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FAPESP announces result of call for proposal with Transatlantic Platform Versão em português

FAPESP announces result of call for proposal with Transatlantic Platform "Social Inovation" was the international call’s main theme. Proposals were presented by research teams featuring members from at least three different countries (photo: Pixabay)

The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the São Paulo State researchers with selected proposals in the 2018 call for proposals issued by the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) in Social Sciences and Humanities.

FAPESP took part in the call for proposals together with research funding agencies from other seven countries – Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom. FAPESP is one of the three agencies that coordinate T-AP (alongside SSHRC – Canada and NWO – Netherlands).

The opportunity had “Social Innovation” as its main subject, and selected only proposals written by teams featuring members from at least three of these countries and partners from both sides of the Atlantic.

The call sought to foster projects that could develop the key characteristics of Social Innovation such as creation of social value through new or improved policies; the goals of social cohesion; individual and collective empowerment and wellbeing, among others.

Accordingly, São Paulo State researchers will integrate international scientific collaboration networks, and will work closely with advanced research and multifaceted approaches for the designing of public policies and different forms of social organization – which can be traced to the multidisciplinary knowledge derived from the intersection between technological innovation and studies on human societies’ challenges for the 21st century.

“This was a very competitive call for proposals, with projects covering a wide array of subjects related to the theme of Social Innovation. TA-P partners took almost two years from discussing the scientific scope to developing the call for proposals and announcing this result, including two stages of rigorous scientific evaluation. The fact that FAPESP is present in half of the approved projects shows the quality of research produced in the State”, said Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, member of FAPESP/TAP’s Steering Committee.

"FAPESP’s participation in the coalition of research funding agencies Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) in Social Sciences and Humanities has been allowing researchers from the State of Sao Paulo to forge new interdisciplinary and high quality international alliances. Research funded by FAPESP generate all kinds of impact – social, economic and intellectual. In this call for proposals, in particular, social impact was especially valued”, said Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP’s Scientific Director.

Selected proposals:

Colonization of the sacred places of the Xavante territory of Marãiwatsédé and São Marcos

Processo / Grant number

2019/02323-8

Acordo / Agreement

Trans-Atlantic Platform / Canada (SSHRC); Poland (NCBR)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Cláudia Regina Plens

Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad

Katarzyna Górka / Ivan Roksandic

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

University of Wroclaw / University of Winnipeg – UWINNIPEG

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas/UNIFESP

User-Valued Innovations for Social Housing Upgrading through Trans-Atlantic Living Labs

Processo / Grant number

2019/02240-5

Acordo / Agreement

Trans-Atlantic Platform / Germany

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Doris Catharine Cornelie Knatz Kowaltowski

Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad

Sigrun Kabisch / Clarine Van Oel / Patricia Tzortzopoulos Fazenda

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ / Delft University of Technology – TUDELFT / University of Huddersfield – UH

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo/UNICAMP

Social Pharmaceutical Innovation for Unmet Medical Needs

Processo / Grant number

2019/02519-0

Acordo / Agreement

Trans-Atlantic Platform / Canada (SSHRC); France (ANR); Netherlands (NWO)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Fernando Mussa Abujamra Aith

Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad

Conor Douglas / Vololona Rabeharisoa / Ellen Moors

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

York University – YU / PSL Mines Paristech – PSLMPT / Ultrecht University – UU

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Faculdade de Saúde Pública/USP

Social Innovation through Participatory Art and Design with Youth at the Margins: Solutions for Engaging and Empowering Youth with Trans-Atlantic Mirroring

Processo / Grant number

2019/02481-2

Acordo / Agreement

Trans-Atlantic Platform / Canada (SSHRC); Finland (AKA); UK (ESRC)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos

Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad

Satu Miettinen, Anne Marchand, Paul Wilson

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

University of Lapland – ULAPLAND / Université de Montréal / Campus de Montréal – UDEM / University of Leeds – UL

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo – USP

New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research: Social Innovation Management for BIOPlastics

Processo / Grant number

2019/02576-3

Acordo / Agreement

Trans-Atlantic Platform / Canada (SSHRC); Poland (NCBR); UK (ESRC)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Sandra Andrea Cruz

Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad

Tammara Soma / Benny Tjahjono / Grażyna Wieteska / Barbara Ocicka

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Simon Fraser Univeristy, Burnaby Campus – SFU / Coventry University – CU / University of Lodz – UL / Warsaw School of Economics – SGH

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia/UFSCar


Social Innovation through Participatory Art and Design with Youth at the Margins: Solutions for Engaging and Empowering Youth with Trans-Atlantic Mirroring:

Social Innovation Processes in and around Multinational Companies: The Role of Social Activists and their Transnational Networks

Funders:

Canada (SSHRC); Netherlands (NWO); United Kingdom (ESRC)

Pesquisadores principais

Gregor Murray (University of Montreal); Ayse Saka-Helmhout (Radboud University); Tony Edwards (Loughborough University)

Collaboration for Social Innovation: Scaling for Impact

Funders:

Canada (SSHRC); Germany (DLR); Netherlands (NWO)

Pesquisadores principais

Tina Dacin (Queen’s University); Christine Volkmann (University of Wuppertal); Florian Noseleit (University of Groningen)

Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation

Funders:

Canada (SSHRC); Germany (DLR); Netherlands (NWO); United Kingdom (ESRC)

Pesquisadores principais

Ming Tiampo (Carleton University); Monica Juneja (Heidelberg University); Wayne Modest (Vrije Universiteit); Paul Goodwin (University of the Arts London)

Documenting Africans in Trans-Atlantic Slavery (DATAS)

Funders:

Canada (SSHRC); France (ANR); United Kingdom (ESRC)

Pesquisadores principais

Paul E. Lovejoy (York University); Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec (Université Sherbrooke); Myriam Cottias (French National Centre for Scientific Research); Sean Kelley (University of Essex)

Socially Innovative Interventions to Foster and to Advance Young Children’s Inclusion and Agency in Society through Voice and Story

Funders:

Canada (SSHRC); Finland (AKA); United Kingdom (ESRC)

Pesquisadores principais

Anne Burke (Memorial University of Newfoundland); Tuija Turunen (University of Lapland); Mhairi Beaton (Leeds Beckett University)

More information about the call: www.transatlanticplatform.com/social-innovation.