "latest_recipients": [], "past_recipients": [], "coverage": "No complete named-recipient roster was public in the official sources reviewed." }, "history": { "launched": 2014, "editions": [ { "year": 2026, "scope": "first Latin America edition: Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru" } ], "statistics": [ { "metric": "beneficiaries since 2014", "value": "700+" } ] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "future Mexico awardees", "opening date" ] Source conflicts: [ "Earlier regional publicity gave an August deadline; current Mexico bases control with 21 September." ]