{
  "id": 14550738,
  "title": "Colombia Plans to Triple COLFUTURO Credit-Scholarships With US$25M",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/colombia-plans-to-triple-colfuturo-credit-scholarships-with-us-25m",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T22:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colombia One",
    "slug": "colombia-one",
    "url": "https://colombiaone.com/2026/10/14/colombia-colfuturo-creditscholarships/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Colombian government has announced a renewed US$25 million alliance with COLFUTURO, which will triple the number of professionals selected for the credit-scholarship program, COLFUTURO’s loan-and-scholarship program for master’s and doctoral studies abroad, reaching up to 3,000 beneficiaries in 2027. The funding will come from recovered loan payments and financial returns generated by previous agreements, and will be used to finance both the 2026 and 2027 cohorts of the program. The expanded forgiveness provisions announced by the Science Minister Claudia Benavides could offer additional incentives to graduates who meet the new program’s requirements.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}