FAPESP Week Italy – Università di Bologna
Venue: San Giovanni in Monte Complex - Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), in partnership with the Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, is promoting FAPESP WEEK Italy - Università di Bologna on October 14 - 15, 2024.
The symposium aims at strengthening the links between researchers from São Paulo and Italy to promote research partnerships. The discussions hope to catalyse new multidisciplinary research collaborations and will cover a range of themes:
Italy-Brazil relations: Cultural dimension linked to the migration phenomenon
Innovation and industry collaboration
Cultures, immaterial heritage and interdisciplinary networks
Agro-food and sustainable development
Health and Environment
Technology and Innovation
Future Challenges for Research and Collaboration
The objective will be to catalyze new multidisciplinary research collaborations to address the main challenges in these areas.
São Paulo Research Foundation
FAPESP is one of the major funding agencies for scientific research in Brazil. Funded by the public taxpayer, its mission is to foster scientific research in all fields of knowledge by awarding scholarships, fellowships and grants to investigators linked with higher education and research institutions based in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
The State of São Paulo has a population of 45 million and generates 32% of Brazil’s GDP. Under the State Constitution 1% of all state taxes are appropriated to fund FAPESP, which was put in motion in 1962.
The stability of the funding and the autonomy of the foundation allow for an efficient management of the resources that has had a sizable impact: while São Paulo has 16% of the Brazilian population and over 30% of the scientists with a doctorate in the country, the state responds for close to half of the country’s scientific articles published in international journals.
The effectiveness of research carried out in São Paulo is the combined result of several factors that include the quality of the state’s universities and institutes, the extraordinary productivity of its researchers, high rates of participation by private São Paulo-based companies that function within the state’s R&D outlays, São Paulo’s outstanding infrastructure, and the existence of FAPESP.
FAPESP is aware that the very best research can only be done by working with the best researchers internationally. Therefore, it has established partnerships with funding agencies, private companies, higher education and research organizations in other countries known by the quality of their research. With this, has been encouraging scientists funded by its grants to further develop their international collaboration. Agreements are listed here: fapesp.br/acordos/en.
As part of these efforts, FAPESP has organized FAPESP WEEKs in several countries, including in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay. Read more about the symposia at fapesp.br/fapespweek.
In 2022 FAPESP applied $ PPP 458.8 million in scholarships/fellowships and grants. In accordance with the Foundation’s funding strategies, 53,5% of expenditure was dedicated to Basic and Applied Research, 18% to Human Resources for Research, 11% to support Research Infrastructure, 8.5% to Research for Innovation, 7% Strategic Research and 2% was allocated to Communicating Science to the Public (source: https://fapesp.br/publicacoes/report2022.pdf).
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
Over the years, the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, the oldest university in the Western world, has led the way in innovation through its ever-expanding programme catalogue, cutting-edge research, a well-defined third mission strategy, and a growing international perspective.
Since its foundation in 1088, the University of Bologna has been student-centred. With five campuses across Italy (in Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini) and a branch in Buenos Aires, it offers over 260 degree programmes that address the needs of today’s society.
Its community of almost 100,000 students makes the University one of Italy’s largest. It ranks among the top 5 universities in Europe for student exchange and consistently ranks among the top 5 Italian universities in major international rankings such as QS, Shanghai, Times Higher Education, and GreenMetric.
As a comprehensive research university, the University of Bologna adopts a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural approach to both research and teaching, viewing them as inseparable parts of a unified whole. Aligned with Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), the University leverages research as a key tool to promote social responsibility and uphold the values of equity, sustainability, inclusion, and diversity. Committed to sustainable development, the University actively supports the UN’s 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Through robust partnerships with industries and organisations worldwide, it maintains an extensive network spanning Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
