On December 9, 2020 Partners of the Americas, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, Fundación Banorte, and Fundación Gruma hosted a virtual event to announce the eleven (11) 100K grant-winning teams of higher education institutions in the U.S. and Mexico for the 2019 U.S.-Mexico Innovation Fund Competition for Economic and Financial Inclusion and Agricultural Sustainability for Inequality Reduction! The event featured remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, and Chairman of Banorte, Carlos Hank González and highlighted the grant-winning projects.