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The UK Academies/CONFAP - Fellowship and Research Mobility - Selected proposals 2014/15 Versão em português

Call for proposals 2014/15 (with the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society)

Selected proposals by the British academies: The Royal Academy of Engineering and The British Academy. 

The Royal Academy of Engineering:

Selected proposals in the State of São Paulo:

Applicant name
Applicant Host Institution
Project Title
Co-Applicant
Co-Applicant Host Institution
Dr Alistair Clark
University of the
West of England
Robust Optimization Models for Humanitarian Logistics in Disaster Relief
Dr Douglas José Alem
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Dr Mark Alan Baker
University of
Surrey
Development and characterization of novel Mg-substituted fluorapatite coatings on austenitic stainless steel for medical implant applications
Isolda Costa
Institute of Nuclear and Energy Research
Dr Matteo Ceriotti
University of
Glasgow
Optimization of near earth orbit transfers
Prof Maisa de Oliveira Terra
ITA
Dr Ying Weng
Bangor University
Large-scale active learning for visual retrieval
Dr Daniel Pedronette
São Paulo State University

Selected proposals in other Brazilian states:

Applicant name
Applicant Host Institution
Project Title
Co-Applicant
Co-Applicant Host Institution
Prof Wuqiang Yang
University of Manchester
Water-cut measurement by a combination of electrical capacitance tomography and RF resonant cavity sensor
Prof Fernando Rangel de Sousa
University of Santa Catarina
Dr Nathan Gomes
University of Kent
RFID moisture sensor network for landslide monitoring
Dr Luis Vieira
Departamento Acadêmico de Eletrônica
Dr Tannaz Pak
Teesside University
Pore-scale investigation of three-phase fluid transport in porous rocks – A time-resolved 3-dimensional study using X-ray computed micro-tomography technique
Dr Iara Frangiotti Mantovani
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Dr Andrea da Ronch
University of Southampton
An outflow buffer zone based on the far-field self-similarity of high-Reynolds-number subsonic turbulent jet flows
Prof Carlos Moser
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Dr Stephen Leslie Smith
University of York
Security for all: Using smart technologies to promote security for citizens
Dr Márjory Da Costa-Abreu
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte


The British Academy:

Selected proposals in the State of São Paulo:

Programme
Applicant Name
Applicant Host Institution
Project Title
Co-Applicant
Co-Applicant Host Institution
Newton Advanced Fellowship
Dr Renata Narita
University of Sao Paulo
Equilibrium labor market effects of non-contributory health insurance: Evidence from Mexico
Dr Gabriella Conti
University College London
Newton Advanced Fellowship
Professor Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain
Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica - ITA
Operational Research in Brazil: A multi-methodological approach
Professor Alberto Paucar-Caceres
Manchester Metropolitan University
Newton Advanced Fellowship
Dr Nathalie Gimenes Sanches
University of Sao Paulo
Parametric and Nonparametric Quantile Regression Methods for Asymmetric Ascending Auctions
Professor Emmanuel Guerre
Queen Mary University of London
Newton Mobility Grants
Professor Sandra Guardini Vasconcelos
University of São Paulo
The Novel without Frontiers
Dr Ross Forman
University of Warwick
Newton Mobility Grants
Mr André Bazzoni Bueno
University of Sao Paulo
Mind, language and action: Investigating the connections between the physical and the human realities
Professor Jose Zalabardo
University College London
Newton Mobility Grants
Dr Maria Camila D'Ottaviano
University of São Paulo
Brazilian Favelas and Indian Slums: A comparative research on policies, programs and government intervention
Dr Urmi Sengupta
Queen's University Belfast
Newton Mobility Grants
Dr Miriam Cristina Marques da Silva de Paiva
Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu-UNESP.
Preventing hospital acquired catheter associated urinary tract infections (CUTIs) in people over 65 years old: A qualitative study of knowledge transfer in the UK and Brazil.
Dr Lucy Sitton-Kent
University of Nottingham

Selected proposals in other Brazilian states:

Programme
Applicant Name
Applicant Host Institution
Project Title
Co-Applicant
Co-Applicant Host Institution
Newton Advanced Fellowship
Dr Sonia Fatima Schwendler
Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
Gender and Education in Rural Areas in Brazil
Professor Else Ribeiro Pires Vieira
Queen Mary University of London
Newton Advanced Fellowship
Dr Mathieu Turgeon
Universidade de Brasilia
The Causes and Consequences of Public Opinion on Affirmative Action Policies in Brazil
Dr Philip Habel
University of Glasgow
Newton Advanced Fellowship
Dr Lincoln P. Fernandes
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Translating Children´s Narrative: A Corpus-based Study
Professor Michael Toolan
University of Birmingham
Newton Mobility Grants
Dr Vanessa Empinotti
Universidade Federal do ABC - UFABC
Securing water for megacities: An analysis of water governance and scarcity in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region
Dr Jessica Budds
University of East Anglia
Newton Mobility Grants
Dr TOMAS Martins
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
Developing Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains: Building Capacity for Executive Training and Supply Chain Research with Co-operative Managers
Dr Adrian Bailey
University of Exeter
Newton Mobility Grants
Dr Marcos Cueto-Caballero
Fiocruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
Latin American Studies Journals in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: the UK and the Brazilian experiences
Dr Paulo Drinot
University College London
Newton Mobility Grants
Dr Giovanna Medeiros Rataichesck Fiates
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Investigating the habits of shoppers when they do or don't buy healthful foods
Dr Moira Dean
Queen's University Belfast
Newton Mobility Grants
Dr Tiago Ribeiro Duarte
University of Brasília
Building human capital in empirical sociology of science for Latin America
Dr Luis Ignacio Reyes Galindo
Cardiff University
Newton Mobility Grants
Dr Fabiola Chesani
Universidade do Vale do Itajaí- UNIVALI
Breaking down barriers and improving quality of life for wheelchair users
Dr Anne Mandy
University of Brighton