Publications
Conference: Research opportunities in São Paulo, Brazil
Hernan Chaimovich, Special Advisor to the Science Director, FAPESP
The São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP
FAPESP is a public foundation, funded by the taxpayer in the State of São Paulo, with the mission to support research in all fields of knowledge. São Paulo has a population of forty million and generates 33% of Brazil’s GNP. The State constitution establishes that 1% of all state taxes belong to the foundation and the government transfers these funds monthly.
The foundation works in close contact with the scientific community: all proposals are peer reviewed with the help of area panels composed of active researchers. Besides funding research in all fields, the foundation supports large research programs in Biodiversity, Bioenergy, Global Climate Change, and in Neurosciences.
FAPESP’s expenditures in 2012 were R$ 1.035 billion (approximately US$ 500 million).
FAPESP maintains cooperation agreements with national and international research funding agencies, higher educational and research institutions and business enterprises. The international cooperation covers a broad range of countries and agencies (www.fapesp.br/en/6812) including the UK Research Councils, the Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR) in France, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in Germany, and NSF in the U.S.
FAPESP offers programs to support foreign scientists willing to work in research institutions in the state of São Paulo, Brazil: post-doctoral fellowships ( en/5427 ), young investigator awards ( en/4479 ) and visiting researcher grants (www.fapesp.br/147).