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FAPESP and NSFC (China) announce result of call for proposals Versão em português

Six proposals were selected with focus on the realization of the UN SDGs in developing countries in light of climate change.


FAPESP and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) announce the result of a collaborative call for proposals launched in 2022.

Six proposals for the development and development of scientific collaborations between researchers from the state of São Paulo and from China were selected under the theme “The dynamics of the land system and its relationship with sustainable development”.

The call for proposals is part of the NSFC’s Sustainable Development International Cooperation program (SDIC), which articulates bilateral cooperation in partnership with several international development agencies, including FAPESP.

In addition to adherence to the themes of the call, FAPESP and NSFC also require the proposals to meet two or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN).

Selected proposals:

The impact of climate variability and weather extremes on tropical vegetation phenology and its implications on biodiversity
Grant number: 2022/07735-5
Agreement: FAPESP/NSFC – National Natural Science Foundation of China
PI: Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato
Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro/UNESP

Synergistic effects of climate change and land use on carbon source and sink in Amazon forest ecosystems
Grant number: 2022/07974-0
Agreement: FAPESP/NSFC – National Natural Science Foundation of China
PI: Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado
Host Institution: Instituto de Física/USP

The fate of Holocene blue carbon in the Yangtze and Amazon coastal wetlands in response to precipitation and sea level changes
Grant number; 2022/08025-1
Agreement: FAPESP/NSFC – National Natural Science Foundation of China
PI: Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi
Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências/USP

Speleothem isotopic reconstruction of interhemispheric monsoon precipitation patterns under different warming backgrounds in the past 140 ka and the Anthropocene epoch
Grant number: 2022/08359-7
Agreement: FAPESP/NSFC – National Natural Science Foundation of China
PI: Francisco William da Cruz Junior
Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências/USP

Resilience and adaptation to climate change in cities: time for action with nature-based solutions
Grant number: 2022/08401-3
Agreement: FAPESP/NSFC – National Natural Science Foundation of China
PI: Denise Helena Silva Duarte
Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura Urbanismo/USP

Flash drought event evolution characteristics and the response mechanism to climate change considering the spatial correlation
Grant number: 2022/08468-0
Agreement: FAPESP/NSFC – National Natural Science Foundation of China
PI: Eduardo Mario Mendiondo
Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos/USP


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