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RCUK and FAPESP open call for proposals for the Newton Fund Versão em português
Collaborations activities between researchers from the UK and Brazil will be supported
The Research Council UK (RCUK) issued the first call for proposals for the Newton Fund (UK’s development assistance for science and innovation) to be managed by the RCUK and the Brazilian Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) with the goal to support collaboration between researchers from the United Kingdom and Brazil.
Applications that address the following areas are particularly welcomed: Health; Urban transformations; Food energy water environment nexus; Biodiversity and ecosystems resilience; Economic development and welfare reform.
Proposals to FAPESP will be received only from researchers who are Principal Investigators of ongoing research projects funded by FAPESP within the following schemes: Thematic Projects, Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDC/CEPID) and Research Partnership for Technological Innovation (PITE). Exceptionally for this Call for Proposals, researchers in receipt of an ongoing Young Investigator Award are also eligible.
Co-Principal Investigators of ongoing Thematic Projects, RIDCs and PITEs are also eligible to apply.
The maximum budget for the FAPESP side of the collaboration is £50,000 direct costs only. The corresponding research council in the UK will make an equivalent contribution for UK-based researchers.
Funds can be used for travel, subsistence and other networking or collaborative activities, such as workshops, summer schools, and exchanges. Funds can also be used to support small direct research costs.
The call deadline is 17 October 2014 at 16:00 hrs UK time.
FAPESP guidelines to participate in the call for proposals are available at the web page: www.fapesp.br/en/8856