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SPRINT has selected projects for its third call for proposals in 2016 FAPESP will fund the mobility of researchers from the State of São Paulo to institutions abroad

The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of the third call for proposals in 2016 under the SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration initiative.

The call for proposals has the purpose of promoting the engagement of researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo in partnership with researchers abroad in order to: further develop qualitatively the ongoing research projects and work cooperatively, aiming at the elaboration of joint research projects for medium and long term.

The call detailed the conditions to submit proposals for the mobility of researchers with the following institutions, which holds cooperation agreements with FAPESP: Carleton University (Canada), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Conicet, Argentina), Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS, Belgium), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), National Research Foundation (South Africa), Swinburne University of Technology (Australia), Texas Tech University (United States), University of Münster (Germany), University of Surrey (United Kingdom) and University of Virginia (United States).

The call was also opened to proposals from researchers whose partners are from institutions with FAPESP does not have a current agreement.

Selected proposals:

 

CARLETON UNIVERSITY

Developmental aspects of spatial training on the persistence of memory function during normal and pathological aging
Processo / Grant number 2016/50484-2
Acordo / Agreement Carleton University
Pesq. Resp. / PI Fernando Augusto de Oliveira
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Matthew Holahan
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Carleton University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Centro Matemática Computação Cognição / UFABC
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Efficient aeroelastic computational tools for helicopter vibration control development
Processo / Grant number 2016/50477-6
Acordo / Agreement Carleton University
Pesq. Resp. / PI João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Fred Nitzsche
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Carleton University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Inst Aeronáutica Espaço / DCTA
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Modelling in yeast the neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration induced by manganese
Processo / Grant number 2016/50483-6
Acordo / Agreement Carleton University
Pesq. Resp. / PI Raul Bonne Hernandez
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Ashkan Golshani
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Carleton University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Inst Ciências Ambientais Químicas Farmacêuticas / Unifesp
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Efficiency and security of pre and post quantum cryptographic methods: theory and applications
Processo / Grant number 2016/50476-0
Acordo / Agreement Carleton University
Pesq. Resp. / PI Ricardo Dahab
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Daniel Panário
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Carleton University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Computação / Unicamp
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Representation theory of lie algebras of vector fields on smooth algebraic manifolds 
Processo / Grant number 2016/50475-3
Acordo / Agreement Carleton University
Pesq. Resp. / PI Vyacheslav Futorny
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Yuly Billig
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Carleton University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Inst Matemática Estatística / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT

 

CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICAS (CONICET):

Nuevo concepto de biorefinería: producción de etanol y pro bióticos empleando la levedura Kluyveromyces marxianus
Processo / Grant number 2016/50444-0 
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Andreas Karoly Gombert
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Martím Rumbo
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad de La Plata
Instit. sede / Host Institution Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / UNICAMP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Vitamin producing lactic acid bacteria for the design of innovative bio fortified foods and nutraceuticals for populations with increased vitamin needs
Processo / Grant number 2016/50480-7
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Bernadette Dora Gombossy de Melo Franco
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Jean Guy Leblanc
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad CONICET
Instit. sede / Host Institution Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Analysis of partial differential equations
Processo / Grant number 2016/50445-7
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Edgard Almeida Pimentel
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Julian Fernandez Bonder
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad de Buenos Aires
Instit. sede / Host Institution Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia / UFSCAR
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Conduction mechanisms in gas detectors based on nanostructured metallic oxide semiconductors
Processo / Grant number 2016/50491-9
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Elson Longo da Silva
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Celso Manuel Aldao
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Instit. sede / Host Institution Faculdade de Engenharia de Guaratinguetá / UNESP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Flow cytometry as a tool to assess the impact of mixotrophic algae in planktonic food webs
Processo / Grant number 2016/50494-8
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Hugo Miguel Preto de Morais Sarmento
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Fernando Unrein
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas
Instit. sede / Host Institution Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde / UFSCAR
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Shell alterations in gastropod molluscs as putative biomarker for multi-impacted coastal areas
Processo / Grant number 2016/50409-0
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Ítalo Braga de Castro
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Gregorio Bigatt
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Centro Nacional Patagónico
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade / UNIFESP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Brazil and Argentina: public opinion and trade preferences
Processo / Grant number 2016/50469-3 
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Janina Onuki
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Diego Esteban Reynoso
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad de San Andrés
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Relações Internacionais / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Characterization of RH variant haplotypes: importance in transfusion medicine
Processo / Grant number 2016/50450-0
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Lilian Maria de Castilho
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Carlos Cotorruelo
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Instit. sede / Host Institution Hemocentro / UNICAMP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Strategies for detecting and monitoring high impact weather events (HIWE)
Processo / Grant number 2016/50458-1
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Paola Veronica Salio
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad CONICET
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais / MCTI
Assunto(s) / Subject  Projetos SPRINT
Isolation and characterization of bothrops jararaca snake venom proteins that induce thrombocytopenia
Processo / Grant number 2016/50411-5
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Marcelo Larami Santoro
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Maria Elisa Peichoto
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto Butantan / SSSP
Assunto(s) / Subject  Projetos SPRINT
Multi-method paleo thermometry in sedimentary basins
Processo / Grant number 2016/50441-1
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Mauricio Parra Amezquita
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Gilda Collo 
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Energia e Ambiente / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject  Projetos SPRINT
Chemical abundance determinations is SFR and AGN
Processo / Grant number 2016/50488-8 
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Oli Luiz Dors Junior
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Monica Viviana Cardaci
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento / UNIVAP
Assunto(s) / Subject  Projetos SPRINT
West Gondwana assembly: paleogeographic and tectonic evolution and environmental implications
Processo / Grant number 2016/50499-0 
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Ricardo Ivan Ferreira da Trindade
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Augusto Ernesto Rapalini
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad CONICET
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject  Projetos SPRINT
Computer-guided total synthesis of natural products
Processo / Grant number 2016/50482-0
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Ronaldo Aloise Pilli
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Ariel M. Sarotti
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Química / UNICAMP
Assunto(s) / Subject  Projetos SPRINT
Latanoprost loaded phytantriol cubosomes for glaucoma treatment
Processo / Grant number 2016/50455-2 
Acordo / Agreement CONICET
Pesq. Resp. / PI Watson Loh
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Daniel Alberto Allemandi
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Química / UNICAMP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT

 

FONDS DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (FNRS):

Semilinear and quasilinear elliptic partial differential equations
Processo / Grant number 2016/50453-0
Acordo / Agreement FNRS
Pesq. Resp. / PI Ederson Moreira dos Santos
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Denis Bonheure
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Université Libre de Bruxelles
Instit. sede / Host Institution Inst Ciências Matemáticas Computação São Carlos/USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Trans-atlantic venomics (travix) 
Processo / Grant number 2016/50472-4
Acordo / Agreement FNRS
Pesq. Resp. / PI Eliane Candiani Arantes Braga
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Loic Quinton
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Université de Liège
Instit. sede / Host Institution Fac Ciências Farmacêuticas Ribeirão Preto/USP  
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Semiotic approaches to syncretic discourses
Processo / Grant number 2016/50473-0
Acordo / Agreement FNRS
Pesq. Resp. / PI Jean Cristtus Portela
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Maria Giulia Dondero
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Université de Liège
Instit. sede / Host Institution Fac Ciencias Letras Araraquara/Unesp
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT

 

FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLÄNGEN-NÜRNBERG (FAU) 

Brazilian-German collaboration on molecular and histopathological studies on confocal dysplasia
Processo / Grant number 2016/50486-5
Acordo / Agreement Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlängen Nürnberg
Pesq. Resp. / PI Fernando Cendes
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Ingmar Blumcke
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlängen Nürnberg
Instit. sede / Host Institution Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Unicamp
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Where do machine learning and optimization meet? 
Processo / Grant number 2016/50448-6
Acordo / Agreement Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlängen Nürnberg
Pesq. Resp. / PI João Paulo Papa
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Alexander Martin
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlängen Nürnberg
Instit. sede / Host Institution Unesp - Bauru
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT


UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER:
  

Land use change impacts of increased bioenergy demand in Brazil 
Processo / Grant number 2016/50495-4
Acordo / Agreement University of Münster
Pesq. Resp. / PI Gilberto Câmara Neto
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Judith Verstegen
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Münster
Instit. sede / Host Institution Inst Nacional Pesquisas Espaciais / MCTI
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT


UNIVERSITY OF SURREY:

Development and characterization of chromium-free layers applied on galvanised steel
Processo / Grant number 2016/50454-6
Acordo / Agreement University of Surrey
Pesq. Resp. / PI Celia Regina Tomachuk dos Santos Catuogno
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Mark Alan Baker
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Surrey
Instit. sede / Host Institution Esc Engenharia Lorena / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Assistive media for health and wellbeing in ageing - UK and Brazil network
Processo / Grant number 2016/50489-4
Acordo / Agreement University of Surrey
Pesq. Resp. / PI Maria da Graça Campos Pimentel
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad David Mark Frohlich
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Surrey
Instit. sede / Host Institution Inst Ciências Matemáticas e Computação São Carlos / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Particles and black carbon exposure to London and Sao Paulo bike-lane users (pedals)
Processo / Grant number 2016/50470-1
Acordo / Agreement University of Surrey
Pesq. Resp. / PI Maria de Fátima Andrade
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Prashant Kumar
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Surrey
Instit. sede / Host Institution Inst Astronomia Geofísica Ciências Atmosféricas / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Multi-objective evolutionary methods for hierarchical and multi-label classification  
Processo / Grant number 2016/50457-5
Acordo / Agreement University of Surrey
Pesq. Resp. / PI Ricardo Cerri
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Yaochu Jin
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Surrey
Instit. sede / Host Institution Centro Ciências Exatas Tecnologia / UFSCar 
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT


UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Moralizing the Vote in Brazil
Processo / Grant number 2016/50497-7
Acordo / Agreement University of Virginia
Pesq. Resp. / PI Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Daniel W. Gingerich
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Virginia
Instit. sede / Host Institution Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
A Systems Approach to identify and Validate Novel Therapeutic Targets to Improve Cardiac Repair and Regeneration Following Myocardial Infarction
Processo / Grant number 2016/50439-7
Acordo / Agreement University of Virginia
Pesq. Resp. / PI José Eduardo Krieger
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Jeffrey J. Saucerman
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Virginia
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas de São Paulo / SSSP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
High-Throughput Generation of Antigen Binding Fragments (Fabs) Based on Automated Phage-Display Technology for Diagnosis and Treatment of Zika Virus Infection
Processo / Grant number 2016/50496-0
Acordo / Agreement University of Virginia
Pesq. Resp. / PI Luis Carlos de Souza Ferreira
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Daniel Engel
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Virginia
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Nanophotonics for Quantum Computing and Precision Measurements
Processo / Grant number 2016/50468-7
Acordo / Agreement University of Virginia
Pesq. Resp. / PI Paulo Nussenzveig
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Olivier Pfister
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Virginia
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto de Física / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Defining the Contributions and Regulation of Necroptotic Signaling in Alzheimer's Disease
Processo / Grant number 2016/50459-8
Acordo / Agreement University of Virginia
Pesq. Resp. / PI Ricardo Weinlich
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad John Robert Lukens
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Virginia
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein / SBIBAE
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Isoprene Emission, Ozone Pollution, and Vegetation Dynamics in São Paulo, Brazil
Processo / Grant number 2016/50509-5
Acordo / Agreement University of Virginia
Pesq. Resp. / PI Tomas Ferreira Domingues
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Manuel Theodore Lerdau
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Virginia
Instit. sede / Host Institution Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Molecular and Structural Characterization of ETT-2 (Escherichia Coli Type III Secretion System 2) of Entereoaggregative E. Coli
Processo / Grant number 2016/50479-9
Acordo / Agreement University of Virginia
Pesq. Resp. / PI Waldir Pereira Elias Júnior
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad James Paul Nataro
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Virginia
Instit. sede / Host Institution Instituto Butantan / SSSP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT


TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

Fermi accelerators, inverse fermi accelerators, nonadiabatic dynamics and quantum trajectories: towards a method for electron dynamics
Processo / Grant number 2016/50485-9
Acordo / Agreement Texas Tech University
Pesq. Resp. / PI Mahir Saleh Hussein
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Lionel W. Poirier
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Texas Tech University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Institution Instituto de Estudos Avançados / USP
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Metabolic processes in the cooperative microbial symbionts of Brazilian membracids
Processo / Grant number 2016/50492-5
Acordo / Agreement Texas Tech University
Pesq. Resp. / PI Monica Tallarico Pupo
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Amanda May Vivian Brown
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Texas Tech University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas / USP - Ribeirão Preto
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT


WITHOUT AGREEMENT (according to SPRINT call item 2.2): 

Exclusive production of fluoro-unnatural oxindole alkaloids by trangenic Uncaria guianensis via precursor-directed biosynthesis
Processo / Grant number 2016/50463-5 
Pesq. Resp. / PI Adriana Aparecida Lopes 
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Sarah E. O'Connor
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad John Innes Centre
Instit. sede / Host Institution Univ Ribeirão Preto / Unaerp
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Role of type 3 deiodinase (d3) in depression induced by social isolation 
Processo / Grant number 2016/50447-0
Pesq. Resp. / PI Miriam Oliveira Ribeiro
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Antonio Carlos Bianco
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Rush University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Centro Ciências Biológicas Saúde / UPM 
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Multidisease preparedness in Australia and Brazil: learning about geospatial models and cost-effective actions
Processo / Grant number 2016/50446-3
Pesq. Resp. / PI Raul Borges Guimarães
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Archie Clements
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad Australian National University
Instit. sede / Host Institution Fac, Ciências Tecnologia Presidente Prudente / Unesp
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT
Removal of emerging contaminants during disinfection of urban wastewater by advanced oxidation
Processo / Grant number 2016/50460-6
Pesq. Resp. / PI Renato Falcão Dantas
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad Santiago Esplugas Vidal
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad University of Barcelona
Instit. sede / Host Institution Faculdade de Tecnologia / Unicamp
Assunto(s) / Subject Projetos SPRINT


The call for proposals SPRINT 03/2016 is published at: www.fapesp.br/sprint/call32016.