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FAPESP and Innovation Fund Denmark announce new call for proposals
Published on November 01, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD) announce a new call for research proposals. The call is open to researchers from universities, research institutions and private companies in the State of São Paulo, Brazil and Denmark who conduct research within the food science area. FAPESP and the IFD expect to jointly fund up to four projects with a total amount of around U$S 2,960 million for all projects. Requested funding may cover research and [...] -
FAPESP, British Council and ANII select workshops
Published on October 31, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the British Council and the Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación de Uruguay (ANII) announce the result of a call for proposals to support the organization of research workshops issued in April, 2016. The initiative was announced under the scope of Researcher Links program, supported by the Newton Fund (United Kingdom), and the cooperation agreement between FAPESP and ANII. The call aims to provide financial support to bring [...] -
SPRINT 02/2016 call selects 25 research projects
Published on October 27, 2016The second call for proposals in 2016 for the SPRINT – São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration initiative selected 25 research collaboration projects. FAPESP will fund the mobility of researchers from the State of São Paulo to institutions in Australia, United Kingdom, France, Spain and United States. The call for proposals has the purpose of promoting the engagement of researchers to further develop qualitatively the ongoing research projects and to cooperate in joint [...] -
FAPESP and ANR announce result of call
Published on October 24, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France, announce the result of a call for collaborative research proposals issued in October 2015. Selected proposal: Researcher Project Manoel Antonio Lopes Rodrigues Alves Inst. Arquitetura e Urbanismo São [...] -
FAPESP and BBSRC announce result of call for proposals
Published on October 19, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in São Paulo, Brazil and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the UK announce the result of a joint call for collaborative research proposals issued in October 2015. Two proposals that underpin integrated biorefinery approaches for the manufacture of advanced biofuels were selected. The purpose of this call is to build on the strengths of academic research groups in Brazil and the UK and allow them to work [...] -
FAPESP and Agence Nationale de la Recherche issue new call for proposals
Published on October 14, 2016The Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) has issued a new call for proposals for research projects in collaboration between French and the State of São Paulo researchers under the cooperation agreement signed by ANR and FAPESP. In the framework of the Generic Call for Proposals 2017, the selected themes are “Information and Communications Technologies” and “Social Science and Humanities”. For those who would like to apply in the call, a [...] -
FAPESP announces result of call for proposals with ERA.Net-LAC
Published on September 28, 2016FAPESP announces the result of a call for research proposals with ERA.Net-LAC, a network formed by research support agencies from countries in the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean with the aim of promoting joint activities to strengthen partnerships in Science, Technology and Innovation. Three projects were selected by FAPESP and ERA.Net-LAC and will be conducted by researchers from the State of São Paulo in collaboration with scientists from several countries. Selected [...] -
FAPESP eScience announces approved projects
Published on September 26, 2016FAPESP announces the result ot the second call for proposals in the eScience program. The FAPESP eScience program is concerned with joint exploration of how advances in computer science research can help face core science and technology challenges in other fields, and vice-versa. The main goal of the program is to encourage bold, novel, and unconventional approaches to world class multidisciplinary research involving joint collaboration of computer scientists and researchers in other [...] -
FAPESP and NSF select research project in biodiversity
Published on August 26, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announce the result of a call for research proposals for scientific cooperation through their programs, BIOTA and Dimensions of Biodiversity. The institutions will fund a project that will be conducted by researchers from Instituto Butantan and from The Ohio State University. This call for proposals for 2016 is based in a broader call for proposals published annually by the NSF Dimensions of [...] -
FAPESP and UT Austin announce result of call for proposals
Published on August 17, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the University of Texas at Austin announce the result of the third call for joint research projects issued by the institutions. Two projects were selected and will be conducted by researchers from UT Austin and from the State of São Paulo Selected proposals: Researchers Title [...] -
FAPESP and AUF announce result of joint call for proposals
Published on August 16, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) announce the result of a call for proposals issued by the institutions in 2015. Two projects that will be conducted by researchers from institutions in the State of São Paulo and by researchers associated to member institutions of the AUF. Selected proposals: Researchers Project [...] -
Research collaboration with the UK will be funded
Published on August 15, 2016The 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 UK scientists as visitors, or, in the case of FAPESP, also as young-investigators willing to start their scientific careers in São Paulo. In the State of São Paulo, [...] -
SPRINT has its third call for proposals in 2016
Published on July 26, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the third call for proposals in 2016 under the SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration initiative. The call for proposals has the purpose of promoting the engagement of researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo in partnership with researchers abroad in order to: further develop qualitatively the ongoing research projects and work cooperatively, aiming at the [...] -
FAPESP announces result of SPRINT 1/2016 call
Published on July 22, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of the first call for proposals in 2016 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 research partners abroad. The call detailed the conditions to submit proposals for the mobility of researchers with the following [...] -
FAPESP and IBM announce call for proposals
Published on July 14, 2016FAPESP and IBM announce the first call for proposals under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. Researchers from public or private higher education or research institutions in the State of São Paulo can submit proposals for projects that generate knowledge about cognitive computing. The emphasis of the call is on computer systems that are able to process and integrate different kinds of data, learn at scale, reason with purpose, and interact with humans naturally. The [...]