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FAPESP announces result of call for proposals with the European Research Council
Published on September 28, 2018FAPESP announces the result of a call for proposals issued in partnership with the European Research Council (ERC), and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, and articulated by the Brazilian Council of State Research Funding Agencies (CONFAP). Three proposals were selected. The selected proposals’ Principal Investigators will integrate their teams from projects financed by ERC. FAPESP will provide funding for travel expenses through its Scholarship Abroad Scheme, [...] -
FAPESP will support research internships in Italian universities
Published on September 28, 2018FAPESP announces the result of a call for proposals launched to support research internships in Italian universities. The opportunity was opened under FAPESP’s Research Internships Abroad scheme (BEPE in Portuguese). The call was launched in the context of the memorandum of understanding between FAPESP, the Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the University of Bologna, acting as Technical Secretariat of the Network of Italian Universities. The aim is to [...] -
FAPESP and CSTC announce result of call for proposals
Published on September 11, 2018FAPESP and Iran’s Cognitive Science and Technology Council – CSTC announce the result of a call for proposals issued last February under the cooperation agreement signed by both institutions. The call aimed at strengthening collaborations among Iranian and São Paulo State researchers in the field of interdisciplinary brain and cognition studies, with the aim of fostering joint research in the frontiers of science and technologies, as well as the development and exchange of [...] -
FAPESP joins call for proposals with the European Research Council
Published on September 10, 2018FAPESP announces its participation in 2018’s second call for proposals in partnership with the European Research Council (ERC), under the umbrella of the Brazilian Council of State Research Funding Agencies (CONFAP). The opportunity is open to researchers holding a PhD and associated to higher education or research institutions in the State of São Paulo. The aim is to increase the participation of researchers from the State of São Paulo in European research teams [...] -
FAPESP and BBSRC fund collaborative research projects between UK and Sao Paulo
Published on September 05, 2018FAPESP and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBRSC), from the UK, invite applications for the Pump-Priming Award (FAPPA) scheme. Available since 2013, the aim of this award is to provide short-term pump-priming to collaborations between research groups in the São Paulo State, Brazil and BBSRC-funded research groups in the UK. Successful UK applicants will be funded by BBSRC while their São Paulo based counterparts will be funded by [...] -
FAPESP and Microsoft announce result of call for proposals
Published on September 03, 2018FAPESP and Microsoft announce the result of a call for proposals launched to support research projects in computer vision and deep learning. The opportunity was opened to researchers from public or private higher education or research institutions in the State of São Paulo, under the conditions of FAPESP’s Research Partnership for Technological Innovation Program (PITE). It is expected that the selected projects’ principal investigators collaborate closely with Microsoft [...] -
FAPESP and Intel announce result of call for proposals
Published on September 03, 2018FAPESP and Intel announced the result of a call for proposals issued in 2017 under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. This call for proposals aimed at fostering research on the novel approaches to employ Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) in the context of security and cryptography, and the associated vertical domains. The development of compelling techniques and technologies based on FPGAs will help shape the future of security in areas such as Automotive, Unmanned [...] -
FAPESP announces result of call for proposals with NERC
Published on August 28, 2018FAPESP and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), from the United Kingdom, announce the result of a call for proposals launched to fund collaborative projects between researchers from the State of São Paulo and researchers from the UK. The opportunity, with annual periodicity, received projects in the “Earth System Science” and “Global Environmental Change” research themes, integrating NERC’s Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund scheme. The approved [...] -
FAPESP and Equinor (former Statoil) announce new Engineering Research Center
Published on August 27, 2018FAPESP and Equinor (Statoil's new name since May), a Norwegian multinational energy company, announce the result of a call for proposals launched with the aim of establishing an Engineering Research Center in Reservoir and Production Management, in Brazil. The focus of the Center at a strategic level will be to undertake R&D into production optimization, enhanced/increased oil recovery, and water handling. The selected proposal will receive up to R$ 5 million, considering both parties [...] -
FAPESP and JSPS announce result of call for proposals
Published on August 24, 2018FAPESP and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) announce the result of a call for proposals for the organization of workshops, launched under the memorandum of understanding signed by the institutions. This is the fifth call in the story of FAPESP-JSPS cooperation agreement, whose goal was to select joint workshops, fostering the collaboration between young researchers from the State of São Paulo and from Japan and providing career development opportunities. One workshop [...] -
FAPESP and Agilent announce result of call for proposals
Published on August 21, 2018FAPESP and Agilent announce the result of a call for proposals launched to support research projects in biopharma and metabolomics. The opportunity was opened to proposals that could include the refinement of instruments, the development of new measurement protocols and new ways to analyze data, the invention of new workflows or applications for existing techniques to yield new biological understanding. The submissions were received under the conditions of FAPESP’s Research [...] -
FAPESP and University of Surrey announce result of call for proposals
Published on August 16, 2018FAPESP and United Kingdom’s University of Surrey announce the result of a call for proposals launched in March 2018, with the main goal to support collaborative projects carried out by São Paulo State researchers in partnership with researchers affiliated to the British university. The call encompassed all fields of knowledge. Two projects were selected to receive funding from both institutions. Selected proposals: Novel high-resolution [...] -
FAPESP, GSK and Biominas will support health research
Published on August 14, 2018FAPESP, GlaxoSmithKline Brasil (GSK) and Biominas announce a call for proposals to support innovative preclinical research focusing on respiratory diseases, immuno-inflammation, immuno-oncology, and HIV carried out by researchers affiliated to small and medium sized businesses in the State of São Paulo. FAPESP will support projects according to the rules and regulations of its Innovative Research in Small Business Program (PIPE). GSK and Biominas may offer scientific, technical and business [...] -
FAPESP announces result of call for proposals with the National Research Council of Canada
Published on August 13, 2018FAPESP and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) announce the result of the first call for proposals launched under the cooperation agreement signed by the institutions. The aim is to promote and facilitate bilateral research and innovation projects between companies from the State of São Paulo and companies from Canada. The selected projects are expected to result in technological and mutually beneficial contribution, to address market needs and challenges, and to demonstrate [...] -
FAPESP and NRC announce new call for proposals
Published on August 08, 2018FAPESP and Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) announce the second call for proposals under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. The goal of the call is to foster and support collaborative projects between Canadian and São Paulo State-based small businesses featuring high potential for commercialization in the global market or in Brazil. Project finance relies on both sources – namely FAPESP, representing the State of São Paulo, and Global [...]