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FAPESP and NERC will support research in Sustainable Gas Futures
Published on September 11, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) are inviting research proposals under a new “Sustainable Gas Futures” call. This call is supported by the UK through the Newton Fund and is only open to joint UK-Brazil applications. NERC will provide up to £1,000,000.00 of funding to eligible UK-based researchers and São Paulo partner organizations will match this with equivalent research effort to eligible researchers associated to [...] -
FAPESP and Intel announce new call for proposals
Published on September 02, 2015FAPESP and Intel announce a new call for proposals to select and fund academic research on hardware implementation aspects of post-quantum cryptography. Open to public or private higher education or research institutions in the State of São Paulo, it is the third call under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. With the rapid development of quantum computing technology comes the potential for polynomial-time algorithms for solving the ostensibly hard mathematical problems [...] -
FAPESP and NERC open new call for proposals
Published on August 07, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), one of the Research Councils UK, are opening a new opportunity for funding collaborative projects between researchers in the United Kingdom and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The focus of the partnership are in Earth System Science and Global Environmental Change research. FAPESP will consider proposals from principal investigators (PI) eligible for FAPESP funding and that demonstrate [...] -
SPRINT has new call for proposals
Published on July 29, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the third call for proposals in 2015 for SPRINT – São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration, a strategy designed to encourage and promote the advancement of scientific research through the engagement of researchers affiliated with research institutions in the State of São Paulo with researcher partners abroad. The call for proposals has the purpose of promoting the engagement of researchers affiliated to institutions of [...] -
FAPESP and BG select Research Centre for Gas Innovation
Published on July 27, 2015FAPESP and BG Brasil announce the result of a call for proposals to establish a Research Centre for Gas Innovation in São Paulo. The Research Centre will be responsible for the management of three discipline based research programmes: Engineering, Physical Chemistry and Energy Policy and Economics. The centre will also address the current technology challenges that Brazil faces in maximising the penetration of natural gas. The focus of the centre at a strategic level will be to undertake R&D [...] -
FAPESP announces result of call for proposals for SPRINT
Published on July 24, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of the first call for proposals in 2015 for SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration, a strategy designed to encourage and promote the advancement of scientific research through the engagement of researchers affiliated with research institutions in the State of São Paulo with researcher partners abroad. 21 proposals were selected. In this call the partners that participate are: Australia: [...] -
FAPESP and MIT will fund collaborative research
Published on July 20, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are accepting proposals for the interchange of researchers from the State of São Paulo, Brazil and the USA involving exchange missions. The Call for Proposals invites research proposals in all disciplines. Applications can be made up to September 21, 2015. The call for proposals is open to researchers working within MIT, following the MIT Brazil Seed Fund Program eligibility criteria and [...] -
FAPESP announce new call for proposals with the Newton Fund
Published on July 15, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the National Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the State Funding Agencies (FAPs) of Brazil, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of the United Kingdom announce a call for proposals to support the international exchange in research. The UK Academies will offer Newton International Fellowships and Newton Advanced Fellowships to the Brazilian research [...] -
FAPESP and British Council select training courses
Published on July 08, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the British Council announce the result of a call for proposals to support the organization of short courses for the development of professional communication skills under the Researcher Connect program. Three proposals of short modules courses were chosen and will take place at the University of Campinas, the Federal University of ABC and the University of São Paulo. The call for proposals is supported by the Newton Fund. The same opportunity [...] -
FAPESP and NWO announce new call for proposals
Published on July 02, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) make public a new call for proposals for the support of research projects within the scope of the scientific cooperation agreement between the institutions. The aim of this call is to strengthen research cooperation between researchers in the State of São Paulo and researchers in the Netherlands by funding joint research projects in the field of Advanced Instrumentation for [...] -
FAPESP and Scripps announce call for proposals
Published on June 23, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and The Scripps Research Institute announce the first call for joint research projects under the scientific cooperation agreement signed in February by the institutions. The aim is to promote and strengthen collaboration between researchers affiliated with the Scripps and researches affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo in the biomedical research field. Scripps will provide funding of up to US$ 25,000 [...] -
FAPESP and NERC support research in Brazilian Biomes
Published on June 12, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) are inviting research proposals under the “Understanding and Sustaining Brazilian Biome Resources” Call. This call is supported by the UK through the Newton Fund and is only open to joint UK-Brazil applications. NERC and FAPESP are seeking to support research in complimentary Brazilian biomes (including Amazon, Atlantic rainforest, Caatinga and Cerrado biomes) which will improve the [...] -
Virtual Joint Centres in Agricultural Nitrogen will be funded
Published on May 19, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces an international call for proposals for Virtual Joint Centres in Agricultural Nitrogen, with funds offered by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and FAPESP for researchers in São Paulo, Brazil. The call forms part of the Newton Fund activities from UK’s BBSRC and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) with partners in Brazil, India and China. In Brazil, the call is being supported by FAPESP [...] -
FAPESP and British Council will fund training courses
Published on May 18, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the British Council announce a call for proposals to support the organization of short courses for the development of professional communication skills under the Researcher Connect program. The call for proposals is supported by the Newton Fund. The same opportunity is being offered in other Brazilian states by the state research foundations (FAPs) which participate in the call, with articulation by the Brazilian National Council of State [...] -
FAPESP will fund new collaborative research with the UK
Published on May 14, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) invites researchers in the State of São Paulo to propose collaborative projects with UK researchers which contribute to the economic development and welfare of Brazil within the areas of Healthy Urban Living and the Social Science of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus. The call is part of the Newton Fund commitment to develop bilateral research partnerships and is being supported and announced simultaneously with the Economic and Social Research Council [...]