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FAPESP announces new SPRINT call for proposals
The goal is to fund the collaboration of researchers from the state of São Paulo with eleven institutions in six countries.
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the first call for proposals in 2021 under the SPRINT – São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration initiative.
This call for proposals intends to foster the engagement of researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the state of São Paulo with researchers abroad, qualitatively boosting ongoing research projects and working cooperatively to develop joint, médium- and long-duration research projects.
The call for proposals details the conditions for proposal submissions in partnerhips with the eleven institutions of research and higher learning listed below:
- Cardiff University, UK
- Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium
- Manchester University, UK
- Purdue University, USA
- Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- Texas A&M University, USA
- Texas Tech University, USA
- University of Glasgow, UK
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
- University of Tsukuba, Japan
Researchers eligible to submit proposals to FAPESP under this call must be Principal Investigators in the following funding lines: Regular Research Awards, Thematic Projects, Young Investigator Grants, Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (CEPIDs/RIDCs), Public Education Research Program, Research in Public Policies, and Research Partnership for Technological Innovation (PITE). Co-Principal Investigators of ongoing Thematic Projects, CEPIDs/RIDCs and PITEs are also eligible to apply.
Researchers whose partners are from institutions with which FAPESP does not have a current agreement; or with which FAPESP has current agreements but whose institutions are not joining in the current SPRINT edition are also eligible to apply to this call.
Submissions to FAPESP must be filed exclusively through the SAGe system (www.fapesp.br/sage).
The deadline for submission is January 31, 2022.
The call for proposals is published at: www.fapesp.br/sprint/call2021.