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Workshops with German and São Paulo researchers will be funded
Published on March 24, 2017The São Paulo Research Fountation (FAPESP) and the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts (StMBW) – represented by the Bavarian Academic Center for Latin America (BAYLAT) – announce a new call for proposals. The 2017 call is designed to provide financial support to bring together a Bavaria-São Paulo cohort of early career researchers and PhD students who are about to defend their thesis to take part in workshops focusing on building [...] -
FAPESP and IBM announce result of call for proposals
Published on March 16, 2017FAPESP and IBM announce the result of the first call for proposals under the cooperation agreement between the institutions. Eight research projects will be funded. The projects will be conducted by researchers in the State of São Paulo with the goal to generate knowledge about cognitive computing. The emphasis of the call is on computer systems that are able to process and integrate different kinds of data, learn at scale, reason with purpose, and interact with humans naturally. Project [...] -
Call for proposals with BE-Basic has new dates
Published on March 04, 2017The São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP and the BE-Basic Consortium annouce new dates for the fourth call for research proposals under the memorandum of understanding between the institutions. Elegibility consultation can be made until April 7, 2017 and the new deadline for proposal submission is April 28. The call is open to researchers that are associated to BE-Basic, in the Netherlands, and to non-profit higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo. FAPESP has [...] -
FAPESP and UK academies announce the/result of call for proposals
Published on February 16, 2017The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announce the result of a call for proposals to support UK visiting researchers to visit research groups in São Paulo. FAPESP will also offer an opportunity for young investigators from the UK to start a research career in a university or research institution in the State of São Paulo through its Young Investigator Awards. The call was issued in 2016 with the National Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the State Funding Agencies [...] -
SPRINT has selected projects for its third call for proposals in 2016
Published on January 26, 2017The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of the third call for proposals in 2016 under the SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration initiative. The call for proposals has the purpose of promoting the engagement of researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo in partnership with researchers abroad in order to: further develop qualitatively the ongoing research projects and work cooperatively, [...] -
FAPESP and King’s College London announce result of call for proposals
Published on January 24, 2017The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and King’s College London, United Kingdom, announce the result of a call for joint research projects issued in 2016. The aim of the call is to promote and strengthen collaboration between researchers affiliated with King’s College London and researchers affiliated with higher education and research institutions in State of São Paulo. The call was open to proposals in all fields of knowledge. Two proposals were jointly selected by the [...] -
FAPESP and Belmont Forum announce new call for proposals
Published on January 20, 2017The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces a new call for research proposals with the Belmont Forum, group of member organizations with the mission to encourage research on global changes. The “Transformations to Sustainability” call for proposals aims to fund basic and applied research by scientists in the State of São Paulo, that will provide scientific basis for actions and policies to be undertaken by governments, private sector and the society at large. The [...] -
FAPESP and BE-Basic announce new call for proposals
Published on December 22, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP and the BE-Basic Consortium annouce a new call for research proposals. It is the fourth call under the memorandum of understanding between the institutions. The call is open to researchers that are associated to BE-Basic, in the Netherlands, and to non-profit higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo. FAPESP has been supporting research projects relevant for the advancement of knowledge and technology in Bioenergy. [...] -
FAPESP and Belmont Forum announce new call for proposals
Published on December 20, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces a new call for research proposals with the Belmont Forum, group of member organizations with the mission to encourage research on global changes. The “Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative” call for proposals aims to bring together integrated teams of natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, business, and urban stakeholders to develop projects requiring collaborative, international, inter- and [...] -
FAPESP and NWO announce result of joint call for proposals
Published on December 16, 2016FAPESP and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) make public the result of the 2016 call for proposals launched within the scope of the cooperation agreement between the institutions. The aim is to strengthen research cooperation between researchers in the State of São Paulo and researchers in the Netherlands by funding joint projects in “Data-driven research on Sports and Healthy Living". The call focused on three main themes: 1) Data Science and [...] -
Research in biofuels will be funded by FAPESP and European Comission
Published on December 13, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), jointly with the National Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), announces the result of a call for proposals with the European Comission to fund international collaborative research in advanced lignocellulosic biofuels. The call aims at exploiting synergies between Brazil and Europe in terms of scientific expertise and resources in topics related to advanced biofuels by [...] -
FAPESP and JSPS will fund workshops
Published on December 12, 2016FAPESP and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) announce the fourth call for proposals based in the memorandum of understanding signed by the institutions. The purpose of the call is to select joint workshops to foster collaboration between researchers from the State of São Paulo and from Japan. Two workshops will be selected and funded with a duration of three days, in all fields of knowledge. Co-coordinators from the State of São Paulo and from Japan will be [...] -
FAPESP announce new opportunity with universities of Birmingham and Nottingham
Published on December 12, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), The University of Birmingham and The University of Nottingham announce a new program to fund joint collaborative proposals involving research and the exchange of researchers under the scientific cooperation agreements among the institutions. A call for proposals is open to interested researchers affiliated with The University of Birmingham and The University of Nottingham and researchers formally affiliated with higher education and research [...] -
DFG and FAPESP celebrate 10 years of partnership
Published on November 30, 2016On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of their Cooperation Agreement, that aim to foster research in all fields, DFG and FAPESP would like to call attention to the various joint funding opportunities for research collaboration that are available to scientists in Germany and colleagues in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. These opportunities follow the general funding schemes and budget availability of each organization. The announcement is published at the DFG website and at the [...] -
FAPESP and CSTC announce call for proposals
Published on November 28, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Cognitive Science and Technology Council of Iran (CSTC) announce a new call for joint research projects. The call is open to interested researchers affiliated with higher education or research institutions in Iran and in the State of São Paulo in the field of interdisciplinary brain and cognition studies. The goal of CSTC and FAPESP is to form and strengthen collaboration among interdisciplinary teams of Brazilian-Iranian researchers [...]