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FAPESP and University of Surrey issue new call for proposals
Published on December 22, 2011As part of their accord on scientific collaboration, FAPESP and the University of Surrey, in the United Kingdom, are jointly issuing a public call for proposals for researcher exchange. Researchers affiliated with public or private institutions of higher learning or research in the state of São Paulo are eligible if they have an ongoing project funded by one of the following FAPESP grant mechanisms: Regular Research Awards, Thematic Projects, Young Investigators, or Research, Innovation and [...] -
FAPESP and MIT announce results of their call for proposals
Published on December 16, 2011The São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), Brazil, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, announce the outcome of the Call for Proposals for the exchange of researchers. One proposal was selected, in physics, involving the Center for Optics and Photonics from the State University of São Carlos in Sao Paulo (USP São Carlos), one of FAPESP´s Research, Innovation and Diffusion Centers (RIDC), and the Center for Ultracold Atoms at MIT. The participant Principal [...] -
FAPESP and Danish Council for Strategic Research announce results of call for proposals
Published on December 08, 2011FAPESP and the Danish Council for Strategic Research (DCSR) announce the result of the call for proposals issued on June 22nd, 2011, under a cooperative agreement between the institutions. Two proposals for scientific cooperation between scientists in São Paulo, Brazil, and Denmark within the scope of the scientific cooperation agreement between FAPESP and DCSR were selected. The call for proposals was open to proposals in the field of food science. Selected proposals: [...] -
FAPESP chief executive Ricardo Brentani dies at age 74
Published on December 01, 2011Ricardo Renzo Brentani, president of FAPESP’s Board of Director, died Tuesday, November 29 following a heart attack. Professor emeritus at the Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine (FMUSP), Brentani was president of the Antônio Prudente Foundation, which maintains the Hospital A.C. Camargo, and coordinator of the Antônio Prudente Center for Cancer Research and Treatment, one of FAPESP’s Centers for Research, Innovation and Diffusion. He was director of the Ludwig Institute [...] -
FAPESP and HUJ announce results of call for proposals
Published on December 01, 2011FAPESP and the Hebrew University Jerusalem (HUJ) announce the result of the call for proposals issued under a cooperative agreement between the institutions. Five proposals for scientific cooperation between scientists in São Paulo, Brazil and in Israel within the scope of the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between FAPESP and HUJ were selected. The Call for Proposals was open to proposals in all fields. The duration of the proposed research project should be up to 24 months. FAPESP and [...] -
Microsoft Research-FAPESP issue new call for proposals
Published on November 08, 2011The São Paulo Research Foundation and Microsoft Research make public a new Call for Research Proposals and invite researchers associated to Institutions of Higher Education or Research, public and or private, in the State of São Paulo, to present research proposals within the scope of the Agreement between FAPESP and Microsoft Corporation. The objective of this call for research proposals is to explore the application of Computing Science to the challenges of basic research in areas related [...] -
FAPESP Week
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Call for proposals with University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario has deadline postponed
Published on September 12, 2011FAPESP and Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario decided to postpone the deadline for applications in their current call for proposals from September 30, 2011 to November 1, 2011. Researchers affiliated with public or private institutions of higher education or research in the State of São Paulo are eligible if they have an ongoing project funded by one of the following FAPESP grant mechanisms: Regular Research Grants, Thematic Project Grants, the Young Researchers at Emerging Centers [...] -
FAPESP launches opportunity for collaboration in chemistry, along with NSF
Published on September 09, 2011FAPESP takes part for the first time in the International Collaborations in Chemistry (ICC) Program of the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry (NSF/CHE). The goal of this partnership is to stimulate innovative research projects in Chemistry conducted in cooperation between researchers in the U.S. and in the State of São Paulo. Each joint proposal should have two principal investigators, one from an institution of higher education or research in the State of São Paulo and [...] -
FAPESP opens international collaboration opportunities in Chemistry with NSF
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FAPESP and Agilent issue call for proposals
Published on August 26, 2011FAPESP and Agilent Technologies issue a joint call for proposals aiming to identify, select and support world-class research in advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques related to metabolomics in plant and microbiology, mass spectrometry or bioenergy. Projects should have a very high impact by means of promoting: a) Interesting, creative, and novel work in advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques related to metabolomics in plant and microbiology, mass spectrometry and [...] -
FAPESP and University of Southampton announce results of call for proposals
Published on August 24, 2011FAPESP and the University of Southampton, in the United Kingdom, announce the result of the call for proposals issued on 11 May 2011 under a cooperative agreement between the institutions. This call for proposals was open to researchers in all fields. The duration of researcher exchanges may be as long as 24 months. However, all exchanges must begin and end within the time frame of the FAPESP-funded project. FAPESP and the University of Southampton will award each successful applicant [...] -
Parallel FAPESP and NSF Program Announcements for Catalyzing New International Collaborations
Published on August 22, 2011Researchers at the São Paulo State may submit proposals for Regular Research Awards of up to $ 100,000 in association with U.S. colleagues who submit proposals for research funding within the NSF Catalyzing New International Collaborations (CNIC) Program. Through this program, NSF provides funds for planning visits, small workshops and pilot research projects of up to $ 100,000. Details can be found at: www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12815. NSF provides funding for U.S. [...] -
FAPESP and BE-Basic issue call for proposals
Published on August 15, 2011The State of São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP (Brazil), and the BE-Basic Consortium (The Netherlands) issue a Joint Call for Proposals and invite interested researchers that are associated to higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo to submit research proposals. In this Call for Proposals, BE-Basic and FAPESP intend to jointly fund collaborative research projects including, but not restricted to the following areas: Synthetic Biology for Biofuels and [...] -
Call for proposals with University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario
Published on July 15, 2011As part of their agreement on scientific collaboration, FAPESP and the Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario, in Canada, are jointly issuing a public call for proposals for the exchange of researchers. Researchers affiliated with public or private institutions of higher education or research in the State of São Paulo are eligible if they have an ongoing project funded by one of the following FAPESP grant mechanisms: Regular Research Grants, Thematic Project Grants, the Young Researchers [...]