Los impactos socioeconómicos de la investigación en occidente: El caso SiMorelos

in mexico, the act to generate and transfer knowledge and technology faces a problematic related to the great number of researches that do not have a social impact nor economic because of lack of knowledge by the user. there are not enough links made by the institutions entrusted to connect them with the productive and public sectors. there are important questions to answer: what contents, who, and what context would improve or impedes communication and synergy among investigators and those who take decisions on the different scientific fields. this work presents some results on projects of investigation financed by the fideicomiso del sistema de investigación josé maría morelos (simorelos), between 1995 and 2000.