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Call for proposals with NRF selects proposals in Social Sciences and Humanities
Published on April 26, 2023The opportunity will fund seminars in either the state of São Paulo or South Africa, with the goal of fostering lasting international collaborations that have the power to impact public policies. FAPESP and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have issued a call for proposals for International Scientific Seminars (ISS) in Social Sciences and Humanities, aimed at bringing together groups of researchers from São Paulo and South Africa. The main objective of [...] -
FAPESP and University of Birmingham launch new call for proposals
Published on April 24, 2023Scientific collaborations with researchers from the British institution will be supported for up to two years in all areas. FAPESP announces a new call for proposals for collaborative research with the University of Birmingham (UoB), in the United Kingdom. This is the fifth call under the scientific cooperation agreement maintained between FAPESP and UoB. The call will receive proposals in all areas of knowledge and is open to researchers linked to São Paulo [...] -
FAPESP announces result of call for proposals with EU-LAC
Published on April 19, 2023Group brings together research funding agencies in the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbea FAPESP announces the result of the 2022 edition of the EU-LAC Interest Group call for proposals. EU-LAC is a consortium of 29 research funding agencies from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean. The theme of this call for proposals is: global challenges, health, biodiversity and energy. Created in 2017, EU-LAC carries forward the scientific cooperation network built in [...] -
FAPESP announces results for call with M-ERA.NET
Published on April 19, 2023Six international collaboration projects between researchers from the state of São Paulo and the European Union were selected. FAPESP announces the result of the 2022 call for proposals with M-ERA.NET, the European Union's network for the promotion of research in Materials Sciences and Engineering with a focus on transnational and high-risk research and development projects. Six proposals involving researchers from the state of São Paulo were selected to [...] -
Result of SPRINT call for proposals 1/2022
Published on April 19, 2023FAPESP will support the mobility of researchers for collaborations with partners in several institutions abroad FAPESP announces the result of the first call for proposals for 2022 in the SPRINT – São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration modality. The call aimed to promote the engagement of researchers linked to higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo with partner researchers abroad, to advance qualitatively in ongoing [...] -
Márcio de Castro Silva Filho appointed Scientific Director of FAPESP
Published on April 17, 2023The appointment was announced in São Paulo State’s official gazette. He takes office on April 27. He is a professor at the University of São Paulo. Márcio de Castro Silva Filho has been appointed Scientific Director of FAPESP. The appointment was announced in the Official Gazette of São Paulo State (Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo) on April 6. Márcio de Castro headed the three-name list of candidates drawn up by [...] -
FAPESP signs agreement with French institutions to strengthen research cooperation in the field of health
Published on April 11, 2023A memorandum of understanding was signed in Paris by the heads of FAPESP, ANRS and INSERM. Creation of Institut Pasteur de São Paulo, to be hosted by the University of São Paulo with more than 80 researchers, was also formalized in the French capital. Agência FAPESP* – On March 29, in Paris, leaders of FAPESP and France’s National AIDS Research Agency (ANRS) and National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) signed a memorandum of [...] -
FAPESP announces new SPRINT call for proposals
Published on April 11, 2023The goal is to fund collaboration between researchers with FAPESP grants and partners from institutions in other countries. The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the first call for proposals in 2023 under the SPRINT – São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration initiative. This call for proposals intends to foster the engagement of researchers with current FAPESP research grants with researchers abroad, advancing ongoing research projects and [...] -
FAPESP announces five new Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers
Published on April 10, 2023The new RIDCs will conduct research on biodiversity and climate change, antimicrobial resistance, the biology of bacteria and bacteriophages, theranostic medicine against cancer, and tropical agriculture’s carbon footprint. Five new Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDCs) announced on March 29 will be supported by FAPESP for an initial period of five years, renewable for two further periods of three years. They were selected from 38 proposals submitted under a [...] -
Call with European Union selects proposals in Materials Science and Engineering
Published on April 10, 2023FAPESP will support research projects together with M-ERA.NET, an EU-funded network. FAPESP announces the 2023 edition of the call for proposals with M-ERA.NET, a European Union network that supports research in Materials Science and Engineering. This is the ninth opportunity for collaborative research launched by FAPESP and M-ERA.NET since they signed a scientific cooperation agreement in 2015. The M-ERA.NET consortium funds transnational and high-risk research and [...] -
FAPESP announces new call with South Korea
Published on April 03, 2023Up to three proposals to be selected in the joint initiative. FAPESP and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) announce the launch of a new call for proposals to support projects to be collaboratively developed by researchers from institutions in the state of São Paulo and South Korea. This is the third call for Regular Research Grant under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. In order to promote international collaboration among São Paulo [...] -
FAPESP participates in call on the adaptation of communities to climate change
Published on March 28, 2023Researchers from São Paulo will be able to form consortia with Canadian researchers and representatives of one of the other six countries that are part of the initiative; proposals will be based on the risks identified by the IPCC's sixth assessment report. In partnership with the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), operated by selected Canadian research funding agencies, FAPESP participates in IIRC 2023 – Joint International Initiative for Research on Climate [...] -
FAPESP participates in international call on non-communicable diseases focusing on cities
Published on March 21, 2023New call for proposals with the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases will support implementation research proposals working on factors that make disadvantaged populations vulnerable, such as social inequality, rapid urbanization and climate change. FAPESP announces participation in a call for proposals launched by the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), an association that brings together research funding agencies from 73 countries. The projects should aim to [...] -
FAPESP launches new call with GACR, from the Czech Republic
Published on March 17, 2023Selected projects may receive up to R$ 450,000 over three years from FAPESP. Proposals of basic research can be submitted in all areas of knowledge FAPESP and the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) announce a new call for proposals under the cooperation agreement between the two institutions. The call offers support to projects in all areas of knowledge, jointly designed and executed by researchers from Czech Republic research institutions and researchers linked to public or private higher [...] -
FAPESP and NSFC (China) announce result of call for proposals
Published on February 17, 2023Six 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 [...]