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FAPESP and universities of Nottingham and Birmingham announce result of call for proposals Versão em português
Six collaborative research projects between researchers from the State of São Paulo and from the United Kingdom will be funded (photo:UoN)
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the universities of Nottingham (UoN) and Birmingham (UoB), from the United Kingdom, announce the result of the second call for proposals within the range of scientific cooperation between the institutions. Six proposals were selected.
FAPESP, Nottingham and Birmingham awards will be up to an absolute maximum of £80,000.00 (up to £40,000.00 from FAPESP; up to £20,000.00 from Nottingham and up to £20,000.00 from Birmingham) per proposal for the period established in the award, necessarily and exclusively to cover workshop realization expenses, mobility expenses and research costs.
The maximum duration of each project is 24 months.
Selected proposals:
| Researchers | Project title |
|
Valquíria Bueno Janet Lord |
Evaluation of myeloid derived suppressor cells in elderly individuals: Brazilian and British population |
|
Thaisa Cristina Roat Reinhard Stoger Matthias Soller |
Impact of neonicotinoids on gene expression and synaptic plasticity in bee brains FAPESP#: 2014/50232-8 |
|
Riccardo Sturani Alberto Vecchio |
Testing fundamental gravity and validating gravitational waveforms FAPESP#: 2014/50259-3 |
|
Cristiano Moniri Andrew Grainger |
The role of private sector in customs and border management reform: a comparative study in border management performance FAPESP#: 2014/50227-4 |
|
Jose Alvaro Moisés Chris Skelcher |
Do flexible institutions enhance democracy? A comparative analysis of public governance innovations in Brazil and the UK FAPESP#: 2014/50221-6 |
|
Igor Polikarpov Vassiliy Bavro |
Establishing of a joint x-ray crystallographic pipeline for structural analysis of membrane transporters FAPESP#: 2014/50241-7 |
The call for proposals is available at: www.fapesp.br/en/8194.