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FAPESP and GSK issue a call for proposals for a new research centre Versão em português
Institutions signed a new agreement to establish a Centre of Excellence for Research in Target Discovery, with a financial support of up to US$ 15 million over ten years (foto:Leandro Negro)
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Glaxo SmithKline Brasil (GSK) signed on June 24th, 2014, a new cooperation agreement (www.fapesp.br/8726) to establish the conditions for selection and funding scientific and technological research involving collaboration between scientists working in public or private research institutions in the State of São Paulo, Brazil and scientists from GSK.
Under the new agreement, a call for proposals was announced with the purpose of establish a Centre of Excellence for Research in Target Discovery, as a part of FAPESP’s Engineering Research Centres Program.
The selected Centre must explore synergies and complementarities among the following topics, in the themes of interest of the Call for Proposals: a) Perform world-class science and research on the cutting edge of either fundamental or applied knowledge, seeking economic and social impact through innovation; b) Transfer of knowledge to GSK and to society, including corporate and/or non-governmental and/or public sectors; c) Interacting with the educational system, especially at the primary and secondary levels.
Financial support for the research selected under the agreement will encompass a total of US$ 15,000,000.00 over the ten years duration of the agreement. FAPESP and GSK will, each one, reserve up to US$ 750,000.00 annually to implement the Centre selected in the call for proposals.
The deadline for submission of proposals is October 3, 2014.
The call for proposals is available at: www.fapesp.br/8727