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FAPESP and CONICYT announce result of call for proposals Versão em português

FAPESP and CONICYT announce result of call for proposals Six collaborative projects from researchers in the State of São Paulo and in Chile will be funded (photo: Léo Ramos / Pesquisa FAPESP)

FAPESP and the Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), from Chile, announce the result of the first call for proposals under the cooperation agreement signed by the institutions.

The aim is to promote and strengthen the collaboration between researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo and researchers from Chile.

The call invites research proposals in the field of Agroindustry, in the following topics: “Environmental sustainability vs. food production: food safety; use of agro-industrial waste; development of new food additives; natural products for pest control” and “IT in agriculture”.

Selected proposals:

Low-cost genome-wide association study and genomic predictions for resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila in pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

Processo / Grant number

2018/08416-5

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – CONICYT (Chile)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Diogo Teruo Hashimoto

Pesq. Responsável no Exterior / PI abroad

Jose Manuel Yanez

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Universidad de Chile

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Centro Aquicultura Jaboticabal / Unesp

Essential oil amended with metal nanoparticles functionalized with nitric oxide as a strategy to control of plant pathogens in the agriculture

Processo / Grant number

2018/08194-2

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – CONICYT (Chile)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Amedea Barozzi Seabra

Pesq. Responsável no Exterior / PI abroad

Olga Margarita Rubilar Araneda

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Universidad de La Frontera

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Centro Ciências Naturais Humanas / UFABC

Valorization of agro-industrial residues using thermochemical processing for energy generation

Processo / Grant number

2018/08419-4

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – CONICYT (Chile)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

João Andrade de Carvalho Junior

Pesq. Responsável no Exterior / PI abroad

Daniel Travieso Pedroso

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Universidad de Concepción

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Fac. Engenharia Guaratinguetá / Unesp

Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Sustainability in Chile: Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change and Natural Disasters in an Integrated Framework

Processo / Grant number

2018/08337-8

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – CONICYT (Chile)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Eduardo Amaral Haddad

Pesq. Responsável no Exterior / PI abroad

Patricio Alejandro Aroca Gonzalez

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Campus Viña del Mar

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Fac. Economia Administração Contabilidade / USP

Horticultural production planning based on local demand and losses forecasting

Processo / Grant number

2018/08435-0

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – CONICYT (Chile)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Luiz Henrique Antunes Rodrigues

Pesq. Responsável no Exterior / PI abroad

Marcela Cecilia Gonzalez Araya

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Universidad de Talca

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Fac. Engenharia Agrícola / Unicamp

Indole Alkaloid sub products of Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) processing as food additives to Alzheimer's disease treatment

Processo / Grant number

2018/08426-0

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – CONICYT (Chile)

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Alexander Henning Ulrich

Pesq. Responsável no Exterior / PI abroad

Cristian Fabian Paz Robles

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Universidad de La Frontera

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Inst. Química / USP

The call for proposals is available at: www.fapesp.br/en/11535.