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FAPESP joins call for proposals with the European Research Council
Published on June 19, 2018FAPESP announces its participation in a Call for Expression of Interest in partnership with the European Research Council (ERC), and articulated by the Brazilian Council of State Research Funding Agencies (CONFAP). The opportunity is open to researchers holding a PhD and associated to higher education or research institutions in the State of São Paulo. The aim is to increase the participation of researchers from the State of São Paulo in European research teams already funded by [...] -
Investigations on hypertension and diabetes will be supported
Published on June 18, 2018FAPESP announces the participation in a joint call of proposals with the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD). The call will select and support research projects with the goal of preventing or managing hypertension and/or diabetes. Headquartered in London, GACD gathers funding agencies addressing chronic non-communicable diseases. The alliance heads and support research activities with a focus on non-communicable diseases’ treatment and prevention at a [...] -
FAPESP and Max Planck announce call for proposals
Published on June 18, 2018FAPESP and the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG), Germany, announce the second call for proposals under the agreement between the institutions. Young highly qualified investigators of any nationality, with at least two years of very well succeeded postdoctoral experience (previous or ongoing) in internationally competitive research groups outside Brazil, are invited to submit research proposals to establish independent Tandem Research Groups (TRG) associated to [...] -
Call for research collaboration with the UK has proposals selected
Published on June 05, 2018FAPESP announces the result of a call for proposals launched in the context of the partnership with the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy and the Royal Society, from the United Kingdom, and with the National Council for the State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) from Brazil. FAPESP selected twenty proposals submitted by researchers from higher education and/or research institutions in the State of São Paulo. Those researchers will cooperate with British scientists coming to Brazil [...] -
FAPESP will support research internships in Italian universities
Published on May 21, 2018FAPESP announces a new call for proposals to support research internships in Italian universities. The opportunity is open for proposals for FAPESP’s Research Internships Abroad scheme (BEPE in Portuguese). The call is launched in the context of the memorandum of understanding between FAPESP, the Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the University of Bologna, acting as Technical Secretariat of the network of Italian Universities. The aim is to facilitate [...] -
FAPESP announces call for proposals in Latin American Biodiversity
Published on May 21, 2018FAPESP announces a call for proposals in partnership with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), from the United Kingdom, the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), from Argentina, the Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), from Chile, and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTEC), from Peru. The opportunity is part of NERC’s “Latin American Biodiversity [...] -
FAPESP and Belmont Forum announce call for proposals
Published on May 11, 2018FAPESP and Belmont Forum, group of member organizations with the mission to encourage research on global changes, announce a new call for proposals under de cooperation agreement signed by the institutions. The motivation comes from the necessity to develop new computational methods for handling scientific data associated with the interdisciplinary research on global environmental change, which presents a major challenge in data management. Initiatives are expected to bring together [...] -
Collaboration in neglected infectious diseases will be funded
Published on May 08, 2018FAPESP, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Newton Fund announce a call for proposals to select and fund Neglected Infectious Diseases Joint Center Partnerships. A joint center is not a physical entity, but rather an agreed collaboration and a way of working together, with the aim of enhancing existing partnerships and developing new collaborations between researchers from the State of São Paulo and researchers from United Kingdom. Proposals may focus on, but are not limited to, [...] -
SPRINT has its second call for proposals in 2018
Published on May 02, 2018The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the second call for proposals in 2018 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 [...] -
FAPESP announces result of SPRINT 4/2017 call
Published on April 26, 2018The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) announces the result of the fourth call for proposals in 2017 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 [...] -
New opportunity for collaboration with the UK
Published on April 26, 2018FAPESP and the British Council announce a new call for collaborative proposals between researchers from the State of São Paulo, researchers from the United Kingdom, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Mexico The call is supported by the “Newton Fund Institutional Links Programme – Biodiversity in Latin America”, designed to provide trans-regional level understanding of biodiversity and ecosystems’ functioning and services, informing management for [...] -
New São Paulo Schools of Advanced Science will be selected
Published on April 24, 2018FAPESP announces a new call for proposals within the São Paulo School of Advanced Science (SPSAS) line of support for the organization of short courses on frontier science and technology topics in any field. In addition to furthering the advancement of knowledge, the funded events are expected to increase the visibility of research, doctoral programs, and postdoctoral opportunities in the State of São Paulo, especially among candidates in other Brazilian states and [...] -
FAPESP announces new call for eScience program
Published on April 16, 2018FAPESP announces the third call for proposals under its Research Program on eScience and Data Science. The main goal of the program is to encourage bold, novel, and unconventional approaches to world-class multidisciplinary research and innovation involving joint collaboration of computer scientists and researchers in other fields. This call is open to researchers associated to higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo and will receive proposals in [...] -
Call selects proposals in Materials Science and Engineering
Published on April 13, 2018FAPESP and M-ERA.NET announce a new call for proposals under the cooperation agreement signed by the institutions. M-ERA.NET is an EU funded network which has been established to support and increase the coordination of European research and innovation programs in Materials Science and Engineering. The objective of the M-ERA.NET Call 2018 (https://m-era.net/joint-calls/joint-call-2018/2018-guideforproposers-1.pdf) is to fund ambitious transnational projects addressing materials research [...] -
FAPESP and British Council will fund training courses
Published on April 09, 2018FAPESP and the British Council announce a new call for proposals to support the organization of short courses for the development of professional communication skills under the Researcher Connect program. The call for proposals is supported by the Newton Fund. The same opportunity is being offered in other Brazilian states by the state research foundations (FAPs) which participate in the call, with articulation by the Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP). The [...]