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New call for applications to the Dr. Ruth Cardoso Fellowship Program
Published on November 24, 2009FAPESP has published a call for applications to the Dr. Ruth Cardoso Fellowship Program for visiting researchers and professors at Columbia University, in New York City (FAPESP Call no. 17/2009). Submissions of candidate names will be accepted up through January 15, 2010. The program is a joint initiative of FAPESP, Columbia University, the Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States and Brazil and the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal [...] -
2nd Joint MSR-FAPESP Workshop (November 19, 2008)
Published on November 19, 2009Program 9h Welcome coffee 9h15 Opening Session Celso Lafer, President FAPESP Michel Levy, President Microsoft Brasil Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director FAPESP Daron Green, Senior Researcher for External Research, Microsoft [...] -
FAPESP-MICROSOFT RESEARCH AGREEMENT
Published on November 19, 2009Versão em português The Microsoft Research–FAPESP Institute for IT Research will support high-quality fundamental research in information and communication technologies that is geared towards addressing social and economic development needs of the region. The proposals will be submitted by researchers associated to universities and research institutes in the State of São Paulo. The Institute will form a network of scientists to create new knowledge to expand the capabilities of [...] -
3rd Joint MSR-FAPESP Workshop (November 30, 2009)
Published on November 19, 2009PROGRAM 9h00 - Welcome Coffee 9h30 - Opening session - Celso Lafer, Presidente da FAPESP Michel Levy, Presidente da Microsoft Brasil 9h50 - The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery - Jaime Puente, Director for External Research, Microsoft Research, USA 10h05 - O acordo FAPESP-Microsoft para pesquisa colaborativa - Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Diretor Científico da FAPESP 10h15 - A systems approach to cellulose synthesis Staffan Persson - Max-Planck-Institute for [...] -
BIOEN Workshop on Metabolomics of Sugarcane (December 7th, 2009)
Published on November 19, 2009PROGRAM 8h30 - Welcome Coffee 9h00 - Opening session 9h15 - Metabolomics of sucrose accumulation in sugarcane Carlos A. Labate- Departamento de Genética-ESALQ/USP 9h35 - Research on Biomass at the Max-Planck-Institut for Molecular Plant Physiology Lothar Willmitzer Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie 10h15 - A systems approach to cellulose synthesis Staffan Persson - Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology 10h55 - Metabolomics: [...] -
The Biota-FAPESP International Symposium on DNA Barcoding (Dec 3 and 4, 2009)
Published on November 17, 2009December 3rd and 4th at FAPESP's building, São Paulo, Brazil. PROGRAM December 03 09h00 - Symposium Opening 09h30 - DNA Barcodes and Biodiversity - Paul Hebert (University of Guelph, Canada) 10h30 - Coffee Break 11h00 - Plant DNA Barcodes and Community Phylogenies - John Kress (Smithsonian Institution, USA) 12h00 - Lunch (Restaurants around FAPESP 14h00 - Molecules versus morphologies - a contemporary floristic survey [...] -
Funded collections
Published on November 17, 2009FAPESP has issued a call for proposals for the program Support for Research Infrastructure in Museums, Data/Document Repositories and Biological Collections. Proposals will be evaluated and selected based on their relevance to research, as well as on their potential for maintaining, expanding and providing researcher access to the archived collections. FAPESP has earmarked approximately R$ 20 million (US$ 11,5 million as Nov.2009) for allocation to the set of projects to be [...] -
Publications in English
Published on November 10, 2009FAPESP Annual Activity [...] -
The Biota-FAPESP International Workshop on Applied Ecology and Human Dimensions in Biological Conservation (9 and 10/Nov/2009)
Published on November 06, 2009Program November 09 14h00 - Opening Session 14h15 - The Biota FAPESP Program - Dr. Carlos Joly, General Coordinator, Biota Program, FAPESP 14h30 - Introduction: redirections in conservation biology - Dr. Luciano M. Verdade, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 15h00 - Phylogenetic diversity and conservation: applications from genes to communities to ecosystems - Dr. Daniel Faith, Australian Museum, Australia 15h50 - Coffee break 16h00 - [...] -
Atomic concertina
Published on November 06, 2009Pesquisa FAPESP - Interested in discovering how nature functions at its most intimate level – the scale of atoms, the block that form matter – Argentine physicist Daniel Ugarte had to do more than plan his experiments. He had to learn how to assemble and adjust the super powerful microscopes he uses and even design the buildings of the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory/LNLS that house these devices, which are sensitive to the subtle vibrations on the ground caused by passing [...] -
FAPESP sign groundbreaking MoU with Research Councils UK
Published on November 06, 2009A pioneering memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Research Councils UK (RCUK), strengthening existing valuable research links between the UK and Brazil. The MoU will enable Brazilian and UK researchers to apply for funding through a single application and peer review process, removing some of the barriers facing international research collaboration. Researchers joined ministers and officials from both countries in celebrating [...] -
Post-doctoral fellowships
Published on November 04, 2009FAPESP’s Post-Doctoral fellowship is aimed at distinguished researchers with a recent doctorate degree and a successful research track record. The fellowship enables the development of research within higher education and research institutions located in the State of São Paulo. Post-doctoral fellowships are available within FAPESP funded research projects, when calls for applications are issued internationally, or as individual fellowships requested on demand. In the former, [...] -
Post-doctoral and Young Investigator Awards in São Paulo, Brazil
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Post-doctoral and Young Investigator Awards in São Paulo, Brazil
Published on October 28, 2009FAPESP invites talented researchers with a recent PhD degree and a successful research track record to apply for postdoctoral fellowships. Currently 16 positions are open (www.fapesp.br/opp) associated with projects with secured funding in molecular and cell biology, immunology, plant genetics, biochemistry and education. Postdoctoral fellows benefit from a highly collaborative, stimulating research environment and access to world-class university research and teaching. Appointments are for [...] -
Ancient waters and their stories
Published on October 28, 2009Remains of rainwater in caves help describe the climate for the last thousands of years Pesquisa FAPESP - Heavy rains of the kind that flooded dozens of cities in the State of Santa Catarina early this year could be connected with weather phenomena occurring in distant regions, with heavy rains in the Amazon Region, and severe cold in the Northern Hemisphere. In a relatively recent period of the Earth’s history, from 100 thousand years ago to our times, abrupt temperature oscillations [...]