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FAPESP and MIT announce result of call for proposals
Published on February 29, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the result of a call for proposals for the interchange of researchers issued in 2015. The call was open to researchers working within MIT, following the MIT Brazil Seed Fund Program eligibility criteria and to principal investigators of ongoing research projects funded by FAPESP within the following schemes: Regular Research Awards, Thematic Projects (Principal or Co-Principal [...] -
FAPESP and British Council selected workshops
Published on February 16, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the British Council, with the Newton Fund, announce the result of the FAPESP / Brazil-Newton Researcher Links (BNRL) 2nd Call Workshop 2015. The aim is to select proposals for workshops that bring together a UK/São Paulo State cohort of early career researchers focusing on building links for future collaboration and enhancing the researchers’ career opportunities. The workshops will take place in the State of São Paulo and up to 40 [...] -
FAPESP and MRC launch Zika Rapid Response Initiative
Published on February 14, 2016To better understand the nature of the risk posed by the Zika virus, FAPESP and UK Medical Research Council (MRC) are launching a rapid response funding initiative. In May 2015, Brazil reported the first case of Zika virus disease in the American continent. Since then it rapidly spread with cases now reported in 23 other countries in the region. It is critical that robust evidence for the risks associated with Zika transmission and infection are obtained as soon as possible, to ensure that [...] -
FAPESP announces result of SPRINT 3/2015 call
Published on February 05, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of 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. In this SPRINT Edition the partner institutions were: France: CNRS and Groupe des Écoles [...] -
FAPESP announce result of call for proposals with UK Academies
Published on February 04, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of the United Kingdom announce the result of a call for proposals. The call aims to support UK scientists as visitors, or, in the case of FAPESP, also as young-investigators willing to start their scientific carreers in São Paulo. In Brazil, the call was also supported by the National Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the [...] -
SPRINT has the first call for proposals in 2016
Published on February 02, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the first 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 to institutions of higher education and research 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 [...] -
FAPESP and NIH announce new research opportunity
Published on February 02, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announce a new collaborative research opportunity. Applications must be collaborations between researchers in the U.S. and researchers associated to higher education and research organizations in the State of São Paulo. The call for proposals is issued in coordination with the “Notice of Information from the NIH: Parallel Funding Initiative for Collaborative Research Between Investigators in the USA [...] -
FAPESP announces result of calls with RCUK
Published on January 27, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announce the results of three call for proposals jointly issued with the UK Research Councils (RCUK) and the National Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) in the Newton Fund program. Each proposal had one proposal selected in the State of São Paulo. Selected proposals: Call “Healthy Urban Living and the Social Science of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus” - 2015 (with the ESRC - Economic and Social Research [...] -
FAPESP receives proposals for the second ERA.Net-LAC call
Published on January 08, 2016ERA.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 – launched its second transnational call for proposals in December 2015. The call aims to support collaborative research projects on biodiversity, climate change, bioeconomy, energy, health and ICT, creating a long-term collaborations network with [...] -
FAPESP and Weizmann Institute announce result of call for proposals
Published on December 21, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS), Israel, announce the result of the first call for joint research projects under the auspices of the agreement signed by the institutions. The aim is to promote and strengthen collaboration between researchers affiliated with WIS and researches affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo. Selected proposals: [...] -
FAPESP and Ohio State University announce result of call for proposals
Published on December 17, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Ohio State University (OSU), United States, announce the result of the second call for proposals under the scientific cooperation agreement signed by the institutions. The call was open to interested researchers affiliated with OSU and researchers affiliated with higher education or research institutions in the State of São Paulo to submit research proposals for Mobility and for Regular Research Award. Selected proposals [...] -
JSPS and FAPESP will fund workshops
Published on November 30, 2015FAPESP and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) announce the third call for proposals based in the memorandum of understanding signed by the institutions. The purpose of the call is to select joint workshops to foster collaboration between researchers in Japan and in São Paulo. Two workshops will be selected and funded with a duration of three days. FAPESP and JSPS will equally contribute the equivalent to US$ 80,000 per workshop, in yen and Brazilian reais. Workshop [...] -
FAPESP and UT Austin announce call for proposals
Published on November 27, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), announce a new call for joint research projects, the third under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. The aim is to promote and strengthen collaboration between researchers affiliated with UT Austin and researches affiliated with Higher Education and Research Institutions in State of São Paulo in the field. Proposals will be accepted in all fields of knowledge. The UT Austin is [...] -
FAPESP, ESRC and NWO announce result of call for proposals
Published on November 27, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom, and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) announce the result of a call for research proposals. The aim of the call is to strengthen research cooperation between the State of São Paulo, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands by funding joint research projects in the field of Sustainable Urban Development. The projects are collaborative including researchers from [...] -
FAPESP will support workshops with German and São Paulo researchers
Published on November 23, 2015The São Paulo Research Fountation (FAPESP) and the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts (StMBW) – represented by the Bavarian University Center for Latin America (BAYLAT) – announce a new call for proposals. The call is designed to provide financial support to bring together a Bavaria-São Paulo cohort of early career researchers to take part in workshops focusing on building links for future collaboration and enhancing the researchers’ career [...]