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FAPESP and British Council announce Newton Fund supported workshops selected in call for proposals Versão em português
Sixteen workshops that will bring together researchers from São Paulo and UK will be funded (photo:British Council)
The São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP and the British Council announce the result of a call for proposals to support research workshops issued in April, 2014.
The institutions will provide financial support to bring together a UK/São Paulo State cohort of early researchers to take part in a workshop focusing on building links for future collaboration and enhancing the researchers’ career opportunities.
The call anticipated the funding for up to six proposals. However, considering the excellent quality of the submitted proposals, and with extra funding for the call provided by the Newton Fund, FAPESP and the British Council decided to support 16 workshops.
The Newton Fund is part of the UK’s official development assistance. Its aim is to develop science and innovation partnerships that promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries. This will be the first initiative with support from the Newton Fund in Brazil.
The selected workshops will focus on either a specific research area or an interdisciplinary theme and will be held in English.
Up to 40 researchers can take part in each workshop: two workshop coordinators, one from the UK and one from the State of São Paulo; four mentors, two from the UK and two from the State of São Paulo; and 34 early career researchers: 17 from the UK and 17 from the State of São Paulo.
Selected proposals:
|
Researchers |
Project title |
Workshop period |
Place |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Adroaldo José Zanella Alasdair Cook |
A ”One health - One welfare” approach to animal and human well-being in diverse urban, peri-urban and rural comunities in São Paulo |
Nov. 24-29, 2014 |
Pirassununga |
|
Charlotte Marie Chambelland Galves Susan Pintzuk |
The new historical linguistics and the world of annotated corpora... |
Mar. 9-13, 2015 |
Campinas |
|
Enicéia Goncalves Mendes Richard Rose |
People with disabilities becoming visible: comparing inclusive and special education policies, practices and research in Brazil and UK |
Mar. 12-15, 2015 |
São Carlos |
|
Ernesto Chaves Pereira de Souza Angel Cuesta |
Electrochemical Solutions for Contemporary Problems (ELSOL) |
Mar. 2-6, 2015 |
São Carlos |
|
Isak Kruglianskas Prasanta Dey |
Research excellence and international collaboration on corporate response to climate change |
Dec. 8-11, 2014 |
São Paulo |
|
José Gilberto de Souza Antonio Ioris |
Water as the frontier of agribusiness: politico-ecological and socio-economic connections from farms to global markets |
Nov. 10-15, 2014 |
Rio Claro |
|
José Roberto Castilho Piqueira Murilo da Silva Baptista |
Integrative research challenges of complex systems for technological applications |
Mar. 8-13, 2015 |
São Paulo |
|
Marcilio Alves Qingming Li |
Modelling aided design support vehicle crashworthiness and vehicle safety harmonization |
Mar. 5-8, 2015 |
São Paulo |
|
Marcos Silveira Buckeridge Maurice Bosch |
Using systems and synthetic biology to tailor plant cell walls for a better future |
Mar 12-15, 2015 |
São Paulo |
|
Maria Clara Padoveze Stephen Timmons |
Qualitative study design in healthcare-associated infection research |
Feb. 9-13, 2015 |
São Paulo |
|
Maria Inês Zanoli Sato Huw Taylor |
New approaches to monitoring and managing waterborne disease transmission in Brazil and the UK |
Feb. 1-5, 2015 |
São Paulo |
|
Michel Georges Albert Vincentz Alex Webb |
Environmental and metabolic control of plant growth and development |
Feb. 24-26, 2015 |
Campinas |
|
Ricardo Ricci Uvinha Simone Fullagar |
Sport and social transformation in Brazil |
Mar. 9-13, 2015 |
São Paulo |
|
Ronaldo Adriano Christofoletti Stuart Jenkis |
Global change in coastal marine ecosystems: science, policy and sustainable development |
Feb. 23-26, 2015 |
Santos |
|
Rui Curi Susan Ozanne |
Mechanisms underlying developmental programming in metabolic diseases – insight into preventive strategies |
Feb. 2-4, 2015 |
São Paulo |
|
Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles Filho Jakob Edler |
Innovation systems and policy mix towards multidimensional development |
Mar. 3-6, 2015 |
Campinas |
The call for proposals is available at: www.fapesp.br/en/8535.