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FAPESP and University of Southern California issue call for proposals
Published on May 02, 2012São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and University of Southern California (USC) issue a Public Call for Proposals for the support of research projects involving the exchange of researchers under the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between the institutions. The Call is open to full-time faculty at the University of Southern California and researchers affiliated to Higher Education and Research Institutions in the State of São Paulo, who are Principal Investigators of ongoing research [...] -
FAPESP and McMaster University issue call for proposals
Published on April 27, 2012São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and McMaster University, Canada, issue a public Call for Proposals for the support of research projects involving the exchange of researchers under the Memorandum of Understanding between the institutions. The Call is open to interested researchers affiliated to McMaster University, and researchers affiliated to Higher Education and Research Institutions in the State of São Paulo, who are Principal Investigators of ongoing research projects funded by [...] -
FAPESP and ISTPCanada issue new call for proposals
Published on April 27, 2012FAPESP and International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada Inc (ISTPCanada) make public a Call for Proposals under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. The call aims to foster and support the development of collaborative R&D projects that bring together companies, research organizations, academics and other collaborators from Brazil and Canada for the joint development of innovative products or processes. Eligible Canadian applicants must be researchers or managers of [...] -
FAPESP and ANR issue call for proposals in Facing Societal and Environmental Changes
Published on April 17, 2012The Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) has issued a Call for Proposals for new research projects in collaboration between French and São Paulo State researchers. The call was published in the framework of the “SOC&ENV Program – Facing Societal and Environmental Changes”, under the Cooperation Agreement signed by the French agency and FAPESP. This Call for Proposals addresses the following themes: 1) Environmental knowledge bottlenecks at regional and decadal scales, [...] -
FAPESP and Agilent announce results of call for proposals
Published on March 20, 2012The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Agilent Technologies announce the result of the call for proposals issued by the institutions in 2011. The call for proposals aimed to identify, select and support world-class research in advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques related to metabolomics in plant and microbiology, mass spectrometry or bioenergy. The selected projects should also have high impact through the publication and dissemination of knowledge and experiences to [...] -
FAPESP and GlaxoSmithKline issue call for proposals
Published on March 13, 2012FAPESP and GlaxoSmithKline Brasil (GSK) make public a Call for Proposals and invite interested researchers, working within public or private Higher Education or Research Institutions in the State of São Paulo, to submit projects under the cooperation agreement between FAPESP and GSK. The purpose of the Call is to define the conditions for the submission of proposals for research projects that generate knowledge about new techniques, methodologies, processes and technologies of interest from [...] -
NERC and FAPESP announce results of call for proposals
Published on March 12, 2012The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), one of the United Kingdom Research Councils, announced the result of the International Opportunities Fund, launched in 2011 to support collaborative research between researchers from NERC and from other countries. Six international projects were selected, two of those co-lead by researchers supported by FAPESP. The call, following NERC’s International Opportunities Fund scheme, was open to joint UK-Brazil proposals submitted under the [...] -
FAPESP and DCSR issue new call for proposals
Published on March 01, 2012FAPESP and the Danish Council for Strategic Research – DCSR invite 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, to apply for funding for joint Brazilian-Danish strategic research projects according to the current call. The proposals must be prepared jointly by Brazilian and Danish researchers. In the State of São Paulo, eligible applicants are researchers who [...] -
FAPESP and Agence Nationale de la Recherche issue call for proposals
Published on January 19, 2012The Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) issued a call for proposals for new research projects in collaboration between French and São Paulo State researchers. The call was published in the framework of the Blanc International II Program, under the Cooperation Agreement signed by the French agency and the FAPESP. For 2012, the selected themes are: “Global Change and Environment/Earth Sciences” and “Microbiology, Immunology, Infectology”. The call was also issued [...] -
FAPESP and NSF issue call for proposals in biodiversity
Published on January 12, 2012The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) make public a Call for Research Proposals and invite researchers to submit projects for scientific cooperation through their programs, BIOTA and Dimensions of Biodiversity. Up to two US-São Paulo Collaborative Research Project awards will be funded at a level of up to $2,000,000 by FAPESP, to the researchers in São Paulo State and at a level of up to $2,000,000 by NSF to the U.S. researchers. All [...] -
FAPESP and University of Surrey issue new call for proposals
Published on December 22, 2011As part of their accord on scientific collaboration, FAPESP and the University of Surrey, in the United Kingdom, are jointly issuing a public call for proposals for researcher exchange. Researchers affiliated with public or private institutions of higher learning or research in the state of São Paulo are eligible if they have an ongoing project funded by one of the following FAPESP grant mechanisms: Regular Research Awards, Thematic Projects, Young Investigators, or Research, Innovation and [...] -
FAPESP and MIT announce results of their call for proposals
Published on December 16, 2011The São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), Brazil, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, announce the outcome of the Call for Proposals for the exchange of researchers. One proposal was selected, in physics, involving the Center for Optics and Photonics from the State University of São Carlos in Sao Paulo (USP São Carlos), one of FAPESP´s Research, Innovation and Diffusion Centers (RIDC), and the Center for Ultracold Atoms at MIT. The participant Principal [...] -
FAPESP and Danish Council for Strategic Research announce results of call for proposals
Published on December 08, 2011FAPESP and the Danish Council for Strategic Research (DCSR) announce the result of the call for proposals issued on June 22nd, 2011, under a cooperative agreement between the institutions. Two proposals for scientific cooperation between scientists in São Paulo, Brazil, and Denmark within the scope of the scientific cooperation agreement between FAPESP and DCSR were selected. The call for proposals was open to proposals in the field of food science. Selected proposals: [...] -
FAPESP chief executive Ricardo Brentani dies at age 74
Published on December 01, 2011Ricardo Renzo Brentani, president of FAPESP’s Board of Director, died Tuesday, November 29 following a heart attack. Professor emeritus at the Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine (FMUSP), Brentani was president of the Antônio Prudente Foundation, which maintains the Hospital A.C. Camargo, and coordinator of the Antônio Prudente Center for Cancer Research and Treatment, one of FAPESP’s Centers for Research, Innovation and Diffusion. He was director of the Ludwig Institute [...] -
FAPESP and HUJ announce results of call for proposals
Published on December 01, 2011FAPESP and the Hebrew University Jerusalem (HUJ) announce the result of the call for proposals issued under a cooperative agreement between the institutions. Five proposals for scientific cooperation between scientists in São Paulo, Brazil and in Israel within the scope of the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between FAPESP and HUJ were selected. The Call for Proposals was open to proposals in all fields. The duration of the proposed research project should be up to 24 months. FAPESP and [...]