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FAPESP and Scripps announce result of call for proposals
Published on May 03, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and The Scripps Research Institute announce the result of the first call for joint research projects under the scientific cooperation agreement by the institutions. The call, issued in 2015, aims to promote and strengthen collaboration between researchers affiliated with the Scripps and researches affiliated with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo in the biomedical research field. Scripps will provide funding of up [...] -
FAPESP, the British Council and ANII will fund research workshops
Published on April 28, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the British Council and the Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación de Uruguay (ANII) announce a call for proposals to support the organization of research workshops. The initiative is announced under the scope of Researcher Links program, supported by the Newton Fund (United Kingdom). This call aims is to provide financial support to bring together a UK / São Paulo State, Brazil / Uruguay cohort of early career researchers to take [...] -
FAPESP and NERC announce result of call to support research in Brazilian Biomes
Published on April 14, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) announce the result of a call for research proposals about “Understanding and Sustaining Brazilian Biome Resources”. This call is supported by the UK through the Newton Fund and was only open to joint UK-Brazil applications. NERC and FAPESP will support research in complimentary Brazilian biomes (including Amazon, Atlantic rainforest, Caatinga and Cerrado biomes) which [...] -
FAPESP and NERC announce result of call for proposals
Published on April 11, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), United Kingdom, announce the result of a call for proposals issued by the institutions in 2015 on the theme “Sustainable Gas Futures”. The call is supported by UK through the Newton Fund and was open to joint UK-Brazil applications. One research project was selected: Researchers Project [...] -
FAPESP and MRC selected project on Zika
Published on April 08, 2016To better understand the nature of the risk posed by the Zika virus, FAPESP and UK Medical Research Council (MRC) launched on February a rapid response funding initiative and now announce the result of the call. It is critical that robust evidence for the risks associated with Zika transmission and infection are obtained as soon as possible, to ensure that optimal management and prevention measures can be established. To support the collection of such evidence, the MRC is launching a £1m [...] -
FAPESP announce result for M-ERA.Net 2015 call
Published on March 21, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announce the result of a call for research proposals with the M-ERA.Net issued in 2015. M-ERA.NET is an EU funded network which supports transnational high risk R&D projects addressing Materials Science and Engineering including micro and nano technologies, production processes and technologies. The objectives for the M-ERA.Net Call 2015 are increasing synergy, support for innovation chain, international cooperation, interdisciplinarity and [...] -
FAPESP opens call with the Trans-Atlantic Platform
Published on March 11, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces a call for proposals with the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP), a collaboration among key humanities and social science funders in Europe and Americas. The (T-AP) Digging into Data Request for Proposals is supported by selected funding agencies from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, The Netherlands, UK and USA. Proposals from the State of Sao Paulo, selected in this call will be linked to the FAPESP [...] -
FAPESP and NWO announce result of call for proposals
Published on March 09, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) announce the result of a call for proposals issued by the institutions in 2015. The aim of this call is to strengthen research cooperation between researchers from the State of São Paulo and from the Netherlands by funding joint research projects in the field of Advanced Instrumentation for Astronomy. Four research projects were selected and will be funded by FAPESP and NWO. [...] -
FAPESP and Innovation Fund Denmark announce result of call for proposals
Published on March 04, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Innovation Fund Denmark (former Danish Council for Strategic Research) announce the result of a call for proposals for joint research collaboration issued by the institutions in 2015. The call was open to researchers from the State of São Paulo and Denmark who conduct research within the Food Science area, in challenges related to “Bio-refinery" and/or “Food and Health”. The duration of the proposed research projects may [...] -
FAPESP and NERC announce fund opportunity
Published on February 29, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), a UK Research Council, announce an opportunity for funding collaborative projects between researchers in the United Kingdom and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The focus of the partnership are in Earth System Science and Global Environmental Change research. FAPESP will consider proposals from researchers eligible for FAPESP funding and that demonstrate excellence in one or more of the [...] -
FAPESP and MIT announce result of call for proposals
Published on February 29, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the result of a call for proposals for the interchange of researchers issued in 2015. The call was open to researchers working within MIT, following the MIT Brazil Seed Fund Program eligibility criteria and to principal investigators of ongoing research projects funded by FAPESP within the following schemes: Regular Research Awards, Thematic Projects (Principal or Co-Principal [...] -
FAPESP and British Council selected workshops
Published on February 16, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the British Council, with the Newton Fund, announce the result of the FAPESP / Brazil-Newton Researcher Links (BNRL) 2nd Call Workshop 2015. The aim is to select proposals for workshops that bring together a UK/São Paulo State cohort of early career researchers focusing on building links for future collaboration and enhancing the researchers’ career opportunities. The workshops will take place in the State of São Paulo and up to 40 [...] -
FAPESP and MRC launch Zika Rapid Response Initiative
Published on February 14, 2016To better understand the nature of the risk posed by the Zika virus, FAPESP and UK Medical Research Council (MRC) are launching a rapid response funding initiative. In May 2015, Brazil reported the first case of Zika virus disease in the American continent. Since then it rapidly spread with cases now reported in 23 other countries in the region. It is critical that robust evidence for the risks associated with Zika transmission and infection are obtained as soon as possible, to ensure that [...] -
FAPESP announces result of SPRINT 3/2015 call
Published on February 05, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of the third call for proposals in 2015 for SPRINT - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration, a strategy designed to encourage and promote the advancement of scientific research through the engagement of researchers affiliated with research institutions in the State of São Paulo with researcher partners abroad. In this SPRINT Edition the partner institutions were: France: CNRS and Groupe des Écoles [...] -
FAPESP announce result of call for proposals with UK Academies
Published on February 04, 2016The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of the United Kingdom announce the result of a call for proposals. The call aims to support UK scientists as visitors, or, in the case of FAPESP, also as young-investigators willing to start their scientific carreers in São Paulo. In Brazil, the call was also supported by the National Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the [...]