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FAPESP and European Comission will fund research in biofuels
Published on November 17, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), jointly with the National Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), announces a call for proposals with the European Comission to fund international collaborative research in advanced lignocellulosic biofuels. The call aims at exploiting synergies between Brazil and Europe in terms of scientific expertise and resources in topics related to advanced biofuels by implementing [...] -
FAPESP and British Council will fund research workshops
Published on November 03, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the British Council, with the Newton Fund, announce a new call for proposals to support the organization of research workshops. The FAPESP / Brazil-Newton Researcher Links (BNRL) 2nd Call Workshop 2015 is designed to provide financial support to bring together a UK/São Paulo State cohort of early career researchers to take part in a workshop focusing on building links for future collaboration and enhancing the researchers’ career [...] -
FAPESP and British Council select research workshops
Published on October 26, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the British Council, with the Newton Fund, announce the result of a call for proposals to support the organization of research workshops issued in April. The FAPESP / Brazil-Newton Researcher Links (BNRL) Workshop 2015 call for proposals was designed to provide financial support to bring together a UK/São Paulo State cohort of early career researchers to take part in a workshop focusing on building links for future collaboration and enhancing [...] -
FAPESP announces result of SPRINT 2/2015 call
Published on October 26, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of the second 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: Germany: University of Münster [...] -
FAPESP announce result of call for proposals with AstraZeneca and MedImmune
Published on October 20, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announce the result of a call for research proposals with AstraZeneca/MedImmune. One proposal was selected. The duration of selected the project will be of up to 36 months. The call was open to interested researchers working within public or private higher education or research institutions in the State of São Paulo. Selected proposal: Researcher Title [...] -
FAPESP and NSF issue call for proposals in biodiversity
Published on October 14, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announce a call for research proposals and invite researchers to submit projects for scientific cooperation through their programs, BIOTA and Dimensions of Biodiversity. This call for proposals for 2016 is based in a broader call for proposals published annually by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity’s Program, which invites the participation of US researchers to apply for NSF’s regular funding or [...] -
FAPESP announces opportunity for collaboration with Horizon2020 researchers
Published on September 25, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the first opportunity for collaborative research under its cooperation agreement with the European Union (EU) for the Horizon 2020 (H2020) program. H2020 proposals can include researchers, academic and non-academic institutions (including enterprises) from countries outside the European Union. However, while the EU will fund the participation of partners from EU enlargement and neighboring countries and from developing countries, it does [...] -
FAPESP and BBSRC announce call for proposals
Published on September 15, 2015The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in São Paulo, Brazil and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the UK announce a joint call for collaborative research proposals that underpin integrated biorefinery approaches for the manufacture of advanced biofuels. 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 together on collaborative, cross-disciplinary projects relevant to the [...] -
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 [...]