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The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the São Paulo State researchers with selected proposals in the 2018 call for proposals issued by the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) in Social Sciences and Humanities.

FAPESP took part in the call for proposals together with research funding agencies from other seven countries – Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom. FAPESP is one of the three agencies that coordinate T-AP (alongside SSHRC – Canada and NWO – Netherlands).

The opportunity had “Social Innovation” as its main subject, and selected only proposals written by teams featuring members from at least three of these countries and partners from both sides of the Atlantic.

The call sought to foster projects that could develop the key characteristics of Social Innovation such as creation of social value through new or improved policies; the goals of social cohesion; individual and collective empowerment and wellbeing, among others.

Accordingly, São Paulo State researchers will integrate international scientific collaboration networks, and will work closely with advanced research and multifaceted approaches for the designing of public policies and different forms of social organization – which can be traced to the multidisciplinary knowledge derived from the intersection between technological innovation and studies on human societies’ challenges for the 21st century.

“This was a very competitive call for proposals, with projects covering a wide array of subjects related to the theme of Social Innovation. TA-P partners took almost two years from discussing the scientific scope to developing the call for proposals and announcing this result, including two stages of rigorous scientific evaluation. The fact that FAPESP is present in half of the approved projects shows the quality of research produced in the State”, said Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, member of FAPESP/TAP’s Steering Committee.

"FAPESP’s participation in the coalition of research funding agencies Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) in Social Sciences and Humanities has been allowing researchers from the State of Sao Paulo to forge new interdisciplinary and high quality international alliances. Research funded by FAPESP generate all kinds of impact – social, economic and intellectual. In this call for proposals, in particular, social impact was especially valued”, said Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP’s Scientific Director.

Selected proposals:

Colonization of the sacred places of the Xavante territory of Marãiwatsédé and São Marcos
Processo / Grant number	2019/02323-8
Acordo / Agreement	Trans-Atlantic Platform / Canada (SSHRC); Poland (NCBR)
Pesq. Resp. / PI	Cláudia Regina Plens
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad	Katarzyna Górka / Ivan Roksandic
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad	University of Wroclaw / University of Winnipeg – UWINNIPEG
Instit. sede / Host Institution	Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas/UNIFESP

User-Valued Innovations for Social Housing Upgrading through Trans-Atlantic Living Labs
Processo / Grant number	2019/02240-5
Acordo / Agreement	Trans-Atlantic Platform / Germany
Pesq. Resp. / PI	Doris Catharine Cornelie Knatz Kowaltowski
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad	Sigrun Kabisch / Clarine Van Oel / Patricia Tzortzopoulos Fazenda
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad	Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ / Delft University of Technology – TUDELFT / University of Huddersfield – UH
Instit. sede / Host Institution	Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo/UNICAMP

Social Pharmaceutical Innovation for Unmet Medical Needs
Processo / Grant number	2019/02519-0
Acordo / Agreement	Trans-Atlantic Platform / Canada (SSHRC); France (ANR); Netherlands (NWO)
Pesq. Resp. / PI	Fernando Mussa Abujamra Aith
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad	Conor Douglas / Vololona Rabeharisoa / Ellen Moors
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad	York University – YU / PSL Mines Paristech – PSLMPT / Ultrecht University – UU
Instit. sede / Host Institution	Faculdade de Saúde Pública/USP

Social Innovation through Participatory Art and Design with Youth at the Margins: Solutions for Engaging and Empowering Youth with Trans-Atlantic Mirroring
Processo / Grant number	2019/02481-2
Acordo / Agreement	Trans-Atlantic Platform / Canada (SSHRC); Finland (AKA); UK (ESRC)
Pesq. Resp. / PI	Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad	Satu Miettinen, Anne Marchand, Paul Wilson
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad	University of Lapland – ULAPLAND / Université de Montréal / Campus de Montréal – UDEM / University of Leeds – UL
Instit. sede / Host Institution	Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo – USP

New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research: Social Innovation Management for BIOPlastics
Processo / Grant number	2019/02576-3
Acordo / Agreement	Trans-Atlantic Platform / Canada (SSHRC); Poland (NCBR); UK (ESRC)
Pesq. Resp. / PI	Sandra Andrea Cruz
Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad	Tammara Soma / Benny Tjahjono / Grażyna Wieteska / Barbara Ocicka
Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad	Simon Fraser Univeristy, Burnaby Campus – SFU / Coventry University – CU / University of Lodz – UL / Warsaw School of Economics – SGH
Instit. sede / Host Institution	Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia/UFSCar

Social Innovation through Participatory Art and Design with Youth at the Margins: Solutions for Engaging and Empowering Youth with Trans-Atlantic Mirroring:

Social Innovation Processes in and around Multinational Companies: The Role of Social Activists and their Transnational Networks
Funders:	Canada (SSHRC); Netherlands (NWO); United Kingdom (ESRC)
Pesquisadores principais	Gregor Murray (University of Montreal); Ayse Saka-Helmhout (Radboud University); Tony Edwards (Loughborough University)

Collaboration for Social Innovation: Scaling for Impact
Funders:	Canada (SSHRC); Germany (DLR); Netherlands (NWO)
Pesquisadores principais	Tina Dacin (Queen’s University); Christine Volkmann (University of Wuppertal); Florian Noseleit (University of Groningen)

Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation
Funders:	Canada (SSHRC); Germany (DLR); Netherlands (NWO); United Kingdom (ESRC)
Pesquisadores principais	Ming Tiampo (Carleton University); Monica Juneja (Heidelberg University); Wayne Modest (Vrije Universiteit); Paul Goodwin (University of the Arts London)

Documenting Africans in Trans-Atlantic Slavery (DATAS)
Funders:	Canada (SSHRC); France (ANR); United Kingdom (ESRC)
Pesquisadores principais	Paul E. Lovejoy (York University); Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec (Université Sherbrooke); Myriam Cottias (French National Centre for Scientific Research); Sean Kelley (University of Essex)

Socially Innovative Interventions to Foster and to Advance Young Children’s Inclusion and Agency in Society through Voice and Story
Funders:	Canada (SSHRC); Finland (AKA); United Kingdom (ESRC)
Pesquisadores principais	Anne Burke (Memorial University of Newfoundland); Tuija Turunen (University of Lapland); Mhairi Beaton (Leeds Beckett University)

More information about the call: www.transatlanticplatform.com/social-innovation.

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