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FAPESP and NIH announce first call for proposals Versão em português

FAPESP and NIH announce first call for proposals Applications for joint research activities can be submitted until November 20th (NIH)

The State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States, announce a call for proposals under the scientific cooperation agreement between the institutions.

Both organizations recognize the importance of supporting joint research activities in the pursuit of common scientific goals related to biodiversity exploration for potential applications in health.

Through this call, FAPESP and FIC/NIH aim at enhancing biomedical and behavioral research and research training cooperation between researchers in Brazil and in the United States.

For the applicant researcher in the State of São Paulo, the collaborative proposal must be submitted to FAPESP as a Thematic Project Award, satisfying the eligibility criteria available at www.fapesp.br/176#4599.

Applicants from the United States must satisfy the eligibility criteria, as described in Section III of http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TW-13-001.html.

For each approved research project, NIH will assume the funding of researchers from the United States and FAPESP will assume the funding of the research teams from São Paulo State. This will be done in all cases according to the corresponding national rules, regulations and budget availability. The funding is up to a combined total annual budget of US $700,000 direct costs per proposal (exclusive of institutional overhead costs negotiated by the respective agencies).
 
The maximum project duration is 60 months, non-extendable. The deadline for applications is November 20, 2013.

The cooperation agreement between FAPESP and FIC/NIH is available at: www.fapesp.br/en/8123.

The call for proposals is available at: www.fapesp.br/en/8125.