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RCUK and FAPESP open call for proposals for the Newton Fund
Published on August 26, 2014The Research Council UK (RCUK) issued the first call for proposals for the Newton Fund (UK’s development assistance for science and innovation) to be managed by the RCUK and the Brazilian Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) with the goal to support collaboration between researchers from the United Kingdom and Brazil. Applications that address the following areas are particularly welcomed: Health; Urban transformations; Food energy water environment nexus; Biodiversity and [...] -
FAPESP and University of Texas at Austin announce new call for proposals
Published on August 25, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the University of Texas at Austin (UTexas), United States, announce a new call for joint research projects under the scientific cooperation agreement between the institutions. The aim is to strengthen collaboration between researchers affiliated with UTexas and researches affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo, in all fields of knowledge. For the applicant researcher from the State of São Paulo, [...] -
FAPESP and universities of Nottingham and Birmingham announce result of call for proposals
Published on August 22, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the universities of Nottingham (UoN) and Birmingham (UoB), from the United Kingdom, announce the result of the second call for proposals within the range of scientific cooperation between the institutions. Six proposals were selected. FAPESP, Nottingham and Birmingham awards will be up to an absolute maximum of £80,000.00 (up to £40,000.00 from FAPESP; up to £20,000.00 from Nottingham and up to £20,000.00 from Birmingham) per proposal for the [...] -
FAPESP and Imperial College London announce result of call for proposals
Published on August 21, 2014FAPESP and Imperial College London announce the result of the first public call for proposals issued under the memorandum of understanding signed by the institutions. Considering the excellent quality of the submitted proposals, FAPESP and Imperial College decided so support seven proposals for the exchange of researchers and PhD fellows between the State of São Paulo and the United Kingdom. Originally, the call anticipated the funding for up to five proposals. FAPESP and Imperial will each [...] -
FAPESP and University of Warwick sign cooperation agreement
Published on August 11, 2014University of Warwick Pro Vice-Chancellor for Science, Engineering and Medicine Tim Jones and Senior Public Affairs and Policy Advisor for the University Alex Miles visited FAPESP on July 29 to sign a cooperation agreement. They were welcomed by Foundation President Celso Lafer, Vice-president Eduardo Moacyr Krieger, and Scientific Director Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz. Also discussed at the meeting was the potential development of joint projects between researchers associated with [...] -
FAPESP and BE-Basic announce result of call for proposals
Published on August 05, 2014The State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), and the BE-Basic Consortium, from the Netherlands, announce the result of the third call for proposals according to the cooperation agreement between the institutions. The aim is to promote and support research projects involving the collaboration between scientists working in the State of São Paulo, Brazil and scientists associated to BE-Basic in The Netherlands. The research projects should help to build up scientific and technological [...] -
SPRINT has second call for proposals
Published on July 29, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the second call for proposals for SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration (www.fapesp.br/en/sprint), 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 second call for proposals has the purpose of promoting the engagement of researchers affiliated [...] -
FAPESP and MIT issue new call for proposals
Published on July 16, 2014The 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. Applications can be made up to September 22, 2014. The call for proposals is open to researchers working within MIT, following the MIT Brazil Seed Fund Program eligibility criteria and principal investigators of ongoing research projects funded by FAPESP within the [...] -
FAPESP and University of Edinburgh announce result of call for proposals
Published on June 24, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the University of Edinburgh, UK announced the result of the first call for proposals within the range of scientific cooperation between the institutions. Five proposals were selected. FAPESP and University of Edinburgh will each provide funding the equivalent of up to £5,000.00 per proposal per year, for the duration of the grant to cover mobility expenses. Selected proposals: Researchers [...] -
FAPESP and GSK issue a call for proposals for a new research centre
Published on June 24, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Glaxo SmithKline Brasil (GSK) signed on June 24th, 2014, a new cooperation agreement (www.fapesp.br/8726) to establish the conditions for selection and funding scientific and technological research involving collaboration between scientists working in public or private research institutions in the State of São Paulo, Brazil and scientists from GSK. Under the new agreement, a call for proposals was announced with the purpose of establish a Centre [...] -
FAPESP and University of Cambridge announce result of call for proposals
Published on June 13, 2014FAPESP and the University of Cambridge announce the result of the first call for proposals jointly issued by the institutions. Three proposals for the exchange of researchers between the State of São Paulo and the United Kingdom were selected. FAPESP will provide the equivalent of up to £5,000.00 per proposal per year and the University of Cambridge will provide funding of up to £5,000.00 per proposal per year, for the duration of the grant to cover mobility expenses. The maximum duration [...] -
FAPESP and University of Manchester announce result of call for proposals
Published on June 13, 2014FAPESP and the University of Manchester announce the result of the first call for proposals jointly issued by the institutions. Four proposals for the exchange of researchers between the State of São Paulo and the United Kingdom were selected. FAPESP will provide the equivalent of up to £10,000.00 per proposal per year and the University of Manchester will provide funding of up to £10,000.00 per proposal per year, for the duration of the grant to cover mobility expenses. The maximum [...] -
FAPESP and Intel announce new call for proposals
Published on June 11, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Intel’s corporate University Research Office (URO) announce a new call for proposals under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. The call is open to researchers working within public or private Higher Education or Research Institutions in the State of São Paulo, who can submit projects for academic research on side-channel resistant security for system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are expected to [...] -
FAPESP and Universitat de Girona announce result of call for proposals
Published on June 11, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Universitat de Girona (UdG), Spain, announce the result of the first call for proposals for the exchange of researchers under the scientific cooperation agreement between the institutions. A collaborative research in “Water governance in touristic areas” was selected and will be conducted by researchers from the UdG and the University of São Paulo. Selected proposal: Researchers [...] -
FAPESP announces a new call for proposals with Belmont Forum
Published on June 10, 2014The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces a new call for research proposals with the Belmont Forum, group of institutions to encourage research on global changes. The call is included in the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action on “Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - 2014” and encourages the formation of new international networks as one to two-year projects. The objective is also the advancement of the inter- and trans-disciplinary methodologies [...]